Kha'Zix wishes he could be as adaptive as Tahm Kench

vfactor95·Jun 25, 2015·3 votes·821 views

I'm not sure if anyone has pointed this out, but one of Tahm Kench's biggest strengths is his versatility in the laning phase.

Against Poke or all in? Max E to sustain through their damage (and spirit visage lets you completely ignore it), or activate the shield to shut down any kill potential your enemy has

Want to poke yourself? Max Q for a solid poking skill that gets even stronger at 6

Want to fight? Max W for %max health nuke that'll put a dent in anyone you use it on

Kha'Zixs kit simply feels incomplete until you get all 3 evolutions, and there is always a optimal way to grab them no matter the matchup or enemy comp (although that optimal order does change as he gets buffed/nerfed).

If we ever get around to reworking Kha'Zix I hope Riot looks at Tahm Kench's kit to get an idea of what an adaptive champion should play like.

4 Comments

commit an heroJun 25, 20151 votes

Blame Riot for nerfing all of the things about Kha'Zix.

They didn't like how he was killing tanks so they removed the %HP execute.

They didn't like how he was clearing waves and poking with W, so they reduced the damage heavily.

You are pigeon-holed into playing Kha'Zix the way Rito wants you to. No questions asked.

vfactor95Jun 25, 20151 votes

The problem is that there was always ALWAYS one evolution that was clearly better than the rest and it rotated between W Q and R. I'm not talking about how strong/weak kha'zix has been and is now but more how static his playstyle is at any given point since he has been released.

It's not something that can be fixed with numbers, his kit simply does not reflect an adaptive playstyle that he was advertised to have.