Guide · Mid

Twisted Fate Guide

the Card Master

Mage

Marksman

Tier S Mid

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 S among Mid champions (#2 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).

Averages measured over 652 Mid games played with Twisted Fate, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

Combos and how to play

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.

Harassment

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.

The gate

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.

Farming

Q › AA AA › AA AA › AA AA

When: You want gold.

Loaded Dice gives 1 to 6 bonus gold for every unit killed; Stacked Deck deals bonus damage every 4 attacks.

Laning phase

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.

Common mistakes

• Using Gate without looking at the enemies around your destination.
• Wasting Pick a Card with no target.
• Neglecting farm: your passive gives you gold.

Riot's official tips for playing Twisted Fate

• Coordinate with your allies for the best time to use Destiny to ambush enemies.
• Stealth characters often escape a battle with very low hit points. Take advantage of Destiny's ability to reveal stealthed units to finish them off.
• Twisted Fate is viable as an Attack Damage or Ability Power character, letting him fit on many different team compositions.

Build, runes and summoner spells

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).

Rapid Firecannon+Lich Bane+Rod of Ages

272 games · 57.4%

Rapid Firecannon+Lich Bane+Zhonya's Hourglass

100 games · 57.0%

Lich Bane+Zhonya's Hourglass+Rod of Ages

79 games · 62.0%

Boots

Swiftmarch52.4% · 353 games

Crimson Lucidity55.0% · 120 games

Chainlaced Crushers60.8% · 79 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Teleport53.6% · 390 games

Flash + Ghost58.4% · 113 games

Flash + Ignite51.8% · 110 games

Exhaust + Flash47.1% · 17 games

Most-played runes

Arcane Comet + Resolve

54.6% · 291 games

Primary tree · Sorcery

Manaflow Band98%

Celerity95%

Scorch91%

Secondary tree · Resolve

Bone Plating85%

Unflinching72%

Shards

Attack speed98%

Movement speed89%

Health88%

Arcane Comet + Inspiration

55.3% · 132 games

Primary tree · Sorcery

Manaflow Band96%

Celerity98%

Scorch67%

Secondary tree · Inspiration

Cosmic Insight75%

Triple Tonic71%

Shards

Attack speed97%

Movement speed74%

Health42%

Unsealed Spellbook + Resolve

59.7% · 57 games

Primary tree · Inspiration

Cash Back96%

Triple Tonic53%

Jack Of All Trades54%

Secondary tree · Resolve

Bone Plating86%

Unflinching51%

Shards

Attack speed96%

Movement speed84%

Health77%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

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.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team54.6% · 172 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

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.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team52.7% · 165 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

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.

Balanced enemy team54.3% · 315 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

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.

Counters and matchups

Who counters Twisted Fate in Mid

Syndra Twisted Fate: 50.0%20 games

Syndra has the edge in 50% of the 20 Mid duels against Twisted Fate. See the Syndra guide.

Yone Twisted Fate: 50.0%20 games

Yone has the edge in 50% of the 20 Mid duels against Twisted Fate. See the Yone guide.

Ahri Twisted Fate: 55.6%18 games

Ahri has the edge in 44% of the 18 Mid duels against Twisted Fate. See the Ahri guide.

Locke Twisted Fate: 64.7%17 games

Locke has the edge in 35% of the 17 Mid duels against Twisted Fate. See the Locke guide.

Sylas Twisted Fate: 66.7%21 games

Sylas has the edge in 33% of the 21 Mid duels against Twisted Fate. See the Sylas guide.

Who Twisted Fate is strong against

Viktor73.1% · 26 games

Sylas66.7% · 21 games

Locke64.7% · 17 games

Ahri55.6% · 18 games

Syndra50.0% · 20 games

How to play against Twisted Fate

• Focus on dodging Wild Cards early when your champion doesn't have the hit points to afford getting hit.
• If you have low Health, use Destiny as an indicator to run to safety. It will give you a head start in escaping any possible ganks.

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Twisted Fate's matchups.

Abilities

PassiveLoaded 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.

Frequently asked questions

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