Tahm Kench's Devour is probably the worst thing to happen to this game

Rock MD·3/1/2019, 8:06:08 PM·8 votes·2,478 views

Champion just nullifies any and all forms of aggression. He's so good at it the champion is an absolute troll pick in most elos, rocking a 45% winrate, and is still one of the strongest pro picks.

Why? Because the few times someone gets caught out Kench is always there to sweep them up. It sucks to watch because otherwise-brilliant engages are constantly blocked by, "oh, we can't, they have a Kench." ADs get a free ticket to the late-game because Kench can always sit on them.

Devour needs to be reworked or removed from the game. I don't say that about a lot of characters/spells, but without removing the ability to cast on allies, this one is almost entirely unsalvageable.

P.S. for anyone who thinks, "this is how ADs can survive against assassins." You have to realize good engages are a lot harder for melee bruiser type champions, and these characters expend a lot of their kit on a good engage. TK completely destroys them with every bit of his kit and champions like TK are likely a good reason Riot has taken to overbuffing bruiser characters. It's tough for everyone to play against except the most passive, scaling characters.

19 Comments

Sillae3/1/2019, 11:17:45 PM4 votes

Implying that Thresh can't save a champ without even risking himself

Moody P3/1/2019, 9:22:01 PM3 votes

Tanks can't be toxic. They're the healthiest champions in the game.

PrinceOfStorms3/1/2019, 11:32:56 PM2 votes

Nah, making Marksmen (a champion that does extremely high sustained damage with 100% consistency) a thing is the worst thing to happen to this game. The game is 100000000000000000000000x better when ADCs are hot garbage.

In fact, I'd go so far as to say to revert the ADC buffs, then nerf them even further.

AR URF3/1/2019, 11:12:33 PM2 votes

complaining about kench when champs are pretty much flying around the map with their mobility. Leblanc Zed MasterYi Ezreal Hecarim to name some.

When is this bias going to end?

Malfectious3/1/2019, 11:16:30 PM2 votes

Lol....if you didnt take TahmKench into consideration...how was it a good engage?

LordGeovanni3/2/2019, 7:17:31 PM1 votes

Ahri Arhi E and ult exists Akali WAnnie kit exists Azir WCaitlyn passive that her kit can activate 3-4 times in 2 seconds on top of critFiora passiveVayne W. Cassiopeia how a bout a mage with literally no down time. but still has that burst.

flibitydoo3/1/2019, 11:20:05 PM1 votes

if you base your entire strategy around unloading burst in a 3 second window, then I see no issue with having a champion that punishes that doing his job.

DPS poke

that ruins kench stop picking 5 assassin comps

Inkling Commando3/1/2019, 8:48:41 PM1 votes

Devour was recently nerfed. now champs cannot get devoured mid fight. they have to actually disengage before kench can grab them.