Talk:Tahm Kench/@comment-25280175-20150926141904/@comment-4843765-20150927225745

For any solo lane Tahm, you should almost always buy a Catalyst as your first item. Catalyst provides everything you need and compliments your ult passive. From Catalyst, you can either choose to go RoA route or sit on it and pursue another item, such as Sunfire, eventually building your Catalyst into a Righteous Glory (don't feel a need to upgrade Catalyst anytime soon).

In a Riven matchup I would definitely go Catalyst > Sunfire or RoA > Sunfire if you're going more AP route. Riven is annoying starting at lv 2 BUT Tahm fares since you can just tongue lash her when she gets in your face and land a few autos to prime Acquired Taste. This will force her to panic as she does not want to be Devoured. The most important thing to note when facing a Riven is positioning. Stay within your minion group so that she will be forced to take minion damage if she wants to harass you. Your Q slow helps in this matter. After a Catalyst Riven is a mostly stalemate lane since her dashes make it difficult to secure a kill with Tahm. However, it should be dififcult for her to kill you too. Just be smart about committing post-6 and you'll do fine.