Tahm Kench "The River King" Gets Beaten Up By Red Buff

LaughingStapler·11/28/2017, 12:19:41 AM·76 votes·3,432 views

Jungle is Kench's weakest role atm and this seems so shocking given his whole theme and lore. He either needs a bit better clears or a slightly higher MS for stronger ganks since he has no gap closer. The 2nd is risky since that could buff his other roles. The first is simple and fairly safe. Just let his passive stacking work vs jungle monsters too. Alternatively, his W damage vs monsters can cap out at higher amounts. Anyway, I think it's pretty easy to make JG Kench more viable without giving him too much power in the other roles.

EDIT: I see that many champions capable of jungling, such as Malphite, got a 15% AS buff to compensate for the rune changes. Tahm got only an armor buff and that's why his clear is much worse than before relative to other junglers (not to say that it was ever good). I guess Tahm jungle wasn't even considered. This is strange to me because upon release, his best role was jungle and many people enjoyed it.

53 Comments

Baron Barian11/28/2017, 12:51:34 AM44 votes

Idk. I feel that Tahm ADC is a bit worse.

Durzaka11/28/2017, 3:25:04 AM17 votes

They've made it very clear.

They do not want Tahm Kench to be a viable jungler. They flat out said a few months ago in one of these threads that Tahm is never going to stack his passive (and use his W) on buff monsters.

I love Kench, but for the love of god let this die already.

ManWithNoBeard11/28/2017, 1:30:11 AM7 votes

Tahm Kench could be an ok Jungler, That is a waste of potential tho.

If you compare Tahm to champions like Leona and Braum, He doesn't have the hard engage they do and if you compare him to other junglers, He doesn't have engage like they do either. Tahm Kench is great for top lane, Everything in his kit screams top lane.

SzGamer22711/28/2017, 3:24:56 AM7 votes

I mean, as long as he can clear Scuttle he can still be the king of the river... :P

Paroe11/28/2017, 1:32:24 PM4 votes

@thread Tom needs to be able to take a bite out of large monsters... as in deal the base damage to them and no % damage. Because hes melee, he will never turn into the same problem that lulu, karma, andmorgana were when their jungle scene was popular.

Riot needs to stop pigeonholing champions because "theyre just x" and start making champions who tethered to the meta.

PrometheS11/28/2017, 12:22:22 AM4 votes

JG Kench is my favorite way to play him in normals. He is on par with other junglers at 6 because his ultimate is a nice ganking tool and he no longer has clear issues. Unfortunately, the game doesn't start at 6 so he's garbage.

Hawkefire11/28/2017, 4:11:20 PM3 votes

I still don't understand why Riot refuses to let kench proc his passive on jungle monsters. Seriously, allowing him to treat monsters like champions (excluding Dragon and Baron obviously) in regards to his passive would instantly make him a decent jungler.

PaffWasTaken11/28/2017, 11:15:21 PM3 votes

I remember when I was hugely disappointed when I learned that the "River King" would be a support...

LaughingStapler12/4/2017, 10:04:46 AM2 votes

I think a big problem is that unlike other tanky junglers who also received AS or AD buffs to compensate them for their lack of runes to help with the clear, Kench got only an armor increase.

marpatt1111/28/2017, 4:28:47 AM2 votes

To be fair, you have to have a high iq in order to play tahm kench jungle...

Imperial Japan11/28/2017, 11:14:53 AM2 votes

And Tahm toplane on the other hand has basically two lives and is able to one shot enemies while being 0-3 (happened in 2 cases where I was a fed Twitch/Rengar. Building tank in the Rengar game)

TwoShivBackstab11/28/2017, 11:03:12 AM1 votes

stop complaining at everything

tahm shouldn't be a good jungle champion and will not be

Saianna11/29/2017, 2:02:21 AM1 votes

Is tahm ADC? No.

Is tahm support? Sorta... But still no.

No ADC, nor a support, therefore nerf inc.

Myrddin11/29/2017, 4:45:17 AM1 votes

he is a viable jungler, just has a horrid first clear, but it can be done and once you back once you never have to again

LittleDemonTrist11/28/2017, 9:52:57 AM1 votes

Tahm adc and mid is better than tahm jungle?