Tahm Kench with Naafiri
How to Synergize Tahm Kench and Naafiri
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Tahm Kench Naafiri Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Tahm Kench and Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench with Naafiri
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 Understand How Naafiri Will Play
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Tahm Kench Naafiri Synergy Stats
How to Play with Naafiri as Tahm Kench in LoL
The Tahm Kench Naafiri synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Naafiri, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Tahm Kench sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Naafiri. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Naafiri helps Tahm Kench perform worse in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Tahm Kench tries to synergize with Naafiri, he sees a small increase in his complete damage output. This difference could signal that Naafiri provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that their participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Tahm Kench is played together with Naafiri on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Naafiri.
Additionally, when Tahm Kench plays with Naafiri on the same team, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Naafiri does a poor job of protecting Tahm Kench in team fights.
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Is Tahm Kench better when played alongside Naafiri?
There is no one best companion for Tahm Kench that will no matter what be his best teammate. Yet, overall, Naafiri is a pretty good companion for Tahm Kench. By playing on the same side as Tahm Kench, they raises their win rate by 1.6% to 53.2%. This signals that there is a potentially meaningful bond between Tahm Kench and Naafiri that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Naafiri has a much lower diffuclty than Tahm Kench. That means Tahm Kench players don't need to be careful when lining up Naafiri allies to play with, as they will require a much lower level of skill to play well with you.
Working cooperatively, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to soak up damage. Together, these champions might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Although, by pairing Tahm Kench and Naafiri together, you will not be granting your side a lot of AP. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that fills this hole in their playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Naafiri teammate, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Tahm Kench in order to synergize with Naafiri during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to have in your Tahm Kench and Naafiri synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Heartsteel. When Tahm Kench combined at least these three great items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Naafiri than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Tahm Kench had an average winrate of 53.2% helping carry Naafiri with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Tahm Kench players 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 this team composition, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 53.2% winrate overall.
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