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How to Synergize Vayne with Tahm Kench on the Same TeamVayne is in the s tier of champions

Vayne with Tahm Kench

How to Win With Vayne and Tahm Kench Paired TogetherVayne is in the s tier of champions
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How to Synergize Vayne and Tahm Kench

based on 4,390 Vayne with Tahm Kench pairs
Win Rate
51.8 %
K/D/A
2.08
Pick Rate
2.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download the stats from from millions of League rounds straight from Riot Games each week. Vayne has fought alongside Tahm Kench in 4390 recent, competitive games. By accumulating so much relevant data directly from the developers of League of Legends, we are sure that we can provide you with high-quality, usable builds to help Vayne synergize with Tahm Kench. It is relatively rare for Vayne to play alongside Tahm Kench on the same team. This pairing has only happened in about 2.1% of games with Vayne.

Vayne Tahm Kench Synergy Summary

Vayne does a decent job of teaming up with Tahm Kench. On average, she wins an acceptable 51.8% of the time the champions play on the same team. If you want to play better as Vayne when playing alongside Tahm Kench by learning how to better synergize your playstyle with him, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Vayne vs Tahm Kench Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordDoran's Blade

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerBerserker's Greaves

Core Vayne Items

~22 Mins
Wit's EndGuinsoo's RagebladeTerminus

Optional Items

Experimental HexplateBloodthirsterGuardian AngelTrinity Force

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Vayne to level upw
>
Second ability for Vayne to level upq
>
Last skill for Vayne to max oute

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Vayne's passive ability p
Vayne's q ability q
Vayne's w ability w
Vayne's e ability e
Vayne's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
Q
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W
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Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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E
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E
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R

Guide to Synergizing Vayne and Tahm Kench

Tips for Playing as Vayne with Tahm Kench

Don't go in first to a large teamfight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.

Tumble has many uses, but it cannot pass over walls.

Condemn can be used to both pin targets to walls to ensure a kill, or to escape a pursuer.

Advice to Understand How Tahm Kench Will Play

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.

Vayne Tahm Kench Synergy Stats

Vayne Image
Win Rate
51.8 %
VS
Win Rate
48.2 %
Tahm Kench Image
7.6
< Kills >
7.4
6.4
< Deaths >
6.4
5.7
< Assists >
5.5
1.77
< Killing Sprees >
1.73
162
< Minions Killed >
163
0.21
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.49
14,780
< Physical Damage >
14,953
1,483
< Magic Damage >
1,533
4,217
< True Damage >
4,426
20,481
< Damage Dealt >
20,913
21,405
< Damage Taken >
21,594
12,081
< Gold Earned >
12,107
2.36
< Towers >
2.26
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
6,114
< Total Healing >
6,006
12,649
< Experience >
12,904
17
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
9
67
< Time Dealing CC >
69

How to Play with Tahm Kench as Vayne in LoL

The Vayne Tahm Kench synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Tahm Kench, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Vayne sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Tahm Kench. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Tahm Kench helps Vayne perform worse in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Vayne is an ally to Tahm Kench, she observes a little decrease in her full damage output. This change could demonstrate that Tahm Kench does not provide cover for her to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Vayne is played with Tahm Kench on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Tahm Kench.

Additionally, when Vayne plays with Tahm Kench on the same team, she usually takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Tahm Kench does a decent job of protecting Vayne in teamfights.

Synergies between Vayne and Tahm Kench

Damage Types Compared

Vayne
Tahm Kench
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Vayne
Tahm Kench

Is Vayne better when played alongside Tahm Kench?

There is no universally accepted best companion for Vayne that will always be her #1 ally. Yet, Tahm Kench is a decent teammate for Vayne. By playing on the same team as Vayne, he raises their win rate by 1.5% to 51.8%. This signals that there is pretty good strategic relationship between Vayne and Tahm Kench that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.

Tahm Kench has a much lower diffuclty than Vayne. That means Vayne players don't need to be careful when enlisting Tahm Kench teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.

Playing cooperatively, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Together, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Although, by bringing Vayne and Tahm Kench together, you may not be granting your team enough magic damage. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that offsets this relative gap in their abilities.

Regardless of your Tahm Kench ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Vayne Players

How We Calculated Our Vayne Tahm Kench Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Vayne and Tahm Kench, we analyzed 4,390 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 Vayne with Tahm Kench 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Vayne to work well with Tahm Kench during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly.

The top items to get in your Vayne and Tahm Kench synergy build consist of Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Vayne incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when fighting alongside Tahm Kench than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Vayne boasted an average winrate of 51.8% when playing alongside Tahm Kench with this build.

To have the best chance of annihilating your oponents, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this team composition, this order of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.8% win rate overall.

If you would like to get Vayne and Tahm Kench cooperations tips and builds for a a distinct division rank, please select one from the selection menu displayed above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and tips and suggestions given are calculated using all rounds run with both champions.