Tahm Kench vs Illaoi
How to Beat Illaoi as Tahm Kench
based on 1,902 Tahm Kench vs Illaoi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tahm Kench vs Illaoi Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Illaoi as Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Illaoi
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 Illaoi
Killing Tentacles whenever possible will make it much easier to win a fight against Illaoi.
When your spirit gets pulled out, fight back if you can. Dealing damage to Illaoi reduces the spirit's duration.
Avoid grouping up for Leap of Faith to reduce the number of Tentacles available to Illaoi.
Tahm Kench vs Illaoi Counter Stats
How to Counter Illaoi with Tahm Kench in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some valuable Tahm Kench vs. Illaoi matchup statistics that may help you figure out the distinctions between the two. As an example, Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Illaoi’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Illaoi. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Tahm Kench typically has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Illaoi. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Illaoi?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Tahm Kench usually fairs equally well when facing off against Illaoi, with a 50.1% win rate. As a result, Tahm Kench makes an ok counter to Illaoi.
While Tahm Kench does have a higher win rate than Illaoi, when facing one another, Tahm Kench also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Tahm Kench into Illaoi.
Additionally, Tahm Kench has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Illaoi. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Tahm Kench vs Illaoi matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Tahm Kench is a decent counter to Illaoi. Focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Tahm Kench against Illaoi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Tahm Kench in order to counter Illaoi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tahm Kench typically gets less CS compared to Illaoi. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities 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 surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Tahm Kench versus Illaoi build include Unending Despair, Heartsteel, and Hollow Radiance. When Tahm Kench used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs. Illaoi than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Tahm Kench boasted an average winrate of 50.1% when playing against Illaoi with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Illaoi 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 builds players picked for Tahm Kench vs Illaoi counterpicks, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.1% winrate overall.
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