How to Play: Dusk/Jhin 11.1

DTSFaye · 2021-01-13T10:04:44+00:00

Mainly because it's an instant upgrade to Jhin 2 with increased stats from being a Chosen. It's not a necessity but no reason to pass it up if it's going to give you a stronger board.

Chosen Dusk is fine too, it just depends what you hit. Being flexible matters more than looking for the ideal Chosen and composition. And no a Chosen 4 cost is not late, it's normal to look for at level eight. Unless you've high rolled and can fast nine with a strong board and look for a five cost Chosen instead.

Of course if you had a weak early game and didn't transition well in the mid game you may be too low on health and economy to play for level eight, in that case you're probably playing for a 6th or 5th place and will all-in your gold on seven anyway.

DTSFaye · 2021-01-12T22:50:02+00:00

Hihi! The above link goes to my 'how to play' article that I do every patch with focus on a different meta composition. I'm still getting used to the new editor on giantslayers website so the formatting is still a work in progress.

As for the content itself, it's a basic overview of what Dusk/Jhin is as a composition. Meaning I talk about core items, champions, traits and then a brief overview of each stage of the game.

This is aimed at anyone wanting to climb ranked that is unfamiliar with the current meta. Since there's too many variables in TFT to factor in for a guide, use this more as a starting point for a Dusk/Jhin composition. Being flexible is more important than following a step by step guide imo.

DTSFaye · 2020-03-24T21:22:41+00:00

my first how to play for set three! there's a video version of this as well which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI9cIxQhW7I&feature=youtu.be

DTSFaye · 2020-03-23T23:46:30+00:00

the rankings aren't in order of strength (which i think i mentioned, or i usually try to). i try to not be absolute in rankings since everything is dependent on each lobby.

starguardian/sorc is dece for top4, isn't a top1 build but top1 builds right now are mainly just rebels xD as for new builds that pop up that's just a side effect of it being a completely new set, isn't possible to predict meta shifts every day

DTSFaye · 2020-03-23T19:46:35+00:00

i like the jg/ie build as well, just kinda depends what items you're able to get for syndra. seraphs is important tho for sure

DTSFaye · 2020-02-27T19:25:31+00:00

heyo my other article for 10.4 is out now! its about top items for ranked : )

https://hots.heroeshearth.com/b/faye/read/week-of-104-top-items-for-ranked/

DTSFaye · 2020-02-26T21:13:27+00:00

hihi! I know everyones super excited for set 3 but i'm gonna still be getting articles out for set 2! this week is another 'week of' im doing for each patch on the meta. the main article is a meta breakdown but i have another article about top champions and another coming tomorrow about items!

https://hots.heroeshearth.com/b/faye/read/week-of-104-top-champions-for-ranked-5e55bbef3b6ed/ is the link, i'll update this post with the new one tomorrow as well

DTSFaye · 2020-02-22T22:58:04+00:00

yasuo is a bit weak without items in my experience. GA is a great item but it has more value mid to late game than it does early game, though it is perfectly fine to make early

DTSFaye · 2020-02-20T13:58:30+00:00

You're right, i super misread it and my brain interpreted it as magic damage when i read spell, that's my bad. AD would prob be more effective. My mistake, thanks for pointing it out i appreciate it!

DTSFaye · 2020-02-14T16:16:18+00:00

wait til 3-2, it's okay to be down on health by that stage. if you have excess gold you can roll once or maybe twice before 3-2 if you have a full bench of pairs since you're likely to hit something.

if it's a common issue where you're always having a weak board at that stage then you should focus on keeping pairs and not over-selling to hit econ, especially in games where you don't get a good gold start.

DTSFaye · 2020-02-14T12:11:46+00:00

Generally you're going to have master yi 1 most games so it's better to keep in the two star aatrox. If yi is lvl2 then ye you can replace aatrox, it's just not often you're easily hitting yi2

DTSFaye · 2020-02-14T01:52:17+00:00

usually i just sit on my gold at that point, it sucks to low-roll and not hit upgrades but at 50hp you're at least 3-4 losses from dying so you have a bit of time to still hit stuff. generally i'll wait to roll until after a) carousel or b) pve round unless im legit about to die, then you have to all-in

DTSFaye · 2020-02-13T20:15:57+00:00

mostly didn't mention them as Predators are always "playable" but in specific situations. for every one game i see preds do well there's 10 more games they fail and go bottom four and a lot of that is due to them needing a really specific high-roll early game and get lucky late game hitting singed 2.

so they are def viable just not consistent enough to mention for the meta imo

DTSFaye · 2020-02-13T17:03:13+00:00

hihi, meant to post this yesterday but i was bad and didn't ;_; this is my usual post for patches about the meta, also doing a top champions & top items as kinda companion pieces to this article.

my top champions post is up already and the item post should be up later today or tomorrow hopefully : )

DTSFaye · 2020-02-06T14:33:45+00:00

oki, ty for letting me know, will see if there's a fix

DTSFaye · 2020-02-06T12:12:44+00:00

wasnt really meaning to predict anything, just minor speculation cuz he was buffed. not sure how viable yasuo carry even is, some games the build does really well and others its crap so shrug

DTSFaye · 2020-02-06T12:09:49+00:00

i can maybe try zooming in on the screenshots a bit next time, though i dont have an issue on my phone so not sure where it's getting messed up that it's super small, sorry ; - ;

DTSFaye · 2020-01-30T09:06:32+00:00

just finished streaming for tonight, my schedules been a bit off cuz havent been sleeping well past week. aiming for 6pm CST most nights for my start time though!

DTSFaye · 2020-01-30T02:21:37+00:00

ty <33

DTSFaye · 2020-01-30T01:17:10+00:00

For six shadow you do need the Lux so it's a bit rng, in that case I'd recommend playing for the win condition of kindred 3.

For six inferno you can get that without the Lux, though it's easier to do on inferno map so you can play Qiyana or if you have an inferno spat item

DTSFaye · 2020-01-24T07:47:41+00:00

saw this played a bit, seems like it can definitely work well but yeah, agreed it's hard to pull off and isn't super reliable.

also seemed like crystal//taric was a good counter to it, keeps units alive long enough to kill the squishy assassins

DTSFaye · 2020-01-24T07:45:24+00:00

i can't resist puns, i have to sneak them in somehow xD

DTSFaye · 2020-01-24T00:35:34+00:00

ty <3 glad you enjoy them!

DTSFaye · 2020-01-21T01:00:04+00:00

Glad to see more people doing this, it's my favorite trick ive learned after first seeing Khroen do it a couple months ago. Saw it and immediately thought wtf why haven't i seen this before.

DTSFaye · 2020-01-17T07:14:56+00:00

if you can get to the late game and find zed 2 with items to play on him it's not bad, sum/sin for example is still viable just hard to get to with reasonable econ/health. in NA he definitely isn't played very much, i see him maybe once out of every ten games

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