To get in the mood for Set 2, Riot Games hosted a Teamfight Tactics Invitational, where well-known personalities and Twitch streamers were invited. We present to you the three combos that the winner used in the tournament: the best and strongest new combos in LoL Auto Chess.
Update March 17, 2020: In the meantime, Set 3 has been released. Accordingly, we have created a new article with 2 strong champion combos for the start of the set.
What was the tournament like? The TFT Rise of the Elements Invitational was a tournament featuring 16 players competing for a prize pool of nearly $150,000.
Among the participants were streamers such as:
- Rumay “ItsHafu” Wang
- William “Scarra” Li
- David “Dogdog” Caero
- Jeremy “Disguised Toast” Wang
- Byron “Reckful” Bernstein
- Brian Kibler
You can watch the recording of the event on YouTube.
Who won the tournament? The winner of the first TFT Invitational was Jang “Keane” Lae-young. The 26-year-old Korean actively played as a mid-laner for the LoL team FlyQuest in North America until November 2018.
He now belongs to the TFT team of SoloMid and played at a high level for a long time during the first season, finishing “only” with Diamond 1.
At the Invitational, however, he showcased his strength, achieving first place three times in a row in the finals. We present to you the champion combos that helped Keane succeed.
Combo 1 – Shadow, Mystic, Summoner
What is this combo? In the first four matches of the finals, Keane did not achieve a victory. In matches 3 and 4, he tried out several combos but returned to an old strategy in match 5.
In the preliminary round, he already used almost all summoner and shadow champions. This was also the case in match 5. He ended up facing Rakin in a 1v1, who was using a combo of 6 light champions. In the fight of light vs. shadow, shadow triumphed impressively.
These champions were used:
- Sion – Shadow/Berserker
- Master Yi – Shadow/Blade Master/Mystic
- Malzahar – Shadow/Summoner
- Lux – Avatar/Shadow x2
- Zed – Blitz/Summoner/Assassin
- Kah’Zix – Desert/Assassin
- Yorick – Lich/Summoner
- Janna – Cloud/Mystic
These are the bonuses of the combo:
- 4x Shadow
- 1x Avatar
- 3x Summoner
- 2x Mystic
These items were used:
- Malzahar – Spear of Shojin, Guinsoo’s Rageblade
- Lux – Morellonomicon, Zeke’s Herald
- Zed – Warmog’s Armor, Repeating Crossbow
- Sion – Gloves of the Iceborn
- Master Yi – Frost Hammer
Variations of the combo: In the preliminary round, Keane played a similar build but did not have Lux with the shadow attribute. Instead, he relied on:
- Sion – Shadow/Berserker
- Master Yi – Shadow/Blade Master/Mystic
- Malzahar – Shadow/Summoner
- Yorick – Lich/Summoner
- Azir – Desert/Summoner
- Qiyana – Ocean/Assassin
- Nami – Ocean/Mystic
- Aatrox – Light/Blade Master
- Kindred – Inferno/Shadow/Archer
Combo 2 – Blitz, Summoner, Shadow, Guardian
What is this combo? Keane won match 6 with a slightly different build. He relied on 4 Blitz champions, and only marginally on summoner and shadow.
With these champs and an interesting combination of items, Keane secured victory in Teamfight Tactics Set 2.
These champions were used:
- Lux – Avatar/Blitz x2
- Zed – Blitz/Assassin/Summoner
- Ornn – Blitz/Guardian
- Taric – Crystal/Guardian
- Azir – Desert/Summoner
- Yorick – Light/Summoner
- Malzahar – Shadow/Summoner
- Sion – Shadow/Berserker
These are the bonuses of the combo:
- 4x Blitz
- 1x Avatar
- 3x Summoner
- 2x Shadow
- 2x Guardian
These items were used:
- Azir – 3x Zeke’s Herald
- Zed – Silence, Liberation Strike, Hand of Justice
- Yorick – Ionic Spark
- Sion – Thorn Armor
Combo 3 – Blitz, Avatar, Summoner, Assassin, Desert, Shadow, Cloud
What is this combo? The third build with which Keane won in the finals was a mix of many different attributes. Again, he utilized shadow and summoner.
His item build with 3x Zeke’s Herald on Azir was employed again.
These champions were used:
- Lux – Avatar/Blitz x2
- Zed – Blitz/Assassin/Summoner
- Azir – Desert/Summoner
- Malzahar – Shadow/Summoner
- Yorick – Light/Summoner
- Kindred – Inferno/Shadow/Archer
- Kha’Zix – Desert/Assassin
- Qiyana – Cloud/Assassin
- Janna – Cloud/Mystic
These are the bonuses of the combo:
- 1x Avatar
- 3x Blitz
- 3x Summoner
- 3x Assassin
- 2x Desert
- 2x Shadow
These items were used:
- Azir – 3x Zeke’s Herald
- Zed – Zephyr
- Yorick – Warden’s Armor
- Lux – Guinsoo’s Rageblade
- Kha’Zix – Seraph’s Embrace, Rapid Firecannon
- Qiyana – Runaan’s Hurricane, Swordbreaker
Keane relies heavily on Shadow and Summoner
What stands out in the combos? In his builds, Keane primarily relies on shadow and summoner. Malzahar and Yorick are present on the board in 5 of his 6 victories at the Invitational. He also played at least 2 shadow creatures in 5 of 6 wins.
He is not alone in this. Disguised Toast, Becca, and Holythoth also utilized shadow creatures in their combos to win. The final of the Invitational even began with 4x shadow vs. 4x shadow.
What is the current state of the meta? Keane has since published a tier list for the second set. In it, he places many champions he himself played in the tournament in the S-Tier.
In the S-Tier are:
- Kindred
- Kha’Zix
- Qiyana
- Master Yi
- Lux
- Sion
- Malzahar
- Diana
Almost all of the champions he used in victories during the tournament are placed in S or A-Tier.
All winning combos from the Invitational: If you want to see all winners and not just Keane’s, you can do so in a graphic.
The reddit user ShroomsAreWards has created a corresponding overview:
The set is still relatively new in TFT. These are the 5 biggest changes compared to the first season:
