Maokai vs Tahm Kench
How to Beat Tahm Kench as Maokai
based on 3,665 Maokai vs Tahm Kench matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Tahm Kench Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Tahm Kench
Maokai's passive makes him extremely durable against focus fire from spells - so long as he can still basic attack something.
Try looking for flanks or other situations where Nature's Grasp is unavoidable or takes enemies by surprise.
Saplings can be tossed into brush for empowered effect - but don't stack well.
Advice to Win Against Tahm Kench
When you see Tahm Kench use the shield from Thick Skin, remember that he just opted out of a good deal of healing. He will also not accumulate new gray health until Thick Skin comes off cooldown. Use this to your advantage!
Watch out for Kench's Abyssal Dive - you can cancel it's channel with immobilizing crowd control effects.
Maokai vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats
How to Counter Tahm Kench with Maokai in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several strategic Maokai vs. Tahm Kench matchup stats that can help us explain the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Tahm Kench. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Maokai often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Tahm Kench. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Maokai and Tahm Kench
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Who is Better, Maokai or Tahm Kench?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Maokai usually fairs equally well when taking on Tahm Kench, with a 50.4% win rate. Therefore, Maokai makes an ok counter to Tahm Kench.
While Maokai does have a higher win rate than Tahm Kench, when they face off with one another, Maokai also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Maokai into Tahm Kench.
Furthermore, Maokai has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Tahm Kench matchups, Maokai is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Maokai is a decent counter for Tahm Kench. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Maokai against Tahm Kench.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Maokai in order to counter Tahm Kench during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai often picks up less CS as Tahm Kench. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Maokai versus Tahm Kench build include Trailblazer, Solstice Sleigh, and Hollow Radiance. When Maokai used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs. Tahm Kench than with many other common item sets. In fact, Maokai had an average winrate of 50.4% when playing against Tahm Kench with this build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Tahm Kench as Maokai, Maokai players should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Maokai vs Tahm Kench matchups, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.4% win rate overall.
If you would like to see Maokai x Tahm Kench tips and counter builds for a a distinct skill level, feel free to choose one from the selection menu above. By default, the stats and guides given are computed using all games completed with both champs.