Tahm Kench ARAM Mayhem Build

The River King. One of the strongest picks in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #14 of 173 champions.

SPatch 26.21TankSupportNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: S
Win rate: 54.1%
Pick rate: 12.6%
Rank: #14 of 173
Games: 2,924,174
Patch: 26.21

How to play Tahm Kench in ARAM Mayhem

Tahm Kench is one of the strongest picks in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier S, #14 of 173 champions, with a 54.1% win rate over 2,924,174 games. It is also one of the most picked champions, showing up in 13% of games, so expect to see it on both sides.

74% of Tahm Kench's damage to champions is magic, so enemy magic resist is what slows it down. It soaks 80,603 damage per game and mitigates another 103,781, so it belongs at the front: start fights and absorb the poke your carries can't. It dies only 8.9 times per game on average, fewer than most.

Most Tahm Kench players go Tank (84% of games), but the AP path, ability power items, is ARAMKit's top-ranked build: Heartsteel, Dusk and Dawn and Riftmaker, with a 56.0% win rate. On this build 58% of players skip boots and spend the slot on another item.

The cards that do best on Tahm Kench are BEES!!!, Steel Your Heart and Goliath. Cards built around ability power fill most of the top of its list, followed by attack speed and on-hit. Skip Bread and Cheese and Swift and Safe when you can: they do worst on Tahm Kench. A pair to look for: Goliath with BEES!!!.

Take Flash and Mark (95% of players). Max Q (Tongue Lash) first, then E, then W.

Tahm Kench ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Tahm Kench game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

AP build · top ranked

56.0% win rate · 5% of Tahm Kench games · 132,601 games

Start

Giant's Belt
Ruby Crystal

Core items, in buying order

Heartsteel
Dusk and Dawn
Riftmaker

Boots on the AP build for Tahm Kench, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
No boots	58%
Gluttonous Greaves	5%
Ionian Boots of Lucidity	3%

Situational, after the core

Warmog's Armor35% buy it
Overlord's Bloodmail3% buy it
Rabadon's Deathcap27% buy it
Shadowflame10% buy it
Spirit Visage10% buy it
Void Staff4% buy it

Other build paths

Other Tahm Kench build paths with share of games, win rate and core items
Path	Core items	Games	Win rate
TankHeartsteel, Warmog's Armor, Dusk and Dawn		84.1%	52.7%
BruiserHeartsteel, Dusk and Dawn, Overlord's Bloodmail		0.3%	56.0%

Games: the share of all Tahm Kench games that went this way.

Most bought items

Heartsteel95% of games
Warmog's Armor74% of games
Unending Despair43% of games
Riftmaker34% of games
Dusk and Dawn29% of games
Mercury's Treads27% of games
Spirit Visage24% of games
Thornmail21% of games
Jak'Sho, The Protean14% of games
Rabadon's Deathcap12% of games

Best augments for Tahm Kench

Every card with enough Tahm Kench games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Tahm Kench's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

