Tahm Kench vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Tahm Kench
based on 306 Tahm Kench vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tahm Kench vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Tahm Kench vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Skarner
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 Skarner
Skarner can't harm you very much outside of short range, so stay away from him!
Skarner is especially dangerous when inside Crystal Spire zones his team controls. Try to capture them ahead of time if a fight may break out around them.
Skarner's Move Speed is increased as long as his shield, Crystalline Exoskeleton, persists. Attack him to lower his speed.
Tahm Kench vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Tahm Kench in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize several valuable Tahm Kench against Skarner counter stats that can help us appreciate the distinctions between these two champs. For instance, Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Skarner’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Skarner..
Tahm Kench typically has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Skarner. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Tahm Kench and Skarner
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Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Skarner?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Tahm Kench usually wins when taking on Skarner, with a 54.9% win rate. Thus, Tahm Kench makes a great counter to Skarner.
While Tahm Kench does have a much higher win rate compared to Skarner, when facing one another, Tahm Kench also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to learn. You should be be fine when picking Tahm Kench into Skarner.
Moreover, Tahm Kench also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Skarner. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Tahm Kench vs Skarner matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Tahm Kench is a great counter to Skarner. Focus your play on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Tahm Kench against Skarner.
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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 Skarner during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tahm Kench typically accumulates much more CS relative to Skarner. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Tahm Kench versus Skarner build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Heartsteel. When Tahm Kench used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs Skarner than with most other common item sets. In fact, Tahm Kench boasted an average win rate of 54.9% when countering Skarner with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Skarner as Tahm Kench, Tahm Kench players should use 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 Skarner counters, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 54.9% winrate overall.
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