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Runes: Halfhand's rune setup
+10% Attack Speed
+2% Movement Speed
+65 Base Health
Spells:
Flash
Teleport
Items
Ability Order
Loaded Dice (PASSIVE)
Twisted Fate Passive Ability
Threats & Synergies
Irelia
TIPS: Never push the wave, unless your jungler needs prio, you are ahead or you want to look for a roam. Make sure you watch your minions hp. She will be jumping onto them if they are low hp., so don't stand next to low hp minions. Try to get lvl 6 without dying, and start roaming with r afterwards. This champion is a laning god, but outside of lane she isn't as strong. Don't fight her strong points.
Lee Sin
TIPS: perfect duo champion for TF. Gold card, lee can hit his q for free, easy kill. Since he is AD the enemy also won't be able to itemize mercs/banshees like they could when you play with eve/nidalee.
Lee Sin
TIPS: perfect duo champion for TF. Gold card, lee can hit his q for free, easy kill. Since he is AD the enemy also won't be able to itemize mercs/banshees like they could when you play with eve/nidalee.
- Try to get +7 cs/min; Twisted Fate's passive (![]() - Don't die in lane. There are very few matchups that ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() - Time your recall so you have items when you are using your first ultimate. The perfect first base would be at level 5. Get back to lane with all the items you purchased and then when you hit level 6 you will be ready to for your first ultimate. - Improve your wave control so your opponent doesn't get the chance to freeze the lane on you. In bad matchups try to focus on last hitting and let the wave come to you. Pushing the wave in a bad matchup will put you in danger to get ganked. ONLY PUSH WHEN YOU: want to roam, ult or get priority for an objective. - Twisted Fate is a champion that requires great macro understanding so don't dwell too much on mechanical misplays. Focus on your map movement/positioning. Rewatch your own gameplay (mainly your ults) and question your decision making. - Don't permanently group with your team. Your ultimate allows you to split push in a sidelane. This allows you to get a lot more XP and Gold while being able to use your ult to get back to your team in case a fight breaks out. - Try to play towards 1 win-condition. Its often better to ult botlane 4 times than to ult bot 2 times and top 2 times. Play for 1 carry and safe your ultimate to help them out. Don't feel like you have to help everyone out. There are a lot of games where I don't even go top once, just because I feel like bot has more influence over winning the game. - Watch high elo Twisted Fate players play the game. I personally learned a lot from watching dopa's stream. Try to look how he plays, when he bases, which items he buys, how he positions, when he ults, ... Link to his stream; www.twitch.tv/dopa24 and YouTube; www.youtube.com/Dopagod Since Dopa is on military service feel free to check out my own content; www.twitch.tv/Halfhand - www.youtube.com/Halfhand |
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Before you read through my guide I would like to introduce myself as a way to make my guide more credible.
My name is Halfhand. In season 12 I reached Grandmaster playing exclusively Twisted Fate with a 66% winrate and became the rank 1 Twisted Fate in the world. Playing Twisted Fate since season 5 I have also accumulated over a million mastery points on him.
🏆 Rank 1 Twisted Fate
🥇 Other Achievements
Throughout the past few seasons I've come up with my own customized runes/build shared with you in this guide. My setup is mostly inspired by other great Twisted Fate players like Dopa & WuhuShen.
Follow me on social media for daily posts & updates.
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His global ultimate
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His passive
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High elo junglers love playing with good Twisted Fate players because he is easy to setup ganks with and has very good wave pushing which allows him to move first for onjectives. It also allows them to invade the enemy jungler when Twisted Fate has his r
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This is also why opponents in higher elo often refuse to push their waves because they know Twisted Fate will ult on them. This gives your team alot of 'free' pressure when you are out of vision.
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Halfhand's rune setup:
Arcane Comet
Halfhand's rune setup is a very lane focused setup for
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How does the Halfhand's rune setup work exactly?
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+10% Attack speed |
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+2% Movement speed |
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The last rune is defence. I always go flat health. |
DISCLAIMER
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-- W -- E -- Q -- Q --- Q -- R --- Q -- W -- Q -- W -- R -- W -- W --- E --- E --- R -- E --- E --
In terms of abilities you max Q
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Ofcourse you unlock your R
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Always start with W. The reason for this is because of the rune you run with this setup
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Twisted Fate's abilities explained
Passive:
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W:
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E:
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R:
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DISCLAIMER
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Twisted Fate's core items
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Twisted Fate's situational items
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Twisted Fate's late game items
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River control & warding as
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River control is one of the most important concepts when playing
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Example of where to place your trinkets and control ward below:
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First voidgrubs spawn
At minute 5 the voidgrubs will spawn. Always try to play for your jungler when the first voidgrubs are about to spawn. Make sure you have your wave pushed in so you can move first.
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If you can't move first because you managed your wave badly or the enemy outplayed you, ping your jungler back, he then has to decide whether he wants to give the voidgrubs or contest it.
The important thing to remember here is that you have to play for your jungler. If he doesn't care about the voidgrubs then you can just stay in lane no problem.
