TFT Set 11 Guide: How to Play Porcelain

How to Play Porcelain — TFT Set 11: Inkborn Fables

Welcome to our TFT trait guide series, where I’ll be covering the Porcelain trait and how to play it.

Porcelain is a new trait that grants a small Attack Speed buff and damage reduction. This buff only happens upon casting, so these champions want some mana generation as well.

I’ll be covering how Porcelain works, analyzing each champion, and go through some potential team comps.

Let’s get right into the guide.

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How Porcelain Works

Porcelain Trait Bonus

After casting, Porcelain champions boil, gaining Attack Speed and taking less damage for 3 seconds.

• (2) 30 AS%; 20% reduced damage
• (4) 60 AS%; 35% reduced damage
• (6) 100 AS%; 50% reduced damage

Champions: Lux (2), Amumu (3), Ashe (4), Lissandra (5)

Every time Porcelain units cast, they will gain a temporary Attack Speed and damage reduction buff. While the Attack Speed buff falls off, you can take advantage of this burst with things like Guinsoo’s Rageblade.

The damage reduction buff also will help for any frontline or midline Porcelain units, giving them some extra survivability.

Porcelain Synergy

Here’s a list of the traits you can branch into from the Porcelain units:

• Arcanist (Lux/Lissandra)
• Warden (Amumu)
• Sniper (Ashe)

From the class traits, we can see that Lux and Lissandra share the Arcanist trait, making the trait point toward AP comps. However, Ashe is the 4-cost of the trait and scales with AD. Arcanist is generally a class you want to build vertically, so Ashe might not make the cut.

On the other side, Ashe doesn’t benefit too much from having Lux and Lissandra in the comp, so I’m predicting that Porcelain (4) might not be viable compared to splashing (2). If Porcelain 4 is strong, it likely will be in a mixed comp with Ashe and another AP carry to utilize the Arcanist trait from Lux/Lissandra.

Porcelain Champions

Let’s briefly go over each Champion in the Porcelain trait and what you can do with them. To check the updated stats and ability values, be sure to check each Champion Page.

Lux (2) — Porcelain + Arcanist

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Lux is the first entry for the Porcelain trait. Her ability deals AoE damage and stuns, which usually isn’t a sign that she’ll be a main carry unit. Since her ability also stuns, the damage is likely lacking compared to other units.

As the first Porcelain unit, you likely pick up Lux to build toward a vertical Arcanist comp. You can pair her with Amumu for Porcelain (2), but that pair might not be as important as other Arcanist units.

Amumu (3) — Porcelain + Warden

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Amumu is the only dedicated frontline for the Porcelain trait, making him a strong mid game unit for any Porcelain comp. Since he’s a Warden unit, you can fit him in regardless if you’re running an AP or AD comp.

His ability heals allies and damages enemies, making him a solid frontline unit for stalling out the fight. However, his heal can still be overpowered by burst damage, so you will want to have strong tank items to keep him alive and sustaining.

Ashe (4) — Porcelain + Sniper

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Ashe is the only 4-cost unit for the Porcelain trait, so you can definitely build around Ashe as your carry. However, Ashe doesn’t particularly synergize with Lux, meaning you’ll likely want Amumu or Lissandra being your 2nd Porcelain.

It’s possible that you can put Ashe together with another magic damage carry to utilize more Porcelain units (Lux/Lissandra), but that requires a lot of team slots.

Her ability deals more damage the more times you’ve attacked in the fight, meaning you’ll likely want to stack Attack Speed and possible mana generation.

Building Guinsoo’s Rageblade and Spear of Shojin can be good, but that doesn’t leave too much room for damage scaling items. We’ll see what her ideal items are once more testing is done.

Lissandra (5) — Porcelain + Arcanist

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Lissandra is the last unit for the Porcelain trait, and she pairs with Lux. With small traits like these, you usually don’t find overlapping classes, but the Arcanist trait is present twice.

Lissandra is also a loot generating unit, giving you more gold/items with her Ability. She also executes enemies if they are the last one standing. This is very powerful against comps that have a very powerful or tanky carry.

