Tahm Kench in top lane is filthy
If this is what tank meta is, then get me out. Just rework him if you made his kit too strong to be balanced
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hes always been like this its just not alot of people really played him. The amount of free damage Tahm gets without even building damage items is absolutely offensive. The fact you could literally build triforce/nashors tooth on him and be effective is disgusting.
He doesn't represent the tank meta, he represents the blatant neglect of toplane being left in a unbalanced state to the point anything can go top and win (except in enchanters that are not Karma).
Tahm is a crutch for bad toplaners, that's a fact
Tahm contributes almost ZERO to a team fight.
Don't you take my licker away from me.
Calling Tham a tank is like calling udyr or Voli a tank. He has no initiation and only singletarget CC, and the only reason he's used top is because his singletarget damage is insane early on and so is his singletarget CC while he also has high sustain aswell as a shield vs all-ins.
The reason he's just annoying for toplaners but not overall gamebreaking cause he has issues getting his damage onto the right targets later on, his damage doesn't scale that well compared to how high it is early, and he's very easy to focus with no mobillity, poor ranged cc and how hard damage scales compared to even his tankiness.
People really don't seem to understand this game so I'm going to put this in big letters so it's easy to read:
WINNING YOUR LANE DOES NOT WIN YOU THE GAME.
WINNING YOUR LANE DOES NOT WIN YOU THE GAME.
WINNING YOUR LANE DOES NOT WIN YOU THE GAME.
WINNING YOUR LANE DOES NOT WIN YOU THE GAME.
WINNING YOUR LANE DOES NOT WIN YOU THE GAME.
WINNING YOUR LANE DOES NOT WIN YOU THE GAME.
WINNING YOUR LANE DOES NOT WIN YOU THE GAME.
WINNING YOUR LANE DOES NOT WIN YOU THE GAME.
WINNING YOUR LANE DOES NOT WIN YOU THE GAME.
WINNING YOUR LANE DOES NOT WIN YOU THE GAME.
WINNING YOUR LANE DOES NOT WIN YOU THE GAME.
WINNING YOUR LANE DOES NOT WIN YOU THE GAME.
Just because Tahm can beat top laners 1v1 in lane doesn't mean he'll solo the carry the game. He can't. In fact, most top laners he beats will eventually out scale him and be more useful. Just because you can't kill Tahm in lane doesn't mean Tahm is broken.
If the only way you know how to win the game is to snow ball with a bunch of kills then you're not actually good at the game. When you're matched against evenly skilled opponents you won't have a 10 kill lead in lane. What then?
The same shit happens mid lane with most mages. They're safe because they have great wave clear and CC and if you dive them or get into their threat range they'll kill you. But it is entirely possible to play around this. One possible strategy is roaming.
He gets ganked so easily and has no mobility just pick like darius or someone who can punish people that can't kite
The 3 hit to eat is what really makes him basically impossible to balance in to lane. No melee can fight him in lane without getting eaten meanwhile his health regen makes him win most trades.
He effectively is a juggernaut with juggernaut levels of damage while also having the utility of a support. Riot needs to decide which they want him to be and remove some aspects of his kit accordingly.
He really is. Give him an inch in lane and he'll take a mile.
There's no interacting with him whatsoever, only pain.
Remember when I said this weeks ago and I got downvoted into oblivion lol
What, you dont enjoy being stunlocked to death and later on, doing pretty much no damage to him unless you picked specifically for it while someone else tanks him? :P
Now he fits the role of a Duelist Vanguard, there is no other champions that fit that role. Not even Ornn, Gragas, etc.
Any time I play this champion I feel like I'm cheating. He's always been a bullshit champion.
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If this is what tank meta is, then get me out. Just rework him if you made his kit too strong to be balanced
That is not even close to Tank Meta. Tank meta is this video, and the game should fall somewhere in between the current reality of gameplay and this video of the past tank meta. I also suggest the old tank meta was fun as it was. I just built lifesteal and sustained off the enemies' high health pools to kill them.