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How to Synergize Nilah with Tahm Kench on the Same TeamNilah is in the s tier of champions

Nilah with Tahm Kench

How to Win With Nilah and Tahm Kench Paired TogetherNilah is in the s tier of champions
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SupportTank

How to Synergize Nilah and Tahm Kench

based on 1,251 Nilah with Tahm Kench pairs
Win Rate
57.4 %
K/D/A
2.14
Pick Rate
2.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we download data from from millions of League of Legends matches directly from Riot Games each and every week. Nilah has gone into battle with Tahm Kench in 1251 recent, competitive games. By gathering so much accurate data directly from the developers of LoL, we have complete confidence that we can provide you with robust, accurate builds to help Nilah play with Tahm Kench. It is relatively rare for Nilah to play alongside Tahm Kench as allies. This has only happened in about 2.1% of rounds with Nilah.

Nilah Tahm Kench Synergy Summary

Nilah does a great job of synergizing with Tahm Kench. Typically, they wins a whopping 57.4% of rounds the champs try and work together in. If you want to win more matches as Nilah when playing alongside Tahm Kench by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with him, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Nilah vs Tahm Kench Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeSerrated Dirk

Core Nilah Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterNavori QuickbladesThe Collector

Optional Items

Immortal ShieldbowLord Dominik's RegardsKraken SlayerStormrazor

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: BloodlineLast Stand
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Nilah's passive ability p
Nilah's q ability q
Nilah's w ability w
Nilah's e ability e
Nilah's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Synergizing Nilah and Tahm Kench

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.

Nilah Tahm Kench Synergy Stats

Nilah Image
Win Rate
57.4 %
VS
Win Rate
42.6 %
Tahm Kench Image
8
< Kills >
7.8
6.6
< Deaths >
6.7
6.1
< Assists >
6.1
1.82
< Killing Sprees >
1.77
168
< Minions Killed >
169
0.2
< Dragons Killed >
0.18
0.62
< Inhibitors >
0.55
18,405
< Physical Damage >
18,142
156
< Magic Damage >
174
412
< True Damage >
412
18,973
< Damage Dealt >
18,728
23,991
< Damage Taken >
24,186
12,694
< Gold Earned >
12,632
2.83
< Towers >
2.59
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
9,067
< Total Healing >
8,612
13,171
< Experience >
13,231
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
87
< Time Dealing CC >
87

How to Play with Tahm Kench as Nilah in LoL

The Nilah Tahm Kench synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Tahm Kench, compared to their overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how their gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Nilah sees a very large drop in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Tahm Kench. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Tahm Kench helps Nilah perform not as well in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Nilah is paired with Tahm Kench, they sees a marginal improvement in their total damage output. This change could indicate that Tahm Kench supports by providing protection for them to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Nilah is played together with Tahm Kench on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when they plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing synergisticly with Tahm Kench.

Additionally, when Nilah plays with Tahm Kench on the same team, they on average takes a little less damage than when they fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Tahm Kench does a decent job of protecting Nilah in team fights.

Synergies between Nilah and Tahm Kench

Damage Types Compared

Nilah
Tahm Kench
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Nilah
Tahm Kench

Is Nilah better when played alongside Tahm Kench?

There is no top synergy for Nilah that will always be their best ally. However, Tahm Kench is a fantastic companion for Nilah. By being on the same side as Nilah, he increases their win rate by 5.3% to 57.4%. This demonstrates that there is a strong bond between Nilah and Tahm Kench that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.

Tahm Kench has a much lower diffuclty than Nilah. That means you don't need to be very careful when finding Tahm Kench comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to work well with you.

Fighting together, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to cover for your other teammates. Combined, these champions will be able to tank for the rest of their team.

Conversely, by pairing Nilah and Tahm Kench together, you will not be giving your other teammates much AP. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that helps cover this disparity in their potential.

Regardless of the skill of your Tahm Kench ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.

Other Champion Matchups Against Nilah

Nilah Loses Against

LilliaLillia46% winrateTaricTaric47.7% winrateJannaJanna47.8% winrateBardBard48.3% winrate

Nilah Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee60.7% winrateRek'SaiRek'Sai59.1% winrateYuumiYuumi58.4% winrateKai'SaKai'Sa57.2% winrate

Other Top Synergies by Role

TaricTaric+ 57% 1485 GamesLilliaLillia+ 57.4% 3643 GamesTahm KenchTahm Kench+ 57.4% 1251 GamesAniviaAnivia+ 58% 860 Games

Additional Information for Nilah Players

How We Calculated Our Nilah Tahm Kench Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Nilah and Tahm Kench, we analyzed 1,251 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 Nilah 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.

Other Useful Resources

Nilah Build Tahm Kench Build

Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nilah in order to work well with Tahm Kench during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly.

The most important items to have in your Nilah and Tahm Kench synergy build consist of Bloodthirster, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Nilah included at least these three finished items in their build, they did much better when paired up with Tahm Kench than with many other common item sets. In fact, Nilah had an average winrate of 57.4% helping carry Tahm Kench with this build.

To have the greatest chance of beating your oponents, Nilah players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for this team composition, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 57.4% winrate overall.

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