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Clear Difference with "Meta" Builds - Demon/Shape

Fcuked·7/15/2019, 10:19:47 AM·1 votes·973 views

So to begin with, on the normal TFT I have around a 90% Top 4 win rate. Love the game in every way, builds feel great, I feel like I can play 6 sorc, 6 blade, 6 noble etc and have great success no matter what I play, my go to build is Wild/Sorc and I love it.

So after finding out I can go on the PBE and play ranked I thought why not..... lets see all the changes! Now firstly I like TF and the Item system, great additions to the game, and the whole ranking system make you feel like not a complete failure for coming 4th. But..... There is 2 things that really annoy me. Demon is far to strong early/mid game, it suffocates most builds. Elise is a good change but that also adds on a knock on effect that makes Shapeshifter hit its power a lot earlier on in the game. Honestly in the last 6 games I have played the top 2-3 guys are always using Demon/Shapeshifter build of some sort. I have tried every counter I can think of but nothing works. Demon suffocates and spell casting from your front line and if the fight goes on more then 15 secs all 3 shifters transform and just become too tanky to deal with (looking at you Gnar). Is there a counter to this or is it the case of cant beat em join em? I love playing different build game to game, should I just stick to 2 builds thats "Meta" to climb? Hope all this changes on the release of ranked on the live server.

8 Comments

Pxerkza7/15/2019, 10:27:49 AM2 votes

stacked zed assassin rangers gunslingers and knights or nobles should be doing fine into them

the assassins rangers and gunslingers don't really care about mana the knights and nobles can tank a lot of dmg as demons don't tend to hit too hard

at least thats in theory whether it works out is another topic

Teh Song7/15/2019, 12:00:05 PM2 votes

Well you can't join them, because of the shared champion pool. They are already gimping themselves if there's 3 of them using the same build.

At any rate if in a match your main struggle is against demons, you could build a comp of manaless champions. Grab Graves, Kassadin, etc. instead of seeking class bonuses. If you have no Mana, they effectively don't have the demon bonus.

PhearBunny7/15/2019, 12:11:30 PM2 votes

RFC Guinsoo BT Draven doesnt care about any comp.

Autoattack- Dead Autoattack- Dead Autoattack -Dead Autoattack-Dead Draven wins.

PhearBunny7/15/2019, 12:44:42 PM1 votes

also. Rank2+ Shyvana with Dragon and 2 or more Thornmails, is unbeatable.

anjogrTest7/15/2019, 4:14:36 PM1 votes

Also, I have to imagine that if it's as ubiquitous as you say, it will not be released as is.

TwitchInMyPants7/15/2019, 4:33:07 PM1 votes

Just saying demon comp while having access to two shapeshifters is expensive and only counters abilities

If you build more around crits or on-hits then you're going to struggle a lot less vs Demons. And they're mainly popular on PBE because they're buffed.