Picking a comp and reading the lobby

A comp is a plan, not a script. The best one for you this game depends on what the game hands you: the items you hold, the upgrades you hit early, and what everyone else is building.

Start from your spot. Your components and early pairs point toward a handful of comps that use them. Keep a few options open through the early game, then commit when one of them is clearly ahead.

Then read the lobby. Every player draws from the same shared pool, so when others build your carry, the copies you need are sitting on their benches. Boards on a comp nobody else in the lobby plays average 4.3; with two or more others on it, 4.8. Scout before you commit and again before a big roll. If several players are on your carry, pivoting to a comp nobody wants usually beats fighting over scraps.

Once you commit, finish the comp. Its carry has to make the board, and its core traits need to reach the breakpoint the comp actually runs. A board a unit short of a key trait looks nearly done but plays like a weaker comp: boards that short made top four 51% of the time, against 59% with the comp's traits full.