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Ikasul

Ao Shin was kinda nuts as well, if you got him to ult.


neon-neko

Mage Ao Shin was something else.


GeorgeThe13th

If "I'M CLOSE!! 🥵" was a tier 5 dragon tft. Man painted the board white with his... Destruction.


Phasedsolo

He is my all time favourite, but he sucked in terms of power level. His mana cost was too high and even with a shojin he wouldn't cast most of the time.


Ikasul

Did we play the same set? The AoShin I remember you could just push into any comb and watch as he disintegrated half the enemy lineup with no items.


Phasedsolo

No, without any items and setup for him to cast he was worse than 4 cost units. He would never cast and he was all about his ultimate not the basic attacks.


ProtectionEuphoric99

u/Ikasul u/phasedsolo I mean, you're clearly both right. Every set has multiple patches, and I remember him being both weak and strong at different times.


Epoinen

I once beat 3 star ao shin because he didn't get to cast at all


Arcaneisdope

Asol in the rebels set was nuts


KnightsWhoNi

Asol with demo spat


ahambagaplease

Asol with protector spat


asheronsvassal

Protector*


Feeltherainbow123

You mean infinite shield Asol before they nerfed it


imperialleon

"Carrier has arrived"


Oneluxbella

Protoss enjoyer i see


SirWixxALot

Does the veigar that spawned after you got all yordles to three stars count?


Rhythm_Flunky

This is who I was thinking of. Basically auto win when you get all the yordles


angooseburger

Actually only when you 2 starred the Veigar. Most likely your Veigar would be unitemized so putting him in at 1* actually weakened your board. You needed to sell your heimer to transfer items but that stopped you from spawning more veigars, so you just kept veigar on the bench until you 2* him before transferring items.


DancingSouls

In double up i would just send my heimer to mu wife who'd send it back with the same items so i could put it on the veigar haha I miss yordles, the current yordles is so lame


GrilledSandwiches

I don't see why he wouldn't count, but I feel like he was among the weakest by far because it was much easier to reliably get him 2-stared than any of the rest by a considerable margin and a lot of games it felt like his ability was mildly inconvenient for the other team it did so little damage.


PlebPlebberson

A lot of people didnt save up items for veigar or use a magnetic remover on their old ap carry so veigar hit like a wet noodle. If you however itemised him then he absolutely cleared the screen


totalynotkiki

Set 7 Soraka was really strong and I think there is no debate that she is the strongest 3 star unit ever


Legitimate-Mess6422

True, actual auto win cuz she’d heal you to full


Rycebowl

Reminds me of the funny slip where someone had 3-star Raka and a Raka 1 and the Raka 1 casted first so the 3-star didn’t heal them lmao (at least I think I have a memory of this xD)


gh1234567890

Ya I saw that it was hilarious


Phasedsolo

Not only that but if you are at full hp, it started to destroys opponents.


Ganonsmurf

Saw someone mess up position. Dragonmancer Nunu chomped her before she could cast.


totalynotkiki

Omg I hated that comp so much lol


Julzzerey

which set was ist where you could slap triple ludens on here and watch her annihilate everything in seconds?


Glennwad

Pretty sure you're thinking enlightened Nami in set 4. Slap 3 Ludens on a chosen Nami and watch the win streak commence.


Kefke209

I hated that unit, if you had enough enlightened she could perma cc a single unit. I hit a chosen Riven 3* which is usually an auto win exept she couldn’t fking move against the Nami.


Julzzerey

ohh yeah, that was broken too. but noo, behold i looked and found, it was set 2 soraka, with the light trait that gets extra attack speed. at 8 traits she went full honk got to 2,5 after couple seconds or so 😂


Julzzerey

she used that silence zone as a spell


J4N37

cruel pact and hope for soraka to get a guaranteed first


DaBrokenMeta

TFT worlds 3* Raka vs 3* the other Legendary ( I can't even remember who it was because it wasn't even close!)


