Champion profile

Tahm Kench in draft

Played at Top in 43% of its games. A role under 30 games still opens, with counts only.

Presence (pick + ban)

4 %

picked or banned · 130th of 173 championshalf of the champions are under 8.6%

Picked 3% · 774 of 27,744 gamesBanned 1% · 316 of 22,759 drafts with bans

Win rate at Top

27,744 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 67% · EUW 24% · NA 10%

Population: amateur tournaments created with tournament codes — neither solo queue nor the pro scene.

Everything below reads on 329 games at Top. · 1,064 drafts without entered bans excluded from the ban denominator (22,759 games with bans) · Index built on Oct 27, 2026, 1:37 AM

In short

Four answers. Each card opens its chapter.

01 · In draftMixed ban: phase 1 and phase 2 share its bans.What the scene picks when it is banned: not measurable yet.

02 · In a compWhat sets it apart from other top lanersFrontlineLets allies carryCCNo pokeNo split-push

03 · With / againstNo clear matchup either way.Good againstno clear pairBad againstno clear pairBad duo withno clear pair

04 · Build3 paths: Heartsteel or Dusk and Dawn or Sunfire Aegis.

Grasp of the Undying

Ban it or pick it?

Its place in the scene's drafts, and what happens when it is not there.

Where it is played

Share of Top picks taken by Tahm Kench, and its ban share, in each source

SoloQ

Master+ · ranked games of tracked players

0.4%7,074 picks out of 1,584,432banned in 0.8% of games · 2,048 of 259,636patches 16.21 → 16.19

Tournaments

tournament code games

0.6%219 picks out of 34,524banned in 1.5% of games · 196 of 13,367patches 16.21 → 16.19

Pro

all leagues · lolesports

0.0%0 picks out of 2,194lolesports does not provide banspatches 16.20 → 16.17

Frequency only: share of the role's picks in each source, over ITS last 3 patches with games — the page's period does not apply · under 30 games in the role, not measured · the three sources are never added up · ban share over games whose bans are read only (soloQ: games collected since 10/17)

Presence by patch

Between 3% and 7% since 16.12 · 4.3% on 16.21 · 4.4% on 16.20

show the detail of the 10 patches

Patch	Presence	Games	Majority keystone
16.21	4.3%	2,671	Grasp of the Undying100% · 26
16.20	4.4%	7,858	Grasp of the Undying96% · 109
16.19	4.3%	6,733	Grasp of the Undying99% · 78
16.18	3.9%	5,762	Grasp of the Undying97% · 66
16.17	3.8%	5,728	Grasp of the Undying100% · 56
16.16	4.0%	5,992	Grasp of the Undying96% · 45
16.15	4.2%	5,530	Grasp of the Undying100% · 58
16.14	3.4%	5,702	Grasp of the Undying98% · 47
16.13	4.7%	7,391	Grasp of the Undying98% · 87
16.12	6.5%	5,118	Grasp of the Undying99% · 82

Presence = picks + bans over the patch's games, all regions · the axis follows the calendar: a patch without games leaves a void · hollow point under 30 games, nothing compared

When it gets banned

Mixed ban: phase 1 and phase 2 share its bans.

316 bans of 22,759 drafts with bans · the phase in strong ink grounds the reading line

Fearless

Fearless: taken at any point of the series.

G11.2%
G21.2%
G3+1.1%

Once burnt, the series moves to

Malphite10

Ornn9

Mordekaiser7

series, of 80 where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role

Share of each series game where it is picked · replacements: series where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role (80), published from 30 series

If it is banned, they pick

Read at Support, its main role: a ban has no role, it takes this one away first.

No champion comes out more often at Support when Tahm Kench is banned: both teams keep their usual picks.

316 games where it is banned · 21,831 where it is free and not picked · share of the role's picks: ○ free → ● banned · what the ban brings out, never why

When it is picked, the scene protects itself from

No feared counter: comps with Tahm Kench ban nothing in phase 2 more than usual.

× = phase 2 bans in its comps relative to other comps, kept from ×1.25 · 44,638 tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12, the draft review window

What does it bring to a comp?

