Bilgewater

Bilgewater

Miss FortuneBilge Ryze Cap

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Leveling Pattern: 

Conditions:

• Early 5 Bilgewater
• Econ Augments
• Strong Early Game Tempo to farm Silver Serpents

How to Play:

• Unlockables: Tahm Kench, Fizz, Optional: Ryze, Volibear
  • Tahm Kench: Spend 350 Silver Serpents and be level 8. This will happen naturally as you play this comp. Prioritize silver serpent generation above all else.
  • Fizz: Field 5 unique Bilgewaters or Yordles. Will happen naturally as you play the comp. Don’t be afraid to level to 7 early and add a Yordle +4 Bilgewater to cheat out 5 Bilge in stage 3.
  • Ryze, Volibear: These are all 5 cost variations you can potentially cap around. Ryze is the strongest potential cap.
    
• Gameplan: Farm as many silver serpents as possible through out all points of the game. Tempo is the name of the game with this comp. It is ok to sacrifice econ to farm the maximum amount of serpents. There are multiple ways to be strong with Bilge. MF, Fizz, TF 3, Graves 3 or Illaoi 3 can stabilize your stage 4 and let you scale into late game.
  
  • Stage 1-2: Ideally you have 3 Bilgewater, but you can play other units and the go into this later. The latest I’d consider Bilge is if you have access to 5 on 3-2.
  • Stage 3: 5 Bilgewater is needed in this stage. Spend Silver Serpents to get the units if you have to. If you are able to cheat out 7 Bilge you will be massively ahead of your opponents. Consider leveling to 7 if need be to get 5 or 7 on line as early as 3-2. Buy Captain’s Brew as soon as possible as it is a great power increase to this comp.
  • Stage 4: Cycle between 3, 5 and 7 Bilge depending what you are looking for. Prioritize completing 3 items on your carry first with a premium Bilge item. If you are close to a 3 star complete that to be strong and then buy all the lower cost stat shards by toggling down to 3 Bilge. Do not go for a second Bilgewater item until you have bought at least all the 15 serpent stat shard upgrades.
  • Stage 5+: Go level 9, and slowly drop Bilgewater units. Depending what you choose to cap around slowly drop out of lower quality Bilgewater units.
• Tips:
  • Cycling between 3, 5 and 7 Bilgewater is the key to a good Bilgewater game. Use 3 to find low cost stat shards and low cost champion copies. 5 for Captain’s brew and higher cost champions. 7 for high tier items.
  • Do not put Twisted Fate in the corner. Put him in the back row in the hex next to the corner so his cards hit better targets
  • AP is Tahm Kench’s best stat to feed, but he needs some base tankiness before stacking full AP.
  • Ryze can hold Bilge items and is an excellent way to cap out. Blackmarket Explosive is his best one.
  • Augment selection should be based around whatever makes you strongest. Serpent generation and tempo should always be your priority.

Item Holder: Graves, Twisted Fate
Best Emblem/Spatula Holder: Bilgewater Fiddlesticks

Items:

• Miss Fortune: First Mate’s Flintlock, Deadman’s Dagger
  • Shojin/IE/Any AD
• Tahm Kench: Protector’s Vow, Spirit Visage, Warmogs, Bloodthirster
  • Any Tank
• Twisted Fate: Captain’s Brew*, Red Buff/Morello, Deathcap
• Fizz: Cutthroat’s Cutlass, Deathcap, Jeweled Gauntlet
• Ryze: Blackmarket Explosives, Jeweled Gauntlet, Spear of Shojin

Augments:

• BIS: Whatever makes you strongest in the moment
• General: Tempo > Items = Combat > Econ