Riot game designer Blake “Squad5lol” Smith shared some Tahm Kench adjustments that hit the League of Legends PBE today on Twitter. The changes aim to make Tahm more impactful as a pick in professional play and solo queue by removing some utility out of his Devour (W) and distributing it throughout the rest of his kit.









Here’s a simple breakdown of the changelog.





Tahm Kench will be slowed and grounded while using Devour (W) on allies, and devouring an enemy now refunds 50 percent of the mana cost on your W. To sweeten the deal, Riot made his Thick Skin (E) thicker, his Tongue Lash (Q) longer and stickier, and his Abyssal Voyage (R) take you farther as the game goes on.

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Smith states in his post that these changes are only the beginning and definitely will not fix all of Tahm Kench’s problems in one fell swoop. He’s hoping for these to be a slight buff, or, at worst, something inconsequential, until they revisit the champion.





A follow up tweet also confirmed that the balance team wants to be careful not to make Tahm Kench stronger in the top lane than he is in the support role. Despite Riot's best intentions, however, some think this spells trouble for the champion’s future.









Will the Kench be officially unbenched if these buffs make it to live, or are they sending him up the river?