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Updated 9/23 – First patch changes for Set 7.5
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NOTE: Augments greatly change the comp you run. For example if you get lots of emblems, you don’t need to run certain units or you chase an 8 or 9 synergy. Adaptation to your augments/items/units is key in Set 7.5
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Best TFT Comps for Set 7.5 Patch 12.18
S: Xayah, Dragons, Lagoon, Mage Nomsy, Graves Seraphine Whispers,
A: Mirage Daeja, Olaf Reroll, Pantheon, Built Different, Astral,
B: Dragonmancer Lee Sin, Darkflight Cannoneer, Darkflight, Graves Nilah, Jade,
C: Guild Zippy, Cannoneer, Ezreal Reroll, Qiyana Reroll, Swiftshot Twitch, Karma Reroll, Yone Reroll, Nidalee Reroll, Senna Reroll, Sett Ragewings, Wukong Reroll, Kai’sa Reroll, Lux Reroll, Diana Assassins, Varus Bruisers,
Other: Double Trouble
Note that Items don’t really matter that much, so don’t grief your game to get specific items unless I mention a specific item is required.
Try out different types of positioning and champions in these comps too! There is a ton of variation in TFT so be sure to check out the Core units and then flex the rest of your team!
TFT Comps Tier List Set 7.5
S Tier: Best TFT Comps – Highly Flexible or Very Strong
Xayah Ragewing or Guild Xayah
Last Week’s Rank: S
Difficulty: Medium
Item/Augment Dependency: Medium
Variance: Medium
Requirements:
- None, this comp is pretty flexible
Item Holder: Ezreal, Nidalee, Senna, Varus, Twitch, any frontliner
How to Play:
Easiest opener is Ezreal 2* holding Xayah items. Can swap for Varus mid game. Add in Twitch and any flexible frontline aka Guardians/Bruisers/Cavs. Oftentimes you won’t get this particular opener so you have to adapt with other early game comps such as Jade Shapeshifters early with Nidalee carry, 2* Senna with flexible frontline, or 2* Wukong Jade.
If you are winstreaking early/have a lot of hp to work with, rolling at 8 at around Stage 4-5 is ideal. However, since this comp is heavily contested, it is not a bad idea to roll a bit at 7 at 4-1 to stabilize and to get a head start in getting Xayahs, especially if you are low in hp.
Core:
- Xayah, Hecarim, 2 Swiftshot. Shyvana is required to get higher placements as the comp truly goes online once you get her.
Augments: Press the Attack, Cybernetic Implants, Stand United, Scorch, Guild Crown, Weakspot, Celestial Blessing, Tantrum, Portable Forge
Counters
- Sohm/Nilah Lagoon if Nilah assassinates Xayah.
- 4 Dragon with Aoshin/Asol if they hit their units/items because these comps have heavy backline access with their raw dps.
Only Drags
Last Week’s Rank: A
Difficulty: Low
Item/Augment Dependency: Medium
Variance: High
Requirements:
- Need a lucky game to get this
- Econ augments
- High HP
- Lots of Gold
Item Holder: Ezreal/Karma/Lux
How to Play: Since this is a highroll comp, it is almost always required to have infinite econ to fast 9 via a strong early board that allows you to streak or something that accelerates leveling like the Level Up augment. If not, generally you can stabilize 8 with a lucky Ao Shin and then econ up to go 9. Sometimes your only out is to roll constantly at 8 for Ao Shin 2*, especially if you have a pair already.
Ao Shin needs Damage, Healing, sometimes Mana Regeneration. 2* Ao Shin does not need all damage items, but the problem is that oftentimes you are forced to play 1* Ao Shin to stabilize, and having a full damage build like Archangel’s Staff, JG + IE will help you kill a lot of units or even win fights you otherwise wouldn’t have. In order to get Ao Shin to cast with this build, however, you must have a solid frontline.