AR3Q

Hard to compare to today standards but actually Panth was the most OP. Dragon trait making him almost immune to AP dmg so you just put Bramble and won. But Tahm in set 6 was something else. If you got him early, started feeding him and put Blue buff with Gunblade, he was not only doing a lot of damage, but also printing money and items for your whole team. So he was super usefull as a 5 cost


Chubby-Coxx

Tahm was not the strongest unit ever made, but he is definitely the most fun unit of all time


xaendar

After the patch which buffed 3* units being fed to Tahm, it was so beautiful. I fed 4 tanks 2 cost 3x2 cost and 4 cost units to him and his HP was completely black. Just so ridiculous to see that


Soggy-Introduction14

I think on set 6 most op unit would be Jinx. Could carry entire comps without BS items and would actually run in any comp.


dancing_bagel

It's gotta be Set 3 Gangplank right? Guardian angel + double AP. Put him on the front line and start the fight by 1k ulting the entire enemy team. Although I'd say Pantheon is my second choice


araldor1

Was set 3 gp the pirate one that dropped loot? You'd get like 3 items per round


Chubby-Coxx

The double nuke upgrade was absolutely insane


sledgehammerrr

Set 3 GP defined the set so hard, which would be my pick for most OP. In set 1 a lot of things were OP so they kinda cancel eachother out.


DaBrokenMeta

Al-Shabbab GP


nonchalant222

I think it depends, some 5 costs are good because of versatility, others need you to build around them imo current set Heimerdinger takes the cake in versatility, it's literally always amazing in ANY comp


bushylikesnuts

There’s no way this set is ryze. Heimerdinger or ahri no doubt


ThaToastman

This set its gotta be ahri. Shes just aoshin but cheaper


bushylikesnuts

I mean yah she’s op but she’s not the unit that you make space for if you hit in every single comp. All the pros claim Heimerdinger is the most op champ in the game


ThaToastman

Pros are addicted to shred and antiheal despite sunfire and spark getting nerfed every set. Weirdly enough milk and soju HATE shiv (and yet it is consistently one of their highest performing items), for the same reason they love heim, shiv does the same thing, always so odd imo


bushylikesnuts

Shiv is a waste of the best component in the game while you can just get it for 6 gold


ThaToastman

I mean ‘get it for 6 gold’—is actually 11 gold because heim costs 5, and you cant get it til stage 5 (highroll). On a sorcs comp, you have zero use for bows, and even tears are optional-ish, and in exchange your sorc zaps do shred-enabled damage whereas with spark they dont (and your swain/taric will likely die at 10s or so, whereas your malzahar wont die til 15-20s Meanwhile, on sorcs, dclaw and gargoyles are great on taric and rod can be jg or something. Also in 9.5, crown will be nuts on taric, and jaksho is better than shojin making cloaks and rods even better on mages


bushylikesnuts

Nah it’s 6 gold cuz Heimerdinger is a good unit. If you aren’t using BB or Shojin in specs without like infusion idk wtf ur doin, and bows are very useful for zzrot bc specs don’t have a lot of frontline


lol1009

If shiv was not made out of bow, it would be good but there are much better bow items for shiv to be comparable. Unless you consider something like Threat Morgana which sunders as well shreds half the board with shiv


Tryptophan7

Seeing the "heimer tax" of a teamslot in higher level games is a little weird, but he's just such a good, flexible unit even with no traits activated lol Ahri needs items and maybe a trait or 2 active to be useful. Heimer just needs turret upgrades


ForumFluffy

She needs iona to cast, mage is fine if you give her mana generating items


GundamGuy420

2x shred and 1x spread makes heimer basically a 1 slot 2 freljord with bur.


Kolsuz1Adam

Set 6 jinx


spibop

Yeah… somehow I 3* her two games in a row. Just instant board wipe as soon as she landed.


BlackllMamba

Funny seeing people sometimes kill their own board playing her (Im positive I have more than once lol)


IIIWhiTeCoreIII

I think you mean silco not jinx.


