Tahm Kench vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Tahm Kench
based on 2,439 Tahm Kench vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tahm Kench vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Tahm Kench vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Nami
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 Nami
Aqua Prison is a very powerful ability with a long cooldown, take advantage of the situation if Nami misses this ability.
Tidal Wave has a very long range but travels slowly, be aware of when it is coming your way as you can move out of its path.
Try to avoid fighting an opponent affected by Tidecaller's Blessing, it lasts a short duration so waiting it out can help you greatly.
Tahm Kench vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Tahm Kench in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some influential Tahm Kench vs. Nami matchup statistics that can help us understand the differences and similarities between the two. Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nami’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Nami. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Tahm Kench normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Nami. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Tahm Kench and Nami
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Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Nami?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Tahm Kench usually wins when trying to fight Nami, with a 52.8% win rate. Therefore, Tahm Kench makes a good counter to Nami.
While Tahm Kench does have a higher winrate compared to Nami, when they face off with one another, Tahm Kench also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Tahm Kench into Nami.
Moreover, Tahm Kench has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nami. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Tahm Kench vs Nami matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Tahm Kench is an above average counter to Nami. Focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Tahm Kench against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Tahm Kench to counter Nami during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tahm Kench often gets much more CS relative to Nami. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Tahm Kench versus Nami build include Sunfire Aegis, Heartsteel, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Tahm Kench used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better countering Nami than with many other common item sets. In fact, Tahm Kench boasted an average win rate of 52.8% when countering Nami with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Nami as Tahm Kench, you should use 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 rune combinations that we analyzed for Tahm Kench vs Nami matchups, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.8% winrate overall.
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