What its kit brings to its team, phase by phase, then in fights.

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners

Phase by phase

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Damage / mintick = the top laners

Lane · 5–14 min

Mid game · 15–22

Late · 23–30

Gold vs. direct opponent

Lane · 5–14 min

Mid game · 15–22

Late · 23–30

Not measured after 20 min: gold then follows the game's result.

Map pressuretakedowns outside its lane

Lane · 5–14 min

Not applicable to this position.

After 15 min

Measured before 15 min only.

Damage to champions per minute, at equal gold · gold against the direct opponent on a fixed ± 1,000 scale · map pressure before 15 min

In fights

ittop laners
Damage absorbed per minute.
Share of its takedowns taken with several allies.
Share of its takedowns taken in a duel.
Damage from its four allies per kill when it takes part: a high rank means it lets its allies carry the damage, a low rank that it carries it itself.
Riot CC score per minute.
Share of its team's damage.

Bar centred on top laners: to the right, more than them; to the left, less · fixed order, never sorted by value

What it is, what it is not

What marks itFrontlineLets allies carryCC

What it is notNo pokeNo split-push

Labels set by the server: the fact's criterion when it has one, otherwise the role rank (from 75 or at 25 and below)

Its tempo

level 6 at 5:18 (5:18), 1st item at 13:24 (13:00), 2nd at 22:30 (21:06), 3rd at 29:00 (27:00).

329 games · median minute of each milestone, top laners in brackets

With whom, against whom?

The win rate is a range: only a range entirely on one side of 50% says something.

Allies and opponents

Its opponents, most frequent first.

Facing	Games	Reading
YunaraADC	41	Leans against itbetween 28% and 52%
CaitlynADC	40	Evenbetween 37% and 63%
NautilusSUP	36	Leans against itbetween 27% and 53%
WukongJGL	33	Leans against itbetween 24% and 51%
LuluSUP	30	Leans against itbetween 24% and 52%
AhriMID	29	Too few for a rate (29 of 30)
ViJGL	28	Too few for a rate (28 of 30)
Kai'SaADC	28	Too few for a rate (28 of 30)
Jarvan IVJGL	27	Too few for a rate (27 of 30)
EzrealADC	27	Too few for a rate (27 of 30)

show 94 other pairs

SyndraMID	24	Too few for a rate (24 of 30)
BraumSUP	22	Too few for a rate (22 of 30)
ViktorMID	21	Too few for a rate (21 of 30)
JinxADC	21	Too few for a rate (21 of 30)
LeonaSUP	21	Too few for a rate (21 of 30)
ThreshSUP	21	Too few for a rate (21 of 30)
Lee SinJGL	20	Too few for a rate (20 of 30)
SylasJGL	20	Too few for a rate (20 of 30)
LucianADC	20	Too few for a rate (20 of 30)
MilioSUP	20	Too few for a rate (20 of 30)
GwenTOP	19	Too few for a rate (19 of 30)
OrnnTOP	19	Too few for a rate (19 of 30)
KarmaSUP	19	Too few for a rate (19 of 30)
SeraphineSUP	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
SylasMID	17	Too few for a rate (17 of 30)
OlafTOP	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
RenektonTOP	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
AsheADC	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
QiyanaJGL	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
HweiMID	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
GnarTOP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
YoneTOP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
OriannaMID	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
JhinADC	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
RellSUP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
K'SanteTOP	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
SkarnerJGL	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
Xin ZhaoJGL	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
ApheliosADC	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
XayahADC	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
RakanSUP	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
Dr. MundoTOP	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
SionTOP	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
BardSUP	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
AatroxTOP	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
MalphiteTOP	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
NasusTOP	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
ViegoJGL	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
AuroraMID	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
XerathMID	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
Miss FortuneADC	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
SivirADC	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
TristanaADC	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
ZeriADC	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
MordekaiserTOP	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
LissandraMID	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
MelMID	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
VarusADC	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
YuumiSUP	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
CamilleTOP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
GarenTOP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
NocturneJGL	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
PantheonJGL	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
LeBlancMID	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
TaliyahMID	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
VexMID	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
YoneMID	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
BlitzcrankSUP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
NeekoSUP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
SettTOP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
ShyvanaJGL	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
AkaliMID	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
AzirMID	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
ZiggsADC	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
PoppySUP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
Renata GlascSUP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
RumbleTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
LilliaJGL	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
LockeMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
MorganaSUP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
PykeSUP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
ShenTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
YorickTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
ZaahenTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
Cho'GathJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
GravesJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
Kha'ZixJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
AnnieMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
GalioMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
RyzeMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
AmbessaTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
Cho'GathTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
JaxTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
UrgotTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
EliseJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
ZedJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
AniviaMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
GalioMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
MalphiteMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
TristanaMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
Twisted FateMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
ViktorADC	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
NamiSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
SorakaSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)

