Oh this comp SUCKS. Oh, my gosh.
If you omega high roll it's actually good though.
Hey guys it's Soju here.
The TFT Gizmos and Gadgets Championship is just around the corner.
In this event,
32 of the world's top players will be competing to be crowned the best.
So I'm here to give you my tier list and some of the strong builds
that you might see throughout the event.
With the introduction of 12.6 and 12.7, re-roll comps just got nerfed,
so there is more value in rolling on 7 and especially 8.
AD comps throughout
Set 6.5 have been more flexible since there's just more AD outs.
So let's take a look at some of the strong team comps
that might be contested throughout the tournament.
Okay so the first comp that we'll be looking at is Strikers.
It's going to be a Sivir and Irellia duo carry with Sivir as your primary carry.
The only item that Sivir really needs
is going to be Last Whisperer because your entire team has a lot of AD
and Sivir's kit has the ability to shred the entire teams armor.
Irellia is going to be holding your extra offensive items
and Vi is going to be holding all your tank items.
You can't go six striker unless you have Striker Heart or Striker Emblem,
but it's going to be a lot stronger if you can get 6.
But if you can't get 6 Striker, it's not the biggest deal
because you can just play 4 Scrap.
Blitz + Braum frontline can be an easy replacement for some of the Bruisers.
You get to drop a Striker,
you don't have to play Vi, and you can play Blitz and Braum.
Jinx is also going to be a really good unit since you don't have play Vi.
So in this variation, instead of Vi
holding the frontline items, it would probably be Braum instead.
And instead of Irellia holding the items, it could be Jinx.
But the reason this comp is really strong is because,
you can make a really strong board without having any legendary units.
Especially if you can get Striker Heart or Striker Emblem, she's really strong
and also she doesn't really need a Legendary to do well.
I think Sivir is just super flexible.
The only item she really does need is Last Whisperer and another bow item is nice.
The next build we're going to be looking at is Renata Bruisers.
So in this comp, it's going to be Renata Bruisers,
your front line is just going to be bruisers.
You can't really fit a six Bruiser unless you're level 9.
But sometimes you can go six Bruiser
and still play the Illaoi if you don't have access to the Silco or Viktor.
But I think this comp is really strong, but it's a little bit less flexible.
Renata B.I.S is just going to be Blue Buff, Gunblade, Morellonomicon.
Most of your frontline items are going to be on Vi,
just whatever front line items that you have left.
But the strongest opener for this club
is going to be Mercenary because you really do spike on level 9.
Having the 6 Bruisers with the Silico and Victor,
especially with Viktor being your duo carry later as you get items on carousels
is going to be really strong.
And then Silco giving your Bruisers a lot of effective HP,
just makes their whole team die to the Renata with Morellonomicon.
And then the Gunblade can heal your bruisers quite a bit.
For this comp,
the level 9 board is going to be a lot stronger than the level 8 board.
So throughout the tournament, expect this comp to win more games
but not top 4 as many.
Renata's weakness is she needs Blue Buff, Morellonomicon, and some -
you also want Gunblade.
Sometimes you can go Shojin if you can skip level 8, and have Silco.
Give Renata the instant cast,
but the instant cast with Blue Buff is super important.
And also she just spikes really hard on level 9.
That's the only thing holding her back.
She does a lot of damage just by herself.
She just needs front line.
I think Renata is easily an S.
If you can make it to level 9, I think it's easily an S+ as well.
Okay so the next comp that we're going to take a look at is going to be Kha'Zix.
This comp is super flexible, Kha'Zix can use a lot of items.
For example, Edge of Night, Infinity Edge, Blood Thirster, Giant Slayer,
Last Whisperer, Runaans...
there's just a bunch of items that he can use.
I think his best in slot is one healing, one damage, and Edge of Night
is probably his best item, but basically it's going to be Frozen
Heart Ekko to nullify their backline DPS, Kha'Zix as your main damage dealer.
And then your frontline can be Blitz and Braum,
but it could also be Reksai + Vi.
Reksai is really nice because you can play Mutant
and then the other parts of the comp which is going to be utility.
For example, Jhin + Orianna gets clockwork gives a little bit of CC.
Sometimes you can splash in Mutants because Kai'Sa is the best
Morellonomicon holder.
Throughout the tournament, since this comp is so flexible,
a lot of the times that you can hit
a variation of this board on level 8, and easily funnel
your gold into going level 9, and maybe pivoting Jinx or Jayce.
I think Kha'Zix is especially strong because he can hold any items
and also Kha'Zix gives you a really easy transition into Jinx and Jayce.
Kha'Zix is slightly worse than Sivir, but I wouldn't put Kha'Zix
in the same tier as Renata.
We'll be looking at Draven as your primary carry.
Draven needs slightly more than the other comps to do well.
Going back to find the Syndra level 2, Zyra level 2, and Camille
level 2 is a little bit more difficult
because most of the time
these units are not going to be found on your early-mid game boards.
And not only that, you also have to find Debonair chosen Draven.
Non-VIP Draven
is a lot worse than VIP Draven.
The best in slot for Draven is going to be Giant Slayer,
Infinity Edge, Hand of Justice, but there are some flexible variants.
Most of the time you need Giant Slayer.
You don't really need the Infinity Edge, sometimes you don't need the healing,
especially if you can get one in an augment,
but it's just going to be Giant Slayer.
