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Twisted Fate, the Card Master, is a mage and marksman champion that is demanding to master. Across our 795 analysed ranked games, Twisted Fate is mostly played in Mid (82% of its games), with a 54.0% win rate in that role: tier A among Mid champions (#9 of 42, ranked by win rate). Twisted Fate's damage is mostly magic (85%): magic resistance items are therefore effective against this champion. Win rate varies with game length: 59.5% in short games (under 25 min, 217 games) versus 49.4% in long games (over 35 min).
Updated Oct 10 2026 · Patch 26.22
Averages measured over 652 Mid games played with Twisted Fate, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.
Twisted Fate is a card mage: Wild Cards throws three cards that pierce, Pick a Card chooses a card with extra effects for the next attack, and Destiny reveals enemy champions and enables Gate to teleport. His passive gives him bonus gold on every kill.
W
AA
AA
Q
When: An enemy is within range.
Pick a Card selects the card for your next attack, the attack benefits from the extra effect, then Wild Cards throws three piercing cards.
R
R
When: A distant fight starts.
Destiny reveals enemy champions and enables Gate, which teleports you in 1.5 seconds to the chosen spot on the map.
See all 3 Twisted Fate combos: key order, when to cast them, cooldowns →
Pick a Card sets up your next attack: choose the card according to need (damage, control, mana). Stacked Deck gives attack speed and bonus damage every 4 attacks.
The most-played core build is Rapid Firecannon, Lich Bane, and Rod of Ages (272 games, 57.4% win rate), usually with Swiftmarch (52.4% over 353 games).
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||||
| W | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||||
 E | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||||||
| R | ● | ● |
The order shows which abilities reach rank 5 first; the grid shows the most-played level-up sequence with that order (measured over 67 games).
At 10 min: 4165 gold, 77 CS, 4806 XP. At 15 min: 6503 gold, 117 CS, 7494 XP.
Flash + Teleport53.6% · 390 games
Flash + Ghost58.4% · 113 games
Flash + Ignite51.8% · 110 games
Exhaust + Flash47.1% · 17 games
Manaflow Band98%
Celerity95%
Scorch91%
Bone Plating85%
Unflinching72%
Manaflow Band96%Celerity98%Scorch67%
Cosmic Insight75%
Triple Tonic71%
Cash Back96%Triple Tonic53%
Jack Of All Trades54%Bone Plating86%Unflinching51%For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).
We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Twisted Fate's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.
Lich Bane
56.4%
Rapid Firecannon
59.3% ▲
Rod of Ages
54.9%
Zhonya's Hourglass
58.3%
Hextech Rocketbelt
50.0%
Luden's Echo
43.8%The item that stands out most is Rapid Firecannon: 59.3% win rate, +3 points versus its usual win rate.
Lich Bane
51.9%Rapid Firecannon
52.7% ▼Rod of Ages
54.7%Hextech Rocketbelt
55.6% ▲Zhonya's Hourglass
56.7%Luden's Echo
43.5%The item that stands out most is Hextech Rocketbelt: 55.6% win rate, +3 points versus its usual win rate.
Lich Bane
55.3%Rapid Firecannon
55.8%Rod of Ages
56.4%Hextech Rocketbelt
51.3%Zhonya's Hourglass
60.9%
Shurelya's Battlesong
56.0%No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.
Katarina
Twisted Fate: 33.3%15 games
Katarina has the edge in 67% of the 15 Mid duels against Twisted Fate. See the Katarina guide.
Yone
Twisted Fate: 56.2%16 games
Yone has the edge in 44% of the 16 Mid duels against Twisted Fate. See the Yone guide.
Sylas
Twisted Fate: 60.0%15 games
Sylas has the edge in 40% of the 15 Mid duels against Twisted Fate. See the Sylas guide.
Ahri
Twisted Fate: 60.9%23 games
Ahri has the edge in 39% of the 23 Mid duels against Twisted Fate. See the Ahri guide.
Viktor
Twisted Fate: 61.5%26 games
Viktor has the edge in 38% of the 26 Mid duels against Twisted Fate. See the Viktor guide.
Akali68.4% · 19 gamesViktor61.5% · 26 gamesAhri60.9% · 23 gamesSylas60.0% · 15 gamesYone56.2% · 16 gamesWin rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Twisted Fate's matchups.
| Measure | Twisted Fate | Mid average | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold at 10 min | 4165 | 3783 | +382 |
| CS at 10 min | 77 | 77 | +0 |
| XP at 10 min | 4806 | 4838 | −32 |
| Gold at 15 min | 6503 | 5945 | +558 |
| CS at 15 min | 117 | 117 | −0 |
| XP at 15 min | 7494 | 7477 | +17 |
Measured over 67 Twisted Fate games with a timeline; the average covers 72 champions played Mid in our ranked games.
Best result: short (under 25 min). Only groups of at least 30 games are shown. A gap of several points shows the phase where the champion is the most reliable.
| Role | Games | Win rate | CS/min | Gold/min | Most-built items |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADC | 79 | 50.6 % | 7.7 | 540 |   |
| Top | 64 | 43.8 % | 7.1 | 463 | |
Roles where we have at least 40 Twisted Fate games.
Vel'Koz54.3 %
Kassadin54.0 %
Lux53.0 %
Diana52.9 %Katarina52.6 %
Anivia52.3 %
Aurelion Sol52.1 %
Vladimir52.1 %The most-played core build is Rapid Firecannon, Lich Bane, and Rod of Ages (272 games, 57.4% win rate), usually with Swiftmarch (52.4% over 353 games).
Twisted Fate's toughest matchups in Mid are Katarina (33.3% win rate over 15 games), Yone (56.2% win rate over 16 games), and Sylas (60.0% win rate over 15 games).
Twisted Fate posts its best win rates against Akali (68.4%), Viktor (61.5%), and Ahri (60.9%).
Win rate varies with game length: 59.5% in short games (under 25 min, 217 games) versus 49.4% in long games (over 35 min).
The most-played rune page uses Arcane Comet with the Resolve secondary tree (291 games, 54.6% win rate).
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