

Tahm Kench vs Hwei Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Hwei carries a difficulty rating of 9, near the top of the scale, and that matters for how the 43.0% recorded against him should be read. The figure rests on 100 games on patch 16.13.1, the thinnest kind of sample, and the model still grades the result Hard. Three subject spells, Disaster, Serenity and Torment, each replace his remaining abilities with a different set, so the number of casts available to him at any moment is unusually large.
For Tahm Kench the practical issue is reach. He attacks at 175 units against 550 and moves at 335 against 330, an edge that does not begin to cover the gap. Signature of the Visionary primes a target with one damaging spell and completes on a second, so two connected hits are enough to trigger it, and Spiraling Despair expands outward from the first champion struck while slowing everything nearby. His defensive numbers are the better half of the case: 39 base armor rising to 118.9, 640 health rising to 2,391, and Thick Skin converting stored damage into a shield. Hwei’s output is recorded as mixed damage, so a single resistance only ever covers part of it, and Devour offers the rare answer that ignores damage type altogether by removing a champion from the field. His 21 base armor rewards every moment Tongue Lash actually connects.
FAQ
No — current data marks this as a counter matchup: Hwei has the statistical edge. Tahm Kench wins 43.0% of the recorded games.
43.0% from Tahm Kench's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
100 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Tahm Kench build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Tahm Kench build page.