Tahm Kench vs Ornn Counter Pick

Almost every comparable number in this pairing is a near match. Both champions attack from 175 units, both move at 335, base magic resist is 32 on either side, and the difficulty rating is 5 for both. Health and armor separate them by small margins: Ornn at 660 and 2,513 against 640 and 2,391, 33 base armor against 39, 121.4 at level 18 against 118.9. When two tanks are this close, the tiebreaker is what their kits do to resistances, and that is where the matchup turns. Tahm Kench records 43.45% across 481 games on patch 16.13.1, and the model calls it Hard.

Bellows Breath applies Brittle to enemies caught in the final gout of flame, and Living Forge grants Ornn additional armor and magic resist from every source while letting him forge items anywhere on the map instead of walking home for them. One kit therefore adds effective resistance and strips the opponent’s, while the other recycles damage: Thick Skin converts a stored percentage into a shield and Tongue Lash heals on champion contact. Volcanic Rupture leaves a magma pillar for Searing Charge to slam into, and Call of the Forge God arrives with a slow and a knock-up, so disengaging once Ornn has terrain to work with is difficult at identical move speed.