Talk:Twisted Fate/@comment-96.241.114.20-20120803175019/@comment-178.166.24.118-20120814234648

You don't reach late game when you play TF. The point is making top/bot snowball so hard that the enemy team will want to rip their heads off. Let me give you a TF 101:

1) Don't die early game. It's TF's weakest and hardest moment in the game. Wards save lifes, specially at this stage. If you're getting solo'ed odds are you picked TF into the wrong lane or got countered (looking at LB or a physical dmg situational pick like Talon here). Either way, clearing waves is not hard and your 1,4k range on Q allows you to get last hits from afar.

2) Get at least two kills pre-6 (ganking TF's lane is easy as hell. Gold card, Q, ignite, CC from jungler = dead champion without even trying hard). This is important as you'll need certain items ASAP (btw, don't waste gold with Dorans stacking. HP is useful, but you don't need the regen and there are better AP items).

3) Reach lvl 6 at the 6 minutes mark. As long as you don't leave the lane more than once (which is the time you'll be getting wards) or leave a wave at the tower, this is an easy achievement. Sharpen up your cs so that you can get at least 40 by that same mark. Remember you have infinite mana on lane, and you clear Wraiths with just a red card, a Q and some AAs on the big wraith. You'll want at least Boots, a Blasting Wand and a Sheen for your first Ult gank. This costs around 2,5k gold. With proper cs, one kill or two and your passive it's a feasible amount to get.

4) You finally have ult. Now you have two options: keep in lane until lvl 7 and wait for blue buff (which should spawn at 7:20 assuming your jungler started there) or immediately go for a gank. Remember to push the lane. Ideally you'll want to gank bot lane with your jungler. You'll easily bypass the wards and 4 vs 2 at this stage is just damn OP. Alternatively make sure enemy top lane doesn't have flash and go in for a kill.

5) Repeat everytime Ult comes off cooldown. Midgame is your bread and butter and unfair skirmishes is where TF excels. If all your lanes are winning then save it for golden opportunites, such as countering an enemy jungler gank. Also, make sure you prioritize ganks on your weakest lane. There's not much point giving another kill to the farmed Jax when Ashe bottom might need more.

6) Without any retarded teammates or unfavourable matchups you should be able to get the game settled by 30 minutes with snowballed lanes. That's how good TF is in solo queue. And that's why he's such a common ban in higher elos ATM.