Roll Instead of Leveling Up
4-cost champions in Teamfight Tactics are incredibly powerful characters when you have the right damage dealers, tanks, and strong sources of damage. Therefore, many gamers think that leveling up to level 8 quickly to get those strong 4-cost units is the right way to play. However, the reality is quite different; if you do so, your remaining gold will be very low (20-30 gold) to upgrade 2-3 4-cost units to 2 stars.
Moreover, selling health to level up is often not very effective as you may get eliminated very quickly before you can roll for your desired carries. Therefore, in cases where opponents are pressuring you and you are on a losing streak, instead of just leveling up, Challenger players often slow roll to upgrade their team at level 7. This not only helps players have sufficient power to win or lose the least health possible, but also gives you more opportunities to win in the later stages.
Assemble Items Based on the Situation Instead of Focusing Solely on “Core Items”
“Core items” are usually referred to as the most important items that help a champion maximize their power. These items are so crucial that players are willing to build their team around the items instead of the champions they have. While this approach is not wrong, if you force yourself to build in this way, you will miss many opportunities to upgrade your team’s power and avoid losing a significant amount of health.
For example, if you have a Giant’s Rod, Tear of the Goddess, and a Wooden Bow alongside a 3 Innovators team at level 6. Many gamers in this situation will hold onto those items and wait to combine them into a Spear of Shojin or Morellonomicon for Seraphine with a 5 Innovators team. However, you cannot control whether you will receive the desired items in the next monster round, so holding items like that is very risky. Instead, you should create a Statikk Shiv for Ezreal to increase damage.
Be Cautious When Choosing Augments
Although there are many augments in the game, they can essentially be divided into two types: power and economy. Power augments will increase stats, help you upgrade your team, and enhance traits and origins… Meanwhile, economy augments help you save gold and have more money to roll. According to the experience of Challenger players, you should always choose at least 2 power augments in each match to ensure your team’s damage output and survivability.
Regarding economy augments, one is sufficient, and you should not be greedy and take too many upgrades of this type, causing your team to lag behind compared to the enemy team. You should also avoid picking economy augments in the second and third upgrade selections, as opponents will be able to gain strength very quickly with power augments. This will help ensure your team’s strength does not fall too far behind in the match and that you lose very little health if you do lose.