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How to Win Yone vs Tahm Kench Counter MatchupYone is in the b tier of champions

Yone vs Tahm Kench

How to Beat Tahm Kench as Yone in LoLYone is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Tahm Kench as Yone

based on 5,695 Yone vs Tahm Kench matchups
Win Rate
49.1 %
K/D/A
1.75
Pick Rate
2.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends games that we review each week. Our guide on how to beat Tahm Kench as Yone came out of an evaluation of 5695 ranked games where both champions faced off against one another. This particular champion pairing is fairly rare. Yone fights Tahm Kench in only 2.4% of his rounds.

Yone vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Yone does a below average job of beating Tahm Kench. On average, he wins a acceptable 49.1% of matches the champions face each other in. In Yone versus Tahm Kench matches, Yone’s side is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood, indicating that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Tahm Kench.

Best Yone vs Tahm Kench Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowBerserker's Greaves

Core Yone Items

~22 Mins
Infinity EdgeBloodthirsterKraken Slayer

Optional Items

Guardian AngelImmortal ShieldbowJak'Sho, The ProteanDeath's Dance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Yone to level upq
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Second ability for Yone to level upe
>
Last skill for Yone to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveSecond WindUnflinching
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Yone's passive ability p
Yone's q ability q
Yone's w ability w
Yone's e ability e
Yone's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Yone

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.

Yone vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats

Yone Image
Win Rate
49.1 %
VS
Win Rate
50.9 %
Tahm Kench Image
6.8
< Kills >
5
6.9
< Deaths >
5.3
5.3
< Assists >
8.3
1.55
< Killing Sprees >
1.14
176
< Minions Killed >
116
0.15
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.48
18,078
< Physical Damage >
3,727
5,550
< Magic Damage >
14,456
2,961
< True Damage >
707
26,590
< Damage Dealt >
18,890
26,035
< Damage Taken >
39,573
12,254
< Gold Earned >
10,340
2.12
< Towers >
1.99
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
6,196
< Total Healing >
11,636
14,769
< Experience >
13,245
16
< Vision Score >
25
8
< Wards Placed >
12
202
< Time Dealing CC >
303

How to Counter Tahm Kench with Yone in LoL

The stats shown here show some vital Yone vs. Tahm Kench matchup stats that may help us interpret the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Yone’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Yone may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Tahm Kench..

Yone usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes less damage than Tahm Kench. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Yone and Tahm Kench

Damage Types Compared

Yone
Tahm Kench
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Yone
Tahm Kench

Who is Better, Yone or Tahm Kench?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Yone usually fairs equally well when taking on Tahm Kench, with a 49.1% win rate. Thus, Yone makes an ok counter to Tahm Kench.

While Yone does have a lower winrate than Tahm Kench, when on opposite teams, Yone also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Yone into Tahm Kenchas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Yone also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Yone vs Tahm Kench matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Yone is a somewhat poor counter to Tahm Kench. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Yone against Tahm Kench.

Additional Information for Yone Players

How We Calculated Our Yone vs Tahm Kench Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Tahm Kench as Yone, we analyzed 5,695 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Tahm Kench as Yone comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Yone to counter Tahm Kench during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Yone often gets more CS relative to Tahm Kench. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.

The top items to have in your Yone versus Tahm Kench build include Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Kraken Slayer. When Yone used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Tahm Kench than with many other common builds. In fact, Yone had an average win rate of 49.1% battling Tahm Kench with this counter build.

To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Tahm Kench as Yone, Yone players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Yone vs Tahm Kench counter picks, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.1% winrate overall.

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