Rek'Sai with Tahm Kench
How to Synergize Rek'Sai and Tahm Kench
based on 413 Rek'Sai with Tahm Kench pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Rek'Sai Tahm Kench Synergy Summary
Best Rek'Sai vs Tahm Kench Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Rek'Sai and Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai with Tahm Kench
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
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.
Rek'Sai Tahm Kench Synergy Stats
How to Play with Tahm Kench as Rek'Sai in LoL
The Rek'Sai 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, Rek'Sai sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Tahm Kench. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Tahm Kench helps Rek'Sai perform not as well in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Rek'Sai tries to synergize with Tahm Kench, he sees a barely noticable drop in his complete damage dealt. This may indicate that Tahm Kench doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Rek'Sai is played alongside Tahm Kench on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Tahm Kench.
Moreover, when Rek'Sai plays with Tahm Kench on the same team, he typically receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Tahm Kench does a poor job of protecting Rek'Sai in team fights.
Synergies between Rek'Sai and Tahm Kench
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Is Rek'Sai better when played alongside Tahm Kench?
There is no one best companion for Rek'Sai that will always be his best synergy. However, Tahm Kench is a below average ally for Rek'Sai. By locking into the same team as Rek'Sai, he drops their win rate by -1.2% to 47.2%. This shows that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Rek'Sai and Tahm Kench that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Tahm Kench has a greater difficulty than Rek'Sai. That means you should be very careful when arranging Tahm Kench allies to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting together, Rek'Sai players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to tank a lot of damage. When paired, these champions might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Although, by aligning Rek'Sai and Tahm Kench together, you may not be granting your side a lot of AP. We recommend you include other champs on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in their potential.
Regardless of your Tahm Kench ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Rek'Sai in order to work well with Tahm Kench during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to get in your Rek'Sai and Tahm Kench synergy build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Rek'Sai bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Tahm Kench than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Rek'Sai boasted an average winrate of 47.2% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Tahm Kench with this build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for this champion pairing, this combo of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.2% win rate overall.
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