Rek'Sai vs Tahm Kench
How to Beat Tahm Kench as Rek'Sai
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Rek'Sai vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary
Best Rek'Sai vs Tahm Kench Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai against Tahm Kench
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
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.
Rek'Sai vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats
How to Counter Tahm Kench with Rek'Sai in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several vital Rek'Sai vs. Tahm Kench matchup stats that can help us understand the differences between the pair. For instance, Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Tahm Kench’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Rek'Sai may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Tahm Kench..
Rek'Sai usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Tahm Kench. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Rek'Sai and Tahm Kench
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Who is Better, Rek'Sai or Tahm Kench?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Rek'Sai usually loses when facing off against Tahm Kench, with a 45.4% win rate. As a result, Rek'Sai makes a bad counter to Tahm Kench.
While Rek'Sai does have a much lower winrate than Tahm Kench, when they face off with one another, Rek'Sai also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Rek'Sai into Tahm Kench.
Furthermore, Rek'Sai has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rek'Sai vs Tahm Kench matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Rek'Sai is a bad counter for Tahm Kench. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rek'Sai against Tahm Kench.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Rek'Sai in order to counter Tahm Kench during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rek'Sai often picks up a lot less CS as Tahm Kench. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to have in your Rek'Sai versus Tahm Kench build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Rek'Sai combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Tahm Kench than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Rek'Sai had an average win rate of 45.4% when playing against Tahm Kench with this counter build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Tahm Kench as Rek'Sai, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Rek'Sai vs Tahm Kench fights, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 45.4% winrate overall.
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