Teamfight Tactics, an auto-chess variant produced by Riot Games set in their League of Legends universe, recently released a mobile version of the game. The gameplay follows the standard auto-chess formula consisting of rounds of fighting monsters for resources, scrambling for better items in the carousel, and battling it out with other players. Team composition and resource management is the surest way to victory in TFT.
Adapting the game for mobile has provided LoL fans with a way to stay connectedto the game on the go. Just in case the frustration of Solo Queue wasn’t enough, now players can jump into ranked games any second of the day, even when feet away from their computer. But when the stress of dropping from Diamond to Silver in 3 games gets to be too much, just take a deep breath and engage with the League community via meme.
10 The Space-Pirate Paradox
Space-Pirates sound so cool, especially with powerhouse characters like Darius, Graves, and Jayce. That being said, it is hard to justify a rag tag team of characters whose only perk is POSSIBLY getting extra gold or items.
While this sounds lucrative, the drop rate, at least in the 10 games of space-pirates comp I have played, is pretty low. Unless Darius is level 3 and dunking like Lebron, there’s no good reason to dump resources into these characters instead of a decent front line and carry combo.
9 Catch-22
Trying to boost gold with low level characters is like buying too much toilet paper. It seems like a great idea until you have a pile of unusable resources and no prospect of happiness by using it. That being said, completing those 3 star champions takes a lot of luck in the rng department of TFT.
Getting the 9th Ashe in one game feels impossible when grabbing her off the carousel, but when it rolls into the store, there is no better feeling. RIP to the player still waiting on their second Lulu though.
8 Not Another Infiltrator Movie
While Pike is not currently in the mobile rotation, the infiltrator class is still rife with champions that inspire anger and frustration. There should be a safety strap for mobile devices that gets shipped every time a new player downloads TFT mobile.
No phone is safe from the involuntary reaction brought on by a 3 item, level 3 Kaisa annihilating entire back lines faster than a carry can auto. But fret not. The Aurelion Sol waiting in the last carousel will change the game entirely.
7 Poor Icharus
Everyone does this. There is only humility in losing. When a summoner is in the throws of their victory celebration, hubris abounds. The only thing more self confident than a newly anointed victor of Summoners’ Rift is a professional streamer anytime of the day.
Winning feels even better when there is only one, as with Teamfight Tactics. It also takes the sting out of losing when you’re not in last place. Points are still gained for the top 4.
6 Nice One
League of Legends has been around for over a decade now. Summoners have come and gone (and come back again). The Esports scene has exploded into an international phenomenon, with professional play occurring most months out of the year. It is regularly the most viewed game on Twitch.
In short, League of Legends is a fantastically huge deal (to people who know about it) and it has now been around long enough for this joke to make sense. Regardless of how old the old person in question happens to be.
5 So You’re Saying There’s A Chance
There is nothing better in TFT than getting an item on a level 3 champion. It just so happens that receiving a useful item happens once, maybe twice a decade (for those not paying attention, League of Legends just turned 10 years old recently).
Fortunately, there was one Infinity Edge doled out in the release trailer for Teamfight Tactics when it first released. The rest of the League community is still waiting on theirs to drop in a round of TFT.
4 Hit Me
Auto-Chess may be a misleading title for a game genre. Granted, the only thing that TFT shares with chess is the surprising amount of time it takes to make a move. How well one does in this mobile game depends largely on the luck of the draw (or at least it feels that way [but seriously it is all luck]).
A favorable store could land the summoner with a slew of 3 star champions come the mid game. Alternately, it is almost certain that the 3rd Kayle will be waiting the next refresh after you’ve sold the other two for a level upgrade. So it isn’t all chaos out there, but hope for the best.
3 Got ‘Em
The beauty of video games is that one can simply walk away from them. No PC can follow an off-duty summoner (at least not yet). Yet even Demigods are subject to the laws of the universe, and a cellphone cannot be escaped.
So now, even in the quiet hours of the day, every person with a Riot account has that gnawing feeling in the back of their mind that tells them to queue up just one more time. Abandon hope all ye who enter your credentials.
2 Last Ditch Effort
It seems to be a tactic in Teamfight Tactics to tactically tank a team ’til…that is enough. Every great sport has a desperation play that is just crazy enough to work. Football players throw a Hail Mary pass. Hockey players pull their goalie in the final minutes.
And TFT players who cannot catch a break will smash the refresh store button until an orange (gold?) champion appears to rescue their terrible team with exactly 4 hp left going into a battle with the number 2 seed.
1 Fools’ Gold
Climbing the ladder in League feels great because it is so difficult to do without a team to help. There is a great deal of skill and time commitment involved in advancing through the ranks. Battling up and down the sliding scale of LP can become a roller coaster of emotions.
Putting in hours of work and practice to finally achieve that desired rank is the height of glory for any self respecting gamer. A moment so stupendous that entire compilation videos have been produced online around it. TFT is a game of chance and requires none of that.
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