Tahm Kench vs Bard
How to Beat Bard as Tahm Kench
based on 2,538 Tahm Kench vs Bard matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tahm Kench vs Bard Matchup Summary
Best Tahm Kench vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Bard as Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Bard
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 Bard
You can crush Bard's healing shrines just by walking over them. Don't let his allies take them without a fight.
Bard's ultimate, Tempered Fate, affects allies, enemies, monsters, and turrets alike. Sometimes it can be to your advantage to jump into it!
Bard's opponents can also travel through his Magical Journey doorways. You can follow him, if you think it's safe.
Tahm Kench vs Bard Counter Stats
How to Counter Bard with Tahm Kench in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several critical Tahm Kench versus Bard matchup stats that may help us appreciate the differences between the two. As an example, Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Bard’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Bard..
Tahm Kench usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Bard. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Tahm Kench and Bard
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Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Bard?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Tahm Kench usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Bard, with a 49.8% win rate. Thus, Tahm Kench makes an ok counter for Bard.
While Tahm Kench does have a lower win rate than Bard, when facing one another, Tahm Kench also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Tahm Kench into Bard.
Moreover, Tahm Kench also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Bard. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Tahm Kench vs Bard matchups, Bard is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Tahm Kench is a somewhat poor counter to Bard. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Tahm Kench against Bard.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Tahm Kench in order to counter Bard during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tahm Kench usually racks up much more CS compared to Bard. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Tahm Kench versus Bard build include Unending Despair, Heartsteel, and Hollow Radiance. When Tahm Kench included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Bard than with many other typical builds. In fact, Tahm Kench boasted an average win rate of 49.8% battling Bard with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Bard as Tahm Kench, you should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Unflinching, Triumph, and Legend: Alacrity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Tahm Kench vs Bard counter picks, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Bard as Tahm Kench are given for all ranked divisions. To narrow the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.