Skarner vs Tahm Kench
How to Beat Tahm Kench as Skarner
based on 306 Skarner vs Tahm Kench matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Skarner vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Tahm Kench Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Tahm Kench
Impale is extremely powerful when you use it to position an enemy so your allies can attack them.
Basic attacks reduce the cooldown of Crystal Slash. Use them as often as possible for maximum damage.
Capturing Crystal Spires before attempting neutral objectives or team fights around them improves Skarner's performance in said fights dramatically.
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.
Skarner vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats
How to Counter Tahm Kench with Skarner in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some critical Skarner versus Tahm Kench counter statistics that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Tahm Kench..
Skarner often has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. On average, he receives less damage than Tahm Kench. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Skarner and Tahm Kench
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Who is Better, Skarner or Tahm Kench?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Skarner usually loses when trying to fight Tahm Kench, with a 45.1% win rate. Thus, Skarner makes a bad counter for Tahm Kench.
While Skarner does have a much lower win rate compared to Tahm Kench, when facing one another, Skarner also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Skarner into Tahm Kench.
Moreover, Skarner has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Tahm Kench matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champ with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Skarner is a terribly counter to Tahm Kench. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Skarner against Tahm Kench.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Skarner 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 learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Skarner typically gets a lot less CS compared to Tahm Kench. Champions who typically don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Skarner versus Tahm Kench build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when facing Tahm Kench than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Skarner had an average win rate of 45.1% when countering Tahm Kench with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Tahm Kench as Skarner, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Skarner vs Tahm Kench clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 45.1% win rate overall.
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