This is an Augment Guide for the early game. The early game is the most important part of TFT because it sets up your entire game. This does not judge the strength of augments in later stages, only when taken as the first augment choice at Stage 2-1.
General tip: Augments are usually trait related, economy related, or combat related.
You generally take
- Giga broken augments almost all the time (Denoted by S tier)
- Economy augments with big gold starts or if you have no upgrades and try to Lose Streak
- Combat augments if you have upgrades to Win Streak
- Trait augments if you have a lot of units for that trait (specified in the sheet below)
How to reroll augments:
- Identify your ‘best’ augment using tier list.
- If you can fill condition listed in tier list, bump it up a tier. If you cannot, lower it a tier.
- Reroll your augments that are worse than the ‘best’ augment
Keep in mind some of these rankings are subjective because this is for how I approach augments. Other playstyles may vary, though I’ll try to mark down which ones other people may like.
S: Giga broken augments
A: Almost always take
B: Situational, see notes
C: Take in a worst case scenario or reroll
F: Never take
Check the Legends Guide for info on how and when to use the Legend Augments and the Legends Tier List to know which is best for the current patch.
Silver Augments
| NAME | Tier | 2-1 Notes | Type |
| Blood Money | A – Yes | Lose streak | Silver |
| Buried Treasures I | A – Yes | Delayed winstreak | Silver |
| Risky Moves | A – Yes | Very risky but insane value | Silver |
| AFK | B – Sure | Classic | Silver |
| All Natural I | B – Sure | Use for win streaking on low item counts | Silver |
| Branching Out | B – Sure | Very risky but could work out | Silver |
| Bruiser Heart | B – Sure | Use with 4+ units | Silver |
| Challenger Heart | B – Sure | Use with 4+ units | Silver |
| Component Buffet | B – Sure | Similar to Pandora’s items but works a bit faster and doesn’t give an immediate component | Silver |
| Consistency | B – Sure | Full lose streak and open fort | Silver |
| Cybernetic Bulk I | B – Sure | Take if no buildable item | Silver |
| Inconsistency | B – Sure | Incredible value and is very consistent 🙂 | Silver |
| Latent Forge | B – Sure | Lose streak | Silver |
| Pumping Up I | B – Sure | Good for attack speed comps | Silver |
| Red Buff | B – Sure | Good for win streaking | Silver |
| Silver Spoon | B – Sure | Pretty decent, just + gold but relative value is high | Silver |
| Social Distancing I | B – Sure | Good for win streaking | Silver |
| Spoils of War I | B – Sure | Take if your board is already upgraded | Silver |
| Transfusion I | B – Sure | Take for mid game | Silver |
| Unified Resistance I | B – Sure | Decent combat augment for Silver | Silver |
| Army Building | C – Ehh | Use for reroll comps and lose streaking | Silver |
| Bronze Ticket | C – Ehh | Use for rerolling | Silver |
| Cutting Corners | C – Ehh | Use for fast 8 | Silver |
| Cybernetic Leech I | C – Ehh | Take if no buildable item | Silver |
| Gunner Heart | C – Ehh | Use with 4+ units | Silver |
| Harmacist I | C – Ehh | Useful if no healing items | Silver |
| Healing Orbs I | C – Ehh | Useful if no healing items | Silver |
| Invoker Heart | C – Ehh | Use with 3+ units | Silver |
| Iron Assets | C – Ehh | Take if you have no buildable items | Silver |
| Jeweled Lotus I | C – Ehh | Take for mid game | Silver |
| Juggernaut Heart | C – Ehh | Take if forcing juggernauts | Silver |
| On a Roll | C – Ehh | Take if rerolling | Silver |
| One Twos Three | C – Ehh | Similar to Three’s Company, but it can give you good upgrades too | Silver |
| Pandora’s Bench | C – Ehh | Take if rerolling | Silver |
| Pandora’s Items | C – Ehh | For perfect items | Silver |
| Rogue Heart | C – Ehh | Take if 5+ units | Silver |
| Sorcerer Heart | C – Ehh | Use with 4+ units | Silver |
