Since his debut in League of Legends, Tahm Kench has always been associated with the Support role thanks to his excellent teammate protection with his W – Devour and his strong roaming ability with his ultimate Abyssal Voyage. Therefore, bringing this “catfish” into the jungle would probably only happen in casual matches or by players who want to “troll the game”.However, one gamer has discovered that Tahm Kench can clear all 5 jungle camps in just 1 minute and 35 seconds without any help.
You will start your jungle route at Red Buff, then use your W to swallow and spit out this camp to deal a significant amount of damage. Next, when your W is nearly off cooldown, you will auto-attack while moving towards the Bird camp. When W is ready, use this ability and spit it directly at the Bird camp, combining auto-attacks and Smite to clear the Red Buff very quickly while also dealing great damage to the Bird camp.
The method for clearing the Bird camp and the Wolf camp is similar; you swallow the Large Bird/Wolf and toss it into the camp. In fact, when you are almost done with the Wolf camp, you can swallow the Large Wolf and aim for the Blue Buff camp so that you can finish this camp while pulling the Blue Buff closer to you.
In terms of runes, Tahm Kench jungle focuses heavily on gank potential by setting up the Unique Passive as quickly as possible to stun or swallow opponents. Therefore, our advice is to use the Rune Blade Rain to gain a significant amount of attack speed during ganks. The Simple Shot Rune will further increase damage when you control enemies. For the other tree, Nimbus Cloak and Waterwalking are the best choices for jungling.
The most essential item for Tahm Kench jungle is the Knight’s Vow; alongside the Liandry’s Anguish, this item helps you increase your surprise factor during attacks with your ultimate Abyssal Voyage. Moreover, mobility is extremely necessary for Tahm Kench, so if possible, you can also build the Boots of Mobility or Shurelya’s Reverie.
The final note when playing Tahm Kench in general and jungling specifically is that Riot Games has made all of this champion’s abilities interrupt auto-attacks. Therefore, you should ideally auto-attack, use your abilities, and then auto-attack again instead of holding your abilities for too long and losing damage from a few auto-attacks. They may be small, but they still affect your jungle speed and damage output.