Tahm Kench vs Hwei
How to Beat Hwei as Tahm Kench
based on 4,193 Tahm Kench vs Hwei matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tahm Kench vs Hwei Matchup Summary
Best Tahm Kench vs Hwei Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Hwei as Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Hwei
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 Hwei
After Hwei paints a Torment spell he is vulnerable to being rushed down.
Hwei needs to predict your positioning and take time to cast, catch him by surprise.
Hwei's lightning is deadly but slow; it deals more damage when you are alone or unable to move.
Tahm Kench vs Hwei Counter Stats
How to Counter Hwei with Tahm Kench in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several critical Tahm Kench vs. Hwei matchup stats that can help you realize the differences between the pair. As an example, Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Hwei’s ratio of NaN, showing that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Hwei..
Tahm Kench usually has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Hwei. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Tahm Kench and Hwei
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Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Hwei?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Tahm Kench usually wins when trying to fight Hwei, with a 56.0% win rate. Therefore, Tahm Kench makes a fantastic counter to Hwei.
While Tahm Kench does have a much higher winrate compared to Hwei, when on opposite teams, Tahm Kench also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Tahm Kench into Hwei.
Moreover, Tahm Kench also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Hwei. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Tahm Kench vs Hwei matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Tahm Kench is a great counter for Hwei. Focus your play on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Tahm Kench against Hwei.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Tahm Kench in order to counter Hwei during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tahm Kench usually gets a similar amount of CS compared to Hwei. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Tahm Kench versus Hwei build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Heartsteel, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Tahm Kench included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when facing Hwei than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Tahm Kench boasted an average winrate of 56.0% when playing against Hwei with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Hwei 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 we have analyed for Tahm Kench vs Hwei LoL games, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 56.0% win rate overall.
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