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League of Legends Champion Tahm KenchTahm Kench is in the b tier of champions

Tahm Kench

SupportTank
Tahm Kench is a supportRolesupport
DifficultyAverage
Power SpikeLate-Game
An Acquired Taste abilityp
Tongue Lash abilityq
Abyssal Dive abilityw
Thick Skin abilitye
Devour abilityr
StatsBuildCounters
Runes
Synergies
top
support

Tahm Kench Build

based on 21,588 matches
Win Rate
48.7 %
Pick Rate
2.7 %
Ban Rate
0.9 %

How We Come Up with Our Tahm Kench Builds

We process over 1 Million League of Legends games every day to bring you the most accurate Tahm Kench build so you can destroy your enemies and improve you win rate. We've broken down our Tahm Kench builds by rank, position, and enemy team type, so you can find the most accurate set of Tahm Kench core items and runes for any situation.

Tahm Kench Build Summary

Tahm Kench is a a poor top lane champ in League of Legends. His best rune sets are Resolve Precision. Including the selected runes shown below in your Tahm Kench build will give you the additional stats to help him play well through the laning phase of the match and into the late game. Tahm Kench players should start by leveling up his q ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Tahm Kench

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Giant's BeltCrystalline Bracer

Core Tahm Kench Items

~22 Mins
HeartsteelSunfire AegisDemonic EmbraceMercury's Treads

Optional Items

Warmog's ArmorTitanic HydraGargoyle StoneplateSpirit Visage

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Tahm Kench to level upq
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Second ability for Tahm Kench to level upe
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Last skill for Tahm Kench to max outw

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishSecond WindRevitalize
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Alacrity
Attack SpeedMagic ResistHealth Scaling
Tahm Kench's passive ability p
Tahm Kench's q ability q
Tahm Kench's w ability w
Tahm Kench's e ability e
Tahm Kench's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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E
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Q
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E
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R
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E
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E
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W
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W
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R

Tahm Kench Matchups Overview

Tahm Kench is Weak Against

HeimerdingerHeimerdinger40.5% winrateOrnnOrnn42.2% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser42.9% winrateIllaoiIllaoi44.4% winrate

Tahm Kench is Strong Against

GragasGragas69% winrateKennenKennen58.1% winrateGnarGnar54.8% winrateRivenRiven54% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Kog'Mawbottom+ 53.2% 235 GamesIvernjungle+ 53.4% 208 GamesBrandsupport+ 54.6% 590 GamesRumblemiddle+ 63% 81 Games

More Gameplay Tips for Tahm Kench Players

Tips and Tricks

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. Stay near your carries to protect them.

Additional Tahm Kench Build Insights

League of Legends Tahm Kench players will likely find him to be a difficult champion to build out properly. You will find that his build varies when he is fighting either generic or homogenous team compositions, meaning you shouldn't choose the same Tahm Kench build every round of League of Legends

The most essential items to use in your champion's build include: Heartsteel, Sunfire Aegis, and Demonic Embrace. Players who added these items in their gear had a greater win rate than those who used other builds for Tahm Kench. Similarly, if you are trying to beat a varied enemy team composition, you should really consider grabbing Tahm Kench the Resolve, and Precision runes. In recent games, he won the largest percentage of his games when built with these runes.

We calculated our Tahm Kench build guidance by examining 21,588 recently ranked League of Legends rounds with him selected. We only propose the highest winrate Tahm Kench builds that were built by ranked LoL players enough times for us to suggest them. With so many matches in our dataset, we are confident in our recommended builds.