Tahm Kench vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Tahm Kench
based on 3,296 Tahm Kench vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tahm Kench vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Tahm Kench vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Zed
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 Zed
Zed's Shadow Slash can only slow you if his shadow hits you with it.
Zed receives bonus effect from Attack Damage items he purchases, so Armor is super effective against him.
After Zed uses his Living Shadow, he is at his most vulnerable as his damage, slow, and mobility are both dependent upon it.
Tahm Kench vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Tahm Kench in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some valuable Tahm Kench vs. Zed matchup stats that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zed’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Zed..
Tahm Kench typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Zed. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Tahm Kench and Zed
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Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Zed?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Tahm Kench usually wins when trying to fight Zed, with a 53.5% win rate. Therefore, Tahm Kench makes a great counter for Zed.
While Tahm Kench does have a higher win rate than Zed, when facing one another, Tahm Kench also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Tahm Kench into Zed.
Furthermore, Tahm Kench has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zed. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Tahm Kench vs Zed matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Tahm Kench is a great counter for Zed. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Tahm Kench against Zed.
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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 Zed during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tahm Kench typically picks up a similar amount of CS as Zed. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts 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 most crucial items to focus on in your Tahm Kench versus Zed build include Spirit Visage, Thornmail, and Heartsteel. When Tahm Kench included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better versus Zed than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Tahm Kench boasted an average winrate of 53.5% when countering Zed with this counter build.
To have the best probability of beating Zed as Tahm Kench, Tahm Kench players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Unflinching, Triumph, and Legend: Alacrity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Tahm Kench vs Zed counter picks, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.5% winrate overall.
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