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.
Mortal Will activates after 5 spells or basic attacks - plan your way through fights to allow you to activate it more than once.
Whittle the enemy down with Comet Spears before you jump in.
If an enemy is going to get out of range of your Aegis Assault, you can recast the spell to immediately fire the shield slam.
The Tahm Kench Pantheon synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Pantheon, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Tahm Kench sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Pantheon. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Pantheon helps Tahm Kench perform worse in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Tahm Kench tries to synergize with Pantheon, he sees a small increase in his complete damage output. This could indicate that Pantheon provides protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Tahm Kench is played together with Pantheon on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Pantheon.
Moreover, when Tahm Kench plays with Pantheon on the same team, he usually takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Pantheon does a decent job of protecting Tahm Kench in team fights.
There is no ideal ally for Tahm Kench that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Pantheon is a very typical teammate for Tahm Kench. By playing on the same team as Tahm Kench, he improves their win rate by 0.3% to 51.9%. This demonstrates that there is not really a strong synergy between Tahm Kench and Pantheon that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.
Pantheon has a lower difficulty than Tahm Kench. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Pantheon allies to play with, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to fight well with you.
When playing together, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to soak up damage. When paired, these two might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Although, by grouping Tahm Kench and Pantheon together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates a lot of magical damage output. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in their capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Pantheon ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
To truly master Tahm Kench to synergize with Pantheon during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to prioritize in your Tahm Kench and Pantheon synergy build include Heartsteel, Solstice Sleigh, and Hollow Radiance. When Tahm Kench used at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Pantheon than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Tahm Kench boasted an average win rate of 51.9% when playing alongside Pantheon with this build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Tahm Kench players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Unflinching, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Tahm Kench and Pantheon pairings, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Pantheon with Tahm Kench are presented for all skill levels combined. To scope the stats and builds to a distinct division, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.