Tahm Kench vs Annie
How to Beat Annie as Tahm Kench
based on 1,494 Tahm Kench vs Annie matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tahm Kench vs Annie Matchup Summary
Best Tahm Kench vs Annie Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Annie as Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Annie
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.
Advice to Win Against Annie
Annie's summoned bear, Tibbers, burns opposing units around himself. Try to keep your distance from him after he's been summoned.
Keep an eye out for a white, swirling power around Annie. It means she's ready to unleash her stun.
Summoner Smite can be used to help take down Tibbers.
Tahm Kench vs Annie Counter Stats
How to Counter Annie with Tahm Kench in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some valuable Tahm Kench vs. Annie matchup stats that may help us grasp the differences between the pair. Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Annie’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Annie..
Tahm Kench often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Annie. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Annie?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Tahm Kench usually fairs equally well when playing against Annie, with a 50.5% win rate. Thus, Tahm Kench makes an ok counter to Annie.
While Tahm Kench does have a higher winrate than Annie, when on opposite teams, Tahm Kench also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Tahm Kench into Annie.
Additionally, Tahm Kench has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Annie. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Tahm Kench vs Annie matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Tahm Kench is a decent counter to Annie. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Tahm Kench against Annie.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Tahm Kench in order to counter Annie during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tahm Kench usually picks up a similar amount of CS as Annie. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Tahm Kench versus Annie build include Thornmail, Heartsteel, and Hollow Radiance. When Tahm Kench included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Annie than with many other common builds. In fact, Tahm Kench boasted an average win rate of 50.5% battling Annie with this counter build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Annie as Tahm Kench, Tahm Kench players 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 runes that we analyzed for Tahm Kench vs Annie counter picks, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.5% winrate overall.
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