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Tahm Kench with Poppy

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How to Synergize Tahm Kench and Poppy

based on 897 Tahm Kench with Poppy pairs
Win Rate
51.7 %
K/D/A
2.56
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull the stats from from millions of LoL rounds directly from Riot Games each and every week. Tahm Kench has gone into battle with Poppy in 897 recently played, competitive matches. By amassing so much complete data from the hosts of League of Legends, we are sure that we can produce robust, usable builds to help Tahm Kench synergize with Poppy. It is very rare for Tahm Kench to play with Poppy as allies. This pairing has only occurred in about 1.0% of rounds with Tahm Kench.

Tahm Kench Poppy Synergy Summary

Tahm Kench does a decent job of playing alongside Poppy. Usually, he wins an acceptable 51.7% of games the champs try and work together in. If you want to win more matches as Tahm Kench when playing with Poppy by learning how to better synergize your tactics with her, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Tahm Kench vs Poppy Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Giant's BeltRuby Crystal

Core Tahm Kench Items

~22 Mins
Unending DespairSunfire AegisHeartsteel

Optional Items

ThornmailHollow RadianceKaenic RookernSolstice Sleigh

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 SpeedHealth ScalingHealth Scaling
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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W
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Guide to Synergizing Tahm Kench and Poppy

Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench with Poppy

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 Poppy Will Play

Keeper's Verdict can be released immediately to send the enemy straight up, take advantage of this in duels.

Iron Ambassador tends to land near walls, try to take advantage of this with Heroic Charge.

Tahm Kench Poppy Synergy Stats

Tahm Kench Image
Win Rate
51.7 %
VS
Win Rate
48.3 %
Poppy Image
5.2
< Kills >
5
5.5
< Deaths >
5.2
8.9
< Assists >
8.3
1.17
< Killing Sprees >
1.14
107
< Minions Killed >
118
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.48
3,904
< Physical Damage >
3,968
15,255
< Magic Damage >
15,337
777
< True Damage >
721
19,938
< Damage Dealt >
20,027
39,922
< Damage Taken >
39,977
10,426
< Gold Earned >
10,461
2.09
< Towers >
2.05
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
11,876
< Total Healing >
11,956
12,849
< Experience >
13,272
29
< Vision Score >
26
13
< Wards Placed >
12
280
< Time Dealing CC >
294

How to Play with Poppy as Tahm Kench in LoL

The Tahm Kench Poppy synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Poppy, 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 Poppy. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Poppy helps Tahm Kench perform poorer in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Tahm Kench plays on the same team as Poppy, he observes a little decrease in his complete damage output. This may indicate that Poppy does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that her presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Tahm Kench is played with Poppy 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 Poppy.

Moreover, when Tahm Kench plays with Poppy on the same side, he usually receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Poppy does a decent job of protecting Tahm Kench in team fights.

Synergies between Tahm Kench and Poppy

Damage Types Compared

Tahm Kench
Poppy
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Tahm Kench
Poppy

Is Tahm Kench better when played alongside Poppy?

There is no ideal ally for Tahm Kench that will 100% of the time be his best synergy. Yet, Poppy is a very typical ally for Tahm Kench. By being on the same team as Tahm Kench, she raises their win rate by 0.1% to 51.7%. This proves that there is a weak bond between Tahm Kench and Poppy that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.

Poppy has a greater difficulty than Tahm Kench. That means Tahm Kench players should be cautious when arranging Poppy comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to fight well with you.

Working together, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to cover for your other teammates. When paired, these two might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.

Conversely, by aligning Tahm Kench and Poppy together, you probably will not be granting your team much magic damage. Plan to have other champs on your team that nullifies this hole in their kit.

Regardless of your Poppy ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Tahm Kench Players

How We Calculated Our Tahm Kench Poppy Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Tahm Kench and Poppy, we analyzed 897 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 Poppy 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 Poppy during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.

The top items to have in your Tahm Kench and Poppy synergy build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Heartsteel. When Tahm Kench included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Poppy than with many other common item sets. In fact, Tahm Kench had an average win rate of 51.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Poppy with this build.

To have the best likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Tahm Kench players should equip 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 runes we have analyed for this team composition, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.7% winrate overall.

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