Tahm Kench vs Master Yi
How to Beat Master Yi as Tahm Kench
based on 4,595 Tahm Kench vs Master Yi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tahm Kench vs Master Yi Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Master Yi as Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Master Yi
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 Win Against Master Yi
If Master Yi tries to farm with Alpha Strike, hit him a few times so he has to use mana with Meditate to heal.
Although Master Yi cannot be slowed while using Highlander, other disables can stop him in his tracks.
Meditate is an effective method of healing damage over time, but Master Yi is susceptible to coordinated team ganks early in the game.
Tahm Kench vs Master Yi Counter Stats
How to Counter Master Yi with Tahm Kench in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some critical Tahm Kench versus Master Yi counter stats that can help us figure out the differences between the pair. Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Master Yi’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Master Yi..
Tahm Kench typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he receives more damage than Master Yi. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Tahm Kench and Master Yi
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Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Master Yi?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Tahm Kench usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Master Yi, with a 50.9% win rate. Therefore, Tahm Kench makes an ok counter for Master Yi.
While Tahm Kench does have a higher winrate compared to Master Yi, when facing one another, Tahm Kench also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Tahm Kench into Master Yi.
Additionally, Tahm Kench also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Master Yi. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Tahm Kench vs Master Yi matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Tahm Kench is a decent counter for Master Yi. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Tahm Kench against Master Yi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Tahm Kench to counter Master Yi during both the laning 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 listen to the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tahm Kench on average picks up much more CS relative to Master Yi. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Tahm Kench versus Master Yi build include Sunfire Aegis, Heartsteel, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Tahm Kench included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better against Master Yi than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Tahm Kench boasted an average winrate of 50.9% battling Master Yi with this build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Master Yi as Tahm Kench, Tahm Kench players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Unflinching, Triumph, and Legend: Alacrity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Tahm Kench vs Master Yi counter picks, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.9% win rate overall.
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