TFT Set 12: How to Play Sugarcraft

Welcome to our trait guide, where we’ll be covering the new Set 12 TFT trait: Sugarcraft.

In this guide, we’ll explain how Sugarcraft works, cover the different champions, provide notable Augment choices, and cover some potential team comps.

1. Sugarcraft Trait Bonus Sugarcrafters build a layer cake from sugar. Gain sugar for each component your champions are holding after player combat. They gain Attack damage Attack Damage and Ability power Ability Power, increased by 0% for each cake layer. When the cake has reached 0 layers, gain treats instead! (2) 3 sugar, 22 Attack damageAbility power (4) 4 sugar, 33 Attack damageAbility power (6) 6 sugar, 36 Attack damageAbility power, team gains 100 Health (8) 10 sugar, 50 Attack damageAbility power, team gains 500 Health

Sugarcraft is a trait very reminiscent of 8-Bit from Set 10. Sugarcraft wants you to build items quickly to start stacking up Sugar for a stronger trait bonus.

If you can reach the final layer of the cake, you’ll get a big loot reward. We don’t have the details of what exactly you get, but I expect it to be well worth it. (If you can make it)

2. Sugarcraft Synergy Here are all of the Sugarcraft Champions and their other traits:

• Soraka (1G) Mage
• Rumble (2G) Blaster + Vanguard
• Bard (3G) Preserver + Scholar
• Jinx (3G) Hunter
• Gwen (4G) Warrior
• With only 5 units in the trait, it’s not unexpected that none of them have any class overlap. Even still, this does make going for Vertical Sugarcraft a bit harder.

To reach 6 Sugarcraft, you’ll need an Emblem anyway, so this does give you some flexibility for your 6th unit. There’s also two units with three traits (Rumble/Bard) so the options for Sugarcraft extend a good amount.

Looking at the cost breakdown, we have Jinx/Bard who are both 3-cost, so maybe there’s a potential reroll comp there. Gwen is your usual 4-cost carry, so she likely will be a strong build-around as well.

Soraka (1G) Sugarcraft + Mage

To start off, we have Soraka opening up the Sugarcraft trait as a 1-cost Mage. The Mage trait starts at (3), and in general, Mages require more team slots than other classes.

Because of this, it’s unlikely you’ll look to run Vertical Sugarcraft along with Mages. Even still, you can have a Mage comp that flexes in Sugarcraft (2) for some extra loot.

You just won’t be able to get much Sugar with only Sugarcraft (2).

Rumble (2G) Sugarcraft + Blaster + Vanguard

Up next, we have our 2-cost Sugarcrafter, Rumble. Rumble has three traits, making him very flexible for the team. Vanguard is also the only frontline trait for the Sugarcraft trait.

His Blaster trait does open up some interesting synergy with other carrys like Varus or Smolder, so there’s definitely lots to explore.

Bard (3G) Sugarcraft + Preserver + Scholar The Sugarcraft trait has two 3-cost units, and Bard is our first Bard. Like Rumble, Bard has 3 traits, making him very flexible. His Scholar trait provides mana generation for himself, while the Preserver trait is a team-wide buff.

His ability is purely focused on damage, making him a potential AP reroll carry.

Jinx (3G) Sugarcraft + Hunter Jinx is the other 3-cost Sugarcraft unit and is the opposite of Bard. She is a simple AD carry unit with an Attack Speed buff on her ability. She also deals a bit of bonus true damage through her ability as well.

With this, we have two 3-cost units that can act as your AP and AD reroll carry. From there, you can try to expand the team with more Sugarcrafts or other units that synergize with Bard/Jinx.

Gwen (4G) Sugarcraft + Warrior Lastly, we have Gwen, a traditional 4-cost carry. She’s a melee carry who deals most of her damage through her AP ability and low mana pool.

As a melee carry, you’ll want to build a mixture of damage and survivability items. This will let Gwen survive while shredding through the enemy team.

For this section, I’ll go over some team comps that utilize the Sugarcraft trait. Keep in mind that metas shift quickly, and things will change as patches come and go.

To stay up to date on the best team comps, be sure to check our full TFT Tier List covering all the best comps.

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Thanks for Reading! If you want to try and come up with your own team comps for Set 12, check out our Team Builder. For a full overview on the new set, check out our TFT Set 12 guides.

Good luck to you! – Cheng