Tahm Kench

The River King

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Atk. damage: 56
Atk. speed: 0.658
Range: 175
Armor: 39
Magic resist: 32
Move speed: 335

Level1

Stats at level 1

Without items or runes. Rank is among all 173 champions. The bar places the value between the lowest and highest in the game; the blue mark is the average among tanks.

Stat	At level 1	Base and growth	Rank	Relative to average among tanks
Health	640	640, +103 per level	#48	average
Health regen per 5 s	6.5	6.5, +0.55 per level	#77	−17%
Mana	325	325, +50 per level	unranked
Resource regen per 5 s	8.0	8.0, +1 per level	unranked
Attack damage	56	56, +3.2 per level	#113	−9%
Attack speed	0.658	0.658, +2.5% per level	#54	−3%
Armor	39	39, +4.7 per level	#6	+12%
Magic resist	32	32, +2.05 per level	#31	+2%
Move speed	335	335, no growth	#74	average
Attack range	175	175, no growth	#87	+24%

Derived stats

Stat	At level 1	Base and growth	Rank	Relative to average among tanks
EHP (phys.)	890	Health × (1 + Armor / 100)	#21	+3%
EHP (magic)	845	Health × (1 + Magic resist / 100)	#44	average
AA DPS	36.8	Attack damage × Attack speed, without items	#112	−12%

How stats grow

Level 1Tahm Kench 640Average among tanks 640

Tahm KenchAverage among tanksfrom minimum to maximum across all championsClick the chart to pick a level

Abilities

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Passive

An Acquired Taste

Tahm Kench puts the heft of his immense body behind his attacks, gaining extra damage based on his total health. Damaging enemy champions builds stacks of An Acquired Taste. At three stacks, he can use Devour on an enemy champion.

Skins

7 skins plus the base one. The color of the bar under the name shows the skin's rarity.

Tips from the client

Playing as Tahm Kench

Your most important function as a support is to keep fragile allies safe. Keep Devour's range and cooldown in mind and position accordingly!
Consider carefully when to use Thick Skin's active. Sometimes shielding early to avoid further damage is good, but sometimes the healing is more beneficial.

Playing against

When you see Tahm Kench use the shield from Thick Skin, remember that he just opted out of a good deal of healing. He will also not accumulate new gray health until Thick Skin comes off cooldown. Use this to your advantage!
Watch out for Kench's Abyssal Dive - you can cancel it's channel with immobilizing crowd control effects.

Profile

Positions

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Playstyle

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At a glance

Attack: Melee, range 175
Primary damage: Magic
Resource: Mana
Difficulty: Low, 5 out of 10
Released: July 9, 2015
Skins: 7 skins

Attack3

Defense9

Magic6

Difficulty5

Lore and connections

The whole world's a river, and I'm its king.

Tahm Kench

Known by many names throughout history, the demon Tahm Kench travels the waterways of Runeterra, feeding his insatiable appetite with the misery of others. Though he may appear singularly charming and proud, he swaggers through the physical realm like a vagabond in search of unsuspecting prey. His lashing tongue can stun even a heavily armored warrior from a dozen paces, and to fall into his rumbling belly is to tumble into an abyss from which there is little hope of return.