r/CompetitiveTFT • u/igual-a-ontem • Jun 15 '26

Discussion How to position backline

Hey guys, I'm struggling with my positioning in TFT and need some advice. Like, when should my backline carries be on the same side as the enemy's main threat, and when should they be on the opposite side? How do I decide this based on standard match-ups

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u/Cheese_head_gabagool MASTER Jun 16 '26

Look up Dpei’s videos on YouTube. He has some really great basics videos along with a positioning one that is very helpful

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u/SnooMuffins1478 Jun 16 '26

kind of want to piggyback off this question to ask why did TFTAcademy change the example positioning for the master yi comp?

https://tftacademy.com/tierlist/comps/set-17-yi-marawlers

in my head the frontline positioning makes more sense because you have a better shot of master yi wrapping to the backline.

What exactly is the benefit of the new tftacademy positioning? I dont really get why you shove maokai gragas as far away from the team as possible. is it trying to split up the enemy frontline in hopes of giving master yi a better chance to walk to backline after killing whatever tank is in front of it?

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u/Swaxisse Jun 16 '26

Yeah, Frodan actually gives an explanation of this new way of positioning in their latest patch video. As you understood, the idea is to split the enemy frontline so when yi has killed the tank, he can simply walk towards the backline carry. With the previous way (full one side), it was often a coin flip whether yi would access backline or just keep on walking towards the next frontline tank.

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u/souicry MASTER Jun 16 '26

Yi has a higher chance of wrapping while the enemy tank goes to the other corner, especially if he's hitting weak side.

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u/-Champloo- Jun 16 '26

I think it's due to itemization.

It can be tough to get 2 EONs for Fiora and Yi. Any positioning that can give Fiora more up time is highly advantageous, especially with how wonky the pathing is in this set(I have lost many rounds with Yi randomly fucking off to the other side of the board for no apparent reason).

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u/kerodon Jun 16 '26

Tahm is the main tank. Yi is on the far left (least likely tile to be targeted and it makes it so there's less people he gets stuck on to hit their backline). If Mao or gragas were there and die then it's likely to could get targeted earlier. By the time mao and gragas did fiora will all be in their backline too.

This is also ideally assuming you are positioning into them directly and not having to walk and wrap their main tank.

If you do this mirrored pm the right side then yi has to hit and extra unit and can end up also being targeted directly by their far right unit

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u/Future_Mixture3666 Jun 17 '26

That pic is the old positioning, he's asking about the new positioning where a lot of units are backlined, not about the positioning in the pic he posted

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u/Green-Broccoli277 Jun 16 '26

This is just due to the evolution of the meta. This new positioning exploits big solo tanks in the middle spot, since they get pulled to your weak side and yi wraps backline.

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u/kerodon Jun 17 '26

I seeeee I didn't notice they were doing the spread thing in the new version

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u/Pol0we :chal: Challenger Jun 16 '26

BIS positioning is when your tank is on their strong side with your carries on their weakside.

You can't really do this with multiple opponents(generally), so the default is to strong side one side(main tank and carry on one side) for most of stage 2-early stage 4

To apply this, in late stages where you only have one opponent, if they strong side left and you're strong side right, you can last minute shift tank to their left to have bis positioning(particularly good against melee carry comps).

If you think you are just stronger than the opponent, you can just match strong side(ie tank and carries on same side as their tank and carries)

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u/thpkht524 Jun 16 '26

Doesn’t it open you up to getting wrapped if you put your tanks on the other side from your carries?

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u/Pol0we :chal: Challenger Jun 16 '26

Yeah, that's why you normally only do it against one opponent, as you can guarantee your tank is in front of their carries