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How to Win Renekton vs Tahm Kench Counter MatchupRenekton is in the b tier of champions

Renekton vs Tahm Kench

How to Beat Tahm Kench as Renekton in LoLRenekton is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Tahm Kench as Renekton

based on 1,386 Renekton vs Tahm Kench matchups
Win Rate
46 %
K/D/A
1.76
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter stats from the millions of rated League of Legends rounds that we evaluate each week. Our guide on how to beat Tahm Kench as Renekton resulted from an examination of 1386 ranked rounds where both champions fought each other. This champion matchup is relatively rare. Renekton fights Tahm Kench in only 2.3% of his rounds.

Renekton vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Renekton does a awful job of beating Tahm Kench. Typically, he wins a lowly 46.0% of the time the champions face off with one another in. In Renekton against Tahm Kench games, Renekton’s team is 0.0% more probable to get first blood, indicating that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Tahm Kench.

Best Renekton vs Tahm Kench Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Renekton Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageBlack CleaverSundered Sky

Optional Items

Titanic HydraSpear of ShojinExperimental HexplateEclipse

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionPress the AttackTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveBone PlatingUnflinching
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Renekton's passive ability p
Renekton's q ability q
Renekton's w ability w
Renekton's e ability e
Renekton's ultimate ability r
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W
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Q
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Renekton

Tips for Playing as Renekton against Tahm Kench

Cull the Meek drains an enormous amount of life when used in the middle of the fray. You can use this to bait opponents into thinking you are weaker than you really are.

Slice and Dice excels at harassing maneuvers. Slice in, follow up with another skill and then Dice back out to safety.

Cooldown reduction is especially good for Renekton, allowing him to both quickly build up and use his Fury.

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.

Renekton vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats

Renekton Image
Win Rate
46 %
VS
Win Rate
54 %
Tahm Kench Image
5.5
< Kills >
4.7
6.2
< Deaths >
5.2
5.4
< Assists >
8.3
1.25
< Killing Sprees >
1.06
178
< Minions Killed >
118
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.49
18,947
< Physical Damage >
4,226
3,674
< Magic Damage >
16,383
690
< True Damage >
716
23,311
< Damage Dealt >
21,325
36,712
< Damage Taken >
39,270
11,620
< Gold Earned >
10,287
2.21
< Towers >
2.06
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
11,138
< Total Healing >
11,864
14,445
< Experience >
13,166
17
< Vision Score >
26
8
< Wards Placed >
12
73
< Time Dealing CC >
286

How to Counter Tahm Kench with Renekton in LoL

The stats shown here underscore some significant Renekton versus Tahm Kench counter statistics that may help you figure out the distinctions between the two. As an example, Renekton’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Tahm Kench’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Renekton may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Tahm Kench..

Renekton typically has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Tahm Kench. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Renekton and Tahm Kench

Damage Types Compared

Renekton
Tahm Kench
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Renekton
Tahm Kench

Who is Better, Renekton or Tahm Kench?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Renekton usually loses when taking on Tahm Kench, with a 46.0% win rate. Thus, Renekton makes a poor counter for Tahm Kench.

While Renekton does have a lower win rate compared to Tahm Kench, when they face off with one another, Renekton also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult character to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Renekton into Tahm Kench.

Moreover, Renekton has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Renekton vs Tahm Kench matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Renekton is a trash counter to Tahm Kench. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Renekton against Tahm Kench.

Additional Information for Renekton Players

How We Calculated Our Renekton vs Tahm Kench Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Tahm Kench as Renekton, we analyzed 1,386 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 Renekton 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Renekton in order to counter Tahm Kench during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Renekton typically racks up more CS as Tahm Kench. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Renekton versus Tahm Kench build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Sundered Sky. When Renekton incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Tahm Kench than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Renekton boasted an average winrate of 46.0% when countering Tahm Kench with this build.

To have the best probability of defeating Tahm Kench as Renekton, you should use the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Renekton vs Tahm Kench counters, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 46.0% winrate overall.

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