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How to Win Seraphine vs Tahm Kench Counter MatchupSeraphine is in the b tier of champions

Seraphine vs Tahm Kench

How to Beat Tahm Kench as Seraphine in LoLSeraphine is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Tahm Kench as Seraphine

based on 4,125 Seraphine vs Tahm Kench matchups
Win Rate
47.6 %
K/D/A
2.66
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter stats from the millions of rated League games that we get from Riot Games each and every week. This guide on how to beat Tahm Kench as Seraphine resulted from an evaluation of 4125 ranked rounds where both champs fought each other. This particular matchup is relatively rare. Seraphine fights Tahm Kench in only 2.3% of her rounds.

Seraphine vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Seraphine does a dismal job of beating Tahm Kench. On average, she wins a lowly 47.6% of matches the champs fight each other in. In Seraphine versus Tahm Kench games, Seraphine’s side is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood, indicating that she most likely will be able to get first blood versus Tahm Kench.

Best Seraphine vs Tahm Kench Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Glowing MoteIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Seraphine Items

~22 Mins
RedemptionDream MakerStaff of Flowing Water

Optional Items

DawncoreSeraph's EmbraceMoonstone RenewerRylai's Crystal Scepter

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Seraphine to level upq
>
Second ability for Seraphine to level upw
>
Last skill for Seraphine to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceGathering Storm
InspirationTriple TonicCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Seraphine's passive ability p
Seraphine's q ability q
Seraphine's w ability w
Seraphine's e ability e
Seraphine's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Seraphine

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.

Seraphine vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats

Seraphine Image
Win Rate
47.6 %
VS
Win Rate
52.4 %
Tahm Kench Image
3.2
< Kills >
4.9
5.8
< Deaths >
5.1
12.2
< Assists >
8.1
0.69
< Killing Sprees >
1.13
94
< Minions Killed >
118
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.49
1,596
< Physical Damage >
3,876
14,002
< Magic Damage >
14,854
514
< True Damage >
688
16,113
< Damage Dealt >
19,418
17,040
< Damage Taken >
39,862
9,717
< Gold Earned >
10,408
2.12
< Towers >
2.08
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
3,921
< Total Healing >
11,968
11,452
< Experience >
13,189
40
< Vision Score >
26
18
< Wards Placed >
12
258
< Time Dealing CC >
290

How to Counter Tahm Kench with Seraphine in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here show several vital Seraphine vs. Tahm Kench counter stats that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Seraphine’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Tahm Kench’s ratio of NaN, showing that Seraphine may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Tahm Kench. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Seraphine normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Tahm Kench. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Seraphine and Tahm Kench

Damage Types Compared

Seraphine
Tahm Kench
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Seraphine
Tahm Kench

Who is Better, Seraphine or Tahm Kench?

Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Seraphine usually loses when trying to fight Tahm Kench, with a 47.6% win rate. Therefore, Seraphine makes a poor counter for Tahm Kench.

While Seraphine does have a lower win rate than Tahm Kench, when facing one another, Seraphine also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Seraphine into Tahm Kench.

Additionally, Seraphine has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, 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 Seraphine vs Tahm Kench matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Seraphine is a terribly counter for Tahm Kench. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Seraphine against Tahm Kench.

Additional Information for Seraphine Players

How We Calculated Our Seraphine vs Tahm Kench Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Tahm Kench as Seraphine, we analyzed 4,125 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 Seraphine 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Seraphine in order to counter Tahm Kench during both the laning 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Seraphine usually accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Tahm Kench. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Seraphine versus Tahm Kench build consist of Redemption, Dream Maker, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Seraphine included at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs. Tahm Kench than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Seraphine had an average win rate of 47.6% when countering Tahm Kench with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Tahm Kench as Seraphine, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Triple Tonic, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Seraphine vs Tahm Kench fights, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.6% winrate overall.

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