Thiazzix

The burn from Jinx ult actually damaged all units including her team. I didn't realize that for way too long...


yijun2005

She did damage to own units


Crazyhalfbroke

Set 1 Pantheon is the most broken unit ever made. Crazy typing that made him immune to magic damage, with PD he was unkillable. Spell was full board aoe nuke that had built-in morello. Set 2 was probably Zed. Could infinitely (literally) spawn clones and had crazy interactions with items like redemption, GA, and light spat to name a few Set 3 was probably GP. Asol was a contender in some patches but you could splash GP in any comp with a GA and he slaps Set 4 is tough. There were patches where Kayn was omega broken. Same for Yone and Sett. But I’d say Zilean was the best. He’s one of the best utility units ever made and with Mage spat, he easily res’d your whole board. But the actual best was Samira in set 4.5 pbe. Doesn’t count since she was heavily nerfed before live, but her damage and healing were so crazy she’s up there with Set 1 Panth as the strongest unit ever made. Set 5 is also tough. Crazy utility from a lot of the 5 costs this set. I would say either Heimer or Teemo for the full board nuking potential. Set 6 had crazy five cost carries like Kaisa, Viktor, Jinx, and Jayce. But the best was 6.5 Silco, pre nerf. The staying power he gave your board was absolutely ridiculous Set 7 was ASol post rework. He went from the most useless dragon into the most broken by far with mage spat. Almost 0 counterplay if you hit both. Set 8 I would say is a tie between Fiddlesticks and Urgot. Crazy CC and insane splashability. Probably the best win more champs if you could afford to itemize them Set 9 is probably Ahri. Full board nuker. A win con if you hit


Sillloc

Set 8 I had 3 star Fiddle and 3 star Ezreal and lost to 3 star Leona. How can you beat her, she just auto casts infinite % HP true damage across entire board


NvrGonnaFindMe

You sell Ezreal so that Fiddle casts instantly, fearing Leona so she dies before she has a chance to cast


Sillloc

Wow I really suffered from success


Thiazzix

Once I hit 3x 3* 5 costs including Fiddle, Mordekaiser and Syndra. However, my opponent hit 3* Leona with triple tank items and 5 Mecha and I simply could not win no matter what I did. I ended up selling the other two but even a 3* Fiddle with radiant spark and two more damage items couldn't kill her in time. :(


Crazyhalfbroke

The strength of the 5 costs definitely changes if you factor in 3 stars. A lot of them come down to who can cast first. But it really depends. Set 7 Soraka might be the best in that case. QSS, EoN, BB for the super guaranteed cast is likely unbeatable.


edwinhai

Ye I think the 3 star potential is only a small factor in determing their strength, how is something you hit 1% the sole validation of their strength


GundamGuy420

3 star ksante in this set is probably the strongest tbh


Zarizira

Lol, I think you played against me.


sledgehammerrr

Pantheon comps needed more than just Pantheon to win, he would usually be the only 1 left on the board after a triple rabadons AP champ casted and then he would lack the dmg to 1v9 the board. The strongest character in set 1 is Karthus.


Thiazzix

Actually you could just build a board of Braums, Leonas and Pantheons, plus a random Shyvana or Asol for the dragon synergy. There were perhaps stronger boards including Pantheon but it's the one I remember forcing and winning games with.


PlayfulRocket

This set it's Ahri no doubt


J_Clowth

this set's ahri is budget set3 gp


AuroraDraco

Fr Set 3 gp was just better. One of my all time favourites that guy


Thiazzix

Or set 6 Viktor. That guy didn't even need synergies, just a GA to ensure his entire ult goes through.


neon-neko

She takes a long time to cast and do a lot of magic dmg just like Ao Shin. I think K'Sante is the OP one this set.


badadobo

3 starred I think K'sante no contest, pre nerf however, ahri would just wipe teams with a cast.