Finding a Lissandra early can be a very strong high roll if you find her early while playing an Arcanist comp. This lets you reach Arcanist (6) while dropping a low-cost unit and potentially generate more items.

Porcelain Best Augments

For this section, I’ll be covering some Augments that particularly synergize with the trait. Lots of Augments are universal, like economy based Augments or item Augments, but I’ll try to cover particular synergies to look out for.

The set has yet to come out on PBE yet, so I’ll only take a look at the trait specific Augments. I’ll definitely be back to add more as we learn more.

You can check out the full list of Augments here.

Porcelain Crest

Gain a Porcelain Emblem and a Lux.

Porcelain Crest is quite an interesting Augment for this trait. Porcelain (6) is only achievable with two Emblems, making it quite difficult to reach. However, the bonus Attack Speed and Damage Reduction scale very high at Porcelain (6).

The Emblem is also quite flexible as you can put it on frontline or backline units. Frontline units will benefit from the Damage Reduction more while backline units can utilize the Attack Speed buff.

Furthermore, Porcelain Crest can be a strong choice for Arcanist team comps as well. This way, you can reach Porcelain (4) without needing Ashe on the team. A unit like Illaoi with Porcelain Emblem can be very tanky with the damage reduction.

The inverse is also true if you’re running an Ashe carry. You can play Porcelain (4), putting the Emblem on another Sniper for Attack Speed while only needing to run either Lux/Lissandra for your 4th Porcelain.

Boiling Point

Porcelain units’ basic attacks restore 5 mana on hit. While boiling, basic attacks also Burn and Wound. Gain a Lux.

This Porcelain Augment could be a strong signal to play toward Ashe carry. Firstly, the Augment grants a Spear of Shojin like effect, allowing your Porcelain units to cast more frequently, gaining the Porcelain buff.

Furthermore, while boiling, they will also Burn and Wound enemies, making items like Morello/Red Buff unnecessary to build.

This Augment is quite strong in empowering Ashe as a carry, but it also gives mana generation to units like Lux and Lissandra as well. Amumu is probably the unit with the least impact from this Augment, but it’s still more than nothing.

Porcelain Team Comps

The Set has finally released, and our team has been working hard experimenting on the PBE. Here are some early team comps you can try out.

As the playerbase plays more and more games, stronger meta comps will definitely rise up the meta. Be sure to stay up to date on the current meta at our Team Comp Tier List.

Porcelain Ashe

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First up, we have a traditional 4-cost carry comp with Ashe as the main focus. Instead of going for Sniper (4), this comp instead goes for Porcelain (4). This gives the comp some extra damage potential with Arcanist units like Lissandra and Lux in the backline.

The frontline is based on the Warden trait, with Amumu as the main tank with items. The Porcelain trait will also grant Amumu some damage reduction when he casts, making him even tankier.

Porcelain Flex

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Another trait that synergizes with Porcelain is Invoker. Porcelain units want to cast their abilities often, and Invoker helps generate mana for the entire team.

This comp utilizes both Ashe and Lillia as carrys. Kog’Maw is a perfect trait unit here as he provides Mythic, Invoker, and Sniper. All of these traits are utilized to buff up the team, making the overlap perfect.

This comp caps at level 9 with Azir and Lissandra, but you can use Emblems to reach 4 Porcelain 4 Invoker at level 8 as well. If you have an Invoker Emblem, you can place that on Lissandra. If you have a Porcelain Emblem, you can place that on Lillia or Annie.

8 Arcanist

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The other comp that makes use of Porcelain are Arcanist comps. Lux and Lissandra are both Arcanist units, making them an easy inclusion into Arcanist comps.

Because of this, Amumu is once again the main tank and ideal holder for Arcanist Emblem. Lux and Syndra are both potential backline carries, with Lux 3-star being a possibility if your game is lucky.

Illaoi 3 is also a powerful tank as her Arcanist trait will help scale her ability, giving her more survivability.

Thanks for reading! Be sure to check out our meta team comps page, or head to our Team Builder to try and come up with your own comps.