Tahm Kench is a melee support/top lane tank champion in League of Legends who excels at protecting allies and disrupting enemies.

Abilities:

• Passive (An Acquired Taste): Basic attacks and abilities apply stacks that empower other abilities against enemies.

• Q (Tongue Lash): Lashes tongue to damage and slow enemies, stunning those with 3 passive stacks.

• W (Abyssal Dive): Channels to dive underground and resurface at target location, knocking up and stunning enemies.

• E (Thick Skin): Stores damage taken as grey health, which can be consumed to heal or converted into a shield.

• R (Devour): Swallows a champion for 3 seconds, making them untargetable. Can devour allies to protect them or enemies with 3 passive stacks to suppress them.

Key Stats:

• Health: 600 - 2295
• Armor: 47 - 127
• Magic Resist: 32 - 66.8
• Movement Speed: 335
• Attack Range: 175

Playstyle:

• Excels at protecting allies by swallowing them
• Sets up plays with Q stun into Devour
• Tanks damage and sustains with grey health mechanic
• Strong roaming potential with Abyssal Dive
• Can lock down priority targets with full passive stacks

Build Path:

• Tank items for durability
• Support items when playing support role
• Can build some AP for additional damage

Counters:

• Vulnerable to kiting
• Weak against long-range poke
• Struggles vs teams with high mobility
• CC can interrupt Abyssal Dive channel
• Relies on getting close to apply passive stacks

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