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From Tahm to his Allies

For Carthage··10 votes·1,335 views

If you're about to die and I do the amazing thing that I do by devouring you, please. Do me a favor. Don't click out of it.

Just don't.

See, when you're devoured, you don't take any damage other than DoT's already on you. So you're prefectly safe in my warm belly. Not to mention we get a hefty speed boost - 25% away from enemies at max level, wow! For 6 seconds, holy shit! - to help us escape from danger. Do YOU have something that'll give you 25% of your MS to scuttle away from enemies? No? Then why would you click out of my devour to spit yourself out into 5 enemies? That just sounds stupid. Like, really stupid.

Oh, not to mention that I have to be right next to you to devour you. Which means that I'm putting myself in danger to save you, with that 25% speed boost being the primary thing to get me away from the enemies. So by fucking yourself by clicking out, you're also essentially fucking me as well. You're just being a really, really bad teammate by doing that.

So do ol' Tahm Kench a favor - fucking quit it. I'm tired of making great plays that should have me hailed as the fucking savior of the rift only to have you deliberately fuck it all up by being fucking stupid.

24 Comments

Kinjishi5 votes

For all the troll kench's that abuse this ability, $#)*% quit it. Dude, it goes both ways. From his trolled allies to troll kench.

klaize4 votes

If your ally is about to get killed, theyre probably frantically clicking on the screen trying to get out of the situation and when you devour them they probably didn't realise and just misclicked because they don't understand what you actually do from that one game theyve ever played with him

He's a new champ - calm down. Let your everyone know, because posting on the boards in a snarky tone is not the best way to work with your team to save them

steampig1 votes

But it is hilarious.

For Carthage1 votes

You get approximately 1.5 seconds where you cannot click out of the stomach, plus there's visual effects that clearly specify if you're being devoured. I've also stated in lobbies to stop trying to do that if I'm clearly saving them.

Saying that they can't react within that time-frame correctly is basically saying they shouldn't be playing the game since the vast majority of fights require that kind of reaction time.

Troy2426212 votes

From allies to Tahm

Stop eating the enemy ADC when they're one hit away from death and well within range, and stop eating me when I'm at full health and am trying to attack someone. You're not helping. You're as bad as a Bard who keeps hourglassing me when I'm trying to pursue someone.

F*cking quit it.

I do approve of your message, this just swings both ways.

BlueBanthaMilk1 votes

JUST...DO IT

Solari Fortune1 votes

I haven't figured out how to jump out of his belly. I spam click both right and left but nothing happens. Kinda annoying cause a kill gets away when I'm busy trying to climb back up an esophagus.

Humble Fungus1 votes

Yea.. about that.. I've had a TK eat me up and prevent me from getting kills several times. I know you're referring to someone who's getting stomped but I'm having the opposite problem... you fat bastards keep swallowing me up when I'm in the process of destroying health bars... WHO'S TEAM ARE YOU ON?!

Whatevsman971 votes

Except for when your Tahm Kench decides to be a troll and swallows you for no real reason, preventing you from getting a kill, and then proceeds to spit you out into the enemy team, getting you killed in the process.

But no, its not like that ever happens.

For Carthage2 votes

This is ranked, and if you're going to die anyway, then please, tell me what difference it's going to make if he "trolls" you at this point or not considering it'd end in the same thing?

Whatevsman971 votes

I wasn't talking about a scenario where you were about to die. I mean when you're in good shape, really good shape, about to get a kill, and Troll Kench decieds to stroll up for whatever reason and swallow you, keeping you from getting the kill and being a general nusiance. And then when you need him to swallow you, he does, only to then spit you into the face of the enemy team.

I acknowledge that you're talking about ranked, but I'm just sayin. Sometimes Kench is the one who screwed up.

For Carthage1 votes

And I specified that if the person's going to die in the first place. I didn't say "If you're about to get a kill", I didn't say "If you're just standin' there chillin'", I said "If you're about to die and I save you".

You brought up a hypothetical I clearly specified wasn't the case so I brought you back to the bloody topic.

Whatevsman971 votes

Alright, fine, whatever.

Aeolian Melodies1 votes

Implying your teammates in solo queue can read your mind and know when you're devouring them.

For Carthage1 votes

Well, there's a visual cue, and in ranked there's only one Tahm to a team, soooooooooooooooooooooooo...

If you can't tell when I'm devouring you, you probably shouldn't be playing this game. Or cooking. Or anything past holding some crayons and coloring in your books.

MrDrBudd1 votes

i think instead of clicking to get out of tahm they should add a skill when you are devoured to get out. kinda like when sion dies and gets the speed buff skill. i didnt even realize i was being devoured half the time just running around.

MalzaharAnyLane1 votes

I have a bigger problem with people not realizing I exist when I play TK.

I basically don't have an ult if I'm not carrying you into a gank or pincer-attacking the enemy team.

There are also people that will pick stupid shit like Varus or Sivir to lane with Kench.

Really?

All my best CC is stack-dependent and I'm going to take half my HP bar in damage to apply those stacks while the enemy tries to kite me. Stop picking something with no crowd control or escape. Kench only has two skills that work with poke comps and both are blocked by creeps.

MalzaharAnyLane1 votes

If I wanted people to forget the support exists, I'd just play Malphite, in every way his kit is stronger than Kench's and he's more resilient to damage even with support items on a support budget.

And he's still stronger than Leona or Thresh, TK is only comparable to those two.

OhthePiplup1 votes

Was gonna spit a dying akali over the wall, to save her, but die for her. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The bitch clicked early

IcyPepper1 votes

Yes sir!

Vistha Kai1 votes

Honestly? When I played with Tahm last time I couldn't click out of Devour at all. He just spit me at the end of duration.

Stiv1234

Agreed, except that you get the MS boost when moving towards enemies, so i think it is meant for chasing rather than escaping.

Solari Fortune1 votes

{quoted}

Agreed, except that you get the MS boost when moving towards enemies, so i think it is meant for chasing rather than escaping.

You get a move speed boost if you have an ally in you, its just doubled when running at the enemy

For Carthage1 votes

These are facts. The Champ spotlight for him is wrong, stating that it's only when moving towards enemies. The toolbar - and in-game mechanics - both say otherwise.

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