MOBA Champion

Tahm Kench Build

The Best Runes, Items, and Advice to Dominate Your Competition

LoL Champion

Tahm Kench

177,702 LoL Matches Analyzed

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Summary

Our Tahm Kench builds come out of our examination of 177,702 recently ranked Tahm Kench matches. Only the highest winrate Tahm Kench builds that are also in common use are recommended. Since we have so many matches in our data, we are quite sure that we can provide high quality builds to help ensure you win your next match!

To find more champion specific build tips and tactics, you should check out our guide to playing with Tahm Kench at the bottom of the page. Additionally, Tahm Kench builds dedicated to a unique skill rank can be seen by choosing another division from the dropdown menu found above. The best Tahm Kench build will be specific to that tier’s meta.

Best Tahm Kench Runes

If you are facing a varied enemy team comp, you should really consider grabbing Tahm Kench the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Second Wind, Revitalize, Last Stand, and Triumph runes. In recent matches, he won the greatest fraction of his matches when using these runes. Yet, if you are fighting a different enemy team composition, such as an AP centric or a crowd control centric team, you should instead browse down and to the right to view the best Tahm Kench runes to defeat your particular set of opponents.

Overall

Grasp of the Undying Rune Grasp of the Undying
Demolish Rune Demolish
Second Wind Rune Second Wind
Revitalize Rune Revitalize
Last Stand Rune Last Stand
Triumph Rune Triumph
Versus Selected Team Comp
Grasp of the Undying Rune Grasp of the Undying
Shield Bash Rune Shield Bash
Second Wind Rune Second Wind
Revitalize Rune Revitalize
Biscuit Delivery Rune Biscuit Delivery
Approach Velocity Rune Approach Velocity

Best Items for Your Tahm Kench Build

The most important items to use in your Tahm Kench build are: Sunfire Aegis, Phantom Dancer, Dead Man's Plate, and Titanic Hydra. Moreover, as with our rune advice, you can also find great, dedicated, Tahm Kench item builds farther down for the particular enemy team comp you are playing in your ongoing match. Players who added these items in their gear had a significantly better win rate than players who worked towards other builds for Tahm Kench.

LoL Item Sunfire AegisLoL Item Phantom DancerLoL Item Dead Man's PlateLoL Item Titanic Hydra

vs AD Heavy Teams

LoL Item Sunfire AegisLoL Item Spirit VisageLoL Item ThornmailLoL Item Force of Nature

vs AP Heavy Teams

LoL Item Sunfire AegisLoL Item Spirit VisageLoL Item Gargoyle StoneplateLoL Item Force of Nature

vs CC Heavy Teams

LoL Item Sunfire AegisLoL Item ThornmailLoL Item Gargoyle StoneplateLoL Item Dead Man's Plate

vs Tanky Teams

LoL Item Sunfire AegisLoL Item Spirit VisageLoL Item Dead Man's PlateLoL Item Titanic Hydra

Guide to Playing with Tahm Kench

  • Activate Tahm Kench's Thick Skin at the right time, around 40-50% health is best.
  • Devour can be used on an enemy champion or an allied carry to save them.