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Tahm Kench Build Guides, Runes and Items
Tahm Kench The River King
Find the best Tahm Kench build guides for League of Legends S14 Patch 14.8. The MOBAFire community works hard to keep their LoL builds and guides updated, and will help you craft the best Tahm Kench build for the S14 meta. Learn more about Tahm Kench's abilities, skins, or even ask your own questions to the community!
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Tahm Kench Hybrid Mid / Top
Tahm Kench Hybrid Mid / Top
Tahm Kench Build Guide s5 - Support
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Tahm Kench By KiNG 0f revenger
Tahm Kench By KiNG 0f revenger
TAHM KENCH GOTTA EAT THEM ALL
Unbench the Kench
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Tahm Kench Builds
Tahm Kench Builds
Permit The Kermit
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<< 6k HP Tahm Kench op >>
Tahm Kench's Toplane & Support Guide! Patch 5.20 updated
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TAHM AP
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OP TahmKench 5.19 MONSTER-JUNGLER
Tahm Kench Jungle: Overpowered and Underplayed
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King of the River and Jungle
Best Kog Maw Carry guide
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Tahm Kench Jungle [5.18]
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Tahm Kench Jungle
Boy the world's one river, and I'm its king.
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TK: Tahm Kench Super Build Tank
TK: Tahm Kench Super Build Tank
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ham tam kench
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Tahm Kench: The bus of the rift (support build)
Tahm Kench Build & Runes
If you're looking for the best rune build for Tahm Kench we've got you covered. Below you can find the best items and runes to build for Tahm Kench, as determined by calculations of thousands of Plat+ League of Legends games. If you are already familiar with how to play Tahm Kench this is a great resource to quickly get a good rune selection for Patch 14.8. However, if you are a new Tahm Kench player we highly recommend reading through some of the guides above to learn why this build is strong on Tahm Kench!
* Each section of the build is rated independently of the others
Tahm Kench's Runes
52%
Win Rate 69% Pickrate
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Second Best
49%
Win Rate 16% Pickrate
Third Best
53%
Win Rate 12% Pickrate
Tahm Kench's Summoner Spells
51%
Win Rate 74% Pickrate
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Tahm Kench's Starters
52%
Win Rate 93% Pickrate
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Tahm Kench's Core Items
59%
Win Rate 9% Pickrate
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Boots
Tahm Kench's Luxury Items
Tahm Kench's Ability Order
51%
Win Rate 44% Pickrate
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An Acquired Taste (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Second Best
53%
Win Rate 14% Pickrate
An Acquired Taste (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Third Best
51%
Win Rate 11% Pickrate
An Acquired Taste (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
* Each section of the build is rated independently of the others
Tahm Kench's Runes
51%
Win Rate 50% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
50%
Win Rate 30% Pickrate
Third Best
49%
Win Rate 13% Pickrate
Tahm Kench's Summoner Spells
50%
Win Rate 72% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Tahm Kench's Starters
50%
Win Rate 92% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Tahm Kench's Core Items
52%
Win Rate 7% Pickrate
- 1
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- 3
Boots
Tahm Kench's Luxury Items
Tahm Kench's Ability Order
50%
Win Rate 62% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
An Acquired Taste (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Second Best
50%
Win Rate 8% Pickrate
An Acquired Taste (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Third Best
49%
Win Rate 4% Pickrate
An Acquired Taste (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
* Each section of the build is rated independently of the others
Tahm Kench's Runes
56%
Win Rate 61% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
51%
Win Rate 21% Pickrate
Third Best
54%
Win Rate 15% Pickrate
Tahm Kench's Summoner Spells
54%
Win Rate 39% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Tahm Kench's Starters
53%
Win Rate 84% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Tahm Kench's Core Items
53%
Win Rate 7% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Boots
Tahm Kench's Luxury Items
Tahm Kench's Ability Order
54%
Win Rate 59% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
An Acquired Taste (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Second Best
55%
Win Rate 8% Pickrate
An Acquired Taste (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Third Best
52%
Win Rate 6% Pickrate
An Acquired Taste (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Tahm Kench Counters
Learn Tahm Kench's counters and discover matchups where they have an advantage! When you're starting a game of League of Legends you should always keep in mind if you'll be at an advantage or disadvantage against your opponent, so you can know whether to bully them or play safe. You can find detailed breakdowns of each matchup on CounterStats, and you can also check out some Tahm Kench guides to see how to build and play against other champions you may find yourself up against!
This counter data is for Tahm Kench TOP in Plat+ games. The percent shown is the enemy champion's counter rating against Tahm Kench. Counter rating is our own statistic that factors in counter kills, overall kills, early lead ratio, comeback ratio, and win percent to give the whole picture of that champion's effectiveness as a counter pick.
Best Against Tahm Kench
Worst Against Tahm Kench
Tahm Kench Skins
Find Tahm Kench's skins and when they were last on sale. Never miss a sale for your favorite skin by using our Wish List feature! You can also find all Tahm Kench skins and chromas on Tahm Kench's skins page.
Our Wish List feature will send you notifications when your skins are on sale!Tahm Kench's Abilities
At 3 stacks, Tongue Lash and Devour become empowered against that champion.
If that champion already had 3 stacks of An Acquired Taste, they will also be stunned for 1.5 seconds, consuming the stacks.
Activate Devour while your tongue is in midair to devour enemy champions who already have 3 stacks of An Acquired Taste from a distance when you hit them.
Active: Convert all your stored Thick Skin into a shield, lasting 2.5 seconds.
Enemy Champions: Require 3 stacks of An Acquired Taste. Are devoured for up to 3 seconds and take 100 / 250 / 400 plus 15% (+7% per 100 ability power) of their max health as magic damage. Tahm Kench is slowed by 40% and grounded during this effect.
Ally Champions: Are devoured for up to 3 seconds and are granted 400 / 500 / 600 (+100% of ability power) shield which decays by 50 health every 0.25 seconds after Devour has ended until it's gone. Allies can also choose to exit early. Tahm Kench is grounded during this effect, but can cast Abyssal Dive and gains 40% movement speed for 3 seconds.
Questions About Tahm Kench
Latest Questions
Tahm Kench?
Is Tahm Kench still viable? I've heard a lot of people saying "He's OP" or "He Sucks" but I'm wondering if he's ACTUALLY good and viable right now. Also wondering if enemies can take damage from DoT (such as Teemo, Twitch,...
Nerf tahm Kench
Hi guys,playing some games i finded in botlane jinx and tahm kench,this champion combo is too op,tahm kench has a really big shield,he has a slow,he's a tank,his r is too op,and he has some damage,he's unkillable,but if i try to kill his...
Is Tahm Getting Nerfs?
I heard a rumour that our favourite catfish is getting some nerfs does anyone have info to confirm it?
TAHMAS KENCH???
Does anyone know why LS refers to Tahm as Tahmas? Please include some links if available! :)
Tahm kench passive crit?
Simply put. does the magic damage from Tahm's passive get the crit multiplier when he crits on a basic attack?
Would devourer tahm work?
[icon=Tahm Kench size=30]Tahm Kench jungle is quite strong and cinderhulk's % bonus health is great, but do you think it would be worth getting sated [icon=enchantment: devourer size=30]devourer to proc his r passive instead of bonus hp to scale...
