What is Twisted Fate's mechanical theme?

GhostOfShrimpmas·8/28/2016, 8:15:40 PM·1 votes·386 views

His kit doesn't really seem to have any focus.

His passive is a reward for farming minions.

His Q is a spammable, long range nuke that's fairly easy to dodge but covers a lot of area. Paired with his passive, it seems like he'd be a sort of aoe siege mage.

His W is a versatile auto buff that takes a bit of setup to get good use out of. This seems to suggest bursty assassin.

His E is a reward for autoing a lot, which suggests that he's a sustained damage ap auto attacker.

And his ult is a perfect assassination tool, with a big dose of team utility.

His kit really feels all over the place, and has no coherent theme. Is he an aoe siege mage? An assassin? A Sustained dpser? And, aside from his W and passive, what do any of those abilities have to do with being a gambler?

3 Comments

Eedat8/28/2016, 8:38:47 PM3 votes

Picks. TF's kit revolves around making Picks. He's kind of like an AP assassin. Charge your E proc on creeps, pop ult, grab your gold card, port in, heavily burst a squishy target with E proc + Gold card + Q + Thunderlords + Lich bane.

Thats how his kit works

Zezockary8/28/2016, 8:22:44 PM1 votes

Mechanically I would say that he is an aoe siege mage with a lot of map presence. He needs the CC and burst to help gank and the pushing skills to zone and siege.

From a more lore based perspective, he is a card shark and a gambler. His passive gives a random amount of gold on kill. His W, were he not a cheater, would give him a random AA buff depending on what he pulled out of the deck of cards, but since he is a cheater he gets to pick a card. His E is basically just for it to make his cool autoattacks where he throws cards worth adding to the theme.

Ok sure but why8/28/2016, 8:28:18 PM1 votes

assassin works nice

he either reks fast or gets rekt fast