Tahm Kench

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Support

Savor the Misery

Top lane dominance and unstoppable tankiness.

Resolve

Durability and crowd control

Grasp of the Undying

Every 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health.
Demolish

Charge up a powerful attack against a tower while near it.
Second Wind

Restore health over time based on your missing health.
Overgrowth

Gain permanent health when enemy minions or monsters die near you.

Precision

Improved attacks and sustained damage

Triumph

Takedowns restore health and grant bonus gold.
Legend: Alacrity

Takedowns on enemies grant permanent Attack Speed.

Offense

+9% Attack Speed
Flex

+6 Armor or 8 MR (match-up)
Defense

+15-90 Health

WhyGrasp of the Undying

Tahm's incredibly strong slow on [Q] allows him to chase down and trade incredibly well in lane with auto attacks. The stacking health on Grasp further empowers his passive.

More autos = more damage = more health = even more damage

WhyDemolish

Demolish on top lane Tahm Kench allows you to snowball early kills into an early team gold advantage with first blood turret.

WhySecond Wind

Second Wind's mid-fight healing paired with your large health pool, especially when paired with Bone Plating, makes you an incredibly durable tank in skirmishes.

WhyOvergrowth

Overgrowth is a rune that allows Tahm to scale, both defensively and offensively, incredibly well. The bonus stacking health further empowers your autos and abilities thanks to Tahm's Passive.

WhyTriumph

Triumph is a rune that is deceptively good in it's ability to sustain in teamfights. If you're playing frontline and soaking damage, picking up assists will massively heal you to keep moving forward.

WhyLegend: Alacrity

Especially during the laning phase, Tahm relies heavily on the ability to take trades by getting as many autos off as possible. The faster autos means more damage from passive, Grasp, and faster passive stacks.