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Tahm Kench vs Garen

Tahm Kench
vs
65.8%

over 73 games

Garen
Analyze a draft with Tahm Kench

Favorable matchup

Heavy AD damageVery tankyHigh burstSustained DPS

You are stronger late game. Farm safe and avoid early trades.

Build vs Garen

Build adapted to this matchup

Recommended items for Tahm Kench: Heartsteel, Dusk and Dawn, Spirit Visage, Plated Steelcaps, Thornmail, Riftmaker, Sunfire Aegis, Dark Seal.

Starting items

Doran's Shield
Health Potion

Core build

Heartsteel
1
Dusk and Dawn
2
Spirit Visage
3

Standard

Boots of Swiftness
4vs Slow
Thornmail
5

Summoner spells

FlashDot58%
FlashTeleport18%

Anti CC

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC

Other options

Thornmail
Riftmaker
Sunfire Aegis
Dark Seal
Unending Despair
Randuin's Omen
Bramble Vest
Warmog's Armor
Frozen Heart
Kaenic Rookern
Hollow Radiance
Protoplasm Harness
Force of Nature
83.3% WR6 games
ResolveResolve
Grasp of the UndyingGrasp of the Undying
Shield BashShield Bash
Second WindSecond Wind
UnflinchingUnflinching
PrecisionPrecision
Legend: AlacrityLegend: Alacrity
TriumphTriumph
Attack SpeedHealth ScalingHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Garen's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Perseverance (P)

If Garen has not recently been struck by damage or enemy abilities, he regenerates a percentage of his total health each second.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
38s22s9s–
68s22s9s2m
98s19.5s9s2m
118s17s9s1m40
168s12s7.5s1m20
188s12s6s1m20

Playing as Tahm Kench

Tips to maximize your impact

  1. Three stacks, then your tongue

    Stack An Acquired Taste (passive) three times on your target, then hit them with Tongue Lash (Q): they're stunned, and the stacks are consumed.

  2. Save Thick Skin for a burst

    Only activate Thick Skin (E) to absorb a burst: otherwise, part of the damage it stores comes back to you as health once you stop taking damage.

  3. Engage with your dive

    Engage with Abyssal Dive (W): you reappear at the target location, 1000 to 1200 range away, and hitting a champion reduces its cooldown.

  4. Swallow your carry to save them

    Swallow your carry in danger with Devour (R): they come out with a shield, and you can take them to safety with Abyssal Dive (W).

Playing against Garen

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

  1. Hit him regularly

    Hit him regularly, even with a small poke: Perseverance (passive) only regenerates him if he hasn't taken damage recently.

  2. At range, kite him

    If you're ranged, kite him: his kit has no dash, and only Decisive Strike (Q) speeds him up and removes his slows.

  3. Burst after his shield

    Wait for the Courage (W) shield to end before your burst: the spell starts with a shield and tenacity, then keeps only a damage reduction.

  4. Don't stay low once he hits 6

    Once he hits level 6, back instead of staying in lane at low health against him: Demacian Justice (R) deals true damage that grows with your missing health.

Other Tahm Kench matchups

Patch 16.21.1