Tahm Kench winrate is increasing

Nevrankroaton·5/3/2019, 10:31:50 AM·21 votes·11,834 views

Don't get me wrong, I am aware that it is the beginning of the patch and the winrate will stabilize but we never had an increase on a champion that finally lowered itself after.

So Tahm Kench, the "gutted" champion, the "nerfed champion" is having a winrate increase. How surprising, it is almost as if what people called buff mattered way more than what people say, and that the change on his W mean changing the way you use it and not it being weak/unusable.

https://na.op.gg/champion/tahmkench/statistics/support Coming from 43% to 48% as support Still 53% winrate as a toplaner.

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Moonscourge5/3/2019, 10:33:14 AM20 votes

Almost as if they buffed every aspect of him but his W.

Salron5/3/2019, 10:37:48 AM11 votes

Gameplay was wrong again? I'm shocked Also use a better site https://u.gg/lol/champions/tahmkench/build/?role=top

Shrek Luigi5/3/2019, 3:16:19 PM6 votes

yOu CaN't BeNcH tHe KeNcH xD

Sewer Side5/3/2019, 11:24:19 AM6 votes

I wonder if those who made memorial threads feel embarassed.

Tahm mains on Boards are increasingly more whiny than Sona mains over deserved changes.

ZaFishbone5/3/2019, 12:56:13 PM4 votes

But don't forget that, according to people in that other thread, if you disagreed with the opinion that Tham was gutted, you were an asshole who downvotes anything, XD!

SpecterVonBaren5/3/2019, 6:01:03 PM3 votes

I'm more than willing to admit when I'm wrong and eat some humble pie but at the same time I refuse to use statistics from a mere two days worth of data. If he's still doing well by next week then I'll make a thread saying I was wrong.

Glaricion5/3/2019, 9:37:13 PM3 votes

Tahm Kench's solo lane power is utterly incredible, but since he's known as a support he's not respected.

Once everyone's played against him a few times they'll know to give up laning phase and just wait around to outscale him.

Saying that the power rebalancing broke Kench would be like saying that Darius is rigged if top lane suddenly became popular and a bunch of people kept chain feeding Darius because they were unaware that he is a melee shredding lane bully.

hewhodoesnotcare5/3/2019, 4:13:26 PM2 votes

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Don't get me wrong, I am aware that it is the beginning of the patch and the winrate will stabilize but we never had an increase on a champion that finally lowered itself after.

So Tahm Kench, the "gutted" champion, the "nerfed champion" is having a winrate increase. How surprising, it is almost as if what people called buff mattered way more than what people say, and that the change on his W mean changing the way you use it and not it being weak/unusable.

https://na.op.gg/champion/tahmkench/statistics/support Coming from 43% to 48% as support Still 53% winrate as a toplaner.

when people realize that he is no longer good as a support but good as a laner of course his win rate will increase. have u seen the buff to his q? its literally saying i can poke u from this range without even fighting u and since they nerf his w instead of saving a laner its much better to just eat the enemy champion

5StackUltOneShot5/3/2019, 4:01:56 PM2 votes

Yay, Tahm Kench toplane. Time for fun and interactivity for melee champions. Cant wait to be outplayed

(I read this sentence twice over and realized the irony based on who I main but nvm)

Midg3t5/3/2019, 4:11:39 PM2 votes

Only his mains are playing him so I'm not suprised his winrate slightly increased. But he's still garbage support tho.

IainG105/4/2019, 1:05:27 AM2 votes

I will point out that what Riot did was nerf him as a Support. AFAIK they were fine with him as a solo-laner, hence the compensation buffs. But with damage what it is, and the amount of AP Supports we're seeing, the E change probably helped him more than the nerf hurt him. However, would be interesting to see how many more deaths his ADC racks up per game.

hhaavviikk5/3/2019, 11:20:58 AM1 votes

from what I saw tahm mains said his W will be garbage now and he will now just max Q and be too strong with max CDR

Silly Neeko5/3/2019, 11:08:37 AM1 votes

Yes, people see the damage part. Now the question is, what is the prefered skill order now? Pretty sure it used to be Q W E. Is it still that way? And wheres the statistics of eating allies now.

Illabethe5/4/2019, 3:11:44 PM1 votes

Well duh. % damage and low cooldowns on a 900 range ability in a solo lane. What the hell did you expect?

-He no longer has to manage Mana to live. -He's undiveable under a turret (Free Shield from gray health) -His Tongue Lash Cooldown is down 1 second from an already low cooldown. -His Tongue Lash Range is up 100 from what it was.

The only friggin part of this patch that was nerfed was his ally assist.

AssA5/4/2019, 2:04:06 AM1 votes

ah dw, just nerf akali and everyone will be happy, tahm is totally balanced, thanks riot

Eleshakai5/4/2019, 4:01:29 AM1 votes

Well you see, League of Legends does not have the Sword of 1000 Truths... and a thread on this board said Tahm Kench was dead.

So... without the Sword of 1000 Truths, we cannot kill that which is already dead... and thus his winrate increases. nods It's the only thing that makes sense.

Worst Kench NA5/4/2019, 5:00:33 AM1 votes

I wouldn't be surprised if his winrate in solo lanes increased. He's not a better support though as his capabilities in regard to that have been nerfed. It's an objective fact regardless of whether his winrate increases or not.

Flashes5/4/2019, 2:08:57 PM1 votes

Did anyone actually say Tahm was dead this patch?

I thought it was the patch where they nerfed his health by ~80 at level 1

SettDownShutUp5/4/2019, 2:21:41 PM1 votes

I don't know, I'm having a blast with him. I still wish they didn't give him the grounded status.

JohnnyNeverSins5/3/2019, 12:54:28 PM1 votes

people just started playing him,you look at winrates and if its below 45% the chempion is shit,well now get shit on by the same Vladimir you called shit champion with low winrate half a year ago,the community really deserve it<3 :*