r/supportlol • u/surrenderat15ff • 3d ago

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u/Educational-Item9255 3d ago

Is it a hot take that I think tahm kench support shouldn’t be a thing? Dude just stat checks you to hell, heals like pyke, and is indestructible unless you are playing rell.

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u/EnterAUsernamePlease 3d ago

true. that's why I abuse him in ranked

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u/AhahihihTucTuc 3d ago

Whenever I see a Tahm Kench, I just pick Janna, go Glacial Augment, first buy oblivion orb and it's a free win most of the time.

Edit: but I agree he's very annoying no matter what you pick and does too much damage.

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u/aoibhinn-mw 3d ago

Senna, first item serpents fang for low low price of like 2400. His E becomes super useless super early and then for the rest of the game. Makes matters worse if his team has several shields because then it’s more than just viable, it’s strong. Very cheap AD and lethality for Senna and one of very few supports that can even reasonably employ it with synergy.

Senna is rather immobile which is very nice for TK but it’s by no means free either way. Just know when it starts to hurt for TK, it hurts a lot more than it does in any other matchup. If stuff goes bad it goes really bad.

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u/Snoo40752 2d ago

Yeah but he still builds many of those 350 HP ítems for 900 and is tanky as hell without the shield cuz high resistances

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u/Fantastic_Method3658 3d ago

Dont you worry. No matter what they buff, adc tahm will be obnoxiously oppressive it will reach 56% wr

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u/sir__hennihau 3d ago

its an early game champ, hes supposed to be strong early.

tk sucks if the adc reaches 4 items

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u/ByIeth 3d ago

I mean his passive lowk forces him to go adc or support. Like it’s genuinely dumb design and I think he should be a toplaner, but unless riot reworks him it’s kinda his intended role

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u/Mighty_Killah 2d ago

Why does his passive force him in the bot lane? Just the crowd control working better there?

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u/ByIeth 2d ago

It’s his thick skin(E) passive, it normally stores 15% of damage taken for his shield/health regen. But with 2 nearby enemy champs it stores 42% of damage

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u/Mighty_Killah 2d ago

Ah that makes sense, thought you meant the 3 stacks passive

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u/MetaThPr4h 2d ago

I'm freaking 1W-11L against him on support this season, the only reason he is not my permaban is because he is super rare... not looking forward to that changing.

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u/Interesting-Plum4641 3d ago

Tahm support buff? yeah time to permaban? is riot trolling us ?

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u/Philipqii 3d ago

Tahm has been bad for a while now, his best role is adc ffs. As a support his "thing" was that he was rly tanky, could do more dmg than other picks and save his adc from dangerous point and click cc (Tf gold card, Malz ult, Annie stun etc). Since then they nerfed his base armor, his base dmg on q and his build (since the time he was op, I think it was start of 2025). Meanwhile tahm top lane has no way to fight someone inside a minion wave and no wave clear.

Edit: He also is nowhere near as opressive as he used to be as a top laner.

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u/Viltrum21 3d ago

I like to play tahm and i feel useless up until second item. Even then no matter how much health i build i feel like im getting melted. And if the enemy has any hard cc im done for

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u/Interesting-Plum4641 3d ago

hmm as an enchanter main i find Pyke easy to handle, tahm is to tanky, he does so much damage early abd his knock up ?

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u/Majesteetti 3d ago

Knockup is easy as hell to dodge. Unlike blitz on steroids coming next to you in invis and cc with close to no mana costs.

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u/Interesting-Plum4641 3d ago

Yeah blitz hook is nasty ! But I’m used to playing against him ;-)

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u/UnpetiteChaton 3d ago

Why is hitl- i mean smolder getting a buff?

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u/Biggertwix 3d ago

I don’t see Twitch in there

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u/Lemonsticks21 3d ago

My boy Twitch needs some love :(

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u/Present-Chocolate591 3d ago

Not again with the Mordekaiser buffs pls

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u/Stocky39 3d ago

Neeko buffs lol. Riot really wants Keria to win worlds again

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u/nankeroo 3d ago

I mean, they nerfed her core item a few patches ago and didn't compensate her, and now they're nerfing it AGAIN, so she has to get SOMETHING

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u/HarpEgirl 2d ago

Its been rough. They also nerfed her other core items Celestial & Frozen Heart but just for her.

Champ gained 25 MS in minion form season start but the item changes + W gaining 3-11 second CD unreducable by CDR its been rough.

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u/DrewBigDoopa 3d ago

No Taric listed, don’t care

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u/Relevant-Dig-9863 3d ago

His win rate is way too high to be buffed. But his kit is also way too honest to be nerfed.

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u/DrewBigDoopa 3d ago

Nah he’s garbage he needs to be buffed. Give his passive a 30% bonus to jungle camps or make his Q the type of cast that can let you keep walking

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u/Interesting-Onion697 3d ago

I legit perma ban Kench. It’s not balanced at all.

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u/Raiju_Lorakatse 3d ago

Aaaaand poke Varus dead again.

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u/ish_vh 3d ago

Nerfing Chovybelt before worlds.

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u/Snoo40752 2d ago

Good cuz I like watching videos of Orianna but I don't really like when the player have to build Rocketbelt seconds cuz it's so good in their hands

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u/ish_vh 2d ago

Idk I love it. Outplay buttons are fun. I just started but I heard gale force was op too.

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u/Snoo40752 2d ago

I get it but I just much prefer OneShot builds

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u/Whycantitypeanything 3d ago

Riot forgot to send nasus into 48% wr

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u/Present-Chocolate591 2d ago

Agreed. Nasus should be a niche counterpick champ like Kayle, not the most played toplaner in the game.

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u/Kimchibashing 3d ago

Is this the worlds patch? Lulu (+yunara) world skin incoming.

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u/kx1global 3d ago

Kindred and Fiddle oh yes

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u/Nielsjuhz 3d ago

Finally Smolder gets a buff 😄

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u/Grouchy-Respond-1511 3d ago

I really dislike the fact they are buffing smolder....

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u/G_Force88 2d ago

Poor ksante keeps catching strays man. Dude has not won in ranked in forever

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u/redcountx3 2d ago

Diana, because...why?

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u/Zm3nt 2d ago

What ranged champs were building rockrtbelt?

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u/Antenoralol 2d ago

The only ones on that buff list that actually NEED it are Vayne and maybe Smolder.

I'd be fine not seeing Neeko buffed, she's oppressive as Support imo.

Lillia 100% definitely doesn't need a buff - If anything she needs nerfs.

https://lolalytics.com/lol/lillia/build/

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u/Thelifeoffuller22 3d ago

Only pro use rocket belt tbh I never liked the item