Viktor vs Tahm Kench
How to Beat Tahm Kench as Viktor
based on 1,249 Viktor vs Tahm Kench matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viktor vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary
Best Viktor vs Tahm Kench Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Viktor
Tips for Playing as Viktor against Tahm Kench
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
Advice to Win Against Tahm Kench
When you see Tahm Kench use the shield from Thick Skin, remember that he just opted out of a good deal of healing. He will also not accumulate new gray health until Thick Skin comes off cooldown. Use this to your advantage!
Watch out for Kench's Abyssal Dive - you can cancel it's channel with immobilizing crowd control effects.
Viktor vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats
How to Counter Tahm Kench with Viktor in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several vital Viktor against Tahm Kench matchup stats that may help us appreciate the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Viktor’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Viktor may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Tahm Kench..
Viktor typically has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Tahm Kench. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Viktor and Tahm Kench
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Who is Better, Viktor or Tahm Kench?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Viktor usually loses when taking on Tahm Kench, with a 46.2% win rate. Therefore, Viktor makes a bad counter for Tahm Kench.
While Viktor does have a lower winrate compared to Tahm Kench, when on opposite teams, Viktor also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Viktor into Tahm Kenchas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Viktor also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Viktor vs Tahm Kench matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Viktor is a garbage counter for Tahm Kench. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Viktor against Tahm Kench.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Viktor to counter Tahm Kench during both the laning 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 mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viktor on average accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Tahm Kench. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Viktor versus Tahm Kench build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Viktor used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs. Tahm Kench than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Viktor had an average win rate of 46.2% battling Tahm Kench with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of crushing Tahm Kench as Viktor, Viktor players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Viktor vs Tahm Kench fights, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.2% win rate overall.
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