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Sion vs Tahm Kench

Sion
vs
49.5%

over 224 games

Tahm Kench
Analyze a draft with Sion

Skill matchup

Very tankyHeavy AP damageHigh sustainSplit push

Build vs Tahm Kench

Build adapted to this matchup

Recommended items for Sion: Heartsteel, Hollow Radiance, Unending Despair, Mercury's Treads, Titanic Hydra, Thornmail, Bramble Vest, Overlord's Bloodmail.

Starting items

Doran's Shield
Health Potion

Core build

Heartsteel
1
Hollow Radiance
2
Unending Despair
3

Standard

Boots of Swiftness
4vs Slow
Titanic Hydra
5

Summoner spells

FlashTeleport84%
HasteTeleport9%

Other options

Titanic Hydra
Thornmail
Bramble Vest
Overlord's Bloodmail
Jak'Sho, The Protean
Sunfire Aegis
Kaenic Rookern
Spirit Visage
Randuin's Omen
Youmuu's Ghostblade
Tiamat
Lord Dominik's Regards
Hullbreaker
The Collector
Voltaic Cyclosword
Serrated Dirk
Bastionbreaker
Serpent's Fang
Mortal Reminder
Frozen Heart
B. F. Sword
Executioner's Calling
Dead Man's Plate
Liandry's Torment
70.6% WR17 games
ResolveResolve
Grasp of the UndyingGrasp of the Undying
DemolishDemolish
ConditioningConditioning
OvergrowthOvergrowth
InspirationInspiration
Cash BackCash Back
Approach VelocityApproach Velocity
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Tahm Kench's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

An Acquired Taste (P)

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.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
37s21s3s–
66s21s3s0s
95s20s3s0s
115s19s3s0s
165s17s3s0s
185s17s3s0s

Playing as Sion

Tips to maximize your impact

  1. Last-hit everything for max health

    Last-hit minions and monsters for Soul Furnace (W): each kill permanently gives you max health, more on champions, large minions and large monsters.

  2. Slow before your Smash

    Slow your target with Roar of the Slayer (E) before charging Decimating Smash (Q): they're less likely to get out of the area.

  3. Charge your Smash for at least 1 second

    Charge Decimating Smash (Q) for at least 1 second: below that, the hit only slows, and beyond it, the knock-up and stun last longer the more you charge.

  4. Keep hitting after you die

    After you die, hit the nearest champion: during Glory in Death (passive), your autos are much faster, heal you and deal damage based on their max health.

  5. Engage or roam from far away

    Cast Unstoppable Onslaught (R) from far away to engage or roam: unstoppable for 8 seconds, you stun longer and hit harder after a long charge.

Playing against Tahm Kench

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

  1. Don't give him three stacks

    Back off before he stacks An Acquired Taste (passive) three times on you: Tongue Lash (Q) would stun you, and Devour (R) could swallow you.

  2. Trade after his shield

    Take a trade right after the Thick Skin (E) shield: by activating it, he gives up the healing his stored damage would have given him.

  3. Get out of his dive zone

    Leave the area where Abyssal Dive (W) will make him reappear: the impact knocks every enemy in it into the air.

  4. Focus him when he swallows an ally

    When he swallows one of his allies with Devour (R), focus him: he can't attack or cast any spell other than Abyssal Dive (W).

  5. Interrupt his dive

    If you have CC, use it during Abyssal Dive (W): he channels before reappearing, and an immobilizing effect cancels the dive.

Other Sion matchups

Patch 16.21.1