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Tahm Kench on top is a joke

Fahr3nh3it··1 votes·1,625 views

So one day I thought, "Why not go as good ol' Renekton, I should learn to play him better". I started a blind match, got top lane, then locked in Rene. Little did I know that this match my efforts were to be absolutely pointless. Once the loading screen popped up, I saw HIM TahmKench . Teleport, flash, colossus keystone. "Welp, I'm just gonna play safe I guess", I thought to myself. The game loaded, I bought my items and went to lane. Unfortunately as soon as I started to farm creeps, Tahm went full ham on me, and managed to score first blood. I tried to run, but.. I couldn't, slowed and stunned by Q, bonus damage added from his passive.

It really bothers me there is no solution to this (at least none that I know of). How is a champion with a passive allowing him to eat an enemy, with a stun on Q, spamming both as soon as they come off cooldown, balanced and fair to play against? There is no chance of 1v1 at close range, because Tahm is just going to get 3 passive stacks, Q, and instantly devour you, then chase you again with his short Q cooldown.

In my opinion there should be at least a stun timer, much like Yasuo's E on-target cooldown and Brand's passive on-target cooldown, or just simply a short passive cooldown. Because my whole lane phase looked like this: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4OIvS05EWgkQnNLZDBNVkRpZkU/view?usp=sharing

12 Comments

Ralanr6 votes

TahmKench had courage? Are you serious? That's terrible on Tahm considering how awkward his hard CC is.

Fondling Gems1 votes

Yup, most of his shield burns out during W, and he usually uses his Q stun right before W, so it just maximizes the uselessness of the shield.

Fahr3nh3it1 votes

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TahmKench had courage? Are you serious? That's terrible on Tahm considering how awkward his hard CC is.

Even with his keystone being completely useless he still managed to completely wipe me out. So that proves even further how unbalanced he is

Kirius Dark3 votes

I think that just proves how bad you are

xWaters2 votes

Tahm isn't even strong. I take courage on Tahm support, but i think grasp may be better in the top lane. Also Tahm procs courage by swallowing enemy champion so it isn't very hard.

Astôlfo2 votes

Tahm is trash. Get good.

Jbels1 votes

Joke's on you, Tahm Kench top sucks ass right now. RIP, benched Kench

the Anarchit3cht1 votes

He has to get 3 stacks to eat you so you are doing something horribly wrong.

TedBearSurvival1 votes

I do stormraiders surge for that movement speed and ghost/exhaust when I got tank top it works most of the time

Asayake 5150glow1 votes

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I do stormraiders surge for that movement speed and ghost/exhaust when I got tank top it works most of the time

The fact that you manage to proc Stormraider's tells me that there is something wrong.

EndlessSorcerer1 votes

Tahm Kench is rather weak top-lane (47% win rate top-lane) and Renekton has an easy time with that match-up.

Tahm can't really do anything if you just burst him down quickly and disengage before he can retaliate since he needs to land multiple autoattacks to CC you.

Black Cleaver into Titanic Hydra is a fairly standard build and can work rather well against him. If you are playing against health-stacking champions (or just want to splitpush/duel targets), Black Cleaver -> Blade of the Ruined King would have been a solid option too.

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