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Tahm Kench

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

4.2%#129 of 173 champions

Pick: 2.8%picked in 787 of 27,815 games
Ban: 1.4%314 bans over 22,612 games, against 0.8% in soloQ

Win rate as Top44.5% between 40.2% and 48.9% over 346 gamesSoloQ 49.0%: clear gap

Median length28.7 minsoloQ 27.5 min

Amateur: 27,970 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 25% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 951,671 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments5 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.Win rateDraftLengthSpells
How to play itGrasp of the Undying, then Heartsteel, Dusk and Dawn, and Riftmaker: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compLets allies carry kills first: lets allies carry more than 93% of top laners.FrontlineLets allies carryCC
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

5 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

Win rateWins less in amateur play
Amateur
44.5%
SoloQ
49.0%
44.5% win rate in amateur play over 346 games, against 49.0% in soloQ over 9,109 games.
DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
0.7%
SoloQ
0.5%
0.7% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 0.5% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
1.5%
SoloQ
0.8%
1.5% ban rate in amateur play over 14,779 games, against 0.8% in soloQ over 419,060 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.7 min
SoloQ
27.5 min
Median of 28.7 min in amateur play, against 27.5 min in soloQ.
SpellsFlash + Teleport instead of Flash + Ignite
Amateur
65%
SoloQ
38%
Played in 65% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Flash + Ignite (38%).

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Grasp of the Undying, then Heartsteel, Dusk and Dawn, and Riftmaker: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesGrasp of the Undying97% · 8,870

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite38% · 3,492

≠ Amateur: Flash + Teleport instead of Flash + Ignite. 65% · 379 games

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 59 games

Core (3 legendaries)23% · 537

23%of soloQ games

Heartsteel
Dusk and Dawn
Riftmaker

Amateur: Heartsteel, Dusk and Dawn, Spirit Visage (20%), gap not settled

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Lets allies carry kills first: lets allies carry more than 93% of top laners.

Lets allies carry killstop7%rank 93 of 100
Absorbs damagetop10%1,489 · top laners: 970
Crowd control (CC)top20%1.2 · top laners: 0.8

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners

What marks it

Frontline
Lets allies carry
CC

Like other top laners

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Team damage

What it is not

No poke
No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 51 in lane, 50 in mid game and 51 in late game, out of 100 top laners.

604+4 vs 599

8680 vs 868

1,080+1 vs 1,079

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Tahm Kenchtop laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 95% of top laners against the direct opponent.

top laners

Where it stands among top laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 51 of 100 among top laners604 · median 599
Damage in mid game · rank 50 of 100 among top laners868 · median 868
Damage in late game · rank 51 of 100 among top laners1,080 · median 1,079
Gold at 15 min · rank 8 of 100 among top laners-549 · median +119
Gold at 20 min · rank 6 of 100 among top laners-920 · median +100
Absorbs damage · rank 90 of 100 among top laners1,489 · median 970
Plays teamfights · rank 47 of 100 among top laners53% · median 53%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 37 of 100 among top laners27% · median 28%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 93 of 100 among top lanersrank 93 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 80 of 100 among top laners1.2 · median 0.8
Team damage · rank 28 of 100 among top laners19% · median 20%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.