Why do you think that Tahm Kench's rivals are mostly yordles?

set435·7/1/2016, 12:17:33 PM·3 votes·2,634 views

Well as you should know has been recently updated for it not to be as nerfed as last time. We all hear you imaginary straw man, but as I was looking at his friends and rivals, he has one friend: and then rivals: and almost all of them except for EDIT: 1 of them are yordles, and I checked the other champions but no other champion has that many yordle rivals or friends. So why do you guys think that Tahm Kench has that many yordle rivals?

19 Comments

Rito Staff7/1/2016, 12:26:36 PM4 votes

Yordles are like Hobbits, harder to corrupt because they're a happy and chill folk.

Tahm deals with the darkness within each, but Yordles don't have much of it, if any.

Veigar isn't listed as a rival.

Ebonmaw Dragon7/3/2016, 5:41:24 PM3 votes

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... and then rivals: and almost all of them except for 2 of them are yordles

Uhhh... i only see 1 champion that isnt a yordle there... Unless you count Teemo as a Demon instead of a Yordle...

Meep Man7/3/2016, 5:33:06 PM2 votes

Yordles can easily become unstable when alone (evidence: Veigar), so they can therefore be easy to manipulate. Therefore, their race is a prime target for TK to make deals with. However, most yordle champions are shining examples of smarts and bravery in their society, making them:

The light in the dark for other yordles to make them not become unstable
The yordle champions themselves are hard to manipulate This is further evidenced by the fact that all yordles are listed as TK's enemy, except for Veigar, the one yordle that has truly gone over the edge and gone insane.

Mirkhail7/2/2016, 2:24:04 AM1 votes

Riot is reworking yordle lore, illaoi describe then as inspirational spirit so maybe they indirectly inspire people while tahm want to corrupt. Another answer is that yordle form very strong bound and are nearly impossible to corrupt. Veigar is not listed probably because he is corrupted already?

LordHippoman7/2/2016, 8:52:37 PM1 votes

There's probably a Yordle Lore rework coming, given a few new lines. What we do know already is that Yordles are super, super long lived. Poppy was present at the FOUNDING of Demacia.

Tahm is also a nigh-immortal demon thing. The life span of a human probably isn't much to him, but Yordles are around way longer. That way they have a much greater chance of having met.

Just a theory, though, they could do something more with that when the Yordle lore comes out.

Nahui7/1/2016, 1:13:04 PM1 votes

Because he consumes all and yordles are small and yummy.

FloRaider427/5/2016, 7:44:56 AM1 votes

I think it has something to do with Yordles being very hard to corrupt when in groups thanks to their nature (inspirational spirits etc.). Veigar is the only one not listed, because he went mad in isolation and is the only corrupted yordle.

Think of Tahm and Aatox as Demons and Yordles as a form of Faefolk and it makes a lot of sense.

Sun Wukong Sun7/5/2016, 3:30:21 PM1 votes

You said all except 2 are yordles but Fizz is the only non-yordle.

Corki, Gnar, Heimerdinger, Lulu, Kennen, Poppy, Rumble, Teemo, Tristana, Ziggs are Yordles.

Only 1, that's Fizz, isn't a yordle.

DeathCoreWhore7/5/2016, 4:28:56 PM1 votes

They look tastier TahmKench

MimiLOL10/31/2016, 10:37:58 AM1 votes

I think it's because Tahm is bigger than them. K, so I'm a really short person (I'm 12 and 130cm :( ) but if I saw someone that's like tall and no offense but fat and devours and id what I'D BE PRETTY SCARED. so maybe the yordles (who are miniature creates) formed an alliance together to protect each other from Tahm, and so they are rivals. BUT I AM MAKING STUFF UP SO THIS IS NOT THROUGH LORE RESEARCH OR ANYTHING!!

DwarvenGiant7/1/2016, 1:59:59 PM1 votes

I think it was mentioned in his Q&A that he has met every yordle champion (And Fizz).

What I think is that Tahm Kench may be known as somewhat of an urban legend that should be avoided, throughout Bandle City. It could be that it's got something to do with the Mothership. Maybe there's something about yordles that attracts the ol' demon. Maybe that too has to do with the Mothership.

There are two interesting theories I've heard about Tahm Kench:

The first was, basically, that he had a deal with Veigar that had to do with freeing the little yordle from jail. And the second was that Tahm Kench is the cause of the disappearance of Fizz's people. Just two nice things to think about.

Perhaps he even tried to make a deal with Rumble, perhaps with the offer being that Rumble will finally get to be with his love, Tristy. I can imagine Rumble thinking, then reminding himself that it's wrong and aggressively turning down the demon's offer, in such a situation.

Skelenth10/31/2016, 12:05:33 PM1 votes

Kled has more two Yordle rivals: Veigar and himself

Aaaand I just saw how old this is and someone pushed it. My apologies.