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Tahm Kench

Tahm Kench Top

The River King
Win Rate: All Roles 48.9% | as Top 48.5%
Pick Rate: All Roles 3.3% | as Top 0.9%
Ban Rate: 1.4%
Analyzed: 25765 ranked matches
League: Platinum+
Patch: 15.24 (25.24)
Support Top ARAM

Tahm Kench Top Guide

D Tier

Tahm Kench is off-meta in Top with a 48.5% win rate (#54 among Top champions), compared to 48.9% win rate across all roles. Challenging pick that needs skill to work. Tahm Kench appeals only to mains with 3.3% overall pick rate and minimal 0.9% presence in Top in Plat+ on patch 15.24 (25.24)**Data may mix with previous patch on the first day of patch release, based on 25765 ranked games. Flex pick - 26.7% of Tahm Kench's games are in this role. Standard build starts with Plated Steelcaps, into Heartsteel, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. Tahm Kench has low farm - 5.79 CS/min (#55 among Top champions) and earns 368 gold per minute. Averages 2.3 KDA (#6 among Top champions). Has a 1.4% ban rate (124th place). Tahm Kench deals mostly magic damage, ideal for teams lacking AP threats. Recommended runes: Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Unflinching, (Resolve) + Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, (Precision). When playing, most players max abilities in Q > W > E order. Tahm Kench Top is strong against Darius, Dr. Mundo, Malphite, and weak against Mordekaiser, Zaahen, and Sett.

Tahm Kench Roles

Tahm Kench

  • Support
    (Support - 69.6%) 17938 games

  • Top
    (Top - 26.7%) 6866 games

ARAM Stats

  • ARAM
    Analyzed 10163 ARAM games

Tahm Kench Top Stats

48.5%
Win Rate (Role)
26.7%
Top (Role Rate)
1.4%
Ban Rate
0.0004
Penta/Game
5.1
Kills/Game
5.4
Deaths/Game
7.1
Assists/Game
0.30
Wards/Min
5.79
CS/Min
368
Gold/Min

Damage Type

Physical: 21.7%
Magic: 75.1%
True: 3.14%

Overall Champion Matrix

Tahm Kench Top Summoner Spells

Most Popular
Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Teleport
Teleport After a brief channel, become untargetable and travel to an allied unit. Upgrades into Unleashed Teleport, which significantly increases travel speed.
47.9% Win Rate 70.6% Pick Rate4847 games

Highest Win Rate
Exhaust
Exhaust Slows target enemy champion and reduces their damage dealt.
Teleport
Teleport After a brief channel, become untargetable and travel to an allied unit. Upgrades into Unleashed Teleport, which significantly increases travel speed.
59.8% Win Rate 0.1% Pick Rate9 games

Tahm Kench Top Item Builds

Most Popular Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Doran's Shield
Doran's Shield (450 gold) 110 Health
Enduring Focus
Restore 4 Health every 5 seconds.
After taking damage from a champion, restore Health over 8 seconds.
Helping Hand
Attacks deal 5 bonus physical damage to minions.
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
47.9% Win Rate 90.4% Pick Rate6206 games
Popular Boots
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed
Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
46.4% Win Rate 48.5% Pick Rate3333 games
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
45 Move Speed
30% Tenacity
49.5% Win Rate 28.3% Pick Rate1940 games
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
53.2% Win Rate 16.2% Pick Rate1113 games
Core Build
Giant's Belt
Giant's Belt (900 gold) 350 Health
->
Heartsteel
Heartsteel (3000 gold) 900 Health
100% Base Health Regen
Colossal Consumption (0s) per target
If an enemy champion is nearby for a few seconds, your next Attack against them deals 70 plus 6% of your max Health as bonus physical damage and grants 8% of the damage as max Health.
Goliath
For each 1000 max Health, gain 3% increased size, up to 30%.
Sunfire Aegis
Sunfire Aegis (2700 gold) 350 Health
50 Armor
10 Ability Haste
Immolate
After taking or dealing damage, deal magic damage per second to nearby enemies for 3 seconds.
Thornmail
Thornmail (2450 gold) 150 Health
75 Armor
Thorns
When struck by an Attack, deal magic damage to the attacker and apply 40% Wounds for 3 seconds if they are a champion.
58.2% Win Rate 5.4% Pick Rate369 games
Final Build
Spirit Visage
Spirit Visage (2700 gold) 400 Health
50 Magic Resist
10 Ability Haste
100% Base Health Regen
Boundless Vitality
Heals and Shields on you are increased by 25%.
61.1% Win Rate 16.1% Pick Rate1107 games