Note: You can play Aurelion Sol instead of Ao Shin if your items are Morellonomicon, Hextech Gunblade, Archangel’s Staff and you have Axiom Arc. To be honest, Ao Shin is till more reliable because you can just put Morello on Shyvana but Aurelion Sol really comes online with Axiom Arc.
Shyvana wants Morello + AP
Tank items on everyone else
Core:
- 4 Dragons
Augments: Level Up, High End Shopping, AFK, Rich Get Richer, Late Game Specialist, Windfall, Celestial Blessing, Ascension, Second Wind
Counters
- None really if you hit your frontline and your carry units. Can be killed by Nilah or Xayah if your frontline is suboptimal.
Lagoon Sohm/Nilah
Last Week’s Rank: B
Difficulty: Medium
Item/Augment Dependency: Medium
Variance: Medium
Requirements:
- Zzrots as frontline, ideally you want blue buff sohm and EoN Nilah
- You want to put in Lagoon ASAP to start stacking
- Combat Augments, as you get a lot of econ from Lagoon itself
Item Holder: Lux, Taliyah, Kaisa
How to Play: Typically you would play Lagoon in stage 2 to start building your econ. Tear start into blue buff would be ideal, and you start getting Lagoon stacks via Kaisa or Taliyah immediately. The typical way to play this would be to econ until 4-1 where you roll for a Sohm and a Nilah to stabilize your board, especially if your hp is too low. Sometimes you could be winstreaking with Lagoon and this allows you to roll at later intervals (Stage 4-5 typically).
Nilah is actually the main finisher of the comp, and Sohm is primarily there to serve as chip damage/morello applier. In terms of frontline, Zzrot is the best option because Sylas can’t tank enough even with tank items compared to just the raw health of the Zzrot. If you can get a Mage Emblem onto Zyra, this comp is S+.
Can go 9 Lagoon or 3 Mages with flex units, but with the buff to 5 Mages, 6 Lagoon + 5 Mages is the optimal way to play this comp.
Items for Nilah: EoN, BT, Titans Resolve. The only mandatory item here is EoN because Nilah oftentimes gets caught out by random projectiles or chip damage and just dies.
Items for Sohm: Blue Buff, Morello, any AP item (Rabadons/Archangel Staff)
Core:
- 6 Lagoon, 5 Mage
Augments: Blue Battery, Luden’s Echo, Mage Augments, Cybernetic Uplink, Portable Forge, Radiant Relic,
Counters
Mage Nomsy
Last Week’s Rank: N/A
Difficulty: Easy
Item/Augment Dependency: Medium
Variance: Medium
Requirements:
- Nomsy items.
Item Holder: Nomsy, Tanks
How to Play: Play Lux Astral early and once you find Nomsy you transition into a Nomsy Mage comp like shown above. This comp is extremely strong right now especially if you can get an early Nomsy 2. It excels with Axiom Arc as well. As with most AP comps, you would ideally want a Zzrot as frontline. Typically you roll at 3-2 to find at least one Nomsy and Sylas.
Core:
- 5 Mage Nomsy
Augments: Axiom Arc, Jeweled Lotus, Mage Heart, Mage Crest, Cyber Uplink
Counters
Graves Seraphine Pantheon
Last Week’s Rank: N/A
Difficulty: Medium
Item/Augment Dependency: Medium
Variance: Medium
Requirements:
- Zekes and a Morello
Item Holder: Senna or Ezreal early game
How to Play: This comp is very very strong because it survives initial burst and includes Zyra which is a broken unit. AD items typically go on Senna but can be put on any unit that holds AD items early. If you find a Pantheon/graves early and have a Zeke’s this comp can be forced from that spot.
The only mandatory items are Zeke’s and Morello, with Morello on Seraphine and Zeke’s on Zeri. You ideally roll on 7 at 4-1 for Seraphine, Zyra, Zac and Rakan 2*, one Graves and one Pantheon. Slot in Bard at 8. You keep your units centered around Seraphine so positioning is pretty brain off in this comp.
