Despite being released just a week ago in the international server, major regions like North America, Europe, and South Korea have around 20 players reaching the Master tier in Teamfight Tactics. It’s only a matter of time before they reach Challenger. Recently, player Kitingishard, currently at 248 Master points and ranked number one in North America and many top rankings in the West, shared his ranking tips with some very practical advice.
First, regarding team compositions, Kitingishard categorizes the current team comps into three tiers, noting that this ranking is based on their strength when fully assembled.
Tier S – Extremely Dominant
Rebels, Guardians, Super Tech
Tier A – Strong and Easily Reaches Top 4
Mech – Infiltrators and Mech – Sorcerers
Tier B – Requires Many Conditions to be Strong
All other team compositions.
This may be a very accurate strength ranking as even the designers of Teamfight Tactics have to admit that Rebels are too strong. This composition tops Tier S with an incredibly powerful complete team, especially Aurelion Sol with his massive damage output.
However, the dominance of Rebels lies in the fact that it combines exceptionally well with many different traits and origins, giving this composition a vast potential for transformation. Combos like Cannoneers, Blasters, Mystics, and Brawlers only require two champions to activate, while Duelists need three, yet Rebels already have two units from this origin.
In Tier A, we have two variations of the Mech composition with Infiltrators and Sorcerers. While this composition may not have the strength of Tier S team comps, being strong early with Superbots allows you to maintain a good position in the mid-game and easily reach the top 4. Not only about compositions, he also shared a champion strength ranking and item rankings in Teamfight Tactics for everyone.
In the champion ranking, we can see that the S and A tier champions (the strong champions) are mostly strong individuals that are also powerful when combined into specific compositions. Otherwise, they must belong to the S or A tier compositions mentioned above. The units in Tier B and C tend to need a suitable composition to unleash their strength, while the final group contains situational units or those not belonging to a very strong composition.
Finally, this player also shared some very useful tips during the process of building compositions:
Don’t try to build according to a preset composition; play based on the games to maintain health, as this is a crucial resource.
If you want to play Rebels, don’t just buy units of this origin; buy what you feel is solid, build a sufficiently strong composition in the mid-game, then transition to playing Rebels in the late game.
This also applies to strong compositions with six units like Super Tech; never leave your composition at 5 Super Tech units before you have Ekko. Instead, use other lone combos like Chrono Cannoneers and Brawlers to survive.
Pirates are very strong in the early and mid-game.
Never roll before reaching level 8 (unless you want to hit 3 stars on a specific champion). You must not die before round 4-3; each game round gives you 5 champions in the shop, so use that to maintain your health.
If you don’t have 50 gold after the third shared pick round, then you have a major issue.
Super Tech is not an easy top 1 composition; it can beat standard compositions, but you will lose to those who are too lucky. This composition also requires a certain level of skill to play, as there are many carry champions you can rely on in a match.
What do you think about the insights from this top 1 Western player? Are you playing like a Challenger but stuck in Bronze? Leave your thoughts in the comments below.