Naafiri vs Tahm Kench
How to Beat Tahm Kench as Naafiri
based on 1,194 Naafiri vs Tahm Kench matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Tahm Kench
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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.
Naafiri vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats
How to Counter Tahm Kench with Naafiri in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some strategic Naafiri versus Tahm Kench counter statistics that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between the two. Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Tahm Kench. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Naafiri usually has a much larger longest killing spree than their opponent does. On average, they receives less damage than Tahm Kench. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Tahm Kench?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Naafiri usually wins when taking on Tahm Kench, with a 51.7% win rate. Thus, Naafiri makes a good counter to Tahm Kench.
While Naafiri does have a higher win rate compared to Tahm Kench, when they face off with one another, Naafiri also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less time consuming character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Naafiri into Tahm Kench.
Furthermore, Naafiri has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Tahm Kench matchups, Naafiri is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Naafiri is a decent counter to Tahm Kench. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Naafiri against Tahm Kench.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Naafiri to counter Tahm Kench during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri often gets a similar amount of CS as Tahm Kench. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Naafiri versus Tahm Kench build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Naafiri included at least these three items in their build, they did much better versus Tahm Kench than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Naafiri boasted an average winrate of 51.7% when playing against Tahm Kench with these items in their kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Tahm Kench as Naafiri, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Naafiri vs Tahm Kench face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.7% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Tahm Kench as Naafiri are shown for all skill levels, merged. To narrow the stats and builds to a specific rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.