| Tiny Titans | C – Ehh | Good for lose streaking | Silver |
| Unburdened I | C – Ehh | Good for vertical AD comps | Silver |
| Bastion Heart | F – NO | Use with 4+ units | Silver |
| Caretaker’s Ally | F – NO | Use for lose streaking | Silver |
| Deadeye Heart | F – NO | 5+ units | Silver |
| Shadow Isles Heart | F – NO | Take if 5+ units | Silver |
| Slayer Heart | F – NO | Take if 5+ units | Silver |
| Young and Wild and Free | F – NO | They will probably remove this augment | Silver |
| Zaun Heart | F – NO | Take if it gets you Warwick 2* | Silver |
| Balanced Budget | N/A | N/A | Silver |
| Battle Ready | N/A | N/A | Silver |
| Final Grab Bag | N/A | N/A | Silver |
| Gotta Go Fast! | N/A | N/A | Silver |
| It Pays To Learn | N/A | N/A | Silver |
| Item Grab Bag I | N/A | N/A | Silver |
| Job’s Done | N/A | N/A | Silver |
| Knowledge Download I | N/A | N/A | Silver |
| Lategame Specialist | N/A | N/A | Silver |
| Missed Connections | N/A | N/A | Silver |
| Money! | N/A | N/A | Silver |
| One, Two, Five! | N/A | N/A | Silver |
| Partial Ascension | N/A | N/A | Silver |
| Recombobulator | N/A | N/A | Silver |
| Rolling For Days I | N/A | N/A | Silver |
| Small Forge | N/A | N/A | Silver |
| Teaming Up I | N/A | N/A | Silver |
| Tiny Grab Bag | N/A | N/A | Silver |
| Tiny Power I | N/A | N/A | Silver |
| Training Reward | N/A | N/A | Silver |
| Well-Earned Comforts I | N/A | N/A | Silver |
Gold Augments
| NAME | Tier | 2-1 Notes | Type |
| All That Shimmers | S – Always | Take if you have multiple 2*s | Gold |
| Ravenous Hunter | S – Always | Take if you have components for good WW items | Gold |
| Sentinel’s Spirit | S – Always | Take if 2+ units | Gold |
| Shurima’s Legacy | S – Always | Take if 2+ units | Gold |
| Stable Evolution | S – Always | Take if 2+ units | Gold |
| A Cut Above | A – Yes | Take if you have multiple 2*s | Gold |
| Buried Treasures II | A – Yes | Take for delayed winstreak | Gold |
| Challenger Crest | A – Yes | Take if 5+ units | Gold |
| Combat Caster | A – Yes | Take if you have Bluebuff or Shojin already | Gold |
| Defensive Dash | A – Yes | Take if 4+ units | Gold |
| Idealism | A – Yes | Take if you already have HoJ | Gold |
| Ionia Crest | A – Yes | Take if 4+ units | Gold |
| Long Distance Pals II | A – Yes | Take if you run a 2 unit comp | Gold |
| Noxus Crest | A – Yes | Take if 3+ units | Gold |
| Tactical Superiority | A – Yes | Take if using a 3 trait unit as your carry | Gold |
| Tons of Stats! | A – Yes | Great for winstreaking | Gold |
| Unstable Yordle Delivery | A – Yes | Take if 3+ units | Gold |
| Void Crest | A – Yes | Take if 3+ units | Gold |
| All Natural II | B – Sure | Take if you aren’t using items on multiple units | Gold |
| Bruiser Crest | B – Sure | Take if 5+ units | Gold |
| Caretaker’s Favor | B – Sure | Take if you are lose streaking into power leveling | Gold |
| Contagion | B – Sure | Decent for winstreaking but it’s more for later | Gold |
| Cybernetic Bulk II | B – Sure | Take if spreading out items and nothing buildable or if it’s a 5 component game | Gold |
| Double Trouble II | B – Sure | Take if forcing reroll | Gold |
| Endurance Training | B – Sure | Great for rerolls if you already have the units | Gold |
| Escort Quest | B – Sure | Great for winstreaking if you already have strong board | Gold |
| Gifts from the Fallen | B – Sure | Good for comps with weak frontlines | Gold |
| Glacial Breeze | B – Sure | Take if 1+ units | Gold |
| Know Your Enemy | B – Sure | Good for fast comps that can focus fire | Gold |
| Loving Invocation | B – Sure | Take if 3+ units | Gold |
| Magic Wand | B – Sure | Only take if you can complete all your components | Gold |
| Not Today | B – Sure | Only take if you already have Edge of Night and have 2 holders for it | Gold |
| Overcharged Manafont | B – Sure | Take if 3+ units | Gold |
