Hecarim with Tahm Kench
How to Synergize Hecarim and Tahm Kench
based on 2,121 Hecarim with Tahm Kench pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Hecarim Tahm Kench Synergy Summary
Best Hecarim vs Tahm Kench Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Hecarim and Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Hecarim with Tahm Kench
Devastating Charge deals more damage based on the distance traveled. Try using Onslaught of Shadows or Summoner Spells such as Ghost or Flash to maximize this damage.
Spirit of Dread restores Health when nearby enemies take damage, including damage dealt by allies. Cast this during a large fight to maximize Hecarim's survivability.
Advice to Understand How Tahm Kench Will Play
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.
Hecarim Tahm Kench Synergy Stats
How to Play with Tahm Kench as Hecarim in LoL
The Hecarim Tahm Kench synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Tahm Kench, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Hecarim sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Tahm Kench. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Tahm Kench helps Hecarim perform poorer in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Hecarim is an ally to Tahm Kench, he gets a barely noticable drop in his complete damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Tahm Kench does not provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Hecarim is played alongside Tahm Kench on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Tahm Kench.
Moreover, when Hecarim plays with Tahm Kench on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Tahm Kench does a decent job of protecting Hecarim in teamfights.
Synergies between Hecarim and Tahm Kench
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Is Hecarim better when played alongside Tahm Kench?
There is no one best synergy for Hecarim that will 100% of the time be his top ally. However, overall, Tahm Kench is a decent teammate for Hecarim. By locking into the same team as Hecarim, he increases their win rate by 1.7% to 50.2%. This demonstrates that there is a potentially meaningful bond between Hecarim and Tahm Kench that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.
Tahm Kench has a lower difficulty than Hecarim. That means Hecarim players don't need to be cautious when lining up Tahm Kench allies to fight alongside, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Fighting alongside, Hecarim players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to cover for your other teammates. When paired, these champs might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Although, by aligning Hecarim and Tahm Kench together, you will not be giving your team a lot of crowd control. Plan to pick other champions on your team that nullifies this gap in their capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Tahm Kench ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Hecarim to work well with Tahm Kench during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to have in your Hecarim and Tahm Kench synergy build consist of Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Eclipse. When Hecarim used at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Tahm Kench than with most other typical builds. In fact, Hecarim had an average win rate of 50.2% helping carry Tahm Kench with this build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating your oponents, you should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.2% win rate overall.
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