Seraphine items: Morello, Archangel Staff, Shojin, any AP
Graves items: BT, EoN, Last Whisper, Giant Slayer, HoJ, Titan’s Resolve
Pantheon items: BT, tank items (Dragon’s Claw is really good in this meta right now)
Core:
- Graves, Seraphine, Rakan, Zeri, Zac, Pantheon, Zyra
Augments:
Counters
- Sohm/Nilah Lagoon if Nilah assassinates Xayah.
- 4 Dragon with Aoshin/Asol if they hit their units/items because these comps have heavy backline access with their raw dps.
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A Tier: Solid TFT Team Comps. Weaker, less flexible, requires more luck than S-Tier
Mirage
Last Week’s Rank: S
Difficulty: Medium
Item/Augment Dependency: Medium
Variance: Medium
Requirements:
- Early Nunu 2* helps a ton
Item Holder: Anyone, but Ezreal/Karma are very strong early game AP holders.
How to Play:
Ideal start is Ezreal 2* holding AP items and a strong early game frontline like Leona 2*. Certain Mirages call for more specific itemization. Generally Daeja can be played in any mirage but there are specific mutations that are played in very niche circumstances.
One of them is the Pirates mutation, which almost always requires an early Daeja highroll in stage 3 (preferrably earlier on in stage 3) so you can start snowballing the 6 Pirates loot. The only real way to win with this route is Daeja 3 as you are lacking a combat mutation. The second niche mutation is Electric Overload, which is best played with reroll Leona/guardians early as it’s basically the same as the Electrocharge augment. In this instance you would prio tank items for Leona.
Items for Nunu: Warmogs, Redemption, Any other tank item
Items for Daeja: Archangel’s Staff, Rageblade, Quicksilver, Giantslayer, Hand of Justice, Hextech Gunblade, Bloodthirster, Titan’s Resolve, Statikk Shiv, Revel Spatula (go Revels)
TIP: The Mirage variant doesn’t drastically change the build. BUT here are some small adjustments in case you need it!
Dawnbringer’s Determination: Once per combat, rapidly heal at 50% Health: Nunu is insane with this. Warmogs super important. 3* Nunu very good! Can play Leona over Yone. On Daeja, prioritize damage, maybe you don’t need Gunblade/HoJ and do 3 damage items
Duelist’s Dexterity: Attacks grant Attack Speed: Daeja is the main carry, and get some damage such as Rabadon’s Deathcap, Archangel’s Staff, Giantslayer, Statikk Shiv, JG/IE, Quicksilver. Because attack speed is covered, you ideally want AP/AP crit to balance out the damage. Rageblade still good, but slam other items too!
Executioner’s Edge: Always critically strike low Heath targets with Attacks and Abilities. Gain bonus Critial Strike Damage.: Focus on damage items to make the most of this.
Warlord’s Honor: After winning any combat, gain bonus Health and Ability Power: Remember to give your units a stack on neutral rounds!
Electric Overload: When attacking or being hit by an attack, gain a chance to deal 8% of their maximum Health as magic damage to adjacent enemies: Great for your tanks. Great for Rageblade. Daeja isn’t the focus in this comp, usually played as Leona/guardian reroll. Maybe 3* Yone as well but not needed. As previously mentioned, prio tank items for Leona. After hitting 3* Leona, push levels for Daeja.
Spellsword’s Enchantment: Each player combat, gain Ability Power per attack: Rageblade/Quicksilver great combo here as per usual. A defensive item like Bloodthirster could be played here where it would be suboptimal otherwise.
Pirate’s Greed: Gain a chest of loot after each player combat: The only way to play this seriously and to place high is to highroll an early Daeja to slot in 6 mirage ASAP. Otherwise, only use this for econ unless you are trying to make YouTube videos.
