I'm going to tower dive! >:D
Tahm puts me in a time-out. :<
I'm going to engage a 1v4!
Tahm just goes "nope" and lets the tanks catch up and engage.
I'm going to face-check a bush!
Nope.
I'm going to enter the enemy jungle without vis—
I'm going to attack the fed—
Zed and Leblanc can't kill—
Time to farm jun—
Objectives...?
Sinlaire25 votesas it stands i think Tahm has an excellent kit with a lot of fun and creativity. as for my opinion i even think he's even pretty well balanced with one exception.
The instant shield he gets to buffer all the damage he's taken in "X" time is too large. i've seen several instances today where a full life tahm had 90% of his health bursted off, he pops shield, and then runs/team fights it out before the last can be burnt off.
maybe they'll make it so that only x/x/x/100% of damage taken can be shielded or something later, but lvl 1 100% has cost myself and team mates several kills already and that is even with understanding its there.
FirstSergeantBim6 votesI dunno, he has some pretty outrageous numbers. 32% max HP with additional AP scaling to increase that further? Come on, that's ridiculous. Anytime Tahm eats a squishy at max rank Devour, he's basically doing 1/3 of their total health. It really isn't even that tough for him to eat someone; a couple slaps and a tongue whip and they're in his belly. While I don't necessarily think the shield is too much, I think the 44% gray health replenishment is just too good. You can't trade with that guy... ever. He auto wins trades by eating you for 1/3 of your health and then healing 44% of the damage you do to him. Simply outrageous.
Sinlaire6 votesconsidering his shield and his Ult dont do any damage he needed some form of heavy hitter in a way. maybe it's a little over tuned, but i've been eaten about 6-7 times today and only died once to it i believe.
i think the replenish is decent on the other hand. since he literally has no other means for health regeneration other than potions. i mean look at the sustain on 
. If you play Tahm top he gets to regen 44% of the damage taken, essentially getting 1.5 health bars, and he backs. the mentioned above can sustain for days as long as they dont die sometimes.
its the big grey health shield he gets that lets him negate all burst damage ganks and walk to safety when he only has one skill level in it that i dont like.
i like pie mmm1 votesit starts out at 20% and you usually don't get it first and tend to max it last. It's a good bit of sustain but it is not even half of what you are talking about unless you are maxing it first for some reason. The Real value on this is the active not the passive since it can give you a second health bar and let you finish off whoever or run etc.
Also it Should be noted that his devour isn't the first %health damage nuke. Garen and Jinx have similar executes in their kits. Furthermore his AA is weak especially pre 6. His Q does moderate damage but at max range will only let you just catch up (0 slows on yourself) before they are racing off again. Even Malzahar can kite you.
His best point in the game is mid game IMO. Early game he is ok but you can't bring much damage and your utility is average for what you need. Late game everyone outscales you except for maybe other tanks. You have to pick who you want to counter/role as bruisers will just sustain off you, adcs will kite+sustain off you, and mages will just poke/kite you and you don't have the damage to run in and kill them before your cc wears off and they run from you.
Finally I don't know why people keep building a TF when the multiplier isn't affected by your ult passive. It comes out as 2-3 sources of damage. IMO you should have swiftness boots, roa, frozen mallet, spirit visage, and randuins as your standard build with the last item being situation. IF you are behind though drop roa for a frozen heart.
FirstSergeantBim1 votesTahm's W isn't an execute, though. Regardless of current health, it will always do a base of 32% max HP. That's the highest max HP nuke in the game, don't you think you're downplaying that a little bit? Since this is a team game, I think we can expect Tahm will be able to eat whoever he wants, whenever he wants and since it's on such a low CD he can do it a lot. Put a Void Staff on that guy and watch him wreck everyone, especially high health tanks.
AlatreonHunter1 votesPlay darius against him. He cannot win, I know from experience.
Confron7a7ion71 votesI just had that match up. after I realized this I just used my Q W combo to get minions and spit them at him or other minions to farm. It was pretty effective at evening the lane.
FirstSergeantBim1 votesThere's a difference between winning the lane and winning the game. I'd rather win the game.
AFK Push1 votesEven his Q's with a 
chunk the squishies hard, granted I think that's a good thing.
LordGeovanni1 voteshis sheild is situational its supposed to be a deterrent from trying to all in him get him to about 30% back off then go in again when grey health is gone
OffMetaSuppMain1 votesLol but dont forget late game that when you get him to 30% he then regens to ~60% due to E. So either way its still rough to kill him xD But im not complaining, hes my new main support ;P
A Superb Villain21 votesTahm Kench, actual gameplay footage: http://picchore.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/fish-eating-shark.gif
Kal Vas Flam13 votesIt's so funny I saw this last night. Our Vayne kept trying to 1v5 the enemy team, so our Tahm just spent the whole match eating her and running to the back line before she could roll in. It was funny, but kinda sucked cause we would have won if our Vayne wasn't a braindead moon cricket.
CubedJustice1 votesDo you think I could like, put you on retainer for insults? If I need to make fun of somebody, I just call you, and you tell me to call them a slackjawed dairy pirate or something of the sort.
Kal Vas Flam1 votesI'd have to charge you after a certain quota. But if you got deep pockets I got lots of redneck friends. We can keep this going all day.
Solari Fortune9 votesI'm gonna walk out of base Nope I'm gonna buy my starting items in ARAM Nope I'm gonna- NopeNopeNopeNopeNopeNopeNopeNopeNopeNopeNopeNope Tahm can you at least floss once in awhile if I am going to be in your stomach so much? Nope
Ariel the Cruel2 votesYep. This is totally a new mechanic that has never been complained about before. . . . (F Kalista)
Pæan1 voteslink tahm and kalista, ult as kali and nom as tahm at the same time. disappear completely then launch yourselves at the enemy team from nowhere.
CannonLordFreed8 votesTahm is such a beautiful support. Just 1300 more points. Just 1300 until I can peel before peeling is even needed.
Ben Sharpio1 votesHey i can give you the rest of the ip if you want? Is that possible for me to do that for you? Like the gifting center?
jama6552 votesno u cant gift ip :/ however you can add each other AND EARN ITTT LANDLubbersss
Lanayurian1 votesOr you can just eat an orange and be k
i like pie mmm1 votesor you can just gift the rp/champ itself
Ariel the Cruel7 votesThe new go-to support when training ADC's.
Blue Moon Wolf7 votes
: I'm going to go collect chimes, here is a health station. Try not to get into trouble while I'm out, BYYYYYEEEE!
GundayMonday1 votesXD
Crys3s1 votesStill a better love story than Tahm.
Ancestor0074 votesBut what happens if Tahm eats Fizz? Is he a cannibal then?
Slamurai Jack4 votesI hate Tahm on my team. All he ever seems to do is eat me at absolutely horrible times or get caught.
BIFF2 votesHe has some horrid troll potential.
I was playing Draven and I had a ketch support who was duo with our JG. every time we'd be close to a kill the Ketch would eat me so his friend could get the kill.
The next time in lane I was about to kill vayne but it meant Ketch was going to die because he was focused. He ate me to get the speed buff. As we hit the bottom bush the rengar JG ponced us for the double kill.
I refuse to adc with this champ as support. atleast for the next 4 weeks.
7ha7guy7773 votesThat feeling when you almost take the inner bot tower and you see the enemy team in their jungle (deep wards op) and tahm nopes you out of there before they even know you were there while winions finish it off.
