Tahm Kench with Galio
How to Synergize Tahm Kench and Galio
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Tahm Kench Galio Synergy Summary
Best Tahm Kench vs Galio Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Tahm Kench and Galio
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench with Galio
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 Galio Will Play
You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
Tahm Kench Galio Synergy Stats
How to Play with Galio as Tahm Kench in LoL
The Tahm Kench Galio synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Galio, 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 Galio. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Galio helps Tahm Kench perform worse in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Tahm Kench plays on the same team as Galio, he gets a marginal improvement in his full damage output. This change could signal that Galio helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Tahm Kench is played alongside Galio on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Galio. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Galio.
Additionally, when Tahm Kench plays with Galio on the same side, he typically takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Galio does a poor job of protecting Tahm Kench in teamfights.
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Is Tahm Kench better when played alongside Galio?
There is no perfect champion pairing for Tahm Kench that will 100% of the time be his ideal ally. Yet, overall, Galio is a good companion for Tahm Kench. By being on the same team as Tahm Kench, he increases their win rate by 2.4% to 54.0%. This signals that there is a somewhat important synergy between Tahm Kench and Galio that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.
Galio has a lower difficulty than Tahm Kench. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Galio allies to fight alongside, as they will need a lower level of skill to fight well with you.
Working alongside, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to tank a lot of damage. Together, these champs might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
In contrast, by pairing Tahm Kench and Galio together, you probably will not be granting your side a lot of anti-tank damage dealing potential. Make sure to include other champions on your team that helps cover this gap in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Galio ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Tahm Kench to work well with Galio during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The best items to include in your Tahm Kench and Galio synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Heartsteel, and Solstice Sleigh. When Tahm Kench incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Galio than with many other common item sets. In fact, Tahm Kench had an average winrate of 54.0% when playing alongside Galio with this build.
To have the best probability of defeating your oponents, Tahm Kench players should use the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Unflinching, Triumph, and Legend: Alacrity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Tahm Kench and Galio pairings, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 54.0% win rate overall.
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