Best Win Rate Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Tear of the Goddess
Tear of the Goddess (400 gold) 240 Mana
Manaflow (8s, max 4 charges)
Landing Abilities grants 3 max Mana (doubled vs. champions), up to 360.
Helping Hand
Attacks deal an additional 5 physical damage to minions.
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
49.9% Win Rate 0.3% Pick Rate22 games
Highest Winrate Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed
Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
74.4% Win Rate 0.3% Pick Rate20 games
Berserker's Greaves
Berserker's Greaves (1100 gold) 25% Attack Speed
45 Move Speed
65.4% Win Rate 0.3% Pick Rate20 games
Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes (1100 gold) 12 Magic Penetration
45 Move Speed
57.4% Win Rate 0.5% Pick Rate34 games
Core Build
Giant's Belt
Giant's Belt (900 gold) 350 Health
->
Warmog's Armor
Warmog's Armor (3100 gold) 1000 Health
100% Base Health Regen
Warmog's Heart
If you have 2000 bonus Health and have not taken damage within 8 seconds, restore Health per second.
Warmog's Vitality
Gain bonus Health equal to 12% of your Item Health (0).
Heartsteel
Heartsteel (3000 gold) 900 Health
100% Base Health Regen
Colossal Consumption (0s) per target
If an enemy champion is nearby for a few seconds, your next Attack against them deals 70 plus 6% of your max Health as bonus physical damage and grants 8% of the damage as max Health.
Goliath
For each 1000 max Health, gain 3% increased size, up to 30%.
Riftmaker
Riftmaker (3100 gold) 70 Ability Power
350 Health
15 Ability Haste
Void Corruption
For each second in combat with enemy champions, deal 2% bonus damage, up to 8%. At maximum strength, gain Omnivamp.
Void Infusion
Gain 2% of your bonus Health as Ability Power.
67.7% Win Rate 1.9% Pick Rate131 games
Final Build
Mejai's Soulstealer
Mejai's Soulstealer (1500 gold) 20 Ability Power
100 Health
Glory
Takedowns grant Glory, up to 25. 10 Glory is lost on death.
Gain 5 Ability Power per Glory and 10% Move Speed at 10 or higher Glory.
85.3% Win Rate 4.8% Pick Rate330 games
Other Items
Unending Despair
Unending Despair (2800 gold) 400 Health
25 Armor
25 Magic Resist
10 Ability Haste
Anguish
Every 4 seconds while in combat with champions, deal magic damage to nearby enemy champions and heal for 250% of the damage dealt.
57.1% Win Rate 11.4% Pick Rate783 games
Jak'Sho, The Protean
Jak'Sho, The Protean (3200 gold) 350 Health
45 Armor
45 Magic Resist
Voidborn Resilience
After 5 seconds of champion combat, increase your bonus Armor and Magic Resist by 30% until end of combat.
59.6% Win Rate 9.8% Pick Rate674 games
Riftmaker
Riftmaker (3100 gold) 70 Ability Power
350 Health
15 Ability Haste
Void Corruption
For each second in combat with enemy champions, deal 2% bonus damage, up to 8%. At maximum strength, gain Omnivamp.
Void Infusion
Gain 2% of your bonus Health as Ability Power.
52.5% Win Rate 6.5% Pick Rate444 games
Warmog's Armor
Warmog's Armor (3100 gold) 1000 Health
100% Base Health Regen
Warmog's Heart
If you have 2000 bonus Health and have not taken damage within 8 seconds, restore Health per second.
Warmog's Vitality
Gain bonus Health equal to 12% of your Item Health (0).
63.1% Win Rate 6.0% Pick Rate411 games
Randuin's Omen
Randuin's Omen (2700 gold) 350 Health
75 Armor
Resilience
Receive 30% less damage from Critical Strikes.
Humility
Slow nearby enemies by 70% for 2 seconds.
56.2% Win Rate 5.1% Pick Rate347 games
Mejai's Soulstealer
Mejai's Soulstealer (1500 gold) 20 Ability Power
100 Health
Glory
Takedowns grant Glory, up to 25. 10 Glory is lost on death.
Gain 5 Ability Power per Glory and 10% Move Speed at 10 or higher Glory.
85.3% Win Rate 4.8% Pick Rate330 games
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap (3600 gold) 130 Ability Power
Magical Opus
Increases your total Ability Power by 30%.
72.1% Win Rate 4.7% Pick Rate322 games

Tahm Kench Top Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Resolve
Grasp of the Undying
Grasp of the Undying

Grasp of the Undying

Every 4s in combat, your next basic attack on a champion will:Deal bonus magic damage equ…

Shield Bash
Shield Bash

Shield Bash

Whenever you gain a new shield, your next basic attack against a champion deal…

Second Wind
Second Wind

Second Wind

After taking damage from an enemy champion, heal for 4% of your missing health …

Unflinching
Unflinching

Unflinching

Gain 6 - 12 (level scaling) Armor and Magic Resist when crowd controlled and fo…

Secondary Path
Precision
Triumph
Triumph

Triumph

Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health, 2.5% of your max health, and grant…