Core:
- Daeja, Nunu,
Augments: Cavalier Crest/Crown/Unity, Mirage, Celestial Blessing, Portable Forge
Counters
- Anti Heal
- Dragon Tank
- Lagoon
Olaf Warrior Reroll
Last Week’s Rank: N/A
Difficulty: Medium
Item/Augment Dependency: Medium
Variance: High
Requirements:
- Lots of Olafs
Item Holder: Yone, Wukong, Jax
How to Play: Generally played if you get Olaf at or before 2-1. Then you isolate him in the front row so he is guaranteed death to start stacking his AD. Early game can play bruisers jade or any generic bruiser + backline DPS combo. Oftentimes at 3-2 you want to roll a little bit at least to stabilize either through 4 Scalescorn or just upgraded units. If you have a lot of econ, you can skip the 3-2 roll down and level to 7 at 3-5 and look for Olaf 2, 4 Scalescorn, or if you hit Pantheon, 4 Warrior.
Reroll for Olaf 3* at level 7, look for Pantheon or Diana 3* as well if you are playing the 4 Scalescorn variant.
Items for Olaf: Bloodthirster, Quicksilver, Rageblade, RFC, Runaan’s, HoJ, Deathblade, Titan’s Resolve, Giantslayer, Assassin Emblem
Items for Pantheon: Bloodthirster, Titan’s, Warmogs, Gargoyles, Scalescorn Spatula, HoJ, Redemption, Protector’s Vow
Core:
- 4 Warrior or 4 Scalescorn. Can go to 6 with either variant if dropped multiple Emblems.
Augments: Personal Training, Scalescorn Crown, Combat Training, Preparation, Celestial Blessing, Radian Relics, Thrill of the Hunt
Counters
- Burst Damage
- Anti Heal
Zyra Pantheon – Whispers
Last Week’s Rank: A
Difficulty: Low
Item/Augment Dependency: Medium
Variance: Low
Requirements:
- Rageblade on Zyra
Item Holder: Ezreal/Senna
How to Play: Since Zyra’s BiS items are 2x Rageblade + Runaans, it is very viable to hold her items with units that typically hold atk speed/AD items like Senna/Ezreal. Can play Guardians/Bruisers/Cavs frontline. You should hold Zyras on bench instead of looking for her later if you are looking to play this comp because Zyra is a heavily contested unit right now.
Roll down at 4-1 for 1 Pantheon, 1 Syfen, Zyra 2 and ideally upgraded support units like Seraphine. Since the Zyra items are similar to Xayah items, you can flex between these two comps. If you get Rageblade, BT as ur midgame items you should lean towards this comp as Pantheon uses BT + HoJ and Zyra uses attack speed items.
Items on Zyra: 2x Rageblade, Runaans. Can replace a Rageblade with a Mage Emblem and slot in Zoe at 8.
Items on Pantheon: BT, HoJ, Titans Resolve, Dragon’s Claw, Warmogs
Items on Syfen: Thieve’s Gloves, Leftover BT or Tank items,
Core:
- Pantheon, Zyra, Syfen, Seraphine
Augments: Celestial Blessing, Big Friend, Thieve’s Gloves, Weakspot, Ascension, Thrill of the Hunt, Second Wind
Counters
- Lagoon counters this comp by wiping out your entire board via Nilah and Sohm, oftentimes Pantheon is only unit standing and can’t hold his own.
- Obviously highroll Xayah/Dragons will beat this through sheer DPS.
Astral Mages
Last Week’s Rank: B
Difficulty: Medium
Item/Augment Dependency: Medium
Variance: Low
Requirements:
- Lots of Astrals early on
Item Holder: Lux
How to Play: Since 5 Mages was buffed, the only Astral units you should focus on rerolling is Skarner, Vlad & Lux. Slot in 5 mages at 6 with Sylas, Taliyah & Lillia. If Nomsy variant is Mage, replace for Taliyah & Lillia. This comp is simple, just focus on frontline and Lux items. Push levels for Zoe/Bard/Asol eventually.
