How to Play Pentakill
Welcome to another in the series of our How to Play TFT trait guides.
Pentakill is a new trait coming to Set 10, and they were one of the original bands released by Riot Games. The trait shares similarities to Shurima, where units will empower over the course of the fight, and eventually all units will become empowered.
Let’s get right into the guide.
Note: The information provided is based on early information and can change rapidly in PBE. While the exact numbers may change, the overall mechanic of the trait should remain the same.
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How Pentakill Works
The trait itself is quite simple to understand. It provides bonus damage and damage mitigation. As you take down enemies, Pentakill units will empower. Once you take down 5 units, all Pentakill units will become empowered.
Other than K/DA, Pentakill is the only other large vertical trait you can play around. With 2 Emblems and a Headliner, you can reach all the way up to the Pentakill (10) bonus, making your entire board extremely powerful.
Pentakill Trait Bonus
Pentakill champions deal more damage and reduce damage by 15%. When an enemy champion dies, empower a Pentakill champion, increasing their bonus damage.
The 5th kill empowers all Pentakill champions and your team gains Attack Speed.
- (3) 11% bonus damage
- (5) 25% bonus damage
- (7) 40% bonus damage
- (10) 100% bonus damage, +35% damage reduction
Pentakill Synergy
Here’s a list of all the traits you can access with the Pentakill units:
- Bruiser
- Superfan
- Mosher (2x)
- Edgelord (2x)
- Sentinel
- Executioner
- Edgelord
- Guardian
Considering there are 7 units, it’s expected the trait will have some overlap in the classes. Mosher is the first overlap from Gnar (2) and Yorick (5), and the second is Edgelord with Kayle (2), and Viego (4). Both of these traits lend itself to a melee carry focused team comp, with Viego and Yorick leading the way.
Using the other traits to add some utility, extra frontline, or damage will be the basis of a strong Pentakill comp.
Pentakill Champions
Let’s briefly go over each Champion in the Pentakill trait and what you can do with them.
Olaf – Pentakill + Bruiser
Olaf is the first Pentakill unit, and will start your Pentakill comp with the frontline. As you reach the late game, you can likely transition out of Bruiser, but for the early to mid game, you should make use of this trait to power up your board.
There is also some potential for a reroll Olaf comp as his ability can be very strong with an item like Guinsoo’s Rageblade.
Gnar – Pentakill + Superfan + Mosher
Gnar is the second Pentakill unit you’ll look to build up your early game board. He will further strengthen your frontline. For a strong frontline, look to use a unit like Sett (Heartsteel/Mosher/Bruiser) as he will pair perfectly with Gnar and Olaf.
The Superfan trait is also something to take note of, but the other Superfan units don’t synergize amazingly with Pentakill.
Kayle – Pentakill + Edgelord
Kayle is the first backline damage unit for the Pentakill trait and will likely be one of main damage sources for the early to mid game. Another notable synergy is with a unit like Yone (Heartsteel/Edgelord). Furthermore, Viego (Pentakill) and Kayn (Heartsteel) are additional Edgelords that you can add into the comp in the late game.
Because of this, it seems like Pentakill and Heartsteel pair very well together.
Mordekaiser – Pentakill + Sentinel
Mordekaiser is the only 3-cost Pentakill unit and his Sentinel trait adds to the frontline as well. His ability is a mix of damage and survivability, but he doesn’t provide any CC.
Once again, if we take a look at K’Sante (Heartsteel/Sentinel), we can see another synergy between the Heartsteel and Pentakill traits.
Karthus – Pentakill + Executioner
Karthus is one of the 4-cost Edgelords and is a magic damage backline unit. He’s the first unit in the trait that doesn’t synergize with Heartsteel, but he does make it so the Pentakill trait synergizes with the Emo trait. If you want more details on that, you can check out my Emo Guide.
Viego – Pentakill + Edgelord
Viego is the other 4-cost unit for Pentakill and he’s the main carry for the trait. As previously mentioned, the Edgelord trait synergizes a lot with Heartsteel as Heartsteel has two Edgelords, Yone and Kayn.
Because of this, I expect most Heartsteel openers to transition toward a Pentakill Viego comp.
Yorick – Pentakill + Mosher + Guardian
Lastly, we have Yorick, who boasts 3 traits, Pentakill, Mosher, and Guardian. Mosher already synergizes with Gnar and Heartsteel Sett. The Guardian trait can be useful to simply splash in a strong frontline like Thresh, and it also synergizes with Amumu, an Emo unit.
Yorick is the big reason Pentakill synergizes with Emo as he creates a core with Poppy (Emo/Mosher) and Amumu (Emo/Guardian) while Karthus pairs with Vex (Emo/Executioner).
Furthermore, Yorick’s ability is extremely powerful as it proves a 20% Sunder. This will empower the rest of your team to deal more damage to enemies.
Pentakill Team Comps
Since the PBE has just released, we won’t be diving into too much detail on team comps just yet. The comps shown now may or may not be viable, they’re simply suggestions to try.
Be sure to check back as we’ll be updating the article with team comps as their discovered and refined.
Pentakill Heartsteel Comp
This is what I would consider the baseline comp for Pentakill. You have a solid mix of traits, a strong duo of 4-cost carries, and 5-costs to further strengthen your board late game.
There’s also a ton of variations you can play with depending on your Headliner. You can go Headliner Karthus to hit Executioner 2, Headliner Viego to hit Edgelord 5, Headliner Yorick for Mosher 4, etc.
Pentakill Emo Comp
I cover this comp more in detail in the Emo Guide, but here’s another quick look at it.
Conclusion
That covers all the basics you need to know about the Pentakill trait. From the units, we can see that there is a strong synergy with either Heartsteel or Emo, and I expect most Pentakill comps to follow those paths or go for the vertical 10 bonus.
We hope you enjoyed this guide, and hopefully it helps you climb some ranks. Good luck and have fun!
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