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Tahm Kench with Nidalee

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How to Synergize Tahm Kench and Nidalee

based on 634 Tahm Kench with Nidalee pairs
Win Rate
47.6 %
K/D/A
2.45
Pick Rate
0.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull the results of from millions of League rounds directly from Riot Games each and every week. Tahm Kench has been on the same team as Nidalee in 634 recent, ranked matches. By accumulating so much complete data directly from the publishers of LoL, we are totally sure that we can provide you with high-quality, accurate builds to help Tahm Kench synergize with Nidalee. It is very rare for Tahm Kench to play with Nidalee on the same side. This has only taken place in about 0.7% of matches with Tahm Kench.

Tahm Kench Nidalee Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Tahm Kench does a poor job of teaming up with Nidalee. Normally, he wins a dismal 47.6% of games the champions appear on the same team. If you want to maximize your potential as Tahm Kench when playing with Nidalee by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with her, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Tahm Kench vs Nidalee Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsRuby Crystal

Core Tahm Kench Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisThornmailHeartsteel

Optional Items

Unending DespairSolstice SleighCelestial OppositionHollow Radiance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Tahm Kench to level upq
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Second ability for Tahm Kench to level upw
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Last skill for Tahm Kench to max oute

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingShield BashSecond WindUnflinching
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Alacrity
Attack SpeedArmorArmor
Tahm Kench's passive ability p
Tahm Kench's q ability q
Tahm Kench's w ability w
Tahm Kench's e ability e
Tahm Kench's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Synergizing Tahm Kench and Nidalee

Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench with Nidalee

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 Nidalee Will Play

Use brush to your advantage! Moving in and out of brush can heavily alter your effectiveness in battle.

Start team fights by harassing with your Javelin Toss, and then switch to cougar form to chase down Hunted targets.

Bushwhack traps deal damage based on their victim's current Health. Set them up in your team's backline before fights break out during sieges to help your team deal damage to the enemy frontline.

Tahm Kench Nidalee Synergy Stats

Tahm Kench Image
Win Rate
47.6 %
VS
Win Rate
52.4 %
Nidalee Image
4.7
< Kills >
5
5.1
< Deaths >
5.2
7.8
< Assists >
8.3
1.06
< Killing Sprees >
1.14
119
< Minions Killed >
118
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.48
3,861
< Physical Damage >
3,968
14,659
< Magic Damage >
15,337
663
< True Damage >
721
19,184
< Damage Dealt >
20,027
38,911
< Damage Taken >
39,977
10,148
< Gold Earned >
10,461
1.92
< Towers >
2.05
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
11,433
< Total Healing >
11,956
12,894
< Experience >
13,272
24
< Vision Score >
26
11
< Wards Placed >
12
290
< Time Dealing CC >
294

How to Play with Nidalee as Tahm Kench in LoL

The Tahm Kench Nidalee synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nidalee, 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 Nidalee. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Nidalee helps Tahm Kench perform worse in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Tahm Kench is an ally to Nidalee, he observes a little decrease in his full damage output. This difference may signal that Nidalee does not provide protection for him to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Tahm Kench is played with Nidalee 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 alongside Nidalee.

Moreover, when Tahm Kench plays with Nidalee on the same team, he often receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Nidalee does a decent job of covering Tahm Kench during team fights.

Synergies between Tahm Kench and Nidalee

Damage Types Compared

Tahm Kench
Nidalee
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Tahm Kench
Nidalee

Is Tahm Kench better when played alongside Nidalee?

There is no ideal champion pairing for Tahm Kench that will always be his top ally. Yet, overall, Nidalee is a very bad ally for Tahm Kench. By being on the same team as Tahm Kench, she lowers their win rate by -4.0% to 47.6%. This signals that there is a very bad strategic relationship between Tahm Kench and Nidalee that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.

Nidalee has a greater difficulty than Tahm Kench. That means Tahm Kench players should be very careful when finding Nidalee allies to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to play well with you.

When playing together, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

In contrast, by pairing Tahm Kench and Nidalee together, you probably will not be giving your other allies a great deal of anti-tank damage dealing potential. We recommend you include other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in their capabilities.

Regardless of your Nidalee ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Tahm Kench Players

How We Calculated Our Tahm Kench Nidalee Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Tahm Kench and Nidalee, we analyzed 634 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Tahm Kench with Nidalee comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To truly master Tahm Kench to synergize with Nidalee during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The best finished items to have in your Tahm Kench and Nidalee synergy build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Heartsteel. When Tahm Kench incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Nidalee than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Tahm Kench boasted an average win rate of 47.6% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Nidalee with this build.

To have the best probability of vanquishing your oponents, you should use 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 builds we have analyed for Tahm Kench and Nidalee pairings, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.6% winrate overall.

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