Kalista with Tahm Kench
How to Synergize Kalista and Tahm Kench
based on 776 Kalista with Tahm Kench pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kalista Tahm Kench Synergy Summary
Best Kalista vs Tahm Kench Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kalista and Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Kalista with Tahm Kench
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
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.
Kalista Tahm Kench Synergy Stats
How to Play with Tahm Kench as Kalista in LoL
The Kalista Tahm Kench synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Tahm Kench, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Kalista sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Tahm Kench. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Tahm Kench helps Kalista perform not as well in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kalista tries to synergize with Tahm Kench, she observes a little decrease in her total damage output. This difference could signal that Tahm Kench doesn't help cover for her to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Kalista is played alongside Tahm Kench on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Tahm Kench.
Additionally, when Kalista plays with Tahm Kench on the same team, she typically takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Tahm Kench does a decent job of protecting Kalista in teamfights.
Synergies between Kalista and Tahm Kench
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Is Kalista better when played alongside Tahm Kench?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Kalista that will always be her #1 ally. However, Tahm Kench is a not very good ally for Kalista. By playing on the same side as Kalista, he decreases their win rate by -2.8% to 44.6%. This shows that there is a negative bond between Kalista and Tahm Kench that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Tahm Kench has a lower difficulty than Kalista. That means Kalista players don't need to be careful when finding Tahm Kench comrades to play with, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to play well with you.
When playing together, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Together, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by pairing Kalista and Tahm Kench together, you will not be giving your other allies a lot of support. Plan to bring other champions on your team that fills this hole in their kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Tahm Kench teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Kalista in order to work well with Tahm Kench during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top items to have in your Kalista and Tahm Kench synergy build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista incorporated at least these three great items in her build, she performed significantly better as an ally of Tahm Kench than with many other common builds. In fact, Kalista had an average winrate of 44.6% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Tahm Kench with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating your oponents, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for this champion pairing, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 44.6% win rate overall.
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