Teamfight Tactics is the latest new “mode” for League of Legends. Although that description honestly sells it short. Teamfight Tactics is practically an entirely new game, with totally different rules than its source material.
Other Teamfight Tactics Guides:
- Teamfight Tactics: Items Cheat Sheet
- Teamfight Tactics: Origins Cheat Sheet
- Teamfight Tactics: Classes Cheat Sheet
- Teamfight Tactics: Champion Drop Rates
TFT team comp is probably one of the more popular to emerge from the early meta, and it’s a good one to teach you how to play and how to win Teamfight Tactics matches
Void Ninja Assassins
Champions:
- Kha’zix
- Rek’sai
- Cho’gath
- Zed
- Shen
- Kennen
- Akali
- Pyke
Void lowers the armor of your opponents and Kha’zix is a great way to start your game and transition into all that late game assassin damage.
Gameplan:
Start with assassins + void and add ninjas until you find Akali. You don’t need 3-star units in this composition and you’re free to level to 6 or 7. When you have spare gold, look to upgrade your entire comp to 2 stars.
General tips:
- Pyke is very strong early on, so grab him as soon as you can and get him a Spear of Shojin. This will easily carry you until you find Akali.
- Kha’zix is no slouch either, so feel free to put items on him that you wouldn’t give to your other carries. Frozen Heart is great because it slows down enemy carries, and Sword Breaker does well too as it lowers decreases enemy damage output.
Ideal items for carries:
- Akali (carry #1): Dragon’s Claw or Phantom Dancer, Hextech Gunblade, Rabadon’s Deathcap, and even potentially Guardian Angel
- Pyke (carry #2): Spear of Shojin x2 (likely to be nerfed)
Ninja Assassins
Champions:
- Zed
- Shen
- Kennen
- Akali
- Kha’zix
- Pyke
- Evelynn
- Katarina
Key Synergies:
- (6x) Assassin – critical strike damage jumps up by +350%
- (4x) Ninja – +60% attack damage for your Ninjas
This TFT team comp is probably one of the more popular to emerge from the early meta, and it’s a good one to teach you how to play Teamfight Tactics. The critical component here is Zed, and you can snatch him from the carousel at the start of the match. Zed belongs to the Ninja Origin so you’ll immediately pick up an extra 40% to your attack damage.
As you progress from the early game to mid game, you’ll want to pick up four Assassins of your choosing and play them on the board while you collect your Ninjas and leave them to the side. The reason being is that the Ninja buff only works if it’s one or four of them, meaning that if you put two on the board, you’ll lose the buff.
Once this is in full flow, your critical strike damage will be buffed by 350% thanks to your Assassins, and your Ninjas will be dealing an additional 60% in attack damage. You’ll primarily want to be itemising Zed and Akali as you go through this, and a stand out item is the Infinity Edge, which requires two B.F. Swords to make and boosts your critical hit damage by 100%.
Void Assassins
Champions:
- Kha’Zix
- Kassadin
- Cho’Gath/ Rek’Sai
- Zed/ Akali
- Pyke
- Evelynn
- Katarina
- Rengar
Key Synergies:
- (3x) Void – basic attacks for your team ignore 50% of enemy armour
- (6x) Assassin – critical strike damage jumps up by +350%
The Void-Assassin comp is quite deadly in itself, but what makes it especially useful is its flexibility. If you’re struggling to build a Ninja/Assassin comp, this is an easy one to transition into. If you’re finding it hard to create this comp, you can also change into a Ninja Assassin build, too.
The critical part here is Kha’Zix as he belongs to the Void Origin but the Assassin Class while also being available in the early game, so you’ll want to itemise him. You’ll also want to keep an eye out for Kassadin and Rek’Sai as they’re also available early game and will give you the Void buff quickly. Rek’Sai can be a bit squishy when he’s not buffed, so if you’re not having any luck with upgrade items consider dropping them for Cho’Gath later on.
We also like to add Zed or Akali early on, though not both, as they add to our Assassins while also coming with a handy Ninja buff. Once everything gets rolling, you’ll benefit from the 350% buff to your Assassins’ critical attack, and your team’s basic attacks will ignore 50% of enemy armour.