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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 14.7. 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 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 14.7. 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!

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Patch 14.7: 47,589 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Resolve

Precision

Second Best

49%

Win Rate 16% Pickrate

Resolve

Domination

Third Best

52%

Win Rate 11% Pickrate

Resolve

Inspiration

Second Best

52%

Win Rate 17% Pickrate

Third Best

52%

Win Rate 3% Pickrate

Second Best

49%

Win Rate 3% Pickrate

Third Best

46%

Win Rate 1% Pickrate

Second Best

56%

Win Rate 4% Pickrate

Third Best

68%

Win Rate 3% Pickrate

Passive Ability

Second Best

50%

Win Rate 14% Pickrate

Passive Ability

Third Best

49%

Win Rate 12% Pickrate

Passive Ability

Our Stats Powered By

Patch 14.7: 47,589 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Resolve

Precision

Second Best

48%

Win Rate 30% Pickrate

Resolve

Inspiration

Third Best

51%

Win Rate 13% Pickrate

Resolve

Domination

Second Best

49%

Win Rate 20% Pickrate

Third Best

47%

Win Rate 2% Pickrate

Second Best

55%

Win Rate 8% Pickrate

Third Best

44%

Win Rate 0% Pickrate

Second Best

63%

Win Rate 3% Pickrate

Third Best

58%

Win Rate 3% Pickrate

Passive Ability

Second Best

51%

Win Rate 9% Pickrate

Passive Ability

Third Best

50%

Win Rate 4% Pickrate

Passive Ability

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Patch 14.7: 47,589 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Resolve

Precision

Second Best

53%

Win Rate 22% Pickrate

Resolve

Inspiration

Third Best

50%

Win Rate 13% Pickrate

Resolve

Domination

Second Best

54%

Win Rate 34% Pickrate

Third Best

55%

Win Rate 13% Pickrate

Second Best

53%

Win Rate 10% Pickrate

Third Best

56%

Win Rate 2% Pickrate

Second Best

53%

Win Rate 4% Pickrate

Third Best

67%

Win Rate 4% Pickrate

Passive Ability

Second Best

55%

Win Rate 9% Pickrate

Passive Ability

Third Best

54%

Win Rate 5% Pickrate

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.

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Tahm Kench Skins

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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.

Skin Release Wishlist Popularity Cost

Shan Hai Scrolls Tahm Kench

June 15, 2023

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1350

High Noon Tahm Kench

May 26, 2022

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1350

Arcana Tahm Kench

May 11, 2021

+ Wishlist

1350

Coin Emperor Tahm Kench

January 28, 2019

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1350

Urf Kench

Special Events

April 1, 2016

+ Wishlist

750

Master Chef Tahm Kench

July 9, 2015

+ Wishlist

975

Classic Tahm Kench

Original

+ Wishlist

Tahm Kench's Abilities

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An Acquired Taste Tahm Kench's Passive

Self

Attacks deal 6-48 (+4% of his bonus health) (+2% ability power per 100 bonus health) bonus magic damage. Against champions, they add a stack of An Acquired Taste for 5 seconds, up to 3 times.

At 3 stacks, Tongue Lash and Devour become empowered against that champion.

Tongue Lash Tahm Kench's Q Ability

900

50 / 46 / 42 / 38 / 34

7 / 6.5 / 6 / 5.5 / 5

Deals 80 / 130 / 180 / 230 / 280 (+100% of ability power) magic damage to the first enemy hit and slows them by 50% for 2 seconds. On champion hit, heals Tahm for 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 plus 5 / 5.5 / 6 / 6.5 / 7% of his missing health and applies a stack of An Acquired Taste dealing 8−60 (+2.5% of his bonus health) as extra magic damage (depending on level).

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.

Abyssal Dive Tahm Kench's W Ability

1200

60 / 75 / 90 / 105 / 120

21 / 20 / 19 / 18 / 17

Dive down and then re-appear at target location, dealing 100 / 135 / 170 / 205 / 240 (+150% of ability power) magic damage and knock up all enemies in an area for 1 second. Hitting at least one enemy champion refunds 40 / 42.5 / 45 / 47.5 / 50% of the cooldown and mana cost. Devoured allies can be taken along for the ride (but can always hop out early).

Thick Skin Tahm Kench's E Ability

Self

Passive: 15 / 23 / 31 / 39 / 47% of damage Tahm Kench takes is stored by his Thick Skin, increased to 42 / 44 / 46 / 48 / 50% if there are at least 2 nearby enemy champions. If Kench has not taken damage within 4 seconds, Thick Skin will rapidly be consumed to heal Tahm for 45-100% of its value (depending on level).

Active: Convert all your stored Thick Skin into a shield, lasting 2.5 seconds.

Devour Tahm Kench's Ultimate (R) Ability

250

100

120 / 100 / 80 / 80 / 80

Tahm Kench devours a champion for a few seconds. He can re-cast to spit them out.

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

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Latest Questions

Tahm Kench?

Asked by BlackRoseGirl on May 19, 2020

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,...

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Nerf tahm Kench

Asked by Lordlory99 on July 22, 2019

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...

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Is Tahm Getting Nerfs?

Asked by Deeg on June 7, 2019

I heard a rumour that our favourite catfish is getting some nerfs does anyone have info to confirm it?

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TAHMAS KENCH???

Asked on April 21, 2019

Does anyone know why LS refers to Tahm as Tahmas? Please include some links if available! :)

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Tahm kench passive crit?

Asked by pjacksonator on September 28, 2018

Simply put. does the magic damage from Tahm's passive get the crit multiplier when he crits on a basic attack?

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Would devourer tahm work?

Asked by Soup Of Fate on August 14, 2015

[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...

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