Knifes Edge does really well with Draven, and if you do have Knifes Edge...
Runaans, frontline Draven, even QSS is okay,
but this is going to be your default board.
Players who roll down and do hit the VIP Draven can pivot into this comp.
It's slightly less flexible, but it can still do well.
Because this comp requires
so many conditions to be met, it's not nearly as flexible.
And players in the tournament who lean Draven as their main comp,
I wouldn't expect them to make it to Day 2.
Draven's actually not bad, he can keep up with DPS with some of the other carries.
He just needs more to get online, he's less flexible.
The items he uses are way less flexible than, say, something like Sivir
that only needs Last Whisperer, or Kha'Zix that really needs nothing.
For Draven Flex.
I think it's no surprise
that Draven Flex is going to be probably at the bottom of the list at B-tier.
Moving on to the next comp, sharing the same front line,
we're just going to be changing the carry, it's going to be Ahri.
Ahri is actually really strong, I think the problem with Ahri
is she's less flexible as some of the AD carries.
Her best items are going to be Blue Buff + Gunblade, the Gunblade really does heal
your team a lot because the Syndicates have base armor and Magic Resist.
You can easily flex in and out of 3
and 5 Syndicate, just depending on what you hit,
sometimes you don't even have to play the Orianna + Jhin.
But sometimes you want to just play Silco, Zyra, Braum, Blitz,
Ahri and just play 3 Syndicate and be able to flex better units.
So throughout the tournament you can expect this comp to do
pretty well, it's just a little bit inconsistent.
So you can see people going level 7 and 8, and then can't find the Ahri
to round out their comp.
So for this build, if players have the Blue Buff,
Jeweled Gauntlet plus one on Ahri, you can expect them to play Ahri
and easily get a top 4 and maybe even win if they can go.
Viktor + Silco duo carry.
Ahri is actually like really strong, it's just Ahri has the same problem as Renata
- it's just slightly worse.
The Blitz + Braum is going to be really contested,
but Ahri with Blue Buff + Gunblade is super strong still.
Sometimes if you have healing or like maybe celestial
you don't actually need the Gunblade and you can go full damage Ahri.
And Ahri actually has really high DPS output, but Ahri is just Renata but worse.
I think the AP units are just slightly less flexible.
Ahri is just a little bit behind Renata.
I'm going to go ahead and put Ahri Flex as an A-tier.
It's slightly behind Renata, but it's definitely better than Draven.
Our primary carry here is going to be Jhin.
In this comp, there's going to be 2 open
slots, the Morgana and Senna are interchangeable.
Sometimes you hit maybe a free
Kha'Zix level 2, and the Kha'Zix level 2 can pair with your Ekko.
Or, if
the socialite hex is one of the backline hexes and Jhin can use it, sometimes
you'd want to just play the Seraphine, maybe you want to play the Senna,
you can even splash in a Gnar, you can go Gallio over Braum.
But just keep in mind you don't want your Jhin to get pulled.
So if it is the corner
hex you can easily build QSS, and just sack one of the damage items.
I think best in slot Jhin is going to be Death Blade, Last Whisperer, plus one.
Giant Slayer is good, Infinity Edge is good,
even Blood Thirster sometimes is ok if there's a lot of Assassins and stuff.
Players who hit a free Jhin level 2 on the roll down will most likely
is default to this board.
It's hard to win with this board though
because you're never going to be able to pivot your Jhin items
onto Jinx or Jayce because a lot of times you want to keep the Jhin.
I think I'll put Jhin at...
probably in A-tier.
It's slightly better than Ahri but it's not...
it's not on tier with Renata I think.
Let's take a look at Dark Star with Malzahar as your primary carry.
In this comp, how Dark Star or Voracious Appetite works when one of your units die,
it gives your Mutants 38 AD and AP at 5 Mutant, and it works off of Phony
Front Line which is a Tier 1 augment and it also works off of Zz'Rot.
So if people have Pandora's or Phony Frontline, you can expect them
to hard force Dark Star for a guaranteed free top 2.
Your early game is really weak but as you go later into the game
it gets stronger and stronger as you can play more units.
This comp spikes especially hard when you have a Mutant Spatula
because you can Mutant Spat someone and not play Cho'Gath.
Malzahar with Gunblade is really strong, Jeweled Gauntlet with the high
AP from the Mutant is going to be good, and then one mana item.
Shojin slightly better than Blue Buff, but Blue Buff is acceptable.
Morellonomicon Kai'Sa is always good, and then Kai'Sa can easily be a duo-carry,
Kha'Zix can easily be a duo-carry as well.
If a player opens with Phony Frontline or Pandora's,
you can expect them to just hard force this comp for almost a guaranteed top 4.
There's a lot of Mutants, and a lot of the Mutants are actually pretty solid, but
I think the one most worth talking about is going to be Voracious Appetite
or Dark Star, especially when the players get Phony
Frontline or Pandora's Item Box to just make Infinite Zz'Rots.
Now these are my rankings, so take it with a grain of salt.
Different regions have different metas, and honestly, at the end of the day,
TFT is a flexible game and any of these comps can win.
And that's it for my
tier list of buuilds that you might see at the TFT Gizmos & Gadgets Championship.
Let me know what you think, the meta right now is super flexible
and I know it'll be an exciting tournament.
So, don't miss out,
be sure to tune in on April 29th to watch all the action unfold.