Legend: Alacrity
Legend: Alacrity

Legend: Alacrity

Gain 3% attack speed plus an additional 1.5% for every Legend stack (max 10 sta…

Adaptive
Attack Speed
Attack Speed

Attack Speed

Increases attack speed by 10%

Scaling Health
Scaling Health

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health
Scaling Health

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

50.5% Win Rate 68.9% Pick Rate4729 games

Best Win Rate Runes

Primary Path
Resolve
Grasp of the Undying
Grasp of the Undying

Grasp of the Undying

Every 4s in combat, your next basic attack on a champion will:Deal bonus magic damage equ…

Demolish
Demolish

Demolish

Charge up a powerful attack against a tower over 3s, while within 600 range of …

Second Wind
Second Wind

Second Wind

After taking damage from an enemy champion, heal for 4% of your missing health …

Overgrowth
Overgrowth

Overgrowth

Absorb life essence from monsters or enemy minions that die near you, permanent…

Secondary Path
Inspiration
Biscuit Delivery
Biscuit Delivery

Biscuit Delivery

Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until …

Approach Velocity
Approach Velocity

Approach Velocity

Gain 7.5% Move Speed towards nearby enemy champions that are movement impaired.…

Adaptive
Attack Speed
Attack Speed

Attack Speed

Increases attack speed by 10%

Scaling Health
Scaling Health

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health
Scaling Health

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

54.4% Win Rate 15.5% Pick Rate1061 games

Tahm Kench best with

Graves Synergy Champion
+9.6%
Graves
Graves
Akali Synergy Champion
+9.1%
Akali
Akali

Tahm Kench Top Skill (abilities) Orders

Most Frequent Skill Order

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Max Order: Q > W > E
47.3% Win Rate 39.2% Pick Rate2689 games

Highest Win % Skill Order

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Max Order: Q > W > E
60.8% Win Rate 1.1% Pick Rate76 games

Countered by Tahm Kench

Darius - countered by Tahm Kench
+1.7%
Darius
Darius
Dr. Mundo - countered by Tahm Kench
+1.9%
Dr. Mundo
Dr. Mundo
Malphite - countered by Tahm Kench
+3.7%
Malphite
Malphite

Tahm Kench Counterpicks

Mordekaiser - effective counter against Tahm Kench
-8.4%
Mordekaiser
Mordekaiser
Zaahen - effective counter against Tahm Kench
-3.0%
Zaahen
Zaahen
Sett - effective counter against Tahm Kench
-1.9%
Sett
Sett

Tahm Kench Top Lane Matchups

Tahm Kench lore:

Known by many names throughout history, the demon Tahm Kench travels the waterways of Runeterra, feeding his insatiable appetite with the misery of others. Though he may appear singularly charming and proud, he swaggers through the physical realm like a vagabond in search of unsuspecting prey. His lashing tongue can stun even a heavily armored warrior from a dozen paces, and to fall into his rumbling belly is to tumble into an abyss from which there is little hope of return.

Tahm Kench tips:

  • 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.

Playing Against Tahm Kench

  • When you see Tahm Kench use the shield from Thick Skin, remember that he just opted out of a good deal of healing. He will also not accumulate new gray health until Thick Skin comes off cooldown. Use this to your advantage!
  • Watch out for Kench's Abyssal Dive - you can cancel it's channel with immobilizing crowd control effects.

Tahm Kench abilities description:

An Acquired Taste
P
An Acquired Taste (passive)
Tahm Kench puts the heft of his immense body behind his attacks, gaining extra damage based on his total health. Damaging enemy champions builds stacks of An Acquired Taste. At three stacks, he can use Devour on an enemy champion.
Tongue Lash
Q
Tongue Lash (Q)
Tahm Kench lashes out with his tongue, damaging and slowing the first unit hit and healing himself if he strikes an enemy champion.

Applies a stack of An Acquired Taste to enemy champions. If the champion already has 3 stacks of An Acquired Taste, they are stunned and the stacks are consumed.
Abyssal Dive
W
Abyssal Dive (W)
Dive down and then re-appear at target location, damaging and knocking up all enemies in an area.
Thick Skin
E
Thick Skin (E)
Passive: Tahm Kench stores a percent of the damage he takes and heals based on it while out of combat.

Active: Convert all stored damage into a temporary shield.
Devour
R
Devour (R)
Tahm Kench devours a champion for a few seconds, dealing magic damage if they are an enemy, or shielding them if they are an ally.

Tahm Kench Skins and Splash Arts

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