Set 18 · Enchanted Wilds ·2-cost · Riftbeast / Juggernaut Updated · every 6 h

Scuttlecrab

Scuttlecrab is a 2-cost melee unit with 25 copies in the shared pool. 4.48 average placement across 1.7M ranked games, ranking 5 of 13 among 2-costs.

Scuttlecrab
Riftbeast Juggernaut
Can You Dig It?

Passive: Attacks are replaced by a dance that deals physical damage to all adjacent enemies. Active: Burrow underground, gaining Durability for seconds and healing over the duration. Green Buff: When allies fall below Health, they restore max Health.

Average place
4.48
#5 of 13 2-costs
Top 4 rate
50.8%
Win rate 11.1%
Tier in bracket
B
Among 2-costs
Copies in pool
25
Shared by all 8 players

Best items for Scuttlecrab

These are the builds recorded on boards that played Scuttlecrab this patch, ordered by how often they appear. The first row is the default; the rest are what people build when the components didn't cooperate.

BuildIn compAvg placeGames
Gargoyle Stoneplate Spirit Visage Warmog's Armor Juggernaut Caitlyn 4.61 544
Brawler Emblem Gargoyle Stoneplate Gargoyle Stoneplate Riftbeast Gromp 3.61 41

Note what the table does not say: that you should hold components waiting for the top row. A two-item Scuttlecrab on the board at 4-1 beats a perfect one at 5-2 in almost every game you'll play — the reasoning is in the chapter on slamming.

Building Scuttlecrab mid-game? The in-game TFT helper shows how many copies are left in the pool under the shop and grades each augment for the comp you're on, without leaving the game.

Stats by star level

Health and attack damage roughly multiply by 1.8 per star, which is the whole reason a 3★ 1-cost can hold a board that a 1★ 4-cost cannot. Armour, magic resist and range never change with stars.

StarHealthAttack damage ArmourMR Attack speedRangeMana
★ 950 50 45 45 0.65 1 40/100
★★ 1710 90 45 45 0.65 1 40/100
★★★ 3078 162 45 45 0.65 1 40/100

The mana column is start/cost: Scuttlecrab begins each fight with 40 mana and casts at 100. That gap is what a Tear closes, and it's why the same item is transformative on one unit and wasted on another — see how mana works.

Comps playing Scuttlecrab

Ranked by the comp's own average placement. A Scuttlecrab marked as a carry is one the comp builds items on.

Other 2-costs

Where these numbers come from. Placements, win rates and pick rates are aggregated from ranked Teamfight Tactics games — the same dataset the NoxuTFT desktop app reads, refreshed every six hours. Champion costs, traits, item recipes and trait breakpoints are game data from Riot. Tier letters are relative to this set: S is the top 10% by average placement, not an absolute threshold, and champions are ranked inside their cost bracket because a 5-cost's average only looks good for having been reached from a winning position. NoxuTFT is not affiliated with Riot Games.