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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 20 Aug 2026 · 00:00

Twisted Fate

the Card Master

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League of LegendsPatch 26.16MidRanked Solo/DuoEmerald+NA10,247 gamesSample data

Role snapshot (Mid)

ATier
54.3%
Win Rate
2.0%
Pick Rate
13.2%
Ban Rate

10,247

Games

Moderate

Confidence

Matchup map (Mid) — level 1–18

40%60%
≥ 60%
55 – 60%
50 – 55%
45 – 50%
40 – 45%
< 40%
Nobody in this lane sits here.

Conditional build matrix

vs AP Burstvs AD Assassinsvs Tanksvs Sustain
Mythic / Core
Core 2
Core 3
Boots
Situational

Popular build

4,714 games

54.7%Win Rate

FlashIgnite

Reliable build

3,382 games

53.4%Win Rate

FlashTeleport

High observed win rate

1,230 games

56.8%Win Rate

FlashExhaust

Runes

Primary: Sorcery

  • Summon Aery
  • Axiom Arcanist
  • Transcendence
  • Scorch

Secondary: Domination

  • Cheap Shot
  • Grisly Mementos

Shards

+9 Adaptive Force

+9 Adaptive Force

+10-180 Health (based on level)

Skill order

Skill order
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Ability details

  • Loaded Dice

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

    Passive — never cast

  • Wild Cards

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

    Cost 60/70/80/90/100 ManaCooldown 6/5.75/5.5/5.25/5sRange 10000

  • Pick a Card

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

    Cost 50/55/60/65/70 ManaCooldown 6sRange 200

  • Stacked Deck

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

    Cost 0 ManaCooldown 0sRange 0

  • Destiny

    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.

    Cost 100 ManaCooldown 170/140/110sRange 5500

Scaling — level 1–18

Twisted FateMid average

Win Rate

1918

Damage / Min

1918

Gold / Min

1918

Counter plan — how to beat Twisted Fate

  • Dodge the primary — its rotation is one skillshot; sidestep it and the rest is chip

  • Close the gap early — it wins at range and at three items — neither before ten minutes

  • Punish the cooldown — Twisted Fate is exposed while its rotation is down

  • Ward the flank — vision is what turns its best opening into a worse one

  • Respect the spike — Riot rates the kit 9/10, so a practised player gets more out of it than the average

ARAM performance

B
50.0%
Win Rate
▲ 0.3%
3.4%
Pick Rate
▲ 4.4%
0.7%
Ban Rate
▲ 1.7%
Damage dealt
108.6%
Damage taken
94.5%
Healing
97.1%
Shielding
92.7%
Ability Haste
+25

Best ARAM build

Patch timeline

Riot’s notes

We hold the rates, not the balance log. What actually changed each patch is in Riot’s own notes.

  1. 26.16Live now-0.4
  2. 26.14Sample win rate across this patch+0.6
  3. 26.11Sample win rate across this patch-0.8
  4. 26.08Sample win rate across this patch+0.7
  5. 26.05Sample win rate across this patch+0.6

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Methodology

Data window
512,340 games on patch 26.16, Ranked Solo/Duo, NA. Last refreshed 20 Aug 2026.
Rank aggregation
Emerald+ and above, pooled. Splitting further leaves samples too small to separate a real effect from noise.
Role assignment
A champion is filed under the lanes it actually plays, not the one class it belongs to — which is why several appear in two.
Counters
A matchup, not a tier gap: how this champion does into that one specifically, over that pairing’s own games.
Minimum sample
The confidence indicator beside every rate is driven by how much of the window this champion appears in. A low reading means read the figure loosely, not that it is wrong.
Why a build is not a cause
The best-scoring build is the one the best-placed players happened to take. Correlation is what a rate can show; it is not evidence that buying those items caused the wins.
Where the numbers come from
Names, classes, lanes, abilities, items and runes are Riot Data Dragon. Win, pick and ban rates are derived samples — Riot publishes none of them, and nothing on this page presents one as measured.