Tahm Kench vs Hecarim
How to Beat Hecarim as Tahm Kench
based on 2,201 Tahm Kench vs Hecarim matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tahm Kench vs Hecarim Matchup Summary
Best Tahm Kench vs Hecarim Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Hecarim as Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Hecarim
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 Hecarim
Hecarim's ultimate causes opponents to flee in terror. Spread out to reduce his power in fights.
Hecarim gains life from nearby enemies with Spirit of Dread but lacks durability, use burst damage.
Tahm Kench vs Hecarim Counter Stats
How to Counter Hecarim with Tahm Kench in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize several significant Tahm Kench vs. Hecarim counter statistics that can help you figure out the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Hecarim’s ratio of NaN, showing that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Hecarim..
Tahm Kench usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Hecarim. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Tahm Kench and Hecarim
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Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Hecarim?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Tahm Kench usually wins when playing against Hecarim, with a 51.2% win rate. Thus, Tahm Kench makes a good counter for Hecarim.
While Tahm Kench does have a higher winrate compared to Hecarim, when on opposite teams, Tahm Kench also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Tahm Kench into Hecarim.
Moreover, Tahm Kench also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Hecarim. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Tahm Kench vs Hecarim matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Tahm Kench is a decent counter to Hecarim. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Tahm Kench against Hecarim.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Tahm Kench to counter Hecarim during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tahm Kench usually accumulates much more CS as Hecarim. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Tahm Kench versus Hecarim build include Unending Despair, Heartsteel, and Hollow Radiance. When Tahm Kench included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Hecarim than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Tahm Kench had an average win rate of 51.2% when playing against Hecarim with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Hecarim 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. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Tahm Kench vs Hecarim clashes, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.2% winrate overall.
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