Lux items: Shojin, Archangel’s Staff, Jeweled Gauntlet (IE if you have Jeweled Lotus)
Core:
- 3 Astral + 5 Mage
Augments: Axiom Arc, Jeweled Lotus, Cybernetic Uplink, Preparation, Mage Crest, Portable Forge, Celestial Blessing
Counters
Built Different
Last Week’s Rank: A
Difficulty: Medium
Item/Augment Dependency: Medium
Variance: Medium
Requirements:
- Built Different Augment
Item Holder: Anyone
How to Play:
Standard Leveling. Try to win streak early too
Identify your 4 cost carry. There’s no “set” carry. Can use Xayah, Graves, Nilah, Pantheon at 4 cost.
Identify your best tanks. During the game before you find your final comp. Ask yourself “Who is the best Cavalier/Bruiser/Guardian”
Core:
- Flex units, play around Graves/Xayah/Pantheon. Built Different Seraphine is also an underrated comp.
Augments: Built Different, Portable Forge, Celestial Blessing, Level Up, Weakspot, Best Friends, High End Shoping
Counters
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B Tier: Playable, but not Preferred. These comps could be strong if uncontested.
Darkflight Cannoneer
Last Week’s Rank: S
Difficulty: Medium
Item/Augment Dependency: Medium
Variance: High
Requirements:
- One Zekes Herald
- Last Whisper
Item Holder: Aphelios, Any AD
How to Play:
Generally you want to sack Stage 2 and build your econ up. Most important aspect of this comp is getting Zeke’s early as it is the centerpiece item of the comp. Played optimally, you should roll down on 3-2 at level 6 and run 2 darkflight with 2 Aphelios’s. Put the Zeke’s on Senna and sacrifice her because she is the most expendable unit. Once you stabilize at 6 with Aphelios you push to level 7 to find Graves.
Lots of variations to this team. Can have 2/4/6 Darkflight, but higher Darkflight is not particularly necessary. Even though nerfed, 4 cannoneer is still preferred with this comp. Can do Cannoneer Emblem Rengar. Once you have Graves 2 and a strong team comp overall, you don’t have to play multiple copies of Rell/Aphelios, you can play more Cannoneers instead such as Cannoneer Nomsy
Core:
- 2/4/6 Darkflight, as many Cannoneers as possible
Augments:
Counters
- Raw DPS from top meta comps
Lee Sin or Nunu Dragonmancer
Last Week’s Rank: S
Difficulty: Medium
Item/Augment Dependency: Medium
Variance: Medium
Requirements:
- Lots of Lee Sins
- Dragonmancer Emblem for Nunu
Item Holder: Anyone
How to Play:
Reroll for Lee Sin 3* or Nunu 3* at level 7. Previously Nunu 2* was enough to stabilize and even get a top 2 placement. This is not the case anymore.
Items for Lee Sin: Damage build seems to be the best. HoJ, JG, IE, Titan’s, BT, Ionic, Gunblade, Archangel,
Items for Nunu: Dragonmancer Emblem, double healing (ideally Bloodthirster + HoJ)
Core:
- 6 Dragonmancer
Augments: Eye of the Storm, Tempest Crown, Celestial Blessing, Jeweled Lotus, Axiom Arc, Thrill of the Hunt
Counters
- High single target damage
Graves Nilah
Last Week’s Rank: B
Difficulty: High
Item/Augment Dependency: Medium
Variance: Medium
Requirements:
- Itemize first carry you upgrade
Item Holder: AD holders like Senna/Yone
How to Play:
Standard leveling into Fast 8 for tier 4 units
Flexible comp, so no need to play exact champions
Core:
- Graves, Nilah,
Augments: Cybernetic Implants, Cannoneer, Weakspot, Stand United, Portable Forge, Celestial Blessing
Counters
Jade + Carry
Last Week’s Rank: C
Difficulty: Low
Item/Augment Dependency: Medium
Variance: Low
Requirements: SOY items
Item Holder: Wukong, Nidalee
How to Play: This comp is very simple to play. Typical start is either Wukong or Nidalee holding SOY items and playing 3 Jade with Jax + Gnar. Then you just slot in Olaf for Bruiser Warrior and push levels to put in SOY at level 7/8 depending on if your hp is too low. At level 8, your board should be 7 Jade with Shapeshifter with Jayce/Shyvanna.
