How to Play Family — TFT Set 13: Into the Arcane
Welcome to our trait guide, where we’ll be covering the Family trait in the new TFT Set 13: Into the Arcane. In this guide, we’ll explain how Family works, cover the different champions, provide notable Augment choices, and cover some potential team comps.
Explore all of the new Set 13 traits here!
Family is one of the many thematic traits of set 13, but this one is more of a reminder of season 1 of Arcane rather than Season 2. It is where it all began – where sisters Violet and Powder find solace in their father figure Vander who fights to protect them and raise them to be strong since being orphaned.
How TFT Family Works
Family Trait Bonus
Champions: Powder 1g / Violet 1g / Vander 2g
Family members support each other, reducing their max Mana and gaining extra bonuses.
- (3) 25% reduction, 12% DR
- (4) 30% reduction, 20% AS
- (5) 40% reduction, heist on topside! After combat, progress the heist, increased for each surviving family member!
Family Synergy
The Family is small and tight knit so there are only a couple of opportunities to expand the trait web:
- Powder (1G) – Scrap + Ambusher
- Violet (1G) – Pit Fighter
- Vander (2G) – Watcher
The Family Trait
The Family gets damage reduction and attack speed. This makes them prime to be rerolled as two units are also 1 gold which means it is more efficient to reroll for two 1 cost champions Violet and Powder while picking up Vanders along the way.
TFT Family Champions
Powder (1G) – Family + Scrap + Ambusher
[Link to Champion Page]
Powder sends a monkey towards the largest group of enemies causing a 2-hex radius explosion on impact. Enemies hit take (AP) magic damage reducing a percent for each hex they are away from the epicenter. She also wounds and burns applied for 5 seconds to all enemies hit.
Powder having burn and wound makes her solid throughout the entire game as anti-heal utility is helpful throughout the whole game and multiple units heal in this set.
Violet (1G) – Family + Pit Fighter
[Link to Champion Page]
Violet jabs a target 2 times for (AD) physical damage each. Then she uppercuts them, dealing (AD and AP) physical damage and briefly knocking them up.
Like Powder, Violet’s kit also extends well into the late game as the knock up is helpful making her a solid option to reroll with Powder.
Vander (2G) – Family + Watcher
[Link to Champion Page]
Vander is a Watcher which makes him the other tank of the family as Violet and Vander work together to protect Powder. Vander’s ability is to stop attacking and brace for 2.5 seconds gaining (AP) armor and magic resistance. He empowers the next attack to deal (AD) physical damage, increased by additional (AD) additional physical damage for each 1 or 2 cost champion on your team.
This ability makes him work well with Violet and Powder as well as other low cost rerollable units.
Best TFT Family Augments
In general, Augments like Crest and Crown will always be good, but there are definitely more notable ones to explore and discover. As we make our way to the PBE, we’ll be sure to test a variety of combinations and update this article with what we find.
TFT Family Team Comps
The set has yet to even come out on PBE yet, and unfortunately, our team was unable to playtest the Set this time around. While we can’t recommend team comps at the moment, we’ll be sure to come back and update this article once we have a good feel for things.
But for now, here are some potential ideas:
- Family Reroll Vi/Powder
Thanks for Reading! If you want to try and come up with your own team comps for Set 13, check out our Team Builder. For a full overview on the new set, check out our TFT Set 13 Reveal Page.
