Tahm Kench vs Nunu & Willump
How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Tahm Kench
based on 2,132 Tahm Kench vs Nunu & Willump matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tahm Kench vs Nunu & Willump Matchup Summary
Best Tahm Kench vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nunu & Willump as Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Nunu & Willump
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 Nunu & Willump
Interrupting the charge up on Absolute Zero will lower the amount of damage your team takes.
Using Summoner Flash is a surefire way to escape Absolute Zero.
Biggest Snowball Ever moves very fast but cannot turn as quickly, so don't try to escape it by running away in a straight line. Instead, make sudden, sharp turns.
Tahm Kench vs Nunu & Willump Counter Stats
How to Counter Nunu & Willump with Tahm Kench in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some vital Tahm Kench against Nunu & Willump matchup statistics that may help you figure out the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nunu & Willump..
Tahm Kench often has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Nunu & Willump. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Tahm Kench and Nunu & Willump
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Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Nunu & Willump?
Both LoL champions 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 Nunu & Willump, with a 56.4% win rate. Thus, Tahm Kench makes a fantastic counter for Nunu & Willump.
While Tahm Kench does have a much higher winrate than Nunu & Willump, when on opposite teams, Tahm Kench also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Tahm Kench into Nunu & Willump.
Additionally, Tahm Kench has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nunu & Willump. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Tahm Kench vs Nunu & Willump 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 team fights.
Tahm Kench is a great counter for Nunu & Willump. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Tahm Kench against Nunu & Willump.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Tahm Kench in order to counter Nunu & Willump during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tahm Kench most often gets much more CS as Nunu & Willump. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't require 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 require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Tahm Kench versus Nunu & Willump build include Unending Despair, Thornmail, and Heartsteel. When Tahm Kench combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Nunu & Willump than with many other typical builds. In fact, Tahm Kench boasted an average win rate of 56.4% battling Nunu & Willump with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Nunu & Willump as Tahm Kench, you should take the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Unflinching, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Tahm Kench vs Nunu & Willump counter picks, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 56.4% win rate overall.
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