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How to Win Rammus vs Tahm Kench Counter MatchupRammus is in the a tier of champions

Rammus vs Tahm Kench

How to Beat Tahm Kench as Rammus in LoLRammus is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Tahm Kench as Rammus

based on 1,573 Rammus vs Tahm Kench matchups
Win Rate
47.1 %
K/D/A
2.65
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked League rounds each week. Within our dataset, Rammus battled Tahm Kench in 1573 matches. Including so many matchups for Rammus vs Tahm Kench provides us confidence in our ability to produce useful data and a recommended build to smash Tahm Kench. This champ matchup is fairly rare. Rammus encounters Tahm Kench in only 2.2% of his rounds.

Rammus vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Rammus does a dismal job of countering Tahm Kench. On average, he wins a lowly 47.1% of the time the champions clash against one another in. In Rammus against Tahm Kench rounds, Rammus’s side is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood, implying that he probably will get first blood versus Tahm Kench.

Best Rammus vs Tahm Kench Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorBramble Vest

Core Rammus Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisThornmailDead Man's Plate

Optional Items

Kaenic RookernJak'Sho, The ProteanForce of NatureHollow Radiance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Rammus to level upq
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Second ability for Rammus to level upe
>
Last skill for Rammus to max outw

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeConditioningUnflinching
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Alacrity
Attack SpeedArmorArmor
Rammus's passive ability p
Rammus's q ability q
Rammus's w ability w
Rammus's e ability e
Rammus's ultimate ability r
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W
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Q
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Rammus

Tips for Playing as Rammus against Tahm Kench

Powerball can be used as an effective escape mechanism.

Tremors and Defensive Ball Curl can be used late in the game to obliterate towers. If you're bogged down in a team fight, it is often valuable to break off and attack the buildings.

Using taunt on a champion by your tower can cause the tower to attack your enemy.

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.

Rammus vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats

Rammus Image
Win Rate
47.1 %
VS
Win Rate
52.9 %
Tahm Kench Image
3.8
< Kills >
5.3
5.7
< Deaths >
5.1
11.3
< Assists >
8.5
0.84
< Killing Sprees >
1.21
29
< Minions Killed >
116
1.14
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.34
< Inhibitors >
0.5
2,494
< Physical Damage >
3,968
12,109
< Magic Damage >
16,369
769
< True Damage >
793
15,373
< Damage Dealt >
21,130
31,468
< Damage Taken >
40,305
10,329
< Gold Earned >
10,589
1.07
< Towers >
2.11
0.26
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
12,453
< Total Healing >
12,461
12,529
< Experience >
13,218
20
< Vision Score >
26
7
< Wards Placed >
12
596
< Time Dealing CC >
299

How to Counter Tahm Kench with Rammus in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here feature several important Rammus versus Tahm Kench matchup stats that may help you appreciate the differences between these two champs. Rammus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Tahm Kench’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Rammus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Tahm Kench..

Rammus typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives less damage than Tahm Kench. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Rammus and Tahm Kench

Damage Types Compared

Rammus
Tahm Kench
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rammus
Tahm Kench

Who is Better, Rammus or Tahm Kench?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Rammus usually loses when playing against Tahm Kench, with a 47.1% win rate. As a result, Rammus makes a bad counter for Tahm Kench.

While Rammus does have a lower winrate compared to Tahm Kench, when they face off with one another, Rammus also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Rammus into Tahm Kench.

Furthermore, Rammus also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rammus vs Tahm Kench matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Rammus is a bad counter to Tahm Kench. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Rammus against Tahm Kench.

Other Champion Matchups Against Rammus

Rammus Loses Against

LilliaLillia40.7% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser43.3% winrateSwainSwain44.2% winrateBrandBrand45.6% winrate

Rammus Wins Against

QuinnQuinn59.5% winrateKindredKindred57.6% winrateGnarGnar57.2% winrateYuumiYuumi57% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

RengarRengar+ 55.2% 422 GamesAurelion SolAurelion Sol+ 55.3% 1217 GamesLilliaLillia+ 56.2% 596 GamesShyvanaShyvana+ 57.1% 238 Games

Additional Information for Rammus Players

How We Calculated Our Rammus vs Tahm Kench Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Tahm Kench as Rammus, we analyzed 1,573 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Tahm Kench as Rammus comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Rammus Build Tahm Kench Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Rammus to counter Tahm Kench during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rammus most often gets a lot less CS as Tahm Kench. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Rammus versus Tahm Kench build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Dead Man's Plate. When Rammus bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Tahm Kench than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Rammus had an average winrate of 47.1% when playing against Tahm Kench with this build.

To have the best probability of defeating Tahm Kench as Rammus, Rammus players should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Unflinching, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Rammus vs Tahm Kench fights, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.1% winrate overall.

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