Olaf vs Tahm Kench
How to Beat Tahm Kench as Olaf
based on 829 Olaf vs Tahm Kench matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Olaf vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary
Best Olaf vs Tahm Kench Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Olaf
Tips for Playing as Olaf against Tahm Kench
Olaf can combine Berserker Rage, Vicious Strikes, and Ragnarok at low life to become deceptively strong.
The bonus healing granted by Vicious Strikes amplifies your Life Steal from all sources as well as heals from allies.
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.
Olaf vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats
How to Counter Tahm Kench with Olaf in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some strategic Olaf against Tahm Kench counter statistics that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Olaf’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Tahm Kench’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Olaf may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Tahm Kench..
Olaf often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Tahm Kench. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Olaf and Tahm Kench
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Who is Better, Olaf or Tahm Kench?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Olaf usually loses when facing off against Tahm Kench, with a 47.9% win rate. As a result, Olaf makes a bad counter for Tahm Kench.
While Olaf does have a lower win rate than Tahm Kench, when they face off with one another, Olaf also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Olaf into Tahm Kench.
Furthermore, Olaf has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Olaf vs Tahm Kench matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Olaf is a garbage counter to Tahm Kench. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Olaf against Tahm Kench.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Olaf in order to counter Tahm Kench during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Olaf on average accumulates a similar amount of CS as Tahm Kench. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. 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 have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Olaf versus Tahm Kench build include Sterak's Gage, Ravenous Hydra, and Stridebreaker. When Olaf bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Tahm Kench than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Olaf boasted an average winrate of 47.9% when playing against Tahm Kench with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of defeating Tahm Kench as Olaf, Olaf players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Approach Velocity runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Olaf vs Tahm Kench counter picks, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.9% winrate overall.
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