May I suggest a way to balance Tahm Kench?

Kadexe·2/2/2020, 7:36:12 PM·5 votes·6,577 views

Tahm Kench is kind of terrible in most ranks of soloqueue, but he can't be buffed because he can effectively QSS+Zhonya a teammate with a press of his W every 20 seconds. Devour has been repeatedly nerfed, but it's still so strong that Tahm needs to be weak (as a whole) or else he will be 100% pick-or-ban in LCS/LEC/etc.

SO I'm suggesting a new approach to balancing his W: Give Devour an on-target cooldown for its use on allies. So the cooldown of W itself will still be 20 seconds (maybe lower?), but he can't eat the same ally more than once every... let's say 120 seconds. This would be a huge nerf to that very specific use of his W, and other aspects of Tahm Kench can then be buffed. Maybe he could get some movement speed, or some base armor/health/MR, more damage/healing, whatever, it's up to you.

9 Comments

XJ999999999999992/2/2020, 8:05:08 PM2 votes

they could just make his W not able to eat allies and make the eat allies into a new ult or something.

thing is i think they just decided to keep him support. i dont expect that to change. he can actually jungle pretty alright but hes just lacking in damage and dueling potential. no more Q - auto auto - Q - Auto - W - W again - Auto (or even Q auto depending on cooldown).

cant do that, instead its Q - auto auto Q auto auto. Hard to even W because it doesnt do any damage so hard to tell if its even worth it. no stun so u cant W Q anymore. sucks

SuckasGots 2Know2/2/2020, 8:20:50 PM1 votes

I'm sure this was already considered but so it doesn't interfere with his current W cooldown configuration theres a little circle at the bottom of the devoured ally that serves as the timer for their devour.

NY642/2/2020, 10:21:25 PM1 votes

I’ve been wanting this change for so long so he can finally get buffs

Woodakoodashooda2/2/2020, 10:27:44 PM1 votes

This would just be another nerf to support Kench and whatever buffs that follow would only enhance solo lane kench.

The champion was a mistake from the get go.

Another one of those things that...well, this video might sum it up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nazm3_OXac

IShowerWithUrDad2/3/2020, 12:29:35 AM1 votes

just like a sylas ult. critics can be made about this idea, but no one seem to have an optimal solution. good job finding an idea!

Nea1042/3/2020, 1:05:54 AM1 votes

They can't kill a champion because 10 people in the whole world can abuse him.

They can't properly design/balance champions for both competitive and SoloQ? Then add a whitelist/blacklist for competitive, as many other games already do. Basically, the same teams competing vote what/who you can play or not. Before bans and stuff, as a part of the tournament Rules.

Edit: to the 2 smart guys downoting here without any explanation, you're clueless of the basics of any game, and you deserve the current state of this one ;)

Towboat4212/3/2020, 5:55:06 AM1 votes

Its defintelty better than keeping him in the dumpster but that is more or less where riot wants him, the fact that they created a champion that shuts out kill heavy champions is something shows unerred disdain for so long as he has the ability to save allies, he'll be in a poor spot.

Iljos2/3/2020, 1:10:55 PM1 votes

yeah na tahm shouldn't be "balanced" he should be gutted to beyond garbage.