Darius is an oppressive laner. Make sure if you do fight him, stay inside his Q range so he doesn't get the stack of Hemorrhage.
Aatrox
You both sustain, but he can sustain more. Abuse him with Q's.
Akali
Akali can be annoying to try to damage. Just try to bait her into skirmishes while going in if her e/w is down.
Akshan
Akshan can be a challenging foe to deal with, with him having a stacking passive like Gnar and can easily swing away or into you. Get tankier and then try your luck fighting him.
Camille
I've beat every Camille with ease. Starve her of farm. Watch out for when she gets Sunderer, she'll start dealing a ton of damage with her Q.
Cho'Gath
Cho'Gath is an easy matchup. He only excels when he's in a minion wave because he can get health back from his passive. Fight him away from your minions.
Dr. Mundo
You both sustain. Might as well run Ignite to be toxic.
Fiora
Fiora can be a problem if she can properly hit her vitals. Position yourself so that she can't get to them easily. If you full stack her, try to bait her E before using abilities.
Gangplank
Gangplank can be tricky to deal with. Mostly just play safe and capitalize on his mistakes.
Garen
Both sustain. Keep ramping up damage with your Q's and auto's so he can't benefit from his passive. After 6 don't fight him when below half HP.
Gnar
Gnar is a matchup that most of the time you will lose. His full stacked w gives him movement speed, his E gets him away from your engage, and his Q slows you. Sustain and capitalize on his mistakes.
Gragas
Gragas has far better sustain than you. He can harass you with his abilities while keeping himself healthy. Your engage can be stopped by his E. Just play for lane and help out elsewhere on the map.
Gwen
Gwen is broken. You will lose. Play for lane and hope your JG ganks.
Heimerdinger
You will never have the opportunity to do anything. Play for lane.
Illaoi
Illaoi is a team fighting machine. If her E hits, you're practically done. Buy potions and try to kill any tentacle that spawns.
Irelia
A good Irelia will dumpster a Tahm. Play for lane and hope that she misses her abilities on you. Pretty easy if you're ahead. Buy boots first back.
Jax
Pre-6 - Tahm beats Jax.
Post-6 - Jax beats Tahm.
Lethal Tempo change made it so that champions that Tahm could beat easily reversed.
Don't let him stack his Lethal Tempo on you and watch out for his Q 3rd Auto Ult Passive + W.
Jayce
Jayce early doesn't do enough damage to mitigate your tankiness. Bully him.
Kayle
Ranged Top, AP, Harass post-6.
Try to fight him Pre-6 so you can get ahead of her.
Kennen
Kennen can be annoying to deal with. You can cancel out his movement speed on his W with your Q. Capitalize on his mistakes.
Kled
Skaarl is an annoyance. Don't prolong battles with him.
Lillia
Lillia is an oppressive laner to Tahm. If you land a Q on her when she tries to Q, capitalize on that mistake.
Malphite
Easiest matchup for Tahm. He'll never be able to kill you.
Mordekaiser
Mordekaiser's damage output is more than you do, so don't go into a prolonged fight with him. Whittle him down with Q to get him to use his W, then engage him.
Nasus
Let him push into you. Hope that your JG knows to gank him because he'll free stack because you don't do enough damage to mitigate his self healing.
Ornn
Ornn is a powerhouse. Does a lot of damage with his w and has insane wombo potential. Capitalize when he uses his E to back away.
Pantheon
Tahm should beat Pantheon easily. His E doesn't stop you from stacking your passive on him.
Poppy
Poppy is not a problem since his W doesn't affect you. Stay away from the walls.
Quinn
Save your Q for when she E's into you.
Renekton
You lose to him early, but late game you beat him easily.
Rengar
Rengar players are cocky with bush jumping. Easy to predict what he'll do.
Ryze
Same as many other ranged tops, play for lane and capitalize on his mistakes.
Sett
A good Sett will capitalize on you trying to stack your Grasp. Play for lane.
Shen
You sustain more. Shen needs to utilize his full kit to do something to you. Coordinate with your Jungle to set up for when his E is down.
Singed
Singed go brr. Singed is boring matchup. Shouldn't be difficult.
Sion
You shouldn't have a problem facing a Sion. Stay away from brushes and dodge his E.
Skarner
Skarner go brr. Fight him away from his tower.
Sylas
Sylas does damage and heals off of engaging you. Building a heal reduction item greatly benefits you and limits Sylas' capabilities.
Teemo
Trash. If you see it destroy it.
Trundle
Trundle can take away your AD damage, your resistances, and is overall a huge threat to you. Capitalize on him pushing to turret with lane ganks.
Tryndamere
With the Lethal Tempo changes, Tryndamere wins the early lane. Play for lane until 6.
Urgot
Urgot can be a challenge to some. Keep him from E'ing you and getting all his passive leg stacks off on you.
Viktor
Viktor's array of abilities make it hard to face him. Keep your distance and play for lane.
Vladimir
I personally have no issues going against Vladimir. He's not strong early so you can capitalize on his mistakes.
Volibear
Big Bear does insane DPS but is overall bad. Play for lane.
Warwick
Same thing as Volibear, annoying to fight. Lethal Tempo with his W gives him insane attack speed and healing early.
Wukong
Wukong is an easy matchup until he hits 6, then he'll engage you every time his ult is up. Keep him away from you when his ult is up.
Yasuo
You beat Yasuo easily. Just try to fight him early.
Yone
Harder to face than Yasuo, but still an easy matchup. Be aggressive when he tries to Q charge you.
Yorick
Yorick is oppressive after he hits 6. Before 6 if he misses E go on him.
I've been playing Tahm Kench top since Season 7, even during the times when it wasn't a viable pick anymore top. I wanted to bring you this guide because this build path is what has been working for me as I climb the ranks to Diamond.
As of making this guide, I am 66% winrate on Tahm Kench with 50 games played with these specific build paths.
I'm not a Mobafire guide expert on how to make my guides look like these other guides, I just want to give you the build that I've been using that has been giving me success on the Rift.
I hope you all have a good time on the Rift and please let me know if you have any questions about the guide in question!
12.2 Top Tahm Kench Feast for a Beast
Build Guide By Scarhawk
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