Formations for DPS, gold, and gems
A formation is the set of positions occupied by your deployed champions. The twelve bench seats determine which champions can be selected together; they are not twelve positions on every map. Put the tank in front and the healer where the tank can be reached.
What still holds up
The official FAQ calls formation strategy the act of placing each champion where that champion's formation ability can see its target. The wiki page titled Formation strategy marks itself severely outdated, and it says many of those drawings no longer fit the current shapes. I treat that banner as a reason to keep principles and drop the old pictures.
Three examples I will point at, each with a video or a preset rather than a stolen diagram: the beginner diamond (tank front, healer behind, DPS in the long buff column), an Artemis formation that exists so Observance has another DPS to copy, and a gold-find group built from Azaka and the other gold champions on the gold-farming page. Byteglow has a formation tool that asks you to sync an account and has reported its play server unreachable. This site's planner does not ask for a login.
Video
FAQ
Is there a 2026 formation database?
Not one I can cite as complete. The principles and the three examples above are the part with a source.
Where do I try a layout?
The formation planner lists the presets and checks seat clashes in the browser.
Related
Sources
- Official FAQ — checked 2026-11-09
- Formation strategy — checked 2026-11-09
- Byteglow — checked 2026-11-09
- Formation Basics video — checked 2026-11-09