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Akali with Tahm Kench

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How to Synergize Akali and Tahm Kench

based on 4,991 Akali with Tahm Kench pairs
Win Rate
51.3 %
K/D/A
2.37
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we download data from from millions of LoL matches directly from Riot Games each and every week. Akali has fought alongside Tahm Kench in 4991 recently played, competitive matches. By pooling so much accurate data directly from the publishers of League of Legends, we feel confident that we can showcase high quality, accurate builds to help Akali synergize with Tahm Kench. It is relatively rare for Akali to play with Tahm Kench on the same team. This pairing has only taken place in approx. 2.2% of matches with Akali.

Akali Tahm Kench Synergy Summary

Akali has done a decent job of synergizing with Tahm Kench. Normally, she wins an acceptable 51.3% of the time the champs try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to do better as Akali when playing with Tahm Kench by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Akali vs Tahm Kench Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Aether WispHextech Alternator

Core Akali Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapLich BaneStormsurge

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassVoid StaffShadowflameHextech Rocketbelt

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Akali to level upq
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Second ability for Akali to level upe
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Last skill for Akali to max outw

Runes

DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
ResolveSecond WindOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Akali's passive ability p
Akali's q ability q
Akali's w ability w
Akali's e ability e
Akali's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Akali and Tahm Kench

Tips for Playing as Akali with Tahm Kench

Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.

Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.

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.

Akali Tahm Kench Synergy Stats

Akali Image
Win Rate
51.3 %
VS
Win Rate
48.7 %
Tahm Kench Image
9.1
< Kills >
9
6
< Deaths >
6
5.1
< Assists >
5.1
2.06
< Killing Sprees >
2.03
152
< Minions Killed >
155
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.36
1,313
< Physical Damage >
1,335
21,357
< Magic Damage >
21,516
749
< True Damage >
759
23,419
< Damage Dealt >
23,611
26,570
< Damage Taken >
26,832
11,686
< Gold Earned >
11,741
1.52
< Towers >
1.46
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
3,319
< Total Healing >
3,315
14,216
< Experience >
14,415
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
72
< Time Dealing CC >
73

How to Play with Tahm Kench as Akali in LoL

The Akali 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, Akali sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Tahm Kench. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Tahm Kench helps Akali perform worse in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Akali is an ally to Tahm Kench, she observes a barely noticable drop in her total damage output. This change may demonstrate that Tahm Kench does not help protection for her to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Akali is played together with Tahm Kench on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Tahm Kench. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Tahm Kench.

Moreover, when Akali plays with Tahm Kench on the same team, she on average takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Tahm Kench does a decent job of covering Akali during team fights.

Synergies between Akali and Tahm Kench

Damage Types Compared

Akali
Tahm Kench
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Akali
Tahm Kench

Is Akali better when played alongside Tahm Kench?

There is no one best synergy for Akali that will no matter what be her top teammate. Yet, Tahm Kench is a decent ally for Akali. By locking into the same side as Akali, he increases their win rate by 2.2% to 51.3%. This demonstrates that there is a potentially meaningful strategic relationship between Akali and Tahm Kench that results in them performing better together than alone.

Tahm Kench has a lower difficulty than Akali. That means Akali players don't need to be very careful when arranging Tahm Kench teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a lower level of skill to fight well with you.

When playing alongside, Akali players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. When paired, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Although, by bringing Akali and Tahm Kench together, you probably will not be giving your side a lot of sustained damage output. Plan to have other champs on your team that neutralizes this gap in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of your Tahm Kench ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Akali Players

How We Calculated Our Akali Tahm Kench Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Akali and Tahm Kench, we analyzed 4,991 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 Akali 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 truly master Akali in order to work well with Tahm Kench during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to gather some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Akali and Tahm Kench synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Akali bought at least these three great items in her build, she performed significantly better when paired up with Tahm Kench than with most other common item sets. In fact, Akali boasted an average winrate of 51.3% when playing alongside Tahm Kench with this build.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating your oponents, Akali players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Akali and Tahm Kench pairings, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.3% winrate overall.

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