Since there are many AP centric comps this patch, you can slot in more mystics instead of 7 Jade Because of the simplicity of the comp and the heavy AP meta, this comp is higher than last patch but it still isn’t in the big leagues.
SOY items: Bloodthirster, 2x Titans Resolve. Can replace one Titans with a GS.
Jayce can be used as a supplementary AP carry or just a general tank. Optimally you can go 9 and slot in Shyvanna 2 with AP items but that involves highrolling.
Core:
- Soraka, Shi Oh Yu
Augments:
Counters
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C Tier and Below: These are compositions that are weak, but if they are given to you, you might be forced to play them.
Cannoneer Zeri
Last Week’s Rank: C
Difficulty: Medium
Item/Augment Dependency: Medium
Variance: Medium
Requirements:
- Cannoneer Nomsy
- Copies of Zeri depending on who you are going for
Item Holder: Senna
How to Play:
Reroll for Zeri 3* at level 7
Core:
- 4 Cannoneer
Augments: Tri Force, Best Friends, Cannoneer Augments, Portable Forge, Celestial Blessing, Radiant Relic
Counters
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TFT Items
Carousel Item Priority (Start of Game)
High Priority >>>> Low Priority
Bow if playing for Xayah, Belt to flex all styles, tear for forcing Lagoon or reroll Mages.
FAQ
- How are compositions ranked?
- There are many factors, but the two strongest ones are how often they can be played and how strong they are when you get it. Think of it like frequency of being played combined with how well it can potentially do.
- I also rank them based on how often the best players in the world play each comp (top 10 players in major regions)
- Why isn’t XYZ Comp here?
- Probably not played enough, not strong enough, or maybe it hasn’t been discovered yet and will hopefully be added next week.
- It’s also impossible to fit every single variation of every composition on a tier list, so expect variations of these comps to do well too.
- I also add in different versions of different comps in the notes, so be sure to read through them! (For example, one synergy might have two different playstyles such as reroll or standard)
- [Legendary Unit] carry is the best in the game, where is it?
- It is not reliable to have a 5 cost carry as a composition because you will not be able to get a 2* Legendary consistently. There may be metas where there are ‘Fast 9’ comps, but these often use any legendary they can get instead of a specific one.
- What does Difficulty, Item Dependency, and Variance mean?
- Difficulty is how hard the composition is to play. Difficulty does not factor into the strength or viability of the composition but serves as a factor for new players.
- Item dependency is how important specific items are to the composition.
- Variance is the approximate placement range of the composition. For example, a consistent Top 4 composition has Low variance. A composition that either places 1st or 8th has a High variance.
- Does what composition I play matter?
- No. Playing TFT well matters a lot more
- I can’t get these exact items every game
- You don’t need perfect items or exact items unless specified in the Requirements section. Most of the time you just need ‘playable’ items and not ‘best in slot’ (BIS)
- You are wrong, XYZ comp should be in S tier and ABC player said this S tier comp sucks
- Everyone has different opinions. I try to take a data based approach by analyzing games from the best players in each region to combine all their opinions.
- At the end of the day, comp doesn’t matter much compared to just playing TFT well (rolling, managing econ, positioning, etc). If you check out the best players, you will see that each player favors different compositions yet they are all very highly ranked.
- When is this site updated?
- Every Friday
- Where can I learn more?
- There are many resources and players to learn from. I suggest starting at my YouTube channel and this website.
Knowing how to get better at TFT is much more important than knowing what compositions to play. Knowing how to play Teamfight Tactics will help you no matter what patch it is.
Tier placement assumes strong play. Refer to Difficulty metric before attempting to play.
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