TFT Breakdown.
This mode is called Team Fight Tactics.
This mode is not tactical it is luck of the draw and economy based entirely.
You have a passive income and a health bar, like in Magic the Gathering. You keep fighting creeps and players until everyone has zero health. Last one with health left wins. Simple, right?
So you have to choose to spend money early to get wins and win streak gold, or don't spend your money and get lose streak gold, but also risk your overall health bar.
Either strategy can win the game for you, IF you get the champ duplicate draws before other people, combine the right items to build stronger items, and if you are lucky late game to get Legendary champs like Lux, Massa Yi, Taric, or Zed.
The power of a champ is entirely based on combining 9 of that same champ card together to make a 3 star max level champ.
If you do not combine champs to level 3, and do not combine items, you will lose, unless everyone else fails to do this as well.
So as I said in the title, this game is not tactical as you'd expect, it is economical and luck of the draw.
Overall I have had more success losing and saving gold, than trying to win with 100% health and sacrificing income early game.