Tahm Kench vs Kennen
How to Beat Kennen as Tahm Kench
based on 885 Tahm Kench vs Kennen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tahm Kench vs Kennen Matchup Summary
Best Tahm Kench vs Kennen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kennen as Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Kennen
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 Kennen
Consider playing a bit more cautiously around Kennen when you have a Mark of the Storm debuff. If he hits you with 3 Marks of the Storm, you will get stunned.
Kennen is flimsy by nature - turn and attack him if he gets careless with Lightning Rush.
Tahm Kench vs Kennen Counter Stats
How to Counter Kennen with Tahm Kench in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some critical Tahm Kench against Kennen counter stats that can help us explain the differences and similarities between the two. Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kennen’s ratio of NaN, showing that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kennen..
Tahm Kench usually has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. On average, he takes more damage than Kennen. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Tahm Kench and Kennen
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Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Kennen?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Tahm Kench usually wins when trying to fight Kennen, with a 55.9% win rate. Therefore, Tahm Kench makes a fantastic counter for Kennen.
While Tahm Kench does have a much higher win rate compared to Kennen, when they face off with one another, Tahm Kench also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Tahm Kench into Kennen.
Moreover, Tahm Kench has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kennen. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Tahm Kench vs Kennen matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Tahm Kench is a great counter to Kennen. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Tahm Kench against Kennen.
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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 Kennen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tahm Kench usually accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Kennen. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Tahm Kench versus Kennen build include Unending Despair, Heartsteel, and Hollow Radiance. When Tahm Kench bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting Kennen than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Tahm Kench had an average winrate of 55.9% when playing against Kennen with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Kennen as Tahm Kench, you should use 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 chose for Tahm Kench vs Kennen counter picks, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 55.9% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Kennen as Tahm Kench are shown for all skill levels combined. To narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.