Ummm... sustain, 2 cc in 1 ability ,shield , 1 more cc , Long Q (hard slow) 6 sec cooldown. I was trying to 1v1 my friend with so many different champs and I lost every time. the question is : who can counter him? and how? just try it by yourself.
Serevas2 votesYou already got the points of Vladimir and Teemo (teemo also builds Liandry's, so the % hp damage is great as well.)
Anyone with % hp damage, because Tahm wants to stack as much hp as possible.
Vayne remains the hardest counter to Tahm due to the %hp true damage, she's also played top lane even if rarely.
Elise is a strong lane opponent all the time, against tahm even more so again because of % hp damage.
Blade of the Ruined King for AD based champions.
Fizz is supposed to work fairly well as well.
Mundo would probably work well as well.
fisox1 votesok thank you, ill try .
Gahaha1 votesTeemo wrecks him
fisox1 voteshow?
Radnar the bold1 votes[{quoted}](name=NiXoul SiNiCi,realm=EUNE,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=RpoaI4Wv,comment-id=00000000,timestamp=2015-07-28T17:59:16.949+0000)
how?
Teemo has range and a blind that causes tamhs basic (which has the stack) to miss him. He can also out range tahm, and make tahm waist his E. teemo can also run away from tahm and his mushrooms do damage to tahm.
fisox1 votesty
YumaS2Astral1 votesIn lane, one of the best counters to Tahm Kench is Vladimir.
Vladimir has constant ranged harass, and he can sustain himself as well. During an extended combat, Tahm Kench would be forced to activate his shield to survive. Tahm Kench is very good against poke due to his gray health, but he fares poorly on extended trades due to how his grey health mechanig works. Vladimir excels at both. He has a poke on a very low cooldown, allowing him to prevent Tahm Kench from regenerating a lot of health. He has sustain himself. And on an extented 1x1 combat Vladimir will win against Tahm Kench.
I believe that Lulu, Jayce, and Cho'Gath would also be able to win against Tahm Kench, but I have yet to test it to be able to know. As you can see, most of Tahm Kench's counters are ranged champions and/or have some form of health sustain.
Just don't pick anything that is melee, squishy, and has no form of health sustain... you know... Riven and Yasuo. Champions that people commonly pick for no reason.
Zyorhist1 votesto deal with tahm in 1v1 you have to poke him down. Wait for him to activate the shield and then just wait for it to fall off then go in for the kill. He takes time to fight and really doesn't offer much to most fights so you shouldn't be focusing him. That being said, just pick range into him and keep him from farming like you would any other top laner
fisox1 votesI poke him as hard as I can but his gray health give him sustain + his potions , and then he buys armor so I cant rly do much.
Swollwonder1 votesHis grey health does not give him sustain. That is a flat out lie. It gives him a shield. This is WHY you poke. Poke, wait for grey health, poke, wait for grey health, THEN burst. If you don't think "I can kill him even if he had twice that hp" then you're not going to because he does have twice as much hp assuming hes fast enough.
fisox1 votesUmm u know grey health + regen = block half of my damage and if ill try to poke him too much ill lose tons of cs and he will build more tanky... he doesnt even need to build damage cuz he is doing %hp damage
FatalHalo1 votesMundo can 1v1 him, with the q poke and his w, Burning Agony, works while in Tahm's belly. Mundo outsustains Tahm in a 1v1.
Mecha MaIphite1 votes
He can 1v1 almost every champ in the game.
I've laned against some Tahm's before and I destroyed them. Granted, it was the first week of his release so most people were still learning him.
Beoridas1 voteswait till he does a lot of dumb stuff and throw his teammates in a massive amount of shit.
fisox1 voteslel it can work, but i meant 1v1. not 5v5.
DrNova1 votesMorde can beat him pretty easily. E poke him to death.
Kneecappah1 votesI hear Olaf is a good pick as well, he has poke and he can trade very well 1v1 in melee, Olaf's ult also mitigates some of Tahm's kit