Teamfight Tactics – Champion Tier List

How you build your team is a complicated thing in Teamfight Tactics. Origins, Class, and availability all matter. Are you going for six Assassins, or are you banking on Imperials? In those last few fights, you need a hard-carry champion who is going to do the work and get you wins. In this article, I am running through my Tier List, based off my time in the game. There is no real fluff to this list. New champions will be coming into the game; patches will bring buffs and nerfs that will continuously change where people end up. I’ll be keeping it simple, just going through the Tiers and saying who I think fits in there.

Remember, builds are complicated things, and the right team comp can boost a Champions ability and performance, but some Champions are just much stronger than others.

Teamfight Tactics Champion Tier List

S-Tier

These guys are guaranteed to perform, one way or another. They don’t rely on synergies to get work done, and will always be a difference maker in fights.

• Cho’Gath – huge CC potential.
• Aurelion Sol – absolutely melts teams with the right items.
• Pyke – strong all game, level him to watch a hard CC carry in action.
• Draven – just brutal late game damage. Godly with Imperials and the right items.
• Brand – probably the strongest team fight damage you can get with the right items.

A-Tier

A-Tier Champions tend to fall just short of standing out the way that the S-Tier guys do. These choices are more reliant on synergies to stand out.

• Nidalee – if you are lucky you can get her to the two-star form exceptionally early.
• Garen – same, also benefits from being a Knight and a Noble.
• Gnar – they have a potent amount of CC potential that benefits any team looking to cause damage.
• Sejuani – a real CC machine if built into Glacial comps.
• Swain – if positioned right, and given a chance to transform, he is a nightmare for your opponent.
• Akali – they have great damage potential, combined with Assassin benefits that make them an astounding choice.
• Kayle – they are hard to get to their two-star form, but worth it even at a one-star level.
• Miss Fortune – proper positioning and a good front line and even at one-star, she can melt a team.
• Lulu – she is a nightmare to deal with if you build her right. The CC chains will frustrate enemies.
• Kassadin – people might disagree, but you can three-star him pretty quickly, and the right items make him immortal. Expect a nerf.

B-Tier

Every team comp needs responsible bodies that aren’t able to shine.

• Tristana – a solid back up damage dealer to your primary carry.
• Darius – valuable self heal, but early game strength drops off.
• Vayne – much like Darius, early game power drops off unless you get three-stars of exceptional items.
• Ashe – you’ll be reliant on her for Glacial comps, but you’ll sweat from worry.
• Volibear – much like Ashe, only shines in the right comp.
• Leona – Leona can give great CC, but can also be hit or miss.
• Shyvana – if you are planning on going Aurelion Sol you will want her for the Dragon synergy.
• Kindred – just an usual champ, should perform much better, but will often just not standout.
• Kha’Zix – even a two-star Kha’Zix can be an excellent choice for a solo Assassin.
• Shen – people are sleeping on Shen a bit, but if you commit to the build, he can pull his weight.

C-Tier

Not reliable, but not terrible.

• Braum – you will more than likely want him to the front line in a Glacial build, but prone to subpar performance.
• Varus – lethal if your opponents let you build him, and you get exceptional items. Which are two big “ifs.”
• Ahri – has a nasty habit of being hard to build, and synergies let her down right now.
• Anivia – their ult can be devastating, but the meta right now is all about mobile Noble and Assassins, so will often be cast on empty spaces.
• Blitzcrank – the pull is strong early, but the Champ is pretty weak, compounded by soft synergies.
• Zed – they are not the best Assassin, but can get you through a dicey mid-game if you two-star him.

D-Tier

Filler Champions, not worth items but more than likely needed for some synergy depending on your team building.

• Rengar – just a weak Assassin.
• Rek’Sai – if you are running Void, you’ll drop him for Cho the second you get a chance.
• Karthus – he tries to cast his ult before he dies, everyone knows this a noob move.
• Mordekaiser – might work in a Knight comp, but there are much better options for a solo/duo tank lineup.
• Veigar – can be reliable, but only if you opponent got unlucky on rolls.
• Miss Fortune – very reliant on a front line, almost impossible to level, and her ult can go wrong. But when it goes right, it goes all the way right.
• Lucian – Lucian is annoying because, with the right team around him, some luck, and the right items, he can get work done. But it rarely if ever happens.

F-Tier

All Origins and Class need a weak link. You’ll find them here.

• Kennen – place him to take advantage of his ult and watch him die before getting to cast it.
• Fiora – they are likely the worst Noble to use in the game.
• Elise – only worth it if she manages to transform.
• Gangplank – barrels are fun, I get that, but flexibility does not a great Champion make.
• Graves – just bad, we don’t recommend using them.
• Aatrox – manages to drag down the entire Demons build on his own.
• Morgana – once again suffers from a potentially great ult never really happening.
• Lissandra – I honestly don’t know what to say about Liss. Avoid.