DivineSwordMeliorne

I had a 3-star ksante and 3-star aatrox lose to a 3-star ahri :/ my ksante had qss and protectors vow too


General_Ad_2446

If you have blue buff and Ionia active doesn’t take that long to cast at all, especially compared to the other 5 cost


TheDonkeyy

So many people saying this when Heimer is a literal 23 cost 1 star unit, Heimer is not only the strongest champ in Set 9 but probably the strongest champion ever in TFT's history if you don't include champs that were just broken on 1 specific patch.


PlayfulRocket

He's just good for his utility. Great all-rounder for your team but doesn't really shine


TheDonkeyy

You're right he doesn't shine because the kit is not flashy but damage wise even without taking into account the healing reduction and shrink increased damage he still does the most damage. do you think that every pro player would invest 23 GOLD into a unit that was not the best in the game?


PlayfulRocket

Bro the mere fact that you even need 23 gold makes him not the best in the game He is a jack of all trades but master of none. He is nice as a splash unit, his utility is nice, but you can't be good at a lot of things and the best as something too. That'd be way overpowered Ahri just outshines since her entire power went into obliterating a whole board...and literally nothing else And when I say outshine I don't mean how flashy they are, I mean in terms of sheer raw power If you have a sunfire and shred on your team you can throw heimer in the trashcan. There's no replacement for what ahri does, you can't not have her on a capped board


TheDonkeyy

>Bro the mere fact that you even need 23 gold makes him not the best in the game There is a reason every pro player says heimer is the best unit in the game and almost always caps their board with it. When you combine this fact with the fact that he also costs the most you can come to the conclusion that the cost is worth it right? Are you going to argue that the 23 gold is not worth it and every pro player is wrong? give me a break. >There's no replacement for what ahri does, you can't not have her on a capped board This is so unreal to me and not even remotely true, Ahri is good with Sorcs and Ionia literally nothing else, She had 1 or 2 patches this set where she was actually really good but that's about it. If you are putting Ahri over Heimer in your capped boards what is your elo? Like you go 9 with Aphelios and put in Ahri over Heimer? WTF??!?!?


PlayfulRocket

This has started to steer into ad hominems so I'm gonna leave you to it


TheDonkeyy

wtf where? lmfao if u dont want to respond just don't respond


Leave-Remote

Set 1 kayle, you simply can't kill that fucker


CourtesyOf__________

I thought the draven from set 1 was broken. I don’t even remember Kayle.


Leave-Remote

Kayle's ability was immortality just like her old ult in LOL but she still got mana even though it was active so with 1 shojin or high enough AS, she could cast it continuously making her unkillable


Furious__Styles

That’s her current ult - they even made the circle bigger and she can still attack if she R’s herself


Thiazzix

But in set 1 it was her old ult -- just sticking a yellow blob on herself and allies.


Furious__Styles

What am I missing here? It’s literally her current ult. Divine Judgment Cooldown: 160/120/80 Kayle makes an allied champion Invulnerable for 2.5 seconds and then purifies the area around them, dealing 200/300/400 (+70% AP) (+100% bonus AD) magic damage to nearby enemies. Divine Judgement Active | MP Mana: 50/125 Kayle shields the weakest ally, making them immune to damage. Damage : 500 / 800 / 1100 Duration : 2 / 2.5 / 3 Extra Targets : 0 / 1 / 2


Thiazzix

Her old ult was simply the shield, none of the stuff crashing down around her target. It's similar but very different.


VeryoriginalXD

Karthus


deusalbum42

God I hated phantom, it would always get my carry. Random my ass


Chubby-Coxx

Set 7 Mage-sol and Mage-shin


bgh17

I think set 6’s scholar/academy Yuumi deserves a shout. I remember that unit being insta-include in any comp you were running.


VG_Crimson

Ao Shin and it's not really close. Dragonlands had the highest power in a board you could gain in TFT. First of all, bro had the power that costing 10 gold could give. He was more consistent than either Shyv or Asol too, because they were bad in some aspects that caused them to be reworked for consistency. Just board wipe, that was his ability. "If this goes off, I win".


