This is possibly the second-worst meta we've ever had, better than Rebels, but worse than blender. There are literally seven playable comps, meaning there are less playable comps than players. Even Blender meta had nine playable comps.
A few changes they made before we go into comps.
- Dark Star gives 14.3 percent less AD and AP at six.
- Shaco has been rebalanced to where he has more base AD but his ultimate does less damage. As such with the AD changes, his ultimate does only 3.1 percent less damage at level two. However, it does significantly less damage with items and the Dark Star buff. More importantly, his first ultimate requires 16.7 percent less mana, but all subsequent ults require 25 percent more mana. This shouldn't hurt Dark Star too much and should heavily damage but not kill Mech. Oh, Mech is still one of the best comps by the way; I was wrong.
- Syndra requires 23.1 percent more mana to ult. This is kinda huge and I think it'll be really hard to play Egirls over Chrono Valk.
Jhin
Get IE and either GA or Trap Claw on Jhin. Put AP on Xerath, Ashe or Lux. Roll at seven for two three-stars. GG.
You can literally force this comp every game into rank seven Challenger.
Cybernetics
I made the mistake of not stacking Irelia. Stack Irelia. IE, Last Whisper and either another IE or GA and you're good to go. Basically, either go Jhin or this, same items.
Red buff or Luden's on Lucian and put some mana items on Kayle and Ekko. GG.
Brawler Blasters
I'm really surprised this comp has so many wins. If you have a bunch of B.F. Swords and can't find IE, this looks like the comp to go. I haven't tried it much admittedly, but I have played a lot of Jinx. Giant Slayer, a defensive item and a utility item are probably best on her.
Stick some AP on MF and use Lucian as your AP item holder until you get her.
You should also stick an A Sol in at level nine.
Mech Infiltrator
I'm really surprised this comp didn't die. It's probably still good, but only about the fourth or fifth-best comp.
I also lied, you roll at six because you want to be aggressive with your gold. Put some AD items on Shaco and tank items on Rumble. The more three stars you have, the better.
Chrono Valk
I'm really surprised this comp performed so poorly. Maybe with the Egirls and Mech nerfs it'll do better as Mech destroys this comp and if you have a lot of AP, you'd go Egirls, but I'm not so sure.
Put an AP item, GA or Trap Claw and a third item on Kayle, mana on MF and you're good to go.
Use Kai'Sa to hold items for MF and put Red Buff on Ezreal if you're forced to.
Egrils
The other AP comp. Put Seraph's, Deathcap and either GA or Trap Claw on Syndra and pray you get her level three. If not, it's probably an eighth.
I don't think you should ever play this comp contested by the way.
Bang Bros
As it turns out, this comp is playable. The worst of the best, but still playable.
If you get a bunch of Negatron Cloaks or if it's a Trade Sector Galaxy, consider going this comp.
Put some AD items on Yasuo, some attack speed items on Yi and throw some QSSs or GAs around and you're good to go.
Roll at six by the way.
Meta Update
I feel like I've just figured out what's going on this set. As such, I missed a lot of stuff or just got it wrong.
What I Got Right
- Xerath isn't good; he's broken. Possibly the best five-cost unit in the game.
- Deathblade is unusable.
- The RFC buff seems to have helped Bang Bros and Kayle.
- The Cybernetic nerf wasn't that impactful and since people figured out how to play it and Mech Infil got nerfed, it seems insanely strong.
- Zeke's Herald is definitely still unplayable.
- I said Jhin was the second-best comp. Turns out it's not only the best comp, but the second-most oppressive comp in TFT history.
- Cybernetics is the second-best comp. I had them at fourth. Close enough.
What I Got Wrong
- Firstly and most obviously, Mech Infil is definitely not dead. Even with this Shaco nerf, it's not going to be dead.
- Egirls is definitely not the best comp. I'm really surprised by this as they got a bunch of buffs.
- Calamari is completely unplayable.
- The Jinx buff was actually huge apparently as Brawler Blasters is really strong.
- Chrono Valk is definitely not the third-best comp. It's borderline unplayable.
What I Didn't Know
- The Shen buff is also a buff to Bang Bros.
- If you have three or more frontline units, you should group them up instead of spacing them out.
- Stacking Irelia is really important.
- You should roll for Mechs and Bang Bros at six.
