Tahm Kench
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · EUW- Pick
- 3.2%picked in 206 of 6,487 games
- Ban
- 2.0%65 bans over 3,246 games, against 0.8% in soloQ
Amateur: 6,491 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 336,200 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.
At a glance
Four answers, each one opens its chapter.- What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.DraftSpells
- How to play itGrasp of the Undying, then Heartsteel, Dusk and Dawn, and Riftmaker: the most played build in soloQ.
- In a compLets allies carry kills first: lets allies carry more than 93% of top laners.FrontlineLets allies carryCC
- With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
- In draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.
What changes in tournaments?
3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.
- DraftPicked more often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 0.8%
- SoloQ
- 0.6%
- DraftBanned more often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 2.1%
- SoloQ
- 0.8%
- SpellsFlash + Teleport instead of Flash + Ignite
- Amateur
- 53%
- SoloQ
- 42%
Not enough games to judge: core.
How to play it?
Grasp of the Undying, then Heartsteel, Dusk and Dawn, and Riftmaker: the most played build in soloQ.
RunesGrasp of the Undying98% · 4,201
SpellsFlash + Ignite42% · 1,809
SkillsQnot collected in soloQ- Heartsteel
- Dusk and Dawn
- Riftmaker
Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.
What does it bring to a comp?
Lets allies carry kills first: lets allies carry more than 93% of top laners.
- Lets allies carry killstop7%rank 93 of 100
- Absorbs damagetop10%1,489 · top laners: 970
- Crowd control (CC)top20%1.2 · top laners: 0.8
Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners
What marks it
- Frontline
- Lets allies carry
- CC
Like other top laners
- Damage in lane
- Damage in mid game
- Damage in late game
- Plays teamfights
- Takes its kills in duels
- Team damage
What it is not
- No poke
- No split-push
Damage / min by phase · at equal gold
Rank 51 in lane, 50 in mid game and 51 in late game, out of 100 top laners.
Gold vs. direct opponent
At 20 min, behind 95% of top laners against the direct opponent.
Where it stands among top laners · every measure
0 ← less · median · more → 100- Damage in lane · rank 51 of 100 among top laners604 · median 599
- Damage in mid game · rank 50 of 100 among top laners868 · median 868
- Damage in late game · rank 51 of 100 among top laners1,080 · median 1,079
- Gold at 15 min · rank 8 of 100 among top laners-549 · median +119
- Gold at 20 min · rank 6 of 100 among top laners-920 · median +100
- Absorbs damage · rank 90 of 100 among top laners1,489 · median 970
- Plays teamfights · rank 47 of 100 among top laners53% · median 53%
- Takes its kills in duels · rank 37 of 100 among top laners27% · median 28%
- Lets allies carry kills · rank 93 of 100 among top lanersrank 93 of 100
- Crowd control (CC) · rank 80 of 100 among top laners1.2 · median 0.8
- Team damage · rank 28 of 100 among top laners19% · median 20%
With whom, against whom?
No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
Best results
Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.
Against
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
With
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
Matchups and allies
One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.
Ban it or pick it?
Priority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.
Pick rate as Top
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+0.6%3,735 picks of 672,391ban 0.8% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments0.8%72 picks of 9,366ban 2.1% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro0.0%0 picks of 2,204bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20
Presence by patch
4.3% on 16.21Within the series
Fearless series only · as Top- 1.3%G125 games of 1,918
- 1.3%G225 games of 1,918
- 0.9%G3+6 games of 632
Not enough series yet: published from 30.