How to beat Tahm Kench

Common role: Top / Support

A river devil who swallows allies out of danger — or you into it.

What makes Tahm Kench dangerous

Tahm Kench stacks An Acquired Taste to DEVOUR: allies get spat to safety, enemies get chewed and spat with damage. His tongue slows and stuns at stacks, grey health thickens his hide, and his ultimate dives from below with a shockwave.

How to play against Tahm Kench

• 1Count your stacks: three tongue-hits = devour or stun window.
• 2His devour save has a long cooldown — force it, then re-pick the carry.
• 3Grey health decays: burst-disengage-burst beats sustained slaps.
• 4%HP damage answers his mountains of health.

Weaknesses to exploit

• ✓Painfully slow and dash-less between spells.
• ✓The save (ally devour) is a long cooldown one-trick.
• ✓Kited freely in open lanes.
• ✓Low real threat when stacks never build.

Abilities & how to counter them

What each of Tahm Kench's abilities does — and how to play around it.

• P
  培养品味

  塔姆将他那庞大身躯的分量夹杂在他的攻击和技能中，从而使他能造成基于自身总生命值的额外伤害。对敌方英雄造成伤害时，塔姆可以在目标身上叠加培养品味的层数。当敌方英雄身上的层数到达3时，塔姆可以使用大快朵颐来吞噬这名敌方英雄。

  Strong: tongue hits stack toward devours and stuns. Weak: stacks decay — disengage at two and reset his math.

• Q
  巨舌鞭笞

  塔姆用他的舌头进行猛击，对命中的第一个单位造成伤害和减速效果并在他命中一名敌方英雄时治疗自身。对敌方英雄施加一层培养品味效果。如果目标英雄已经被叠加了3层培养品味，那么该英雄还会被晕眩，并且层数会被消耗掉。

  Strong: a long tongue slow that stuns at full stacks. Weak: a plain skillshot — juke it and his gameplan stalls.

• W
  深渊潜航

  下潜然后重新出现在目标位置，对一个区域内的所有敌人造成魔法伤害和击飞效果。

  Strong: dives from below with a slowing shockwave. Weak: the dive marker телеграфирован — просто отойди из круга.

• E
  厚实表皮

  被动：塔姆将他所受的一部分伤害储存起来，并在脱离战斗后基于已储存的伤害值来治疗自身。主动：将所有已储存的伤害值转化为一个临时的护盾。

  Strong: damage becomes grey health he heals back out of combat. Weak: grey health cashes late — burst him in one window.

• R
  大快朵颐

  塔姆吞噬一名英雄若干秒，如果该英雄是敌人则对其造成魔法伤害，如果该英雄是队友则为其提供护盾。

  Strong: DEVOURS — an ally to safety or an enemy for chewing damage. Weak: the ally-save is a one-per-fight long cooldown — bait it, then pick again.

Itemization

Deny tongue stacks, force the devour-save early, and burn grey health with %HP burst.

This guide covers Tahm Kench's core kit and playstyle — advice that holds up across patches.