Tahm Kench with Lee Sin
How to Synergize Tahm Kench and Lee Sin
based on 2,477 Tahm Kench with Lee Sin pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Tahm Kench Lee Sin Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Tahm Kench and Lee Sin
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench with Lee Sin
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.
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Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
Tahm Kench Lee Sin Synergy Stats
How to Play with Lee Sin as Tahm Kench in LoL
The Tahm Kench Lee Sin synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Lee Sin, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Lee Sin. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Lee Sin helps Tahm Kench perform not as well in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Tahm Kench is an ally to Lee Sin, he sees a little drop in his full damage dealt. This change could signal that Lee Sin does not help protection for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Tahm Kench is played together with Lee Sin on the same side, 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 with Lee Sin.
Moreover, when Tahm Kench plays with Lee Sin on the same side, he on average receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Lee Sin does a decent job of covering Tahm Kench in teamfights.
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Is Tahm Kench better when played alongside Lee Sin?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Tahm Kench that will no matter what be his top synergy. However, overall, Lee Sin is a relatively poor companion for Tahm Kench. By locking into the same side as Tahm Kench, he drops their win rate by -2.5% to 49.1%. This demonstrates that there is a harmful bond between Tahm Kench and Lee Sin that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Lee Sin has a greater difficulty than Tahm Kench. That means you need to be cautious when lining up Lee Sin teammates to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Playing cooperatively, Tahm Kench players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to cover for your other teammates. Together, these champions might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Conversely, by bringing Tahm Kench and Lee Sin together, you may not be providing your other teammates a lot of magic damage. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Lee Sin ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Tahm Kench to work well with Lee Sin during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Tahm Kench and Lee Sin synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Heartsteel, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Tahm Kench incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Lee Sin than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Tahm Kench had an average win rate of 49.1% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Lee Sin with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Unflinching, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this combo of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Lee Sin with Tahm Kench are given for all ranked divisions. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a distinct rank, you may use the selection menu earlier on the page.