Hey, guys. This is my guide for Tahm Kench for this season. Everyone knows Tahm as a support champion mostly, but he can be very good top lane if you play him right. My version of Tahm is more of a brawler/bruiser build and not centered around being a tank. We want to get in and battle this build, not necessarily get focused and peel for our team. The build is straight forward, try it out, and I hope you like it.

Precision
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This goes well with Kench's Acquired Taste and well help secure the kill at the end of a combo.

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This helps with getting that cleaver early and provides a bit of sustain.

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I like this rune on Kench with this build. By the mid game you can really feel Bloodline doing work and helping you sustain in those team fights.

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This just works with Press the Attack and Kench's An Acquired Taste. By the time you use Devour on the enemy champion that kill is pretty much secured.

I usually build the same thing most games unless I'm finding myself behind in farm or against a heavy AP burst champ.

If you're getting behind in farm then you should get Tiamat's and go into Hydra to help with your CS, otherwise go strictly with Black Cleaver. We really need Cleaver into Mallet into Hydra to be able to maximize our effectiveness into the mid game. After that, it's all gravy.

The combo with Tahm is very simple in that its straight forward and can't really be messed up.

The combo I most often use is Q > AA > AA > W > AA > Q (if needed)
Usually if you've farmed correctly and built your core items this will remove any laner from your path.

Using Tahm's Ult to quickly surprise an enemy champ can yield a good combo into the Q > AA > AA > W strategy and nets a much needed kill mid to late game.