Your Guide to Black Market Brawlers

Since it's pretty obvious that the meta has been obliterated in this game-mode, I'll share some basic strategy to help you dominate the market!

The game-mode itself is played like normal Summoner's Rift. You want the meta roles in play, as it's the only way to fully take advantage of the new features. The only major difference is that games end sooner because the black market items are more efficient and the mercenaries add extra punch to minion waves.

Mercs When you buy one, it applies for all lanes, so decide based more on enemy comp than your own lane opponent. You want the first ability tier before getting either defense or offense upgrades. Afterwards, ability upgrades are still a pretty important purchase. Pushes lanes and punishes aggressive traders. Better with offense. Kills turrets and lets minions build up behind it. Better with defense. Harasses melee opponents that prevent you from farming. Better with offense. Counters mages and provides additional vision. 2nd Merc upgrade mandatory.

Items Aggressor bruisers such as: Peeling tanks such as: Aggressor tanks such as: AS-based carries such as: Ranged carries (in general) such as: Melee carries such as: AP carries (in general) such as: Aggressor APs such as: AoE APs such as: Support APs (in general) such as: Supports (in general). It's going to replace whatever gold generation item you would've used before. The teleport enchant is mandatory unless you're that guy who can't live without Furor/Distortion.