Tahm Kench vs Zyra
How to Beat Zyra as Tahm Kench
based on 3,772 Tahm Kench vs Zyra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tahm Kench vs Zyra Matchup Summary
Best Tahm Kench vs Zyra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zyra as Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Zyra
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 Zyra
Moving closer to Zyra can be a smart move if she places plants too far away from herself.
Moving the fight to a different area will deprive Zyra of accumulated seeds.
Plants take fixed damage from attacks and effects, similar to wards. They also expire quickly on their own.
Seeds placed by Zyra's W are larger, a different color, and grant a small amount of vision to her team.
Zyra's seeds can be destroyed by stepping on them. If she tries to grow them as you do, dodge back at the last moment.
Tahm Kench vs Zyra Counter Stats
How to Counter Zyra with Tahm Kench in LoL
The stats provided here feature some important Tahm Kench vs. Zyra matchup statistics that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zyra’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Zyra..
Tahm Kench usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Zyra. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Tahm Kench and Zyra
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Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Zyra?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Tahm Kench usually loses when taking on Zyra, with a 48.2% win rate. Therefore, Tahm Kench makes a bad counter to Zyra.
While Tahm Kench does have a lower winrate than Zyra, when on opposite teams, Tahm Kench also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Tahm Kench into Zyra.
Moreover, Tahm Kench has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zyra. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Tahm Kench vs Zyra matchups, Zyra is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Tahm Kench is a somewhat poor counter for Zyra. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Tahm Kench against Zyra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Tahm Kench to counter Zyra during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tahm Kench often racks up more CS as Zyra. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Tahm Kench versus Zyra build consist of Heartsteel, Hollow Radiance, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Tahm Kench incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs. Zyra than with many other typical builds. In fact, Tahm Kench boasted an average win rate of 48.2% when countering Zyra with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Zyra 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. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Tahm Kench vs Zyra counter picks, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.2% win rate overall.
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