Zyra vs Tahm Kench
How to Beat Tahm Kench as Zyra
based on 3,772 Zyra vs Tahm Kench matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zyra vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary
Best Zyra vs Tahm Kench Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Zyra
Tips for Playing as Zyra against Tahm Kench
Seeds grant vision to your team.
Placing a seed in your spell's path after you have cast it gives you the best chance of having a seed in the proper spot.
Zyra is a great ambusher - look for opportunities to set a trap of seeds in brush, then lure enemies in.
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.
Zyra vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats
How to Counter Tahm Kench with Zyra in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight several influential Zyra versus Tahm Kench counter stats that can help us explain the distinctions between this pair of champs. As an example, Zyra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Tahm Kench’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zyra may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Tahm Kench..
Zyra usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Tahm Kench. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Zyra or Tahm Kench?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zyra usually wins when trying to fight Tahm Kench, with a 51.8% win rate. Thus, Zyra makes a good counter for Tahm Kench.
While Zyra does have a higher winrate compared to Tahm Kench, when on opposite teams, Zyra also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Zyra into Tahm Kenchas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Zyra also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. 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 Zyra vs Tahm Kench matchups, Zyra is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Zyra is a decent counter to Tahm Kench. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Zyra against Tahm Kench.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Zyra in order to counter Tahm Kench during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zyra often gets less CS relative to Tahm Kench. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Zyra versus Tahm Kench build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Stormsurge, and Liandry's Torment. When Zyra included at least these three items in her build, she did much better against Tahm Kench than with most other typical builds. In fact, Zyra had an average win rate of 51.8% when playing against Tahm Kench with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Tahm Kench as Zyra, Zyra players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Relentless Hunter, and Taste of Blood runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Zyra vs Tahm Kench fights, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.8% win rate overall.
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