Tahm Kench·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Tahm Kench Mid build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, followed by Shield Bash, Second Wind and Unflinching in the primary tree, as well as Legend: Alacrity and Triumph in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Health Scaling in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Heartsteel as your first item, followed by Boots of Swiftness and Riftmaker. For your last 3 items, you should build Unending Despair, Spirit Visage and finish with Jak'Sho, The Protean. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 64.9% winrate over 376 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Tahm Kench Mid build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, Shield Bash, Second Wind and Unflinching in the primary tree, and Legend: Alacrity with Triumph in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Health Scaling in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Hollow Radiance, which you should build first, followed by Mercury's Treads as your second item and Heartsteel as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Thornmail, Jak'Sho, The Protean and Iceborn Gauntlet. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 60.4% win rate over 53 matches.

Situational Tahm Kench Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Tahm Kench build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.