Olaf with Tahm Kench
How to Synergize Olaf and Tahm Kench
based on 367 Olaf with Tahm Kench pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Olaf Tahm Kench Synergy Summary
Best Olaf vs Tahm Kench Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Olaf and Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Olaf with Tahm Kench
Olaf can combine Berserker Rage, Vicious Strikes, and Ragnarok at low life to become deceptively strong.
The bonus healing granted by Vicious Strikes amplifies your Life Steal from all sources as well as heals from allies.
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.
Olaf Tahm Kench Synergy Stats
How to Play with Tahm Kench as Olaf in LoL
The Olaf 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, Olaf 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 negative change shows that Tahm Kench helps Olaf perform poorer in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Olaf plays on the same team as Tahm Kench, he sees a small decrease in his total damage dealt. This change could signal that Tahm Kench doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Olaf is played with 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 synergisticly with Tahm Kench.
Additionally, when Olaf plays with Tahm Kench on the same side, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Tahm Kench does a poor job of covering Olaf during teamfights.
Synergies between Olaf and Tahm Kench
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Is Olaf better when played alongside Tahm Kench?
There is no one best champion pairing for Olaf that will 100% of the time be his ideal ally. Yet, overall, Tahm Kench is a pretty good companion for Olaf. By locking into the same team as Olaf, he increases their win rate by 1.7% to 50.7%. This shows that there is a good strategic relationship between Olaf and Tahm Kench that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Tahm Kench has a greater difficulty than Olaf. That means you need to be careful when finding Tahm Kench comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
Fighting on the same side, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to soak up damage. Combined, these champions will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
In contrast, by pairing Olaf and Tahm Kench together, you probably will not be giving your other teammates very much magical damage output. We recommend you include other champs on your team that nullifies this hole in their kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Tahm Kench teammate, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Olaf to work well with Tahm Kench during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to use in your Olaf and Tahm Kench synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Experimental Hexplate, and Ravenous Hydra. When Olaf included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when paired up with Tahm Kench than with many other common item sets. In fact, Olaf had an average win rate of 50.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Tahm Kench with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of crushing your oponents, Olaf players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Approach Velocity runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for this team composition, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.7% winrate overall.
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