| Parting Gifts | B – Sure | Only take if you can spread items out | Gold |
| Patient Study | B – Sure | Good for fast 8 | Gold |
| Petricite Shackles | B – Sure | Take if 3+ units | Gold |
| Portable Forge | B – Sure | Classic flex augment | Gold |
| Salvage Bin | B – Sure | Take if your items are trash and can play flex | Gold |
| Shadow Isles Crest | B – Sure | Take if 5+ units | Gold |
| Shimmering Inventors | B – Sure | Take it 5+ units | Gold |
| Shurima Crest | B – Sure | Take if 5+ units | Gold |
| Silver Ticket | B – Sure | Take if rerolling | Gold |
| Slayer Crest | B – Sure | Take if 6+ units | Gold |
| Sleight of Hand | B – Sure | Take if you already have a Thief’s Gloves | Gold |
| Social Distancing II | B – Sure | Take if winstreaking | Gold |
| Sorcerer Crest | B – Sure | Take if 5+ units | Gold |
| Stellacorn’s Blessing | B – Sure | Take if it getse you Soraka 2* | Gold |
| Titanic Strength | B – Sure | Take if 5+ units | Gold |
| Total Domination | B – Sure | Take if 3+ units | Gold |
| Trade Sector | B – Sure | Take for delayed winstreak | Gold |
| Transfusion II | B – Sure | Well rounded augment | Gold |
| Two Healthy | B – Sure | Take if you are fielidng 2 cost units for stage 2 | Gold |
| Unburdened II | B – Sure | Good if you are only stacking 1 or 2 units | Gold |
| Unified Resistance II | B – Sure | Take if you are trying to winstreak | Gold |
| You Have My Bow | B – Sure | Take if you can complete items with all your components | Gold |
| You Have My Sword | B – Sure | Only take if you can complete all your components | Gold |
| Ancient Archives I | C – Ehh | Must tailor augment for it to be worth it | Gold |
| Bastion Crest | C – Ehh | Take if 5+ units | Gold |
| Cybernetic Leech II | C – Ehh | Take if you can’t build good items | Gold |
| Dedication | C – Ehh | Take if you know you are forcing a vertical comp | Gold |
| Demacia Crest | C – Ehh | Take if 5+ units | Gold |
| Demonflare | C – Ehh | Take if you already have 1 Swain, but best if it gives you Swain 2* | Gold |
| Dueling Gunners | C – Ehh | Take if 3+ units | Gold |
| Early Education | C – Ehh | Only take if your AP units are upgraded and you are keeping them | Gold |
| Freljord Heart | C – Ehh | Take if 5+ units | Gold |
| Gargantuan Resolve | C – Ehh | Only take if you already have a Titan’s Resolve and a holder for it | Gold |
| Harmacist II | C – Ehh | Take if you want to winstreak and don’t have healing | Gold |
| Healing Orbs II | C – Ehh | Great for winstreaking if you already have strong board | Gold |
| Hustler | C – Ehh | Take if you can winstreak | Gold |
| Infusion | C – Ehh | Only take if forcing AP comp and don’t have mana item | Gold |
| Invoker Crest | C – Ehh | Take if 6+ units | Gold |
| Jeweled Lotus II | C – Ehh | Take for mid game | Gold |
| Martyr | C – Ehh | Good for multiple tank comps | Gold |
| Medium-End Shopping | C – Ehh | Take for a fast 7 comp that likes 4 cost units | Gold |
| Metabolic Accelerator | C – Ehh | Good for lose streaking | Gold |
| Morning Light | C – Ehh | Take if 3+ units | Gold |
| Pandora’s Items II | C – Ehh | Good for perfect items if you are forcing | Gold |
| Perfected Repetition | C – Ehh | Take if you have 3+ units | Gold |
| Piltover Heart | C – Ehh | Take if you can get 3 Piltover right away | Gold |
| Pumping Up II | C – Ehh | Take if you are forcing AS comp | Gold |
| Rich Get Richer | C – Ehh | Take if you have an econ start | Gold |
| Riftwalk | C – Ehh | Take if it gives you Kassadin 2* | Gold |
| Rogue Crest | C – Ehh | Take if 6+ units | Gold |
| Scrappy Inventions | C – Ehh | Take if you can’t build good items | Gold |
| Slayer’s Resolve | C – Ehh | Take if 6+ units | Gold |
| Spoils of War II | C – Ehh | Take if you have upgraded board | Gold |
| Stars are Born | C – Ehh | Take if you are rerolling and already have a 2* of that unit | Gold |
