One of the most popular lineups currently is the Historian with a bonus mechanism that gives players a Kayle champion without consuming any additional slots on the stage. This means that players will always be able to go into battle in a superior position, not relying on the Golden Shovel or Tech Core for support, but the added champion is also very strong. In particular, the mechanisms that increase Kayle's strength can also “buff” teammates. Therefore, it is not surprising that metas revolving around the Historian all occupy 5 tiers in TFT season 11 currently, from Platinum rank and above. Among them, 3 Historians – Myths have a win rate of 64.5% and 19.5% in the top 1.
The Historian is very strong at the moment
However, that does not mean that the Historian has no way to overcome it. One of the ways to play that is easy to build a squad, and can be strong throughout with many champions that have both damage and good resistance is the Gladiator squad. This squad can completely overcome the Historian and even win high rankings.
Overview and operation
One of the advantages of this squad is the toughness that comes from the Gladiator champions, and when activated, the whole team will also increase a corresponding amount of health. At that time, the generals whose mission is to act as a shield will only need to install a few more resistant items while the main damage players (Aatrox, Riven, Sylas) will carry additional damage-dealing equipment. In addition, the Gladiator generals come from a variety of different clans (Historic, Dark, Ghostly…) making it easy for players to assemble other chess pieces to increase the ability to “buff” or recover. .
Riven will be one of the important carries
Team building
In the early stages of the game, players can completely own the team's two main damage champions, Aatrox and Riven. Combined with Rek'Sai and Kobuko, you can activate 4 Fighters, giving you an early advantage. Not to mention, Riven and Aatrox come from two other strong clans: Historian and U Linh – Mac Anh. This will help players rotate their cards if the situation is unfavorable or there are many houses using the same meta.
The starting lineup
By the mid-game, players need to quickly acquire key generals in defense, including Tahm Kench, Sylas and Shen. The actual Gladiator squad only needs 6 Gladiator champions and needs to keep slots for “buff” champions like Soraka or late-game back row damage like Xayah. Possessing Tahm Kench and Sylas will help players have the ability to disrupt combat, control and provide more magic damage.
Mid-match lineup
At the end of the game, players will replace Rek'Sai and Kobuko with better quality names, like Galio and Xayah. The complete lineup at the end of the game at level 8 includes: Aatrox – Sylas – Tahm Kench – Shen – Galio – Xayah/Rakan – Soraka – Riven.
The Tech Core is suitable for this squad, and the Gladiator Crown can be used to add maximum strength to the squad. In addition, there are also Gladiator and Pussy Fighting. These are also the cores that will be able to maximize the strength of this squad.
The most complete squad is if the player has the Gladiator seal
Conclude
The Gladiator squad is strong in that it can increase the resistance of the entire team. However, an important factor is that this squad requires a lot of equipment in terms of damage. Because Riven and Aatrox are cheap champions, if they don't have enough equipment, it will be difficult to be effective. Not to mention, Soraka or Xayah/Rakan in the late game will also need a lot of equipment to be useful for the whole team.