Champion sheet · Support

Tahm Kench

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

4.2%#130 of 173 champions

Pick: 2.8%picked in 808 of 28,502 games
Ban: 1.4%319 bans over 23,230 games, against 0.8% in soloQ

Win rate as Support48.1% between 44.1% and 52.1% over 418 gamesSoloQ 48.7%: no clear gap

Median length29.3 minsoloQ 27.3 min

Amateur: 28,642 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 24% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 897,301 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 tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.DraftLengthSpells
How to play itGrasp of the Undying, then Heartsteel, Unending Despair, and Spirit Visage: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compAbsorbs damage first: absorbs more than 95% of supports.Frontline
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.

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 364,710 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.3 min
SoloQ
27.3 min
Median of 29.3 min in amateur play, against 27.3 min in soloQ.
SpellsFlash + Heal instead of Flash + Ignite
Amateur
57%
SoloQ
45%
Played in 57% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Flash + Ignite (45%).

Not enough games to judge: core.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Grasp of the Undying, then Heartsteel, Unending Despair, and Spirit Visage: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesGrasp of the Undying64% · 10,197

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite45% · 7,128

≠ Amateur: Flash + Heal instead of Flash + Ignite. 57% · 448 games

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 99% · 73 games

Core (3 legendaries)13% · 93

13%of soloQ games

Heartsteel
Unending Despair
Spirit Visage

Amateur: Heartsteel, Spirit Visage, Unending Despair, 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?

Absorbs damage first: absorbs more than 95% of supports.

Absorbs damagetop5%1,040 · supports: 393

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

What marks it

Frontline

Like other supports

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Map pressure
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Lets allies carry kills
Crowd control (CC)
Team damage

What it is not

No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 68 in lane, 68 in mid game and 63 in late game, out of 100 supports.

323+35 vs 288

453+111 vs 342

458+71 vs 388

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

Tahm Kenchsupports

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 58% of supports against the direct opponent.

supports

4.3takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; supports: 4.5.

Where it stands among supports · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 68 of 100 among supports323 · median 288
Damage in mid game · rank 68 of 100 among supports453 · median 342
Damage in late game · rank 63 of 100 among supports458 · median 388
Gold at 15 min · rank 42 of 100 among supports+56 · median +105
Gold at 20 min · rank 42 of 100 among supports+103 · median +193
Map pressure · rank 43 of 100 among supports4.3 · median 4.5
Absorbs damage · rank 95 of 100 among supports1,040 · median 393
Plays teamfights · rank 53 of 100 among supports54% · median 54%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 44 of 100 among supports16% · median 17%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 36 of 100 among supportsrank 36 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 29 of 100 among supports0.9 · median 1
Team damage · rank 61 of 100 among supports11% · median 9%

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.

Against

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

Jhin58.1% · expected 50.4% · 31 g+7.7 ptSoloQ +1.2

Supportgap to expected

Rell50.0% · expected 44.5% · 32 g+5.5 ptSoloQ -0.9

Nautilus49.0% · expected 47.9% · 51 g+1.1 ptSoloQ +0.2

Braum47.1% · expected 46.4% · 34 g+0.6 ptSoloQ +1.8

With

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

Wukong63.0% · expected 50.4% · 46 g+12.6 ptSoloQ -1.6

Midgap to expected

Syndra53.1% · expected 48.9% · 32 g+4.2 ptSoloQ +0.9

ADCgap to expected

Jinx54.2% · expected 50.1% · 72 g+4.1 ptSoloQ +0.3

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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