Tahm Kenchvs Volibear
Tahm Kench vs Volibear is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.18. Volibear wins with a 65.1% win rate (+30.2%) over Tahm Kench based on 43 games. Volibear holds the advantage in both the early and late game. Below you'll find the best Tahm Kench build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Tahm Kench vs Volibear matchup.
Tahm Kench Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Tahm Kench performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Who wins Tahm Kench vs Volibear?
Tahm Kench wins 32.5% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 20.1% and 48.0% (95% range).
- Expected
- 49.0% From both champions' overall Top win rates
- Matchup effect
- −16.5 pts Observed minus expected
- Sample
- 40 games Lane: Top
Lane: Top · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.18 · Sep 11 – Sep 14
Key takeaways
- Volibear is favored in this matchup: Tahm Kench wins 32.5% of 40 games, and the whole 95% range (20.1–48.0%) is on the same side of 50%.
- That is 16.5 points worse for Tahm Kench than both champions' overall Top win rates predict (49.0%), so the matchup itself works against this pick.
- Volibear usually wins the lane: 716 gold ahead of Tahm Kench at 15 minutes on average (38 games with a 15-minute snapshot).
- Tahm Kench players pick Spirit Visage much less often against Volibear: 24.8% of their other Top games, 7.5% here.
How we calculate this
Games: ranked Solo/Duo and Flex games on the North America server from the patch shown. Remakes (games under 5 minutes) are excluded.
A game only counts when Tahm Kench and Volibear played the same position on opposite teams, so roaming, lane swaps within a team or a champion merely being in the same game never count as this matchup.
The 95% range is a Wilson score interval. Confidence comes from how wide that range is: within ±3 points is very high, ±5 high, ±8 moderate, anything wider low. Below 20 games a matchup is not classified at all.
Expected win rate combines both champions’ win rates in this lane (same games and filters) with the log5 formula: E = A(1−B) / (A(1−B) + B(1−A)). Matchup effect = observed − expected.
"What changes" compares Tahm Kench's choices in this matchup with the same champion's other games in the same lane, and lists a change only when it is at least 3 points and statistically significant (two-proportion z-test, |z| ≥ 2, 20+ games).
Results are not split by rank: the sample per rank is too small for honest per-rank matchup numbers.
Tahm Kench vs Volibear Laning Stats
At 15 minutes
Solo kills are tracked from this patch on — 0 games have them so far, shown from 30.
Whole-game averages
Tahm Kench vs Volibear Win Rate by Game Length
Tahm Kench's win rate against Volibear by game length. The dot is the win rate, the bar its 95% range and the dashed line the champion's usual win rate at that length. Lengths with fewer than 25 games are left blank.
No game length stands out: Tahm Kench's results against Volibear in short and long games are within the margin of error of each other.
Tahm Kench vs Volibear Power Spikes
Who is ahead at each stage, measured from these games. A stage reads "Even" when the difference is inside the margin of error, and "Insufficient data" when there are too few games to tell.
- Lane (15 min)VolibearTahm Kench gold at 15: −716
- First itemEvenTahm Kench: 12.7 min · Volibear: 12.4 min
- Games under 20 minInsufficient data
- 20–30 min gamesInsufficient data
- 30+ min gamesInsufficient data
What Tahm Kench Changes Against Volibear
Choices Tahm Kench players make noticeably more or less often in this matchup than in their other Top games.
Spirit VisageItemUsually24.8%vs Volibear7.5%−17.3 pts
Mercury's TreadsBootsUsually27.9%vs Volibear45.0%+17.1 pts
Sudden ImpactRuneUsuallyunder 0.5%vs Volibear5.0%+5.0 pts
Best Tahm Kench Build vs Volibear
Usual Tahm Kench build (Top)
75.9% win rate · 54 games
Against Volibear
Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 3 of 17 Tahm Kench games against Volibear carried a complete build, which is too few to recommend an item path from. Use Tahm Kench's standard build instead.
- Tahm Kench usually completes Heartsteel first, at 12.7 min (median of 31 games).
- Volibear usually completes Dusk and Dawn first, at 12.4 min (median of 29 games).
- Skill priority: Q > W > E — the same as usual.
Builds are ranked by the lower edge of their win rate range, not the raw win rate, so a build seen in a handful of wins never outranks a proven one.
Best Tahm Kench Runes vs Volibear
Usual Tahm Kench runes (Top)
Grasp of the Undying
48.1% win rate · 555 games
Against Volibear
Too few games for a matchup-specific rune page yet — use the usual page.
Tahm Kench matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.18. The table below shows Tahm Kench's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Tahm Kench build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Other Tahm Kench Matchups
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Win rate and games for each matchup. Lists are ranked by the edge of the 95% range so small samples cannot top them; matchups with at least 50 games only.
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Tahm Kench vs Volibear FAQ - Patch 26.18
Who wins Tahm Kench vs Volibear?
Volibear is favored in this matchup: Tahm Kench wins 32.5% of 40 games, and the whole 95% range (20.1–48.0%) is on the same side of 50%.
What is Tahm Kench's win rate against Volibear?
Tahm Kench wins 32.5% of 40 Top games against Volibear on patch 26.18 (95% range 20.1–48.0%). Based on both champions' overall Top win rates, 49.0% would be expected.
Does Tahm Kench counter Volibear?
No — it is the other way around: Tahm Kench wins only 32.5% of 40 games against Volibear, and the whole 95% range is below 50%.
Who wins lane, Tahm Kench or Volibear?
Volibear usually wins the lane: 716 gold ahead of Tahm Kench at 15 minutes on average (38 games with a 15-minute snapshot).
Does Tahm Kench outscale Volibear?
There are too few games of each length to tell yet.
When is Volibear strongest against Tahm Kench?
Volibear is measurably ahead in: Lane (15 min).
What should Tahm Kench build against Volibear?
There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Tahm Kench's usual Top core: Riftmaker, Heartsteel, Dusk and Dawn. The biggest change against Volibear: Spirit Visage (24.8% usually, 7.5% here).
What runes should Tahm Kench use against Volibear?
Use Tahm Kench's usual Grasp of the Undying page (Resolve + Precision); there are too few games for a matchup-specific page. The biggest change against Volibear: Sudden Impact (under 0.5% usually, 5.0% here).