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Tahm Kench vs Mordekaiser

Tahm Kench
vs
40.5%

over 79 games

Mordekaiser
Analyze a draft with Tahm Kench

Hard matchup

Heavy AP damageSplit pushSustained DPSHigh burst

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

Build vs Mordekaiser

Build adapted to this matchup

Recommended items for Tahm Kench: Heartsteel, Dusk and Dawn, Spirit Visage, Mercury's Treads, Thornmail, Bramble Vest, Hollow Radiance, Warmog's Armor.

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

FlashDot53%
FlashTeleport24%

Other options

Thornmail
Bramble Vest
Hollow Radiance
Warmog's Armor
Dark Seal
Riftmaker
Randuin's Omen
Sunfire Aegis
Force of Nature
Unending Despair
Kaenic Rookern
66.7% 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

Mordekaiser's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Darkness Rise (P)

Mordekaiser gains a powerful damage aura and Move Speed after landing 3 attacks or spells against champions or monsters.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
38s12s16s–
66s12s16s2m
94s11s16s2m
114s10s16s1m50
164s8s12s1m40
184s8s8s1m40

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 Mordekaiser

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

  1. Stay near your minions

    Stay near your minions against Obliterate (Q): its damage increases when it hits only one enemy.

  2. Dodge his Death's Grasp

    Dodge Death's Grasp (E): it pulls you toward him, into his other spells, and it has a 16 to 8 second cooldown.

  3. At range, kite him

    If you have range, kite him: Mordekaiser has no dash, and only Death's Grasp (E), which pulls you in, closes the distance.

  4. Save your mobility in his R

    In Realm of Death (R), save your mobility spells to escape him rather than for the duel: he steals part of your stats, and keeps them if he kills you.

Other Tahm Kench matchups

Patch 16.21.1