Academic Research in TFT with Stats Recipe Champions and Top Set Items (Updated June 2026)
Detailed page for Academic Research in Teamfight Tactics with item effects, recipe, champions that build it most often, top comps of the current set, popular items of the meta, and quick links to related TFT pages.
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Academic Research
Academic Research
Patch 17.5 · Set 17 · Teamfight Tactics
Whenever you build an item, gain a completed item anvil instead. That anvil always offers an Academy item and the item built. Gain 1 random components. Gain a Lux and an Ezreal.
This Academic Research page is built from real ranked Teamfight Tactics matches pulled from the Riot Games API. Ladder games are sampled across regions and ranks, read, and filtered to