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Tahm Kench

TopC tierAll ranks
49.4% win rate 1.8% pick 2.8% ban 2.2 KDA 7,042 games

Strong against

Struggles against

Rune pages

Share of this build's games, then win rate
Resolve
Grasp of the Undying
Aftershock
Guardian
Demolish
Font of Life
Shield Bash
Conditioning
Second Wind
Bone Plating
Overgrowth
Revitalize
Unflinching
Precision
Absorb Life
Triumph
Presence of Mind
Legend: Alacrity
Legend: Haste
Legend: Bloodline
Coup de Grace
Cut Down
Last Stand
Shards
Attack Speed
Health Scaling
Health Scaling
2,177 games on this page · 52.4% win rate

Ability order

Tap or hover an ability for its description
Max Q, then W, then ETongue Lash→Abyssal Dive→Thick Skin
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Tongue Lash
Q · Tongue Lash

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.

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Abyssal Dive
W · Abyssal Dive

Dive down and then re-appear at target location, damaging and knocking up all enemies in an area.

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Thick Skin
E · Thick Skin

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.

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Devour
R · Devour

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.

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Builds

Share of champion-role games

Summoner spells

FlashIgnite

Starting items

Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Boots

Plated Steelcaps

Core purchase order

Heartsteel→Dusk and Dawn→Thornmail

Situational items

Pick rate, then win rate
4th item
Spirit Visage30.7% pick64.1% win
Unending Despair12.2% pick57.7% win
5th item
Unending Despair18.1% pick60.5% win
Spirit Visage15.7% pick48.5% win
Riftmaker14.3% pick50.0% win

Synergizes with

Fiddlesticks63.7%113 games
RivenLow sample70.8%24 games
Lulu55.7%327 games
Syndra55.1%334 games
Seraphine54.0%507 games

Stats

Performance

avg / game
CS / min5.6
Gold / min374
Damage to champs24,359
Kill participation36%
Vision score21
Damage share22%

Win by game length

Centre line is 50%
<2548.5%1,710 games
25-3047.5%2,155 games
30-3550.6%1,863 games
35+52.1%1,314 games

Damage profile

7,042 games measured
Builds AP 90%CC 1.46/min · 85th pctFrontline 63%

Damage dealt to champions in this role. The build label comes from items, so it can differ from the damage split.

Objective impact

Win rate with vs without · correlation, not causation
How often this champion or its team takes each objective first, and the win rate with and without it
ObjectiveTaken firstWin withWin withoutGap
First blood7,042 games8.7%57.0%48.7%+8.3 pts
First tower7,042 games10.8%67.8%47.2%+20.6 pts
First dragon (team)7,203 games48.2%62.9%36.7%+26.2 pts
First herald (team)7,203 games39.2%65.3%39.0%+26.3 pts
First baron (team)7,203 games35.0%78.7%33.6%+45.1 pts
First voidgrubs (team)7,203 games47.3%53.7%45.4%+8.3 pts