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How to Synergize Nidalee with Tahm Kench on the Same TeamNidalee is in the b tier of champions

Nidalee with Tahm Kench

How to Win With Nidalee and Tahm Kench Paired TogetherNidalee is in the s tier of champions
AssassinMage
SupportTank

How to Synergize Nidalee and Tahm Kench

based on 634 Nidalee with Tahm Kench pairs
Win Rate
47.6 %
K/D/A
2.4
Pick Rate
2.4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in the results of from millions of League matches straight from Riot Games each and every week. Nidalee has been on the same team as Tahm Kench in 634 recent, competitive matches. By pooling so much complete data straight from the hosts of League of Legends, we are sure that we can produce high quality, usable builds to help Nidalee synergize with Tahm Kench. It is relatively rare for Nidalee to play with Tahm Kench as teammates. This pairing has only happened in approximately 2.4% of rounds with Nidalee.

Nidalee Tahm Kench Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Nidalee does a poor job of teaming up with Tahm Kench. On average, she wins a poor 47.6% of rounds the champs play on the same team. If you want to win more matches as Nidalee when playing alongside Tahm Kench by learning how to better synergize your playstyle with him, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Nidalee vs Tahm Kench Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Nidalee Items

~22 Mins
Zhonya's HourglassShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Lich BaneHextech Rocketbelt

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationDark HarvestSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
SorceryTranscendenceWaterwalking
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Nidalee's passive ability p
Nidalee's q ability q
Nidalee's w ability w
Nidalee's e ability e
Nidalee'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 Synergizing Nidalee and Tahm Kench

Tips for Playing as Nidalee with Tahm Kench

Use brush to your advantage! Moving in and out of brush can heavily alter your effectiveness in battle.

Start team fights by harassing with your Javelin Toss, and then switch to cougar form to chase down Hunted targets.

Bushwhack traps deal damage based on their victim's current Health. Set them up in your team's backline before fights break out during sieges to help your team deal damage to the enemy frontline.

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.

Nidalee Tahm Kench Synergy Stats

Nidalee Image
Win Rate
47.6 %
VS
Win Rate
52.4 %
Tahm Kench Image
7.1
< Kills >
7
6
< Deaths >
6.3
7.3
< Assists >
7.3
1.59
< Killing Sprees >
1.61
36
< Minions Killed >
41
1.18
< Dragons Killed >
1.04
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.44
1,056
< Physical Damage >
1,240
16,115
< Magic Damage >
16,536
946
< True Damage >
975
18,118
< Damage Dealt >
18,752
30,776
< Damage Taken >
31,092
11,365
< Gold Earned >
11,447
1.46
< Towers >
1.45
0.25
< Baron Takedowns >
0.24
16,642
< Total Healing >
16,085
12,700
< Experience >
12,887
24
< Vision Score >
25
7
< Wards Placed >
7
139
< Time Dealing CC >
147

How to Play with Tahm Kench as Nidalee in LoL

The Nidalee 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, Nidalee sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Tahm Kench. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Tahm Kench helps Nidalee perform not as well in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Nidalee is an ally to Tahm Kench, she sees a barely noticable drop in her complete damage output. This difference may indicate that Tahm Kench does not provide protection for her to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Nidalee is played together with Tahm Kench on the same team, 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 alongside Tahm Kench.

Moreover, when Nidalee plays with Tahm Kench on the same side, she usually takes a little less damage than when she fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Tahm Kench does a decent job of protecting Nidalee during team fights.

Synergies between Nidalee and Tahm Kench

Damage Types Compared

Nidalee
Tahm Kench
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Nidalee
Tahm Kench

Is Nidalee better when played alongside Tahm Kench?

There is no universally accepted best ally for Nidalee that will no matter what be her ideal synergy. However, overall, Tahm Kench is a decent companion for Nidalee. By playing on the same team as Nidalee, he improves their win rate by 2.8% to 47.6%. This signals that there is a somewhat important synergy between Nidalee and Tahm Kench that results in them performing better together than alone.

Tahm Kench has a much lower diffuclty than Nidalee. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Tahm Kench allies to play with, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.

When playing cooperatively, Nidalee players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. When paired, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.

In contrast, by aligning Nidalee and Tahm Kench together, you probably will not be providing your other allies very much anti-tank damage dealing potential. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that neutralizes this hole in their kit.

Regardless of your Tahm Kench ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Nidalee Players

How We Calculated Our Nidalee Tahm Kench Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Nidalee and Tahm Kench, we analyzed 634 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Nidalee with Tahm Kench comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to truly master Nidalee in order to synergize with Tahm Kench during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The ideal items to include in your Nidalee and Tahm Kench synergy build consist of Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Nidalee combined at least these three great items in her build, she performed a lot better as an ally of Tahm Kench than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Nidalee boasted an average winrate of 47.6% helping carry Tahm Kench with this build.

To have the best likelihood of defeating your oponents, Nidalee players should use the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.6% winrate overall.

If you want to view Nidalee and Tahm Kench cooperations tips and stats for a a particular skill level, feel free to select one from the selection menu above. At first, the statistics and build suggestions shown are calculated using all games run with these champs.