Tahm Kench with Annie
How to Synergize Tahm Kench and Annie
based on 1,375 Tahm Kench with Annie pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Tahm Kench Annie Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Tahm Kench and Annie
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench with Annie
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.
Advice to Understand How Annie Will Play
Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.
Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.
Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.
Tahm Kench Annie Synergy Stats
How to Play with Annie as Tahm Kench in LoL
The Tahm Kench Annie synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Annie, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Tahm Kench sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Annie. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Annie helps Tahm Kench perform worse in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Tahm Kench plays on the same team as Annie, he sees a small increase in his full damage output. This difference may signal that Annie helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that her presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Tahm Kench is played together with Annie on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Annie.
Additionally, when Tahm Kench plays with Annie on the same side, he usually takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Annie does a poor job of protecting Tahm Kench during team fights.
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Is Tahm Kench better when played alongside Annie?
There is no ideal ally for Tahm Kench that will 100% of the time be his top ally. Yet, overall, Annie is a below average companion for Tahm Kench. By playing on the same side as Tahm Kench, she drops their win rate by -1.1% to 50.5%. This signals that there is a negative bond between Tahm Kench and Annie that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Annie has a greater difficulty than Tahm Kench. That means Tahm Kench players should be careful when arranging Annie teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Working alongside, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Although, by grouping Tahm Kench and Annie together, you probably will not be providing your side enough sustained damage output. Make sure to include other champs on your team that fills this relative hole in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Annie ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Tahm Kench in order to synergize with Annie during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The top items to have in your Tahm Kench and Annie synergy build include Unending Despair, Thornmail, and Heartsteel. When Tahm Kench used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Annie than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Tahm Kench had an average win rate of 50.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Annie with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of beating your oponents, you should take the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Unflinching, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for this team composition, this composite of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.5% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Annie with Tahm Kench are displayed for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a specific division, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.