Sorted by number of games · 104 pairs in this view.

Allies and opponents over 329 games, listed from 5 games per pair; under 30 games, only W/L counts are written.

How is it built?

Keystone, spells, first skill maxed and item paths, on the fallback level that has enough games.

The usual build

Read on two patches (16.21 + 16.20), all regions. Patch does not reach 30 games (26).

Patch16.21 · 26 games, below the floor of 30
2 patches16.21 + 16.20 · 140 games
Window329 games

Keystone + secondary tree

Grasp of the Undying+

Precision

96% · 135 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Teleport

64% · 90 games

First maxed skill

100% · 140 games

show 4 other choices of runes, spells or skill maxed

Other runes

orGrasp of the Undying+Inspiration11% · 16 games
orGrasp of the Undying+Domination9% · 12 games

Other spells

orFlash + Ignite15% · 21 games
orExhaust + Flash6% · 9 games

140 games at the level read · a level is read from 30 games

Item paths

3 item paths, from the most played 1st item to the least.

Heartsteel67% · 13:00
Dusk and Dawn50% · 22:00
Spirit Visage50% · 28:30
Dusk and Dawn10% · 14:36
Spirit Visage20% · 2nd item
Sunfire Aegis9% · 14:30
Unending Despair20% · 2nd item

Each % reads along the path: at the 1st item, over the games that completed a 1st item; then, over those that made the previous steps AND completed one more item. A path stops under 10 games · median minute the item is completed, from 3 games.

show how we count

Draft, with / against and build: the filters at the top of the page (window, regions, level). What follows the meta moves fast.
In a comp and “the scene protects itself from”: 180 days of tournaments (from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12), the draft review window. A champion's kit changes little, it needs volume.
All games come from Master+ amateur tournaments. No soloQ.
A win rate is written from 30 games, always with its range. Under that threshold, wins and losses are written.
What the data does not say: the pick order (missing from the Riot API), engage (no reliable measure).

Patch

Presence

Games

Majority keystone

16.21

4.3%

2,671

Grasp of the Undying100% · 26

16.20

4.4%

7,858

Grasp of the Undying96% · 109

16.19

4.3%

6,733

Grasp of the Undying99% · 78

16.18

3.9%

5,762

Grasp of the Undying97% · 66

16.17

3.8%

5,728

Grasp of the Undying100% · 56

16.16

4.0%

5,992

Grasp of the Undying96% · 45

16.15

4.2%

5,530

Grasp of the Undying100% · 58

16.14

3.4%

5,702

Grasp of the Undying98% · 47

16.13

4.7%

7,391

Grasp of the Undying98% · 87

16.12

6.5%

5,118

Grasp of the Undying99% · 82

Facing

Games

Win rate

Reading

YunaraADC

Leans against itbetween 28% and 52%

CaitlynADC

Evenbetween 37% and 63%

NautilusSUP

Leans against itbetween 27% and 53%

WukongJGL

Leans against itbetween 24% and 51%

LuluSUP

Leans against itbetween 24% and 52%

AhriMID

Too few for a rate (29 of 30)

ViJGL

Too few for a rate (28 of 30)

Kai'SaADC

Too few for a rate (28 of 30)

Jarvan IVJGL

Too few for a rate (27 of 30)

EzrealADC

Too few for a rate (27 of 30)