# Tahm Kench Counters Who counters Tahm Kench? Best and worst picks against Tahm Kench by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Tahm Kench in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/tahmkench/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/tahmkench/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Tahm Kench](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tahmkench/) ## Page Content [Tahm Kench guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tahmkench/) [Play against Tahm Kench](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tahmkench/how-to-play-against/) [Tahm Kench counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tahmkench/counters/) Best and worst picks against Tahm Kench in Support at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Shen, Taric and Shaco beat Tahm Kench most often. Vel'Koz, Swain and Pantheon win the laning phase against Tahm Kench by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Tahm Kench Highest win rate versus Tahm Kench in Support. - 1 [Shen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shen/) 114 games 57.0% - 2 [Taric](https://baronbuff.com/champions/taric/) 153 games 56.2% - 3 [Shaco](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shaco/) 129 games 53.5% - 4 [Soraka](https://baronbuff.com/champions/soraka/) 434 games 53.2% - 5 [Sona](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sona/) 188 games 53.2% - 6 [Nami](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nami/) 762 games 53.0% - 7 [Thresh](https://baronbuff.com/champions/thresh/) 1,521 games 52.3% - 8 [Rell](https://baronbuff.com/champions/rell/) 451 games 52.3% - 9 [Braum](https://baronbuff.com/champions/braum/) 554 games 52.2% - 10 [Alistar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/alistar/) 508 games 52.2% - 11 [Milio](https://baronbuff.com/champions/milio/) 518 games 51.9% - 12 [Brand](https://baronbuff.com/champions/brand/) 483 games 51.8% - 13 [Morgana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/morgana/) 655 games 51.6% - 14 [Rakan](https://baronbuff.com/champions/rakan/) 347 games 51.6% - 15 [Blitzcrank](https://baronbuff.com/champions/blitzcrank/) 715 games 51.3% ## Worst picks against Tahm Kench Lowest win rate versus Tahm Kench in Support. - 1 [Neeko](https://baronbuff.com/champions/neeko/) 170 games 41.8% - 2 [Xerath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xerath/) 316 games 43.4% - 3 [Yuumi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yuumi/) 493 games 44.2% - 4 [Ashe](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ashe/) 122 games 44.3% - 5 [Poppy](https://baronbuff.com/champions/poppy/) 124 games 45.2% - 6 [Karma](https://baronbuff.com/champions/karma/) 499 games 45.3% - 7 [Nautilus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nautilus/) 1,216 games 45.4% - 8 [Zilean](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zilean/) 261 games 45.6% - 9 [Bard](https://baronbuff.com/champions/bard/) 335 games 46.3% - 10 [Lux](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lux/) 970 games 46.6% - 11 [Maokai](https://baronbuff.com/champions/maokai/) 212 games 48.6% - 12 [Zyra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zyra/) 319 games 48.9% ## Best lane counters vs Tahm Kench Largest gold lead over Tahm Kench at 15 minutes in Support. - 1 [Vel'Koz](https://baronbuff.com/champions/velkoz/) 120 games +339 - 2 [Swain](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/) 246 games +275 - 3 [Pantheon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pantheon/) 187 games +267 - 4 [Pyke](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pyke/) 231 games +226 - 5 [Senna](https://baronbuff.com/champions/senna/) 187 games +153 - 6 [Xerath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xerath/) 165 games +145 - 7 [Lux](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lux/) 391 games +103 - 8 [Morgana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/morgana/) 319 games +31 ## How to play against Tahm Kench Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Trade behind minions so Q cannot start his passive stacks for free. - Step away after three passive hits; staying lets him convert the trade with R. - Hit his allies first, then wait out R before spending your biggest cooldowns. - Cancel or punish W channels around objectives so he cannot create a free flank. - Split damage across threats until R is down, then commit to the saved target. ## Where Tahm Kench is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Tahm Kench is slow to start fights, so ranged teams can kite him before his passive stacks matter. - Tahm Kench protects one target at a time, leaving the rest of his team exposed to split pressure. ## Tahm Kench counters: questions ### Who counters Tahm Kench in Support? At Gold+, Shen (57.0%), Taric (56.2%) and Shaco (53.5%) have the highest win rates against Tahm Kench. ### Who does Tahm Kench counter? Tahm Kench wins most often against Neeko (41.8%), Xerath (43.4%) and Yuumi (44.2%). ### Who wins lane against Tahm Kench? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Vel'Koz (+339), Swain (+275) and Pantheon (+267) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Tahm Kench. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Support Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/support/) - [Vel'Koz counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/velkoz/counters/) - [Swain counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)