| Strategist Heart | C – Ehh | Take if you have 3+ units | Gold |
| Suppressing Fire | C – Ehh | Take if 5+ units | Gold |
| The Boss | C – Ehh | Take if it gives you 2* Sett and you have items | Gold |
| Three’s Company | C – Ehh | Take if lose streaking or forcing 3 cost reroll | Gold |
| Vampiric Blades | C – Ehh | Take if 5+ units | Gold |
| What Doesn’t Kill You | C – Ehh | Take if lose streaking | Gold |
| Winds of War | C – Ehh | Take if it gives you Galio 2* | Gold |
| Adrenaline Rush | F – NO | Take if 3+ units | Gold |
| Built Different II | F – NO | Take if you have multiple 2*s | Gold |
| Chemtech Enhancements | F – NO | Take if 3+ units | Gold |
| Deadeye Crest | F – NO | Take if 5+ units | Gold |
| Frequent Flier | F – NO | Take for reroll comps | Gold |
| Gunner Crest | F – NO | Take if 5+ units | Gold |
| Haunted Shell | F – NO | Take if 6+ units | Gold |
| Indomitable Will | F – NO | Only take if your team can focus fire | Gold |
| Juggernaut Crest | F – NO | Take if it gives you 2* Sett | Gold |
| Multicaster Heart | F – NO | Take if 3+ units | Gold |
| Return on Investment | F – NO | Take if you have high econ and want to stabalize on 3-2 or 3-5 | Gold |
| Scoped Weapons | F – NO | Not sure who actually uses this this set. Maybe Darius? Belveth can use but she’s 5 cost | Gold |
| Targon Heart | F – NO | Take if 2+ units | Gold |
| Zaun Crest | F – NO | Take if 3+ units | Gold |
| Ascension | N/A | N/A | Gold |
| Balanced Budget II | N/A | N/A | Gold |
| Battle Ready II | N/A | N/A | Gold |
| Big Grab Bag | N/A | N/A | Gold |
| Capricious Forge | N/A | N/A | Gold |
| Final Grab Bag II | N/A | N/A | Gold |
| Gotta Go Fast! II | N/A | N/A | Gold |
| It Pays to Learn II | N/A | N/A | Gold |
| Item Grab Bag II | N/A | N/A | Gold |
| Job Well Done | N/A | N/A | Gold |
| Knowledge Download II | N/A | N/A | Gold |
| Last Stand | N/A | N/A | Gold |
| Library Card | N/A | N/A | Gold |
| Mana Burn | N/A | N/A | Gold |
| Medium Forge | N/A | N/A | Gold |
| Money Money! | N/A | N/A | Gold |
| Rich Get Richer+ | N/A | N/A | Gold |
| Rolling For Days II | N/A | N/A | Gold |
| Salvage Bin+ | N/A | N/A | Gold |
| Shoplifting | N/A | N/A | Gold |
| Teaming Up II | N/A | N/A | Gold |
| Three’s a Crowd | N/A | N/A | Gold |
| Tiny Power II | N/A | N/A | Gold |
| Training Reward II | N/A | N/A | Gold |
| Well-Earned Comforts II | N/A | N/A | Gold |
Prismatic Augments
| NAME | Tier | 2-1 Notes | Type |
| Noxus Crown | S – Always | Take if you have 2+ units | Prismatic |
| Shadow Isles Crown | S – Always | Take if you have 2+ units | Prismatic |
| Tiniest Titan | S – Always | Take if lose streaking | Prismatic |
| Void Crown | S – Always | Take if you have 2+ units | Prismatic |
| Bruiser Crown | A – Yes | Take if you have 3+ units | Prismatic |
| Challenger Crown | A – Yes | Take if you have 3+ units | Prismatic |
| Cruel Pact | A – Yes | Great if you have a 2* already | Prismatic |
| Golden Ticket | A – Yes | Great for rerolling. Prefer 2 cost, but all work | Prismatic |
| Juggernaut Crown | A – Yes | Take if 3+ units | Prismatic |
| Phreaky Friday | A – Yes | Good for early and mid game | Prismatic |
| Rogue Crown | A – Yes | Take if you have 3+ units | Prismatic |
| Roll The Dice | A – Yes | Take for winstreak | Prismatic |
| Sorcerer Crown | A – Yes | Take if you have 3+ units | Prismatic |
| Transfusion III | A – Yes | Well rounded augment | Prismatic |
| Bastion Crown | B – Sure | Take if 4+ units | Prismatic |
| Buried Treasures III | B – Sure | Take for delayed winstreak | Prismatic |
| Deadeye Crown | B – Sure | Take if 4+ units | Prismatic |
| Double Trouble III | B – Sure | Take if rerolling | Prismatic |
| Gunner Crown | B – Sure | Take if 4+ units | Prismatic |
| Ionia Crown | B – Sure | Take if 4+ units | Prismatic |
| Level Up! | B – Sure | Great for fast 8 | Prismatic |