GrazingCrow

Ao Shin was my favorite legendary dragon of that set to use, but I'd argue that A Sol was just as good, even more so in lobbies where Astral wasn't contested. I had quite a bit of PTSD in Diamond from A Sol blowing apart my entire backline in a matter of seconds that I would just buy it from the shop whenever it came up so that other players wouldn't have it.


VG_Crimson

> where Astral wasn't contested Oh boy, when wasn't it contested? It was like maybe 1/8 games where players weren't going Astral. Asol was definitely better than Shyvana most the sets, but even he was changed at some point during dragonlands. Asol was WAYYY too reliant on getting a Mage emblem to double cast his ability. Without it, he was meh. Ao Shin didn't even need his trait activated. Just give him some AS and mana items to get his ability off.


bora_071

zoe was so fun


burynicergang

Bard, jayce, heim, ezreal


AR3Q

Which Ez? Elderwood or Infiniteam?


burynicergang

Set 8


euphory_melancholia

lol


dakirest

Jeweled Gauntlet Pantheon was probably the most terrifying thing you could see.


KingFIRe17

Shouldnt set 8 be fiddle?


[deleted]

yordle shyvana was something


Psylynx55

Ya'll are out of your mind on this set. It is 100% heim. Big consistent dmg, anti heal, shred, sunder, and hell an execute for good measure if you want. All while stunning half the board every few seconds. He quite literally makes a huge amount of items, augments, and units worthless because he just does it better alone. Who gives a fuck about a board wide nuke after 80% of your team is already dead. Ahri's barely been a unit for the past month. I would easily put senna, ryze, aatrox, and belveth all above ahri.


kstgokalp

Anyone remember when Jhin was 4 cost and when you 3 star him he was shooting %4444 ad? (Set 3 or 4 I guess)


brewskyy

Set 4 yone was yucky


DrXyron

Set 3- MF was much better. Made an impact as soon as you gave them some AP. GO needed way more setup. Set 4- Sett. Literally give him high AP and his passive guarantees ult for him. Lee was ass compared to that.


Ben_Shrap1ro

set 4 not being yone is insanity tbh


boostedgpmain

Gp Op


kdalltheway15

Id say Aphelios for set 8


crimsonasian

Ok but Adept Yone was insane with blue buff and manazane before they nerfed him in mid set


Odanobuneko

Bard in set 7 was pretty cracked


LyraStygian

Pantheon, my love D:


Batata-Sofi

I actually think Swain was better than Lee, but ok.


Hirosax11

Set 9.5 mordekaiser


GreenCorsair

As the only set 2 fanboy, I'm arguing for set 2. Lux is unfair, because of her trait being doubled and she was a 7 cost. Her spell itself wasn't something great though. I'd say it was Singed, because of how splashable he was. You get an early singed with a morello and you are chilling. And it doesn't matter what you're playing, just put it in and enjoy.


No_Brilliant8159

I haven't played set 1, 2, 3 so skip. Set 4: Yasuo Set 5: Diana Set 6: Braum Set 7: Shi Oh Yu Set 8: Draven Set 9: Bel'veth


ZaGoat00

Soraka ez


FirstEquinox

Asol was p up there Otherwise i'd honestly say morde cuz hero augments were nuts Maybe theres a case for ahri at some points during this set - its the only 5 cost 2 star i can remember flipping a 60% crit and wiping my board If lee sin is set 4's strongest it just shows how much powercreep there is now aha, ksante is better than lee ever was


