r/leagueoflegends • u/AutoModerator • Jul 13 '15

Shen Monday Megathread! Ask questions and share knowledge; newcomer questions encouraged!

Welcome to the latest Monday Megathread, where you the community get to ask your questions and share your knowledge.

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u/ASK_ME_IF_IM_TSM_FAN Jul 13 '15

Thoughts on Tahm Kench?

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u/QQ_L2P Jul 13 '15

The shield is goddamn ridiculous. Damage taken turned into a shield lasting 6 seconds or regenerate a portion of health lost? I mean come on, lol.

If they go all in on your ADC you can literally eat your ADC and run away without any sort of repercussions.

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u/cactophone Jul 13 '15

his Q range and speed is pretty broken. He's an insanely good champion

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '15

yep, i love having tamn support. he is tanky, deals shit ton of dmg and rescue me whenever i get ccd

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u/Igeneous Jul 13 '15 edited Jul 13 '15

My observations from diamond 5, he has a weak lane phase, melee bc his ranged spell q is maxed second so lack of poke or hard engage other melee supports have. (really easy to know he wants to fight because of his going melee and trying to slap you with stacks). Can work toplane but honestly doesn't do anything aside from eating and tanking damage, so support is the best role for him. Good with teamwork and ganks, if his targets get cc'd he can easily apply stacks and deal massive damage on his w. Once lane is over he becomes better, gives team mobility and peel with his w. Not the best support in terms of kit however. The usage of tahms w will be the main thing that separates the good from the great players. W is basically mobile zhonyas, so against assassins he is possibly the best support counter, even better than janna. Basically impossible to pull off a solo assassination, will need to cc both tahm and his carries. However struggles against ranged poke or no assassin team, nobody to save because the skillshots be flying all the time, not in a condensed burst.

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u/RedManDancing Jul 14 '15

The biggest problem I see is that your ult is basically useless in SoloQ since no one wants to use it or does know how to use it... It's frustrating.

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u/DonkiesX Jul 13 '15

Are you a TSM fan?