Tahm Kench

• Heartsteel is worth buying when Tahm Kench scales with size.²
• ADAPt with Overlord's Bloodmail can give Tahm Kench high AP when he builds health.³
• Hexbolt Companion pairs well with Tahm Kench because he wants to stack health and AP for high on-hit damage from his passive, which he applies poorly on his own.⁴
• AP Tahm Kench with ADAPt, or an AP build in general, is a much better build.⁵

• Tahm Kench's Guest of Honor can provide early access to a Prismatic Anvil and support a stat-focused run through early gold and a possible Prismatic Anvil.⁶
• In some games, Tahm Kench can hold a Yuumi–Zac team in the fire until they die from its damage.⁷
• Tahm Kench's Q range scales with his size; enough Tank Engine stacks can give it cross-map range.⁸⁹
• With Reverberation and Mystic Punch, Tahm Kench can spam Q and stun from across the map.¹⁰
• Dragonheart obtained outside a normal shop phase, such as through Tahm Kench, can be sold the next round for a refund that grants one extra soul.¹¹
• With Double Down and Dagger, Tahm Kench can use his ultimate after one Q and trigger Heartsteel more easily.¹²
• Dusk and Dawn can be paired with Ethereal Weapon on Tahm Kench.¹³
• Circle of Death works well on Tahm Kench.¹⁴
• Tahm Kench's Tongue Lash gets longer and wider with size.¹⁵
• Reverberation can apply Tahm Kench's passive multiple times with each ability; Q can apply it four times and stun repeatedly.¹⁶¹⁷

• Tahm Kench's E shield can disappear as soon as it takes damage when Guest of Honor reduces his health; Gargoyle's Stoneplate shield can have the same issue.¹⁸¹⁹
• Guest of Honor can sometimes leave Tahm Kench starting a round at full health or cause his reduced health to change unexpectedly.²⁰²¹
• Tahm Kench's W can grant 20 stacks of the immobilize curse per champion hit.²²
• A Dance Event can trigger without everyone dancing.²³

Earlier formats

• Mirror Image clones can trigger Tahm Kench's passive and Heartsteel, but do not grant Heartsteel stacks.²⁵²⁶ 8x2 duos
• Tahm Kench's passive indicator can appear on both nearby enemies when he attacks.²⁷ 8x2 duos
• Tahm Kench's ultimate can send an enemy on either side of a pillar, depending on where the enemy lands.²⁸²⁹ 8x2 duos
• Fan the Hammer can trigger Tahm Kench's passive four times, allowing him to use Q or his ultimate immediately.³⁰ 8x2 duos
• Fan the Hammer seems to apply Tahm Kench's passive at full effectiveness, dealing high damage with enough AP and health.³¹ 8x2 duos
• Tahm Kench's ultimate followed by Q can trigger his passive seven times with fully stacked Reverberation; the ultimate counts as crowd control, and Q applies the passive multiple times.³² 8x2 duos
• A fully stacked Q stun with Reverberation can apply enough stacks to stun again.³³ 8x2 duos
• Eating a player just before a vote locks and then selecting a Guest can teleport that player to vote with Tahm Kench.³⁴ 8x2 duos
• It is possible to pull players into other votes with Tahm Kench and have the moved player vote there.³⁵³⁶ 8x2 duos
• Tahm Kench's Q gains range as he gets bigger.⁹ 8x2 duos
• Decapitator stacks from Tahm Kench's attacks and Q, and his ultimate can deal high damage with the augment.³⁷ 8x2 duos
• Panic Room and Mirror Image are fun together on Tahm Kench.³⁸ 8x2 duos
• Stattik can deal thousands of damage per round as a last item on Tahm Kench.³⁹ 8x2 duos
• Hellfire Hatchet can deal much more damage than expected to Tahm Kench despite his armor.⁴⁰ 8x2 duos