Tahm kench

Gubaguy··1 votes·648 views

Did anyone stop and read his W out loud? at rank 5 it deals 32% of MAX HEALTH as damage... not... 32% of remaining health, not 32% of missing health... 32% of MAX HEALTH.

Im speaking as someone who carried a game as a tahm kench support here, that is unbelievably OP. heres how the game breaks down: People think hes slow, and not as tanky as he could be, they poke him a bit, maybe they kill him, maybe he gets a kill for the adc... he suddenly hits max ranked W, gets mobi's, and suddenly the opponents adc is in the middle of your team, missing a third of their HP. I have more then once tanked vs an adc (or a yi, which is how my first kill went with tahm) just took ALL the damage, they thought i was going to die, then suddenly... stunned, eaten, spit out into a wall, then beaten to death with my tongue, and they cant kill me ebcause oops, all the damage i took just turned into a shield, equal to how much damage i took...

Just saying... thats pretty OP, and this is comign form someone who is abusing that OPness.

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Bellows1 votes

Nah man, its pretty balanced for his lack of other things. I want it to stay like that. I have perfected a jg build for him and that is really important. Its gonna stay hopefully.

Gubaguy1 votes

lack of other things? ok he has low base damage on his other abilities... util he hits 6, then he gains 4% of his HP in extra damage, on autos and all his abilities. Plus his ability to save an alliy, and assassinate an enemy, all with the same ability, situation dependent. AND the fact that in the middle of combat he can instaheal back all the damage he took in the form of a shield? 5k hp suddenly turns into 10k in ocmbat, and chasing tahm is a nightmare as well, without a hard CC he can tank early damage, then as he gains distance tank the slows, then jsut book it.

Bellows1 votes

Aaaand? Hes a utility tank who can sustain himself in a duel in most situations. HOW MANY TANKS CANT ALREADY DO THAT? coughskarnercough.

Thats his whole purpose and theme. And if hes using his devour to kill someone, that means hes NOT using it to save an ally, thats the teams time to realize, we should attack their adc while tahm can snatch them up. Its a new champion, you just gotta learn abouthow to use him. I made a post recently about how i thought he was ruined, buuuut ive made a really good jg build with him the works really well.

Tahm Kench is a great and pretty balanced champ that riot has come out with.

P.S.- Rangertrailblaizer - Devourer is a MUUUUCH better jg item on him then cinderhulk. His health comes naturall and only like 3 or 4 tanky items. TahmKench

Gwellaouen1 votes

I survived a Tahm with very low health. Maybe he did that, maybe not. I was Shen and got a lot of health and, most importantly, heatlh regen. But also, I am in low elo so in high elo those Tham Ken are even more powerful.

I still don't know if he is to OP like Ekko was. In low elo, it's taking more time. Yesterday, my support Tahm stayed behind me the whole laning phase.

But I will take these informations to heart and ... Be careful when I will phase Tahm Ken on the rift. ^^

35% max health seems a way to get tanks.

P.S.: Sorry for mistakes, english is not my first language.

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