1Tank Engine
GoldOn takedown, gain a stack that increases your size and max Health. Lose stacks on death.
BARAM: Mayhem · Patch 16.20Tahm KenchARAM: Mayhem build
The River King
- ARAM: Mayhem rank
- #27 / 173
- Top augment
- Tank Engine
Tier B
Heavy Hitter · Goliath
Tahm Kench best augments
All augments →1
2Heavy Hitter
SilverYour Attacks deal additional physical damage equal to 3.5% of your max Health.
3Goliath
PrismaticBecome large, gaining 35% Health and 15% Adaptive Force.
4Dropkick
PrismaticYour Attacks and Abilities execute low Health enemy champions, Knocking Back and causing an explosion while healing you.
5Celestial Body
GoldGain 1500 Health, but you deal 10% less damage.
6Steel Your Heart
GoldQUEST: Possess Heartsteel with 300+ stacks. REWARD: Multiply your Heartsteel stacks by 3.
7Ethereal Weapon
GoldYour Abilities apply 
On-Hit effects. 1 second Cooldown per target.
8Growth Spurt
GoldGain Growth Spurt as a Summoner Spell. Growth Spurt suddenly increases your size, Knocking Up nearby enemies and granting max Health.
9Escape Plan
SilverGain a massive decaying Shield, decaying Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health.
10Mad Scientist
PrismaticOn each Revive, you grow large (gaining Adaptive Force and Health) or tiny (gaining Ability Haste and Movement Speed).
Augment order comes from OP.GG. Runes, items and skill order below come from regular ARAM games on the same map.
Recommended Tahm Kench build
Most played and most reliable choicesRunes
Spells
Skill priority
Q
W
EStart
Boots
Core
Tahm Kench runes
53.5% WR47.9% pick27,498 games
Resolve
Precision
47.9% WR20.7% pick11,885 games
47.1% WR13.5% pick7,781 games
49.8% WR0.5% pick277 games
Tahm Kench skill order
54.6% WR38.4% pick16,058 games
Q123456789101112131415W123456789101112131415E123456789101112131415
R123456789101112131415Tahm Kench summoner spells
51.5% WR82.7% pick46,455 games
46.3% WR3.7% pick2,066 games
Power curve
Scales into the late game
50.6
51.5
52.2
48.8
59.1
Win rate (%) by game length in minutes. Dashed line = 50%.
Tahm Kench items
First three completed items53.6%
11.4% · 4,645 games
48.9%
6.6% · 2,674 games
50.1%
6.0% · 2,427 games
46.8%
4.3% · 1,748 games
55.4%
4.1% · 1,672 games
Start51.4%
47.2% · 26,144 games
Start53.1%
13.3% · 7,368 games
Boots51.3%
68.7% · 33,876 games
Boots50.0%
29.1% · 14,360 games
Boots53.3%
1.1% · 544 games
Tahm Kench situational items
How often each item ends up in the final buildHeartsteel88.7% · 51.5%Spirit Visage44.6% · 52.2%Unending Despair41.9% · 51.6%
Thornmail40.0% · 47.9%
Warmog's Armor32.4% · 52.4%
Bramble Vest11.4% · 48.5%
Jak'Sho, The Protean11.3% · 49.1%
Fimbulwinter9.8% · 50.1%
Kaenic Rookern9.0% · 54.0%
Tear of the Goddess8.1% · 47.8%
Randuin's Omen7.9% · 48.0%
Dusk and Dawn5.8% · 56.3%
Frozen Heart4.5% · 45.8%
Hollow Radiance4.1% · 55.4%
Sunfire Aegis3.1% · 47.7%
Force of Nature1.6% · 54.4%Tahm Kench abilities
PassiveAn 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.
QTongue Lash
Tahm Kench lashes out with his tongue, damaging and slowing the first unit hit and healing himself if he strikes an enemy champion. Applies a stack of An Acquired Taste to enemy champions. If the champion already has 3 stacks of An Acquired Taste, they are stunned and the stacks are consumed.
Cooldown: 7/6.5/6/5.5/5s · Cost: 50/46/42/38/34WAbyssal Dive
Dive down and then re-appear at target location, damaging and knocking up all enemies in an area.
Cooldown: 21/20/19/18/17s · Cost: 60/75/90/105/120EThick Skin
Passive: Tahm Kench stores a percent of the damage he takes and heals based on it while out of combat. Active: Convert all stored damage into a temporary shield.
Cooldown: 3sRDevour
Tahm Kench devours a champion for a few seconds, dealing magic damage if they are an enemy, or shielding them if they are an ally.
Cooldown: 0s · Cost: 100