How to use Set 13 5 Cost Units in Teamfight Tactics

Teamfight tactics and its thirteenth set, titled Into The Arcane, has a lot of content for players to learn, from brand new traits to familiar champions with custom abilities. While some can be a bit basic, the units that always have at least one unique style are the legendary units, also known as the five cost units.

These units are marked with a yellow border in the shop and usually only appear near the late game when players reach level eight or nine. Even then, the units are rare, so picking one up can be the difference between a win and a loss. For Set 13, here are all the five-cost units, their properties, and how to build and place them on your battlefield in TFT.

All five-cost units in Teamfight Tactics Set 13

There is eight different five-cost units in TFT Set 13, and each provides a significantly different potential advantage to your board. These eight units include:

As is customary in TFT, some of these devices have characteristics that are unique to themselves, such as Sevika and Rumble. These characteristics become immediately active once placed on the board, offering another potential boon on top of a powerful unit for your team.

For the unit breakdowns below, the stats for their abilities will be
exactly what the PBE showed a day before the official launch
of set 13.

Some abilities may have different damage numbers or stun times, though
the overall effect of the abilities along with what traits those units have will remain the same
at least until the middle of the set changes.

Jinx five cost unit breakdown in TFT set 13

Jinx is one of the star units from set 13 due to its ties to the Arcane TV show, and she has two traits in this set: Rebel and Ambusher.

Where Jinx is very unique is her ability Destroy everything. Each time she uses her ability, she switches between one bike with three options: Zap, Flame Chompers and Death Rocket. Each has a different effect, as Zap stuns enemies in a row, Flame Chompers does three hexes of damage, and Death Rocket does significant damage to all enemies on the board after a short delay.

The game marks her as an Attack Castermeaning she mainly deals attack damage, but her priority is to use her ability as much and as quickly as possible.

Because of that, some of the best items turning on Jinx includes a Spear of Shojin, Blue Buff, Infinity Edge or a Deathblade. As her type suggests, she is best placed in one of the cornerswith plenty of allies to protect her.

LeBlanc Five cost unit breakdown in TFT set 13

LeBlanc is another five-cost unit that doesn't have its own unique; instead uses it Black rose and wizard properties.

Her ability, Chains of Fate, chains the five closest targets together and deals magic damage to all of them while doing real damage to some in the chain. Then her next three attacks take bonus magic damage, which increases if the original chain kills enemies.

By default Magic Casterthe way to build LeBlanc is with items that allow her to cast often but do a lot of damage, which includes a Spear of Shojin, Jeweled Gauntlet, Archangel's Staff, Blue Buff or a Rabadon's Deathcap.

Just like Jinx, place LeBlanc in a place where she can be protectedso most likely in the lower corners.

Malza has five cost unit breakdown in TFT set 13

Malzahar is both one Automata and a visionarytwo relatively common traits for the set, but thanks to his unique ability, he can make the most of those traits as well as help complete the later variants of them in the late game.

Malzahar's ability, Call of the Machine, summons a gate that extends next to his targetdeal magic damage to everyone within and shred them for 20 percent of their magic resistance.

He too Infects enemies within with five stacks of Infection, which deals magic damage per second for the rest of the battle and can be stacked indefinitely. If an infected target dies, the nearest living enemy becomes infected with all previous stacks.

Because of this strong ability, it best items putting on Malzahar includes Shojin's Spear, Rabadon's Death Cap, Archangel's Staff or a Morellonomicon. Keeping the trend alive, keeping Malzahar in the cornerso others can keep him alive to open more gates.

Jayce Five-Cost Unit Breakdown in TFT Set 13

Jayce has two new traits for set 13 but no unique legendary traits. These two properties are Academy and Form Swapper.

Jayce's ability is Special deliverywhich has a passive and active ability. The passive allows Jayce to place a Forge on the battlefieldwhich offers shields to nearby allies when he uses his active ability. His Active ability summons two gatesknocks his target in one and pushes him back to his original location, damaging everyone in between.

Although he can be placed in many places, Jayce is best used as a frontlinerso his best items are the ones that keep him alive, inclusive the Bloodthirster, Titan's Resolve, Sterak's Cage or a Hand of Justice.

Rumble Five-Cost Unit Breakdown in TFT Set 13

With Rumble we have ours first legendary property in set 13: Junker King. On top of that, Rumble has too Scrap and Sentinel.

His ability, The Equalizer, calls down five missiles in a row that deal magic damage, Wound and Burn devices within five seconds. Missiles that miss targets refund mana to Rumble, while if there is only one enemy left alive on the battlefield, all missiles target them.

While a frontliner allows the Scrap and Sentinel traits Roll to play up close while being able to build him as a Magic Reaper (a highly damaging magical device). Therefore best items is a spear from Shojin, Rabadon's death cap, giant slayer or a jeweled gauntlet.

Mordekaiser's five cost unit breakdown in TFT set 13

Mordekaiser provides a new type of legendary unit to Set 13, with the properties of Conqueror and Dominator.

As for his ability, Grab the Iron Revenant gives Mordekaiser some temporary durability while summon a claw that damages all enemies in a rowdeals more damage to the nearest four and drag them to Mordekaiser.

Additionally, for ten seconds after the ability is used,
Mordekaiser's attacks are countered
like a slam that can hit multiple targets.

Mordekaiser, like previous sets, is a unique entity because he can be both a tank and a damage dealer. His best position is still in the front linebut his best items include a Bloodthirsty, a Titan's Resolve, a Crownguard for shielding, or even a Jeweled Gauntlet for damage.

Sevika five cost unit breakdown in TFT set 13

Sevika has a unique feature called High Roller on top Chem-Baron and Pit Fighter.

Sevika's ability, Beat the oddsis effectively the same summary as her unique feature: the chance to get three different abilities or all at once. This time the options are a Flamethrower, an Extendo-Punch and a Chomp attack, with the potential for a jackpot.

Even with the ever-changing ability, Sevika is still a melee fighter for physical damageso place her as part of your frontline with a Bloodthirster, Titan's Resolve, Hand of Justice, Infinity Edge or Giant Slayer is the best.

Caitlyn's five cost unit breakdown in TFT set 13

Finally, the true sniper of the bunch, Caitlyn also joins the legendary five-cost squad as a character featured in the Arcane show. Her characteristics are Enforcer and Sniper.

Her ability, Air raid, calls in an airship to drop bombs all over the battlefield for five seconds, dealing damage and reducing their Armor and Magic Resist.

Caitlyn is best placed in a corner with shelter, considering how strong her ability is, but the best thing for her is a mix of attack casting and pure auto-attack damage. It includes a Spear of Shojin, an Infinity Edge, Runaan's Hurricane and potentially a Giant Slayer.