Tahm Kench is an S-tier ARAM heavy-hitter. He is distinguished by his tankiness coupled with incredible skirmishing power. This pick is strong enough to sustain even the heaviest fire from the enemy team while also being incredibly powerful at taking down carries in fights.
Here is a build you can use to squeeze out the most juice out of this champion!
Tahm Kench ARAM Items
Heartsteel
Heartsteel is a massive and great first buy. It will significantly enhance our HP while giving us a host of other beneficial passives. One of his passives will increase our HP almost each time we hit an enemy with a basic attack. At the same time the passive will deal more damage the more HP we have. This is quite a nice addition to our champ, as it creates a self-sustaining loop of damage and HP.
Unending Despair
A great second item we can equip on Tahm Kench in ARAM is Unending Despair. The item will increase our armor, HP, and ability haste stats. Aside from stats, Unending Despair will cause us to deal damage to all enemies in proximity. This passive is on a 5-second cooldown, and it will also restore a huge percentage of our HP each time an enemy gets damaged by it.
Spirit Visage
Spirit Visage is a great item to introduce some magic resist to our build. It will also add another layer of HP to our build, making us even harder to take down in fights. The greatest perk of this item will be its 30% boost on healing and shielding. The boost will apply to all healing, including the one we receive from our allies. Spirit Visage is the Rabaddon’s Deathcap of defensive items, and it should be built any chance we get.
Jak’Sho the Protean
Jak’Sho the Protean is a magnificent addition to every tank build, and we won’t be skipping it on Tahm either. This item will increase both magic resist and armor values, as well as our HP. A huge perk of this item is that it will add an additional increase to our resistances based on the time we spend in combat. Since we are playing ARAM which is strictly a combat mode, we will be able to make full use out of this great item.
Kaenick Rokern / Warmongs / Dead Man’s Plate
The last item you will want to build on Tahm in ARAM will mostly depend on the opposition you are facing. If you are already stacked up on armor and magic resist, you can buy warmogs to generate extra HP. However, if there are AP or AD enemies causing you problems, you can opt for either Kaenick Rokern or Dead Man’s Plate to solve those issues. The choice is truly situational, and it will vary from game to game.
Boots
The best boots for this build will be either Plated Steelcaps or Mercury Treads. Each choice is fine, but you will still want to try and judge which one will be more beneficial for the games you find yourself in. Some general rules would suggest to take Plated Steelcaps against AD-heavy comps, while Mercury Treads should be taken against more AP-heavy comps.
Runes for Tahm Kench ARAM
- Grasp of the Undying
- Shield Bash
- Second Wind
- Overgrowth
- Triumph
- Legend: Haste
Final Thoughts
Tahm is a pretty great ARAM pick and he can mesh well with almost any composition. To excel with this champ, it’s important to equip him with the right build and runes. The build you will have the most success with is a full health build coupled with Grasp of the Undying rune keystone.