If Tahm Kench Devours an ally while a projectile is homing towards them

Enosetc·10/16/2015, 6:30:55 PM·34 votes·4,601 views

He now absorbs a percentage of the damage with the ally taking the remainder.

Have the percentage of damage absorbed scale up with Devour's rank and start out reasonably low.

The point is that catching an enemy out doesn't mean anything when Tahm can just give an ally a 6 second Zhonya's and ferry them to safety. Devour needs some sort of change to it because it does too good a job of erasing mistakes.

EDIT: I'm no longer replying to ridiculously dumb comparisons such as "lol what about flash????" or misrepresentations of my position such as "wow op wants nothing in the game to be able to pop projectiles just because he thinks Tahm's W shouldn't".

49 Comments

Zorae4210/16/2015, 6:43:01 PM4 votes

Ally shouldn't take any of the dmg. But I'd be okay with him taking partial/full instead.

RedCyclone10/16/2015, 9:56:33 PM4 votes

Not to mention the fucking damage it deals

Lazypeon10010/16/2015, 9:36:30 PM3 votes

I was in an Aram playing against the OP actually as Tahm Kench. My team's varus kept constantly getting caught, and I would eat him. With most targeted ranged spells, if you eat the target than the spell just sort of fizzles like it mever happened. Made his team's brand ult go to minions instead of killing varus with this manner ( brand ult being one the only ones that doesn't just diappear.

I'm not sure if I agree with this solution, though I do agree Tahm needs some kind of power reduction. Personally, I don't think ranged targeted spells should just fizzle, but instead should be redirected to him. It still makes the tahm feel good for saving hos team mate while not making the enemies attempts for damage / cc completely pointless.

LaughingMan1110/16/2015, 6:36:26 PM2 votes

To be fair, Flash does the same thing it erases positioning mistakes. So should we also make it to where if you'd have dodged a skill with flash, you take a portion of the damage too?

Fiveofswords10/16/2015, 9:52:09 PM2 votes

if all you are doing is literally erasing msitakes then things dont look good for you. If the adc uses your ability to be slightly more aggressive then its doing its job. Every support has something to bring to the table tahms is interesting and cool.

Its not the same as zonyas. the comparison is rather absurd. zhonyas gives armor and ap and the active makes the person untargetable but unable to move or do anything for the duration

FastAsHeck10/17/2015, 8:33:37 AM2 votes

The ally shouldn't take any damage, that's the whole point of the ability. The projectile should just switch to the Kench, and deal full damage to him.

RyzeRework10/17/2015, 8:43:03 AM2 votes

Tahms devour is literally a worse version of thresh latern

xFrostKnightx10/17/2015, 2:12:35 AM1 votes

This won't happen for one simple reason. Getting eaten isn't a choice, he just eats you. To be fair to the player, they shouldn't be punished (take damage while inside even if it's a % of it).

Tahm can troll and eat an ally and take damage and kill whoever he eats without himself dying because hes a beefy tank. In high elo, tahm eating an ally would be considered pointless and saved for the enemy only as there's no benefit to the player being eaten who unknown to the Tahm could have an escape or nuke and it was denied. Do they get punished by death because Tahm interrupted them?

Shosuko10/17/2015, 3:00:18 PM1 votes

I think it would be good to remove his speed boost when he devours an ally.

diamondlight10/17/2015, 8:04:10 PM1 votes

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/wGRFKkEZ-watching-worlds-tahm-kench

I have a video of this... Cait Ult goes on FULL COOLDOWN after Tahm Devours the target while projectile mid flight. Completely negated and nullified.

Jbels10/16/2015, 8:35:09 PM1 votes

I've said it once, I'll say it again. NOBODY gave a shit about Tahm's W until they saw him played at worlds. He's been like this for a long time and nobody gave a shit. So how come it's suddenly a game breaking problem? Nobody seems angry that Morgana's black shield lets you ignore CC entirely, which makes dealing with an ADC a fucking chore

Smitty Manjensen10/17/2015, 9:36:56 AM1 votes

My biggest problem with his W is that he can eat a stunned or rooted ally which is bullshit, I land a morgana q, well lol nope. and just goes away.

Zorae4210/16/2015, 7:20:46 PM1 votes

Would he take any CC/on hit affects as well? Just projectiles? Should he get hit by the Vi ult that he saved his carry from? Or just the dmg?