| Living Forge | B – Sure | Take if you don’t know if you can streak | Prismatic |
| Multicaster Soul | B – Sure | Take if you have perfect Vel’koz items | Prismatic |
| Pandora’s Box | B – Sure | Good for perfect items, but it’s risky to pandora your Radiant item | Prismatic |
| Shopping Spree | B – Sure | Great for fast 8 | Prismatic |
| Slayer Crown | B – Sure | Take if 6+ units | Prismatic |
| Social Distancing III | B – Sure | Take for winstreak | Prismatic |
| Wandering Trainer | B – Sure | Take if you are a flex god | Prismatic |
| Ancient Archives II | C – Ehh | Make sure to tailor tomes | Prismatic |
| Binary Airdrop | C – Ehh | Only take if you have a legend that gives you more items later | Prismatic |
| Birthday Present | C – Ehh | Take for fast 9 flex | Prismatic |
| Caretaker’s Chosen | C – Ehh | Take for fast 8 | Prismatic |
| Cursed Crown | C – Ehh | Take if you have 2* units | Prismatic |
| Cybernetic Leech III | C – Ehh | Take if you have no buildable items | Prismatic |
| Hedge Fund | C – Ehh | Open fort | Prismatic |
| Invoker Crown | C – Ehh | Take if 4+ units | Prismatic |
| Jeweled Lotus III | C – Ehh | Take for mid game | Prismatic |
| Lucky Gloves | C – Ehh | Take if you already have a Thief’s Gloves or a glove component | Prismatic |
| March of Progress | C – Ehh | OP right now | Prismatic |
| Piltover Soul | C – Ehh | Take if you can get 3 Piltover right away | Prismatic |
| Pumping Up III | C – Ehh | Take if you are forcing AS comp | Prismatic |
| Radiant Relics | C – Ehh | Classic item augment. Make sure you know which Radiant Items are OP | Prismatic |
| Shurima Crown | C – Ehh | Take if 4+ units | Prismatic |
| Strategist Soul | C – Ehh | Take if 4+ units | Prismatic |
| Zaun Crown | C – Ehh | Take if 3+ units | Prismatic |
| Built Different III | F – NO | Take if you have at least one 2* | Prismatic |
| Cybernetic Bulk III | F – NO | Take if you have no buildable items | Prismatic |
| Demacia Crown | F – NO | Take if 5+ units | Prismatic |
| Freljord Soul | F – NO | Take if 3+ units | Prismatic |
| Harmacist III | F – NO | Take for winstreak but have no healing | Prismatic |
| Spoils of War III | F – NO | Take if you already have an extremely strong board | Prismatic |
| Starter Kit | F – NO | Take if you like fast 7 and rolling down to get the 4 cost to 2* | Prismatic |
| Tactician’s Tools | F – NO | Take if you have 2*s to winstreak | Prismatic |
| Targon Soul | F – NO | Take if 3+ units | Prismatic |
| Balanced Budget III | N/A | N/A | Prismatic |
| Battle Ready III | N/A | N/A | Prismatic |
| Blinding Speed | N/A | N/A | Prismatic |
| Final Ascension | N/A | N/A | Prismatic |
| Final Reserves | N/A | N/A | Prismatic |
| Giant Grab Bag | N/A | N/A | Prismatic |
| Gifts From Above | N/A | N/A | Prismatic |
| Gotta Go Fast!!! III | N/A | N/A | Prismatic |
| Hedge Fund+ | N/A | N/A | Prismatic |
| Hedge Fund++ | N/A | N/A | Prismatic |
| Impenetrable Bulwark | N/A | N/A | Prismatic |
| Infernal Contract | N/A | N/A | Prismatic |
| It Pays to Learn III | N/A | N/A | Prismatic |
| Item Grab Bag III | N/A | N/A | Prismatic |
| Knowledge Download III | N/A | N/A | Prismatic |
| Large Forge | N/A | N/A | Prismatic |
| Masterful Job | N/A | N/A | Prismatic |
| Money Money Money! | N/A | N/A | Prismatic |
| Overwhelming Force | N/A | N/A | Prismatic |
| Phreaky Friday + | N/A | N/A | Prismatic |
| Rolling For Days III | N/A | N/A | Prismatic |
| Teaming Up III | N/A | N/A | Prismatic |
| The Golden Egg | N/A | N/A | Prismatic |
| Think Fast | N/A | N/A | Prismatic |
| Tiny Power III | N/A | N/A | Prismatic |
| Training Reward III | N/A | N/A | Prismatic |
| Unleashed Arcana | N/A | N/A | Prismatic |
| Urf’s Grab Bag | N/A | N/A | Prismatic |
| Well-Earned Comforts III | N/A | N/A | Prismatic |
| Wellness Trust | N/A | N/A | Prismatic |
| What The Forge | N/A | N/A | Prismatic |