Twisted Fate Support Guide

Twisted Fate is one of if not the strongest support in league classic, he has a unique quality to him which is not in modern day league, which is that, he is allowed to Gate (E) to any location on the map globally as soon as he has his cooldown up.

As you can imagine, it is incredibly powerful to have the ability to be that present for your whole team, rather than relying on roams, predicting when fights will happen, as well as mobility being a scarce resource in classic.

For Twisted Fate early game, he can do either;

Set wards in enemy jungle with leveling up his E level 1 and Gate (E) from base. This will help your jungler massively and also give him a clear direction to invade.

The other option is to start with his Pick A Card (W) and do standard trading against enemy lane. With a range point and click stun or AoE Slow you can easily get strong presence in lane early.

You want to build Amplifying Tome first in order to reach Lucky Pick as fast as possible, mana is a minor issue since you can regen from Pick A Card (W).

This will be the your core build for most games.

Twisted Fate doesn't have a ton of damage, it is short bursts of damage dealing at most 20-30% hp on a target with Lich Bane + Wild Cards (Q) + Pick A Card (W). Your contribution to fights are mostly going to be utility based with Pick A Card (W) stun and slow.

After you get your Lucky Pick & Heart of Gold. You wanna start building towards Lich Bane & Boots of Swiftness. Maintaining your gold generating items for as long as possible.

Ruby Sightstone Should only be completed when you feel Sightstone is not sufficient enough, so that you can maintain the Heart of Gold gold generation longer into the game.

Stark's Fervor and Will of the Ancients are equal in strength depending on your team composition. If your team is more AD, then Stark's Fervor is better first, and vice versa.

Zhonya's Hourglass is a great defense and damage boost for late game, you don't need to build this item but it does feel like one of the best options for him as Twisted Fate is a squishy champion.

These are some options for Zhonya's Hourglass I'd consider reasonable.

Rabadon's Deathcap for maxing out his damage while still providing utility.

Mejai's Soulstealer similar to Rabadon's Deathcap but cheaper alternative.

Frozen Mallet helps chasing down targets, but isn't all that necessary.

Shurelya's Reverie similar to Frozen Mallet and it allows for keeping a 3rd gold generation item Philosopher's Stone.