Twisted Fate How to Play: Tips & Power Spikes

When Twisted Fate Top gets stronger, in the order it happens in a typical ranked game: ability unlocks from the most common skill order, item spikes at the median minute players finish them, and the game length Twisted Fate wins most.

1. Lv 6
   Ultimate rank 1 at level 6

   The biggest early spike: look for a kill or a roam as soon as Twisted Fate hits it.
2. Lv 11
   Ultimate rank 2 at level 11

   Lower ultimate cooldown means more fights Twisted Fate can start or win.
3. Lv 13
   All three basic abilities at level 13

   Twisted Fate's full combo is online — the first point where trading all-in is realistic.
4. Lv 16
   Ultimate rank 3 at level 16

   Lower ultimate cooldown means more fights Twisted Fate can start or win.
5. 12.1 min
   First item at 12.1 min

   Kraken Slayer is done — Twisted Fate's first real damage or durability spike.
6. 18.9 min
   Two items at 18.9 min

   ›Kraken Slayer + Yun Tal Wildarrows: the window to group and take objectives.
7. 35 min
   Strongest in games of about 35 minutes

   Twisted Fate wins 50.0% of games that end around this point.

Item timings are medians: half of players finish later. Fall behind in farm and every item spike moves back with it.

Twisted Fate plays an even lane: no extreme in gold, leads or scaling, so the matchup decides how hard to push. On average Twisted Fate Top is 2 gold behind the lane opponent at 15 minutes and ahead in only 48% of games. A 1,000-gold lead at 15 turns into a 57% win rate; a 1,000-gold deficit leaves 30%. Twisted Fate averages 0.88 solo kills by 15 minutes.

What Twisted Fate does better or worse than other champions after laning, from this patch's ranked games — percentiles where 100 is the highest of every champion.