Aphelios vs Tahm Kench
How to Beat Tahm Kench as Aphelios
based on 2,117 Aphelios vs Tahm Kench matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aphelios vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary
Best Aphelios vs Tahm Kench Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Tahm Kench
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
Advice to Win Against Tahm Kench
When you see Tahm Kench use the shield from Thick Skin, remember that he just opted out of a good deal of healing. He will also not accumulate new gray health until Thick Skin comes off cooldown. Use this to your advantage!
Watch out for Kench's Abyssal Dive - you can cancel it's channel with immobilizing crowd control effects.
Aphelios vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats
How to Counter Tahm Kench with Aphelios in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight several vital Aphelios against Tahm Kench matchup statistics that can help us grasp the distinctions between these two champs. For instance, Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Tahm Kench’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Tahm Kench..
Aphelios normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives less damage than Tahm Kench. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Aphelios and Tahm Kench
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Tahm Kench?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Aphelios usually loses when facing off against Tahm Kench, with a 47.9% win rate. Thus, Aphelios makes a poor counter for Tahm Kench.
While Aphelios does have a lower winrate than Tahm Kench, when they face off with one another, Aphelios also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Aphelios into Tahm Kenchas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Aphelios has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Tahm Kench matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Aphelios is a bad counter for Tahm Kench. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Aphelios against Tahm Kench.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Aphelios to counter Tahm Kench during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Tahm Kench. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Aphelios versus Tahm Kench build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Kraken Slayer. When Aphelios used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Tahm Kench than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Aphelios had an average win rate of 47.9% battling Tahm Kench with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Tahm Kench as Aphelios, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Aphelios vs Tahm Kench counter picks, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.9% winrate overall.
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