Tahm Kench vs Pyke — Support Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Tahm Kench against Pyke · 53.05% win rate over 2,390 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Tahm Kench is favoured — Tahm Kench owns 7 of the 7 game windows. Tahm Kench wins 53.05% of games vs Pyke in support (2,390 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1Tahm KenchYou crush level 1: Pyke is a paper-thin hook support with no poke to punish your walk-ups.
Level 2Tahm KenchAt 2 your Q slow plus An Acquired Taste stacks shred his tiny health bar while he can't trade.
Level 3Tahm KenchAt 3 you body-block Bone Skewer and out-sustain everything he throws.
Levels 4-5Tahm KenchLevels 4-5 your tank body shrugs off his combo and peels his hooks off your carry.
Level 6Tahm KenchAt 6 R Devour eats the target his Death from Below executes, killing his reset entirely.
First itemTahm KenchAt first item his lethality burst can't punch through your Thick Skin grey health.
Two+ itemsTahm KenchLate you screen your backline and eat every Pyke pick, hard-countering his whole kit.

Early game (levels 1–5)

You dominate levels 1-2. Pyke has one of the lowest support health pools and no sustain, so your walk-up Q slows and An Acquired Taste stacks chunk him while he can't trade back. Block his Q Bone Skewer with your body or a minion and he has nothing; every hook he misses is a free window for your ADC.

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The full Tahm Kench vs Pyke report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.

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