Infinity Squad DTCL season 8.5: Team formation, build, gameplay

DTCL 8.5 's Infinity Squad has a unique mechanism compared to all previous clans. That is, 2 infinity squares appear on the battlefield and duplicate the champion you place on them. When you activate the Infinity Squad, you will see a space portal displayed on the map and the champion standing on that square will be created a second copy with random items.

These gates will be different on the board in each game, but the location is the same for all players. The number of items also increases with the stage of the game, in round 4-2, you will see the copied character has 3 equipment, which greatly increases the power of the general. The weakness of that team is weak tank and strong damage, if you need some suggestions, please see the suggestions below.

Infinity Squad mechanics and champions

Includes champions: Lucian, Pantheon, Sivir, Shen, Twisted Fate, Ultimate Ezreal

Infinity Squad opens a portal to an alternate timeline. At the start of battle, any Infinity champion placed in the portal will summon an alternate version of themselves with different items and lower health. And this champion gains one item for each tech upgrade you have.

• 3 Infinity Squad: 1 portal opens, 40% health and damage
• 5 Infinity Squad: 2 open portals, 55% health and damage
• 7 Infinity Squad: 2 open portals, 90% health and damage

The Infinity Squad has a total of 6 champions, with a lot of flexible classes to help you build a more diverse team. The only overlapping class is Sivir and Ezreal, both have Marksman, making them a perfect combo in the late game.

Here is a list of traits you can branch out with such as:

• Quick draw
• Pagan
• Mistress
• Shooter
• Guard
• Hacker
• The Mage
• Duel
• Bisexual

Obviously, BĐVC has a lot of different synergies that can be flexible based on the synergy you're targeting. Shen can be used simply as a tank to protect two other Hackers. Lucian can easily synergize with other Quickdraw champions like Ezreal or Kai'Sa. Twisted Fate is a champion that can appear in Duelist or Mage or both.

When starting a team, most players will be attracted to a team that uses Ultimate Ezreal. That means being able to have 2-cost Ezreal and focus more on Marksmen.

Lucian – BĐVC + Quick Draw + Outlaw

• Lucian is the first target for BĐVC, and he looks to be a solid backline DPS overall. His abilities scale more with magic damage and generate more mana (Blue Buff) than AD. This makes BĐVC a pretty flexible comp since you can effectively use both AP and AD items.
• His Quickdraw trait allows him to synergize well with 2-cost Ezreal (now Quickdraw instead of Special Ops). Finally, Outlaw doesn't have as much impact, but for playing Jhin or Viego, Lucian can be a good item holder until you find a better Outlaw.

Pantheon – BĐVC + Lover

• Pantheon is another 1-cost unit in the BĐVC, and he fills the role of a simple early game tank. His abilities scale with Magic Resistance, which makes it fun to let Pantheon stand out and take the hit.
• Pantheon is a weird unit to evaluate. He can be a good tank early on, but without a defensive trait to support him, he feels like he can be easily replaced by other early game tanks. His Lover trait is also interesting. This makes Pantheon more likely to stay in comps that want to increase magic damage and aim for slowrolling than a unit that will stay in a level 8/9 comp.

Sivir – BĐVC + Sniper

• Sivir is the only 2-cost champion in BĐVC, and she will complete the 3-buff milestone soon along with Pantheon and Lucian. While the initial copy of a champion is very strong, the lack of synergy at this stage is a bit lacking.
• At level 4, you won't be able to activate any frontline traits, and activating traits in your backline will make your tank quite weak. One benefit of using Sivir is that she can act as a rack for Ultimate Ezreal.

Shen – BĐVC + Defender + Hacker

• Shen is the only 3-gold champion of BĐVC, and he is the dedicated tank of this clan. Shen has Guard and can combine with many champions to create an effective defensive line.
• Hacker is also an interesting class, as it opens up the potential for other Hacker BĐVC comps. However, it seems like Shen will be more effective in other Hacker comps. Shen's abilities are quite useful, and he will definitely stay in the final comp.

Twisted Fate – BĐVC + Mage + Duelist

• Twisted Fate is the 4-cost backline carry for BĐVC, and he is the hardest to judge. TF has two damage-dealing traits, Duelist and Mage. This leaves many players wondering whether TF should be placed as Duelist or Mage.
• His synergy doesn't work well with the rest of the team, with Lucian you have 2 gold Ezreal with Ultimate Ezreal. With Sivir you have Marksman for Ultimate Ezreal.
• As for Twisted Fate, he'll likely exist in other lineups that don't want to use BĐVC champions, so TF might be more valuable.

Ultimate Ezreal – BĐVC + Parallel Realm + Sniper

• Ultimate Ezreal is considered to have one of the most interesting and attractive skills in TFT so far. Parallel Realm and Sniper combined with Lucian, Sivir and 2-cost Ezreal, making him easy to use in the late game.
• The biggest concern is whether Ultimate Ezreal will be a carry or just a late-game addition to gain Force with 2-cost Ezreal.

Build items for Infinity Squad champions

Sivir and Ultimate Ezreal have similar items because they both deal AD, so Sivir can carry items for Ezreal. Lucian will carry items for Twisted Fate, and tank items will be given to Pantheon and Shen.

See also:

• Ultimate Ezreal Build
• Lucian DTCL 8.5 equipment , Lucian Outlaw equipment
• Twisted Fate DTCL season 8.5: Build, gameplay, gameplay

TFT 8.5 BĐVC lineup, build Infinity Squad DTCL season 8.5

Early game

If you find Shen around this time, you can just use Lucian as a damage dealer in the early game. Or if you haven't found Shen yet, you can add Sivir to the game and if you have AD items, let Sivir carry them for Ezreal in the late game, and Lucian carry magic items for Twisted Fate.

Mid game

At level 6, you can add Riven and for more tankiness. Also add any champion to the squad for more clan buffs.

End Game

The 5 BĐVC or 7 BĐVC milestone will depend on whether you can find the buff or press BĐVC. If you only need 5 Infinity Rangers, prepare to invite Twisted Fate and Ultimate Ezreal to the team.

Keep the same mid-game comp as above and add in the missing champions. You can still upgrade to 5 BĐVC if you haven't found Ultimate Ezreal yet. Once you find him, put in 2-cost Ezreal to get Parallel World for better damage.

If you get the Seal of the Guardian Angel, put Garen in to get the seal and at the same time you can also put him in the Infinity slot to double Garen.

In general, Infinity Squad, like many other squads, cannot evaluate many combinations because there are not many BĐVC squads tested. However, this will probably be the most popular clan in the upcoming Infinity Squad.