Teamfight Tactics (TFT) – Countering Assassins

by Falagar / Articles, Teamfight Tactics / 22 Jul 2019

Countering Assassins

As much as it is easy to attempt an Assassin comp, having a look at how to counter the build should come first. The primary ‘obvious’ counter to Assassins would be building the Phantom Dancer since it dodges all critical attacks, but not all games of TFT are blessed with the luxury of selecting which items to build. The Assassin comp often deals a lot of damage to your Little Legend because they have burst damage and can delete your team really fast. When you don’t have Phantom Dancer, you’ll need to find a different way to counter them.

Counter Positioning

When Assassins are cloaked, they are not targetted, which means that you will hit non-Assassin champions first. And if the non-Assassins are not in range, your champions will move to put them in range. Accordingly, to keep your formation in a good shape so that Assassins wouldn’t be able to reach your damage dealers, you want to have your champions maintain their positions when the combat starts.

Using a Dummy Tank

Separate a tanky champion on the other side of the board to divide the focus of the opponent Assassin build. When positioned like below, as Assassins are programmed to jump to the furthest target, about three of the opponent Assassins will jump to the dummy tank.

▲ Yellow hex indicates the dummy tank.

Falagar

He is the founder and editor of Magic Game World. He loved gaming from the moment he got a PlayStation 1 with Gran Turismo on his 7th birthday.
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