Shared Teams guide
How to Modify a Team Without Breaking It
Make one-slot or spread changes while preserving the original team's win condition.
Why this matters
A team modification is successful when it solves a problem without quietly removing another important line.
A practical approach
Use this as a focused testing loop. The goal is to make one part of your decision process clearer before adding more complexity.
- Describe the outgoing slot's jobs before replacing it.
- Change one variable at a time.
- Retest the matchups that previously relied on the outgoing slot.
Example to test
Replacing a pivot with extra damage may improve one matchup while making several leads much harder to position.
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