Don’t hesitate to level up early
With the special effect of the Tech trait, you only need one item to have a unit strong enough with good health and damage, even if it’s just level 1 star. Therefore, you don’t necessarily have to save money to roll too much; if you feel the need to maintain a winning streak, you can definitely push to level 7 or 8 early to increase your chances of obtaining expensive units like Ekko or Irelia to complete the largest 6 Tech combo possible.
Another strength of leveling up to higher levels early is that you will find many ways to combine strong team compositions to match your opponents each match. The current 5-cost units in Teamfight Tactics are extremely powerful, so leveling up to 8 early will open opportunities to acquire game-changing pieces like Thresh, Urgot, Lulu, or even Janna as viable options.
Lucian is just a ‘item holder’
Lucian has always been an essential unit of the Tech team, partly because this trait only has 6 champions, but more importantly, it is extremely strong in the mid-game and can carry the team to late. However, at this point, with Vayne debuting as the 7th Tech unit, having Lucian in the composition is no longer mandatory; if used, it only serves as an item holder for the carry.
The reason Lucian has been somewhat sidelined recently is that this piece needs to accompany another Gunner unit to be strong, taking up additional space in the composition while the goal now is to complete the 6 Tech threshold as quickly as possible. The advice from top players is that if you do use Lucian, you should only equip him with items; at most, level him to 2 stars, but don’t bother leveling him to 3 stars.
Building ‘new’ items
First, let’s talk about Vayne, the new unit of this trait; the most important item for this new Marksman is the Blue Bow as it counters Vanguard, a very popular class currently. To ensure even more power, you might want to add Infinity Edge to increase the damage output of this unit. If opponents have too much dangerous crowd control, only then should you add defensive items for her.
With Ekko and the change to his skill, strong hit effect items like Red Buff are extremely suitable. You can use this item for Lucian and then sell it when you get Ekko to maximize the effectiveness of this item. Furthermore, a tip from top players is that Frozen Heart is an extremely powerful item when used on Ekko; it will significantly reduce the backline damage from opponents and make your frontline survive a lot longer.
