How to start playing Teamfight Tactics - top 5 tips for beginners
Bogdan LashchenkoMastering a game, especially as compound and versatile as Teamfight Tactics (TFT), is usually quite difficult. Especially, if you are just starting your TFT journey and trying to do it all by yourself.
Constant learning and improving in any multiplayer game is one of the fundamentals to having more fun while playing. At times all it takes from meandering in bronze to skyrocketing to new heights, is just to know a few tricks.
When it comes to Teamfight Tactics, there are a few easy best practices that will help you climb through the ranks. Let’s then check out the best tricks for Teamfight Tactics for beginners.
Top 5 tips for Teamfight Tactics beginners
1# Master two or three compositions
If you are a complete newbie in TFT or you are trying out a new set, building a solid foundation is essential. It is usually overwhelming and impossible to start up a new game and learn everything at once.
Therefore, instead of forcing way too much in your brain, start slow, progress step-by-step, and broaden your horizons steadily. In a game like Teamfight Tactics, where you have a lot of unique units with their own weaknesses and strengths, along with a lot of combinations or traits for them as well, patience is the key to success.
Therefore, when you start your TFT journey, the best strategy is to find two or three compositions and stick to them for a while. With time, you will learn how to pilot them to high levels and be aware of their comeback potential, essential resources or power spikes.
Remember, though, that there is always a little bit of the luck factor in Teamfight Tactics. Nevertheless, when you implement at least a few best practices, you are able to mitigate it a little.
Moreover, narrowing down the pool of compositions to two or three will help you understand them thoroughly and build confidence by starting to win more consistently.
If you have difficulty narrowing down, you can help yourself by checking out the meta compositions along with their difficulty on the Internet.
2# Be flexible if contested
It is still important to stick to two or three compositions when you start, but you can get away from being contested for a trait or traits. You and your opponents can earn great starts for a specific trait and declare it as the gameplan.
Nevertheless, there can be a heavily contested meta composition that all players crave to abuse for LP (League Points).
In such cases, it is a good strategy to have a plan B. You could, for example, get a few extra units to pivot if the person contesting your traits picks up steam quicker.
What is more, you can also come up with an idea of how some of the compositions can be adapted to others.
Truth be told, it feels awful when your opponent chooses the same trait as you and is luckier with unit rolls. Although you also have chances to get lucky, it's not the smartest strategy to be stubborn.
Therefore, try to pick up a few extra units for cases when you have to pivot to another composition and don't get obsessed with playing one single composition if the circumstances impose the change.
3# Learn how to balance your economy
When it comes to the economy, the preferences factor definitely comes into play. There are players who prefer to economize and save money, while others like to force early power spikes and use them to win streaks.
Nevertheless, you need to find a balance between these two extremes. There will be times that will need money saving and others that will require spending money. Therefore, the key is to adjust your money-spending habits to the flow of the game.
For example, if you win streaking early with a late-game scaling composition, saving money to get those essential Yones and Kai'sas will allow you to finish in the first place. Nevertheless, if the same composition is very behind early, rolling for power spikes can be essential around level 6.
As a result, rolling down a decent amount of gold and strong three-cost units can allow you to stay afloat. Nevertheless, there is no use in saving if you get knocked out, isn't it?
4# Learn from the best
Another important strategy to keep in mind is to learn from others. Probably most of your gameskill will come with practice, so you will learn by playing. Keep in mind, though, that you won't figure out everything all by yourself.
Luckily, there are numerous inspirational streamers on Twitch playing at high levels and YouTubers providing educational and fun videos to facilitate you to master Teamfight Tactics.
It is also worthwhile to follow Riot Tournaments that are organized throughout the year, like, for example, the TFT World Championship. Such events feature the best players competing against each other to prove the best one. Watching such combats in high-stakes situations is always a great opportunity to figure out what their strategy is and spot some tricks to implement in your own gaming.
5# Use the MillionPugs platform
Last but not least, whether you just have started playing Teamfight Tactics or you are a little bit more experienced, you can also use the MillionPugs service to earn powerful game content for TFT and other widely popular games.
MillionPugs is a brand-new cashback platform allowing gamers to redeem game items, like, for example, Rare Eggs for Teamfight Tactics, in exchange for reward points. These points are earned when you shop online at over 2000 different brands, so it is easy to find your favorite ones on the list and claim your game prizes quickly.
All in all, there are multiple best practices to become better at Teamfight Tactics. Remember to start slow without jumping in at the deep end, learn to adapt your strategy to the game flow and balance your money-spending strategy, learn from the best, and facilitate your TFT journey with fancy game rewards you can get using MillionPugs.
Bogdan Lashchenko – content manager at EgamersWorld.Bogdan has been working at EGamersWorld since 2023. Joining the company, he began fillin the site with information, news and events.