How TFT ranked LP and climbing work
Standard TFT ranked runs Iron through Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Emerald, Diamond, Master, Grandmaster and Challenger.
TFT is an 8-player lobby where finishing top four gains LP and the bottom four loses it, so consistency beats chasing first every game.
The real climb skill is reading the lobby: knowing which comps are contested, when to pivot, and how to play econ around your health total. Each set rebalances the meta and mid-set patches shift the strongest comps, so keeping up with the current patch matters as much as raw mechanics. Master and above remove divisions and become a pure LP ladder where the competition gets much tougher. Pricing reflects that higher tiers are harder to climb.