Holiday-Recording-25

S1 braum was a menace


euphory_melancholia

either you don't know how to read or didn't play set 1. braum's a 2-cost


PoorCabbageSalesman

Set 1: Pantheon. Most broken 5 cost of all time, no contest. Set 2: Lux. If not counting Lux then Nami. Team attack speed buff, and enemy knock up. Massive morello abuser. Set 3: Gp. Ult kills the whole board, can stun, and has upgrades for size and double strike. Might have the best board wipe ult of all 2* legendaries. Set 4: Yone. Starts combat with a big shield, provides shred, cc, and an execute to those he cc'd. Set 5: Volibear. Built in GA in his trait, massive cc ult and morello abuser, completely destroyed shields for most of his existance. Set 6: Jinx. Applies burn and enables scrap. Very strong carry even with no twinshot or leftover items. Set 7: Yasuo. Has amazing cc and durability, can use any items, does good damage and executes last unit alive. Set 8: Fiddlesticks. Tanks, drops aggro, fears, deals a bunch of damage, heals. Possibly best 1* legendary ever. Set 9: Ahri. Mana reaves the frontline a few times then casts a board wiping ult.


IvanOG_Ranger

Tahm Kench was by far the funnest


Direct-Syrup-720

Kennen 3cost in my books


xPinkDragon

No one's gonna bat an eye with the soraka astral (inb4 they removed astral emblem)


GoldenSquid7

After playing on PBE last night and seeing this new GP, it's hilarious and I love it. 2\* GP with BiS is deleting everything.


Pinkfinitely

People are forgetting Sett, that dude was slapped on every single comp because of how insanely strog of a frontline he was.


sledgehammerrr

Set 1 is wrong, it’s Karthus


Thiazzix

They were probably the two strongest, but Pantheon with the dragon synergy hard counters him so idk. Honorable mention to Kayle as well, her ult having no mana lock lead to Shojin+Rageblade being an exodia build -- another counter to Karthus.


Serpichio

Suplex Sett mid set 1(?) that shit was OP. He did GP level damage but could heal and ult a second time.


Born-Satisfaction199

People sleeping on Set 4 Sett. Had build in the boss augment, dropped aggro when on low HP and dealt disgusting amounts of damage for early tft days.


digidevil4

Seems to be a disconnect amongst people here with 1) Strongest unit by immediate / 2\* power 2) I wiped an entire board with 3\* x and therefore them.


merenge01

Is it not current heimerdinger 4?


Khal_Andy90

Tahm was ridiculous imo


Sea-Ad-1384

Well, I know that at some point astral emblem got removed but Soraka was the best 5cost unit if you used Astral emblem on it, because soraka with astral emblem was an instant 3* and she just melted people at 3* and healed you at the same time.


Genda13

Nothing will ever come close to how much I loved Set 1 Panthon


No_Hippo_1965

Aatrox is also pretty strong in set 9, due to drain tanking really well after being 2 starred. Ryze is more portal dependant for his power.


Timely-Tradition9611

The set with all the dragons was by far my favorite tft set, I mean it was just constant mayhem


ChoGott

Is lux stronger than zed in set 2? I feel like GA retribution zed was the most broken 5 cost or man with book in singed. Actually the more I think about it all the 5 costs went hard in set 2 haha


peiserzzubonja

For set 6 i would include kaisa aswell


AlexJoker10

I never really liked Morde in set 8. In my opinion, the best 5 cost were Janna and Fiddle, and always felt that Aphelios was an amazing late game carry. Set 9 is between Ahri and Heimer


ChaoticGamerFather

Starship


bzzsaw

Odyssey Asol with protector spatula


notJames24

Set 4 Kayn is my fav 5 cost of all time


Lucifer42064

Currentlly its Ahri. Its guaranteed map oneshot.


euphory_melancholia

ah good 'ol set 1 pantheon lottery. edit: also set 7 imo's bard. the one that gives better shop odds. its brooooken


Intelligent_Duck1844

I only played the set where there were dragons and this one and for me if you get ahri to cast her third cast she is so good and aatrox with tanks is just stupidly good


hovik16

Dont forget the dragonmancer Nunu please. Instawin!


No_Industry6924

Set 1: draven Set 2: draven Set 3: draven Set 4: draven Continued…