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Twisted Fate Mid build & stats

MageMarksman B 1,180 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
50.5%
Pick rate
4.4%
Ban rate
1.3%
Division
Master
Build, runes, spells and skill order are from Master games only.

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.18

Solid sample

Finish these three

Rapid Firecannon
Rapid Firecannon
2,650 gold
Lich Bane
Lich Bane
2,900 gold
Rod of Ages
Rod of Ages
2,600 gold
8,150 gold
64.9% WR 57 games

Boots

Crimson Lucidity
Crimson Lucidity
900 gold
68.8% 48 games

Runes

Sorcery Sorcery + Inspiration Inspiration
100.0% WR
9 games · 1% pick
Arcane Comet
Arcane Comet

Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Inspiration Inspiration
Magical Footwear Hextech Flashtraption Cash Back
Triple Tonic Biscuit Delivery Time Warp Tonic
Jack Of All Trades Cosmic Insight Approach Velocity
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Ghost
64.5% 31 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Twisted Fate

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Twisted Fate wins 50.5% of games as Mid on patch 16.18 (1,180 games).
  • Most common core: Rapid Firecannon → Lich Bane → Rod of Ages — 57% win rate over 238 games.
  • Take Arcane Comet as keystone: picked in 71% of games with a 50% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Galio (74% over 19 games). Hardest: Lux (19% over 16 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
  • Twisted Fate is an early-game champion: 52% win rate in games under 25 minutes but 41% after 35. Snowball your lead into towers and objectives.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Rapid Firecannon
Rapid Firecannon
Lich Bane
Lich Bane
Rod of Ages
Rod of Ages
64.9% WR
57 games · 5% pick
Rapid Firecannon
Rapid Firecannon
Lich Bane
Lich Bane
Hextech Rocketbelt
Hextech Rocketbelt
48.9% WR
47 games · 4% pick
Rapid Firecannon
Rapid Firecannon
Lich Bane
Lich Bane
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
58.3% WR
24 games · 2% pick

Starting items

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
100.0% WR
2 games · 0% pick

Boots

Swiftmarch
Swiftmarch
53.2% WR
173 games · 15% pick
Crimson Lucidity
Crimson Lucidity
68.8% WR
48 games · 4% pick
Chainlaced Crushers
Chainlaced Crushers
36.1% WR
36 games · 3% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
100.0% 1% (9)
75.0% 0% (4)
73.3% 1% (15)
70.0% 1% (10)
66.7% 1% (6)
64.0% 4% (50)
62.5% 1% (8)
61.7% 15% (175)
57.1% 1% (7)
56.3% 15% (176)
54.0% 18% (213)
46.7% 8% (90)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Sorcery Sorcery + Resolve Resolve
45.7% WR
81 games · 7% pick
Arcane Comet
Arcane Comet

Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Resolve Resolve
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Sorcery Sorcery + Resolve Resolve
69.2% WR
26 games · 2% pick
Arcane Comet Manaflow Band Celerity Scorch Bone Plating Overgrowth
Sorcery Sorcery + Inspiration Inspiration
100.0% WR
9 games · 1% pick
Arcane Comet Manaflow Band Celerity Scorch Cash Back Triple Tonic

Keystones

  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 55.0%18% pick
  • Electrocute Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage. 67.6%3% pick
  • Unsealed Spellbook Unsealed Spellbook Swap Summoner Spells while out of combat. Swapping to unique Summoner Spells will increase the rate at which you can make future swaps. 34.4%3% pick
  • Deathfire Touch Deathfire Touch Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time. 50.0%0% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 49.2%15% pick
  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 61.4%6% pick
  • Flash Ghost Flash + Ghost 64.5%3% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Wild Cards Q Pick a Card W Stacked Deck E 100.0%2 games
  • PLoaded Dice

    Upon killing a unit, Twisted Fate rolls his 'lucky' dice receiving 1 to 6 bonus gold.

  • QWild Cards

    Twisted Fate throws three cards, dealing damage to each enemy unit they pass through.

  • WPick a Card

    Twisted Fate chooses a magic card from his deck, and uses that for his next attack, causing bonus effects.

  • EStacked Deck

    Every 4 attacks, Twisted Fate deals bonus damage. In addition, his Attack Speed is increased.

  • RDestiny

    Twisted Fate predicts the fortunes of his foes, revealing all enemy champions and enabling the use of Gate, which teleports Twisted Fate to any target location in 1.5 seconds.