Tahm Kench Build
B
Sup

Tahm Kench Build

An Acquired Taste
Tongue Lash
Q
Abyssal Dive
W
Thick Skin
E
Devour
R
Support
Support
2/1
Win/Loss
<1%
Pick Rate
<1%
Ban Rate

Matchups

Tahm Kench is strong against
62%
61%
60%
60%
58%
Milio
57%
Zyra
56%
Blitzcrank
56%
Thresh
56%
Renata Glasc
56%
Lux
55%
Hwei
54%
Bard
54%
Rakan
52%
Alistar
52%
Morgana
51%
Janna
51%
Senna
50%
Brand
50%
Sona
50%
Tahm Kench is weak against
Vel'Koz
30%
Braum
36%
Rell
37%
Swain
39%
Yuumi
42%
Xerath
44%
Soraka
45%
Leona
45%
Nami
45%
Nautilus
46%
Maokai
47%
Neeko
47%
Shaco
48%
Pyke
49%
Sona
50%
Brand
50%
Senna
50%
Janna
51%
Morgana
51%
Alistar
52%

Early Tahm Kench Build

Summoner Spells
FlashIgnite
40%
5
Flash
32%
4
Flash
20%
3
Starter Items
Health Potion
2
World Atlas
64%
8
Health Potion
36%
5
Starter Trinket
Stealth Ward
96%
12
Oracle Lens
4%
1
Item
First
Second
Locket of the Iron Solari
33%
4
Knight's Vow
25%
3
Frozen Heart
25%
3

Tahm Kench Item Build

Support Item
Celestial Opposition
36%
5
28%
4
Item Buy Order
Two
Three
Locket of the Iron SolariKnight's Vow
32%
3
Knight's VowLocket of the Iron Solari
26%
3
Frozen HeartHollow Radiance
26%
3
Core Items
Knight's Vow
56%
7
Locket of the Iron Solari
52%
7
Frozen Heart
24%
3
Hollow Radiance
20%
3
Sunfire Aegis
16%
2
Warmog's Armor
16%
2
Spirit Visage
8%
1
Heartsteel
4%
1
Thornmail
4%
1
Final Boots
Plated Steelcaps
80%
10
20%
3
Final Trinket
Oracle Lens
64%
8
28%
4
Stealth Ward
8%
1

Abilities

Spell Skill Priority
Tongue Lash
Q
Abyssal Dive
W
Thick Skin
E
96%
12
Tongue Lash
Q
Thick Skin
E
Abyssal Dive
W
4%
1
Tongue Lash
Q
Abyssal Dive
W
Thick Skin
E
Devour
R

Runes

Resolve + Inspiration
Guardian
Inspiration
Guardian
Grasp of the Undying
Resolve
Resolve
Grasp of the Undying
Aftershock
Guardian
Demolish
Font of Life
Shield Bash
Conditioning
Second Wind
Bone Plating
Overgrowth
Revitalize
Unflinching
Inspiration
Inspiration
Hextech Flashtraption
Magical Footwear
Cash Back
Triple Tonic
Time Warp Tonic
Biscuit Delivery
Cosmic Insight
Approach Velocity
Jack Of All Trades

How to play Tahm Kench

Tahm Kench Tahm Kench – The River King – is based on our LoL Support Tier List on patch 14.9 a A-Tier Sup Support champion. Based on ranked matches from summoners with a PLATINUM+ tier, Tahm Kench Tahm Kench has a win rate of 50.4%, a pick rate of 0.7%, a ban rate of 1.6% and an average KDA Ratio of 0.0, which shows that the Support Support is in a good spot in the current meta of season 14. If you want to learn how to play Tahm Kench on your matches, keep in mind that this champion is moderately difficult to play in LoL. This Tahm Kench guide will give you also an understanding on how to beat Tahm Kench. Besides the upcoming Tahm Kench Support Build the position Top is a valid choice as well.

Pregame Build

In champion select you need to choose your Tahm Kench Tahm Kench runes and summoner spells. The best Tahm Kench Support Runes 14.9 are Resolve Resolve as the primary path and Inspiration Inspiration as the secondary path. The most supportive Tahm Kench Tahm Kench keystone rune is Guardian Guardian. Flash Flash and Ignite Ignite are the summoner spells, which fits this LoL Tahm Kench Build the most.

Item Build on Tahm Kench

The starter items for the best Tahm Kench Build on patch 14.9 are Health Potion Health Potion, Health Potion Health Potion, World Atlas World Atlas, and a Stealth Ward Stealth Ward as the trinket. As the game progresses, the most popular Tahm Kench Tahm Kench items are Knight's Vow Knight's Vow and Locket of the Iron Solari Locket of the Iron Solari. Plated Steelcaps Plated Steelcaps are the most bought Tahm Kench Tahm Kench boots by Pros. This Tahm Kench Build will totally increase your chances to gain LP and to climb the leaderboard in LoL.

Tahm Kench Abilities

At the beginning of a match start to skill the ability Tongue Lash Tongue Lash on Tahm Kench Tahm Kench. As the match progresses, it is best to maximise Tongue Lash Tongue Lash into Abyssal Dive Abyssal Dive and at last Thick Skin Thick Skin. Tongue Lash Tongue Lash is a very strong ability of Tahm Kench Tahm Kench in order to build up a lead and dominate your opponents. The passive is called An Acquired Taste An Acquired Taste and there is no need to set it manually on a TahmKench Build.

Select one of the abilities below in order to start a clip of the ability:
An Acquired Taste
Tongue Lash
Q
Abyssal Dive
W
Thick Skin
E
Devour
R
An Acquired Taste

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.

Biography

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.

Read Tahm Kench's bio

Available Tahm Kench Skins

Besides the Tahm Kench build you can select a skin for Tahm Kench. The best Tahm Kench skins you can find below.

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