Jungler synergy
Synergy with your jungler is really important when playing Twisted Fate. Try to coordinate ganks together. If you want to ult bot at level 6, let your jungler know. That way he can alter his pathing to be botside when you are about to hit 6. If you are 4 man bot you can often easily secure dragon after ganking.
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Wave management is a very important skill to have as a
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The first minion waves
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Into ranged champions like
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Once you have your R
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Wave pushing at level 5
At level 5 you will need 2 q's to kill the caster minions, this strategy can be used to get a good recall/base timer. You can shove in the wave fast, recall and by the time you are back in lane you won't miss any minions. Example of me doing it here: https://youtu.be/j_jvdevdvGE?t=308
Minion waves in the later stages of the game
A lot of lower elo players have the mindset of a 'Call of Duty' player. They are only focused on getting kills. Keep in mind the most effective way of getting gold is through minions and not through killing enemies. When you see a big wave Top, Mid or bot and none is getting it make sure you get it. Minions are worth a lot of XP and Gold.
Before starting objectives like
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If you have taken inhibitor and you have super minions running down one lane try to stall the objective like
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Your ultimate
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Your first ultimate method 1
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This is the most basic method and is also used by Dopa in most of his games.
For your first ult you should try to base at lvl 5 to buy your first items. In most games you want these items on your first base;
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Run to lane after you recalled, get level 6 and start looking for ganks. If there are no opportunities don't feel pressured to use your R
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Your first ultimate method 2
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Method 2 is very abusable in lower elos. You can greed and stay in lane to get level 6, then base and look for an ultimate from the base. After your ult you can walk back to midlane and you will most likely not lose a lot of minions.
The reason this only works in lower elos is because in Higher elos I often get poked out before that. Lower elo players will rarely punish you, meaning you can stay in lane longer and greed your base timings.
Sidelane control
Always try to heavily control one side of the map. For example you play fully for botside in order to secure dragon soul. Or you play fully for topside in order to get multiple heralds and play the map. Ulting bot, then top, then bot again is often a bad idea since its better to play for one winning side instead of cutting losses on both sides.
Ult usage after that
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Your ults after that are really dependent on the game state. I myself often try to ult after I base. I do this because I will have spend all my gold and therefore I will have more damage. If you ult somewhere with 2k in the bank you are missing out on a lot of damage. So, run from fountain to bot/top, ult in and after that you can run mid to catch your minions.
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DO NOT 5 MAN ARAM MID
After the laning phase ends try to go into a solo lane. This will give you a lot more xp and gold compared to sitting mid with your entire team and sharing all the xp/gold between 5 players. Whenever you have your
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This is probably one of the most common mistakes lower elo players make. The amount of gold and xp that is wasted in lower mmr because everyone is always trying to 5 man aram in a lane is insane. You can get really big level and item leads by just focusing on catching sidelanes on your own.
Splitpushing Disclaimer ❗
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Lane swaps
Once your bot ganks with
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Basic rule set of catching waves
After about 15 - 20 minutes the laning phase will most of the time be ending.
In most games the XP / Gold is then shared like this;
- The ADC & Support will take the midlane experience.
- You and the toplaner will catch the sidewaves. This can change from bot to top depending on the game state.
- The jungler will catch waves if really needed and farm the jungle camps.
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Matchups
Twisted Fate doesn't really have winning matchups. He isn't designed to stomp lane and spread his lead that way. The way you play him is to go even in lane (not die), punish the enemy when you can and try to farm as many minions as you can. Use your global ultimate to get other lanes ahead and splitpush in the mid game.
Map Awareness
Map awareness is another really important skill for every
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Stacked Deck
Whenever you are looking for ults always make sure you have a
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Using Dematerializer properly
Running my rune setup you will have 3
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Identifying your win condition
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Playing for botlane
When to play for your botlane ✔️
1) Your botlane has a lead over their opponent. (More cs, more turret plates, more items, ...) This indicates they are probably better players, hence why it might be a good idea to get them further ahead.
2) Your support has a strong follow up on your ultimate
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3) Your adc is a hardcarry marksman. (Examples;
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When not to play for your botlane ❌
1) Your botlane is really far behind
2) Your support has a no decent follow up on your ultimate
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3) Your adc is a supportive marksman. (Examples;
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Playing for toplane
When to play for your toplaner ✔️
1) Your toplaner is stomping his opponent.
2) Your toplaner has good followup on your ultimate
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3) The toplane matchup is volatile. Meaning; The first champion to get ahead will most likely roll over the other one. (Examples;
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When not to play for your toplaner ❌
1) Your toplaner is really far behind. (Don't help your toplaner when he is 0/5. Even when he is spam pinging for help. It makes more sense to play for a winning lane rather then trying to get a losing lane back in the game.)
2) Your toplaner has no followup on your ultimate
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3) The toplane matchup is tank versus tank or scaling vs scaling. (Examples;
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Playing for jungle
When to play for your jungler ✔️
Your jungler is stomping his counterpart. (more cs, higher level, more items, ...) This idicates he is probably a better player, hence why it might be a good idea to get him further ahead.
Your jungler is a carry champion. (Examples;
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When not to play for your jungler ❌
Your jungler is really far behind compared to his counterpart
Your jungler is a tank. (Examples;
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