Butcher TFT Season 16: Complete Squad Guide

Butcher of Truth Arena season 16 is still one of the favorite clans because it has many main damage dealers, balancing between tank and attack.

The TFT Butcher Season 16 lineup focuses on Butchers With Strong damage and lifesteal abilities. The main carries include Aatrox, Bel'Veth, and Swain, while Scarecrow, Ambessa, and other champions disrupt the main damage dealers.

Squad Overview

• Butcher: Increases damage and attack speed based on your missing health, suitable for AD carries.
• Conqueror: Increases damage to high health targets, strong against backline champions.
• Noxus: Increases overall damage and ability power for Noxus champions.
• Warrior: Frontline tank, protect carry.
• Darkin: Power up late game carries.
• Demon Sword: Activates powerful passive when low on health, supporting damage.
• Scarecrow: Increases lifesteal and maintains health in combat.

Core: Aatrox, Bel'Veth, Swain , Briar, Ambessa, Yasuo, Gangplank, Qiyana, Scarecrow.

Butcher team building guide

Early Game

• Start with 2 Butchers and 3 Noxians including Briar, Draven, Sion, Qiyana
• Put AD items on Briar or Draven to keep the early game damage, you can put them on Briar to keep Bel'Veth/Aatrox, against these two you can also give Gangplank to keep. As for tank items, give Sion to keep for Swain.
• Slow roll level 4–5 to keep the win streak and upgrade the carry to 2 stars.

Priority equipment:

• AD carry: Bloodthirster, Titan's Grace, Sterak's Claw, Infinity Edge.
• Tank: Lunar Shoulder Armor, Stone Armor, Blood Armor, Fire Armor.

Mid-game:

• At level 5-6, start slow rolling to upgrade 1-2 gold champions to 2-3 stars: Briar, Qiyana, Sion.
• Add support champions like Darius, LeBlanc to activate 5 Noxus.
• Keep gold stable, roll lightly to upgrade stars for generals if the team has too few stars.

End Game:

• Complete the team with Aatrox, Bel'Veth, Swain, Briar, Gangplank, Qiyana, Yasuo, Fiddlesticks.
• Main Carry: Aatrox, Bel'Veth – main damage dealer.
• Tank and harass: Swain, Briar, Fiddlesticks, Ambessa – tankiness and control.

Recommended equipment

• Bel'Veth (Carry): Blood Sword, Giant Slayer, Giant's Power
• Swain (Secondary Carry / AP): Sunfire Cape, Blood Armor, Lunar Shoulder Armor
• Aatrox (Main Carry / AD): Bloodthirster, Infinity Edge, Mercury's Cloak

Tips when playing the Butcher team

• To unlock Aatrox, you must be level 8 and have a champion with 40% lifesteal.
• If you have Butcher's Mark, throw it on Swain or Fiddlesticks for increased damage.
• Level up to 8–9 to add Conqueror or Darkin units, maximizing late game power.

Why choose Butcher squad season 16

• Easy to deploy, strong late game, high damage.
• Diverse generals, stable damage.
• Frontline is tanky, both tanky and disruptive for the carry, creating space for The Butcher To unleash his power.