Tahm Kench vs Akshan
How to Beat Akshan as Tahm Kench
based on 1,755 Tahm Kench vs Akshan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tahm Kench vs Akshan Matchup Summary
Best Tahm Kench vs Akshan Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akshan as Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Akshan
Your most important function as a support is to keep fragile allies safe. Keep Devour's range and cooldown in mind and position accordingly!
Consider carefully when to use Thick Skin's active. Sometimes shielding early to avoid further damage is good, but sometimes the healing is more beneficial.
Tahm Kench vs Akshan Counter Stats
How to Counter Akshan with Tahm Kench in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several critical Tahm Kench against Akshan matchup statistics that may help us understand the differences between the two. For instance, Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akshan’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Akshan..
Tahm Kench typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Akshan. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Tahm Kench and Akshan
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Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Akshan?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Tahm Kench usually wins when playing against Akshan, with a 52.8% win rate. Therefore, Tahm Kench makes a good counter to Akshan.
While Tahm Kench does have a higher winrate than Akshan, when on opposite teams, Tahm Kench also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Tahm Kench into Akshan.
Furthermore, Tahm Kench also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akshan. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Tahm Kench vs Akshan matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Tahm Kench is an above average counter to Akshan. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Tahm Kench against Akshan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Tahm Kench to counter Akshan during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tahm Kench usually accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Akshan. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Tahm Kench versus Akshan build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Heartsteel. When Tahm Kench incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting Akshan than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Tahm Kench boasted an average win rate of 52.8% when countering Akshan with this build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Akshan as Tahm Kench, you should take the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Unflinching, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Tahm Kench vs Akshan clashes, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.8% winrate overall.
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