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pretty nice build thought it would work well and it did thanks allot I think Morgana should be up a little higher on the scale since she was quite difficult to battle in these past matches since your range is a bit shorter than Morgana's range.

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Morgana's kit is 80%+ landing good Q's which TK completely doesn't care about as Morg herself has minimal DPS and protects others. Things can get complicated if Morg's adc has combo CC.
TK is about landing empowered Q and W to CC and although Morgana can that doesn't prevent stacking TK's passive so he can win if he endures.

Morgana's best option is to find good R timings to hold TK down while her ADC wins, which is a very strong move, but TK has many more options with his own R.

Instead of Morgana, from the catcher role, supports like Thresh and Pyke are more threatening because Thresh can either engage or disengage well (lantern into gank is almost as strong as TK's R) and Pyke has much more CC, mobility and kill potential.

Lol, this was my way of saying I suck at tahm kench and lost against a morgana. nice build tho

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Why play tahm when you can play bard, bard is happy tahm is mad

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Completely different roles and playstyles.
Bard can be completely powerless against heavy CC/engage while TK can actually dominate fighters and nullify engage.
TK can also do decent roams, but his kit works well in the defensive while Bard will usually want that early pressure so he can play offensively as long as possible.

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Greeting UNK87, i wanted to tell you that this is amazing guide i really like your pick of runes its a little bit weird but this is league of legends i wanted to ask you can i play this build on tahm kench at top cause i played few times top against tahm and i would like to try it.

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I've tried it a few times and I would say it's much more match-up dependent. Both Hail of Blades and Lethal Tempo are great for stacking, but it's much harder to land a stun if the enemy plays into minions.

For top-lane AS boost I'd favor Lethal Tempo so it isn't necessary to leave combat to refresh. It's much stronger against multiple enemies (e.g. being ganked) and TK has a decent method of activating it with Q.
You would probably want to buy an AS item anyway. From my tests DPS-wise guinsoo's > trinity > wit's, but cost-wise wit's end is 2nd or even tied with guinsoo's if facing magic damage.

Well wit's end and hail of blades, pick one not both

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HoB provides 3 very fast hits that are Just enough to max stacks on a single target. That's more than enough in 1v1 and some small skirmishes.
There are a few problems especially against multiple targets (even 2) when people kite/cc and force TK to switch targets. Extra AS = quick stuns.

Late-game HoB is not very useful. Unreliable and ineffective on long fights.

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Hello unk87,
I noticed that you're using runes on that personally I wouldn't expect because they're quite aggressive instead of tanky ones. But please don't get me wrong, I'm only playing Tahm once in a while. :>
I also noticed that your synergy section is empty and you forget to rank somewhere in the threat section.
Your BB Coding is somewhat off in the Spells section. The same thing happened to me. Maybe you just forgot the without the '. :)
Oh and your Late game section is really short and only says to get MR in case the enemy team has AP champs. But I'm pretty sure that you know most of these things already and are working on a fix.
So please forgive me for pointing out minorities. Your guide is still very nicely done and I like it. Thumbs up. :]

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The guide was built in the old system and I've yet to tweak a few problems. Meanwhile I've scrambled something up for synergies and gameplay.

Ranking enchantresses is tough because lanes are usually slightly unfavorable, but after mid-game TK has potential to be much more active globally. Not to mention that TK 1v1's any not-brand support and most adc's. I'd consider Nami slightly easy because TK has more pressure and she doesn't buff enough her carry.

I'm still figuring out what to detail more because TK can be versatile. In the right matchup and with enough gold he can full udyr 1v5, while sometimes he's stuck on peel role (which is important ofc). Sometimes every ult is a won fight and others he can't ult for he will be instantly chain cc'ed.

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Yeah that makes sense.

As main I'd probably disagree with you because she can drain TK's health quite a bit - slower than Brand - but she can be very strong if played correctly.

Yeah I've recently seen a TK who 1v1 the fed enemy carries and won. It was unbelievable - he could even dive and kill a 7/3 under tower in mid game. It was pretty crazy. xD Of course the Draven underestimated him but still... x]

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There are few supports that threat TK through damage. Brand, Zyra, VelKoz and Pyke (ult).
What can happen is getting chain CC'ed in a 1v2.

If Nami lands her Q she will then E to kite and chain into Q or R to keep TK locked. To avoid/prevent the lock TK must dodge Q or close the gap quickly with Randuin's, exhaust or flash.

If TK is in flash range, Nami usually can't prevent TK from using Hail of Blades to devour.

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