Kayn with Tahm Kench
How to Synergize Kayn and Tahm Kench
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Kayn Tahm Kench Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Kayn and Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Kayn with Tahm Kench
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
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.
Kayn Tahm Kench Synergy Stats
How to Play with Tahm Kench as Kayn in LoL
The Kayn 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, Kayn sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Tahm Kench. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Tahm Kench helps Kayn perform worse in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kayn is an ally to Tahm Kench, he gets a marginal improvement in his complete damage output. This could signal that Tahm Kench supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Kayn is played with Tahm Kench on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Tahm Kench.
Moreover, when Kayn plays with Tahm Kench on the same team, he usually receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Tahm Kench does a decent job of covering Kayn during teamfights.
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Is Kayn better when played alongside Tahm Kench?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Kayn that will 100% of the time be his top synergy. However, Tahm Kench is a very typical ally for Kayn. By playing on the same side as Kayn, he raises their win rate by 0.6% to 49.8%. This demonstrates that there is a weak synergy between Kayn and Tahm Kench that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.
Tahm Kench has a much lower diffuclty than Kayn. That means Kayn players don't need to be cautious when lining up Tahm Kench allies to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Fighting together, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to cover for your other teammates. Combined, these two will be a great protective duo.
Conversely, by grouping Kayn and Tahm Kench together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates much magic damage. Make sure to include other champions on your team that helps cover this gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Tahm Kench ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your gold 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 truly master Kayn in order to pair well with Tahm Kench during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The best items to have in your Kayn and Tahm Kench synergy build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Hubris, and Opportunity. When Kayn included at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Tahm Kench than with many other typical builds. In fact, Kayn boasted an average win rate of 49.8% helping carry Tahm Kench with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, Kayn players should take the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for this champion pairing, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.8% winrate overall.
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