1GoliathTier S
2Back To BasicsTier S
3Mad ScientistTier A

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

1Lich BrainTier S
2ADAPtTier A
3Upgrade ImmolateTier A

S- and A-tier cards for Tahm Kench

8 S tier and 27 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Tahm Kench in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
BEES!!!	Gold	Tier S	Every 15–10 (by level) seconds, your next Ability hit against an enemy champion throws a beehive at the target. Upon arriving, the hive…
Steel Your Heart	Gold	Tier S	QUEST: Possess Heartsteel with 300 stacks. REWARD: Multiply Heartsteel stacks by 3.
Goliath	Prismatic	Tier S	Become large, gaining 35% Health and 15% Adaptive Force.
Lich Brain	Silver	Tier S	Gain (30+4% Bonus Health) Ability Power.
Ethereal Weapon	Gold	Tier S	Your Abilities apply On-Hit Effects On-Hit effects. 1 second Cooldown per target.
Back To Basics	Prismatic	Tier S	Your Ultimate Ability is sealed. Gain 35% Ability Damage, Healing, Shielding, and 70 Ability Haste.
Tank Engine	Gold	Tier S	On takedown, gain a stack that grants 5% increased size and 5% max Health. Lose 65% of stacks on death.
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier S	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier A	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Celestial Body	Gold	Tier A	Gain 1500 Health, but you deal 10% less damage.
The Boom and the Bass	Gold	Tier A	After casting an Ability, your next Attack within 6 seconds is faster, deals Melee (50–200 (by level) +50% Bonus Attack Damage+30% Ability…
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
Blade Waltz	Prismatic	Tier A	Makes you untargetable while you dash at and deal (30–150 (by level) +10% Bonus Attack Damage+6% Ability Power) damage to enemies 8 times…
ADAPt	Silver	Tier A	Convert Bonus Attack Damage to Ability Power, and gain (15%) Ability Power. Converts at a rate of 1.67 Ability Power per point of Attack…
Sap Magic	Gold	Tier A	Every 20 seconds, your next Attack deals (80–300 (by level) +5% Bonus Health) bonus physical damage and restores (50–250 (by level) +8% Max…
Tooth Fairy	Gold	Tier A	When you deal more than 25% of an enemy champion's Health in less than 2.5 seconds, they drop a Tooth. 4 seconds cooldown per target
Growth Spurt	Gold	Tier A	Gain Growth Spurt as a Summoner Spell. Growth Spurt suddenly increases your size, Knocking Up nearby enemies for 1 second and granting…
Upgrade Immolate	Silver	Tier A	Hollow Radiance and Sunfire Aegis grant 12 Gold per target affected with Immolate. Gain 250 Gold.
Pursuit of Haste	Gold	Tier A	QUEST: Hit enemy champions with selected ability 10 times. REWARD: Gain permanent 80 Ability Haste on your selected ability. QUEST: Hit…
Donation	Gold	Tier A	Receive 1750 Gold. Thanks chat!:)
Leg Day	Silver	Tier A	Gain 50 Movement Speed and 50% Slow Resist.
Forged By The Master	Silver	Tier A	Your Item and Augment damage are increased by 45%.
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
Urf's Champion	Prismatic	Tier A	QUEST: Score 18 takedowns. REWARD: Gain The Golden Spatula.
Escape Plan	Silver	Tier A	Gain a massive (65% Max Health) decaying Shield, decaying 150% Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health (75…
Heavy Hitter	Silver	Tier A	Your Attacks deal additional (3.5% Max Health) physical damage.
Witchful Thinking	Silver	Tier A	Gain Ability Power 20–80 (by level) Ability Power.
Ocean Soul	Silver	Tier A	Gain the Ocean Soul, granting high Health and Mana Regen after damaging enemies.
Infernal Soul	Silver	Tier A	You gain the Infernal Soul, dealing bonus damage when you hit enemies with Abilities or Attacks.
From Beginning To End	Gold	Tier A	Gain the First Strike and Dark Harvest Keystone Runes. First Strike: When you initiate champion combat, deal 10% extra damage for 3 seconds…
Fruitify	Silver	Tier A	Scoring a Takedown causes the slain champion to explode into 3–6 (by level) Fruit. Fruit restores 6% of your maximum health and restores 6%…
Infinite Recursion	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 60 Ability Haste, plus 3 Ability Haste per takedown.
Upgrade Sheen	Gold	Tier A	Your Spellblade effects deal additional damage equal to 4% of the target's health and heal you for 3.5% of the target's health…
Spin Me Right Round	Silver	Tier A	Replace a Summoner Spell with Heroic Swing. Heroic Swing fires a grappling hook, sticking into terrain, after which you can Recast to swing…
Zealot	Silver	Tier A	Gain (25%+5% Ability Power) Critical Strike Chance and (35%+5% Ability Power) Attack Speed.

Average on Tahm Kench
55 cards, best first

Below average on Tahm Kench
39 cards, best first

Weakest on Tahm Kench
6 cards, best first

Best first augment for Tahm Kench

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Tahm Kench's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, BEES!!!, Goliath and Lich Brain come out on top.

The best augments for Tahm Kench in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	BEES!!!Tier S	BEES!!!Tier S	Hand of BaronTier S	BEES!!!Tier S
2	GoliathTier S	Bread And ButterTier S	BEES!!!Tier S	Lich BrainTier S
3	Lich BrainTier S	GoliathTier S	Lich BrainTier S	GoliathTier S
4	Tank EngineTier S	Lich BrainTier S	GoliathTier S	Ethereal WeaponTier S
5	Steel Your HeartTier S	Steel Your HeartTier S	Ethereal WeaponTier S	Back To BasicsTier S

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Tahm Kench, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Mark95% of players · 54.2% win rate
Flash + Ghost4% of players · 52.5% win rate
Ghost + Mark0% of players · 51.0% win rate

Skill order

QTongue Lash
EThick Skin
WAbyssal Dive

Max Q first. 50% of players use this order (54.0% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Tahm Kench in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 10.4 / 8.9 / 25.5
KDA: 4.81
Damage to champions: 42,220
Damage taken: 80,603
Self-mitigated: 103,781
Healing on allies: 2
Shielding on allies: 598
Crowd control: 37 s
Kill participation: 65%
Game length: 16:41

Damage type

Physical 21%Magic 74%True 4%

Questions and answers

What is the best Tahm Kench build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the AP build first for Tahm Kench: Heartsteel, Dusk and Dawn and Riftmaker. The most played build is Tank.

What are the best augments for Tahm Kench in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Tahm Kench, best first: BEES!!!, Steel Your Heart, Goliath, Lich Brain and Ethereal Weapon. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Tahm Kench good in ARAM Mayhem?

Tahm Kench is tier S on patch 26.21, #14 of 173 champions, with a 54.1% win rate over 2.9 million games. That makes it one of the strongest picks in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Tahm Kench in ARAM Mayhem?

For Tahm Kench's first pick on patch 26.21: BEES!!!, Goliath, Lich Brain, Tank Engine and Steel Your Heart, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

Other Tanks in ARAM Mayhem

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Tahm Kench counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.