Rod of Ages Tahm Kench Build
Rod of Ages Tahm Kench build with runes and items. Rod of Ages Tahm Kench guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Rod of Ages Tahm Kench build in League of Legends Patch 14.19!
Updated: 2024-09-19 ()
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TLDR
Starting items
Quick Skill Order
Q
E
W
Final items
Quick Runes
Summoner spells
Rod of Ages Tahm Kench Runes
Sorcery
Precision
Passive
How it works
Rod of Ages Build specific
- You rush Rod of Ages.
- You play as Mage with more emphasis on sustain and mana.
- You buy AP items and adapt to an enemy team.
How to play
Rod of Ages Build specific
- Playing Rod of Ages Tahm Kench, your default rush is of course - Rod of Ages. You want to stack its passive as early as possible.
- Since you have HP synergy with your abilities, you can get Heartsteel as first item. You will play more like AP Tank with lots of health.
- Rod of Ages gives sustain with its second Passive. It recovers both health and mana.
- You can play this build very safely. Sustain from Rod of Ages alone is very powerful in ARAM. If you want to sustain even harder, you can get Kaenic Rookern (anti poke), Spirit Visage (more sustain) or even get Second Wind rune from Resolve.
- In cases, when an enemy team is full of tanks and HP stackers and you need to counter them, go Liandry's Torment.
- Adapt to an enemy team. They full of tanks and they rush MR? You rush Void Staff as #2 or #3 item. Their team is Soraka, Mundo or champs with healing? Rush Oblivion Orb as #2 item (upgrade to Morellonomicon as 4th or 5th item). They stack HP? You buy Liandry's Torment.
- Somebody is going after you each fight? Their assassins are focusing you on sight? Always getting R by Fizz? Rush Zhonya's Hourglass.
- Good MR item that works well with Rod of Ages is Spirit Visage and Kaenic Rookern.
Tahm Kench specific
- Horizon Focus is a great item on Tahm Kench.
Tips and Tricks
Build specific
- You can farm minions very well with your Q. Low cooldown and big damage. Get these siege minions!
- You can Tongue Lash (Q) + two autos + Tongue Lash (Q) + Devour (R) them from the distance.
General
- You can cancel your Abyssal Dive (W) with Flash in case of emergency.
- If you know you will get alive, don't use Thick Skin (E). Let it heal you instead.
- Want to hit Abyssal Dive (W)? Face the other direction to mislead the enemy.
- Hit Tongue Lash (Q) first, then use Abyssal Dive right away for certain hit.
- Just ate enemy player? Don't spit him out immediately. Wait for your cooldown, your allies and their cooldowns as well. Ping them if needed.
Riot
- Your most important function as a support is to keep fragile allies safe. Keep Devour's range and cooldown in mind and position accordingly!
- Consider carefully when to use Thick Skin's active. Sometimes shielding early to avoid further damage is good, but sometimes the healing is more beneficial.
Skill Order
- Tongue LashQ
- Abyssal DiveW
- Thick SkinE
- DevourR
Items
Starting items
Rush this
Optional #1 rush
Boots
Good items
OK items
Against high MR
Sustain even harder
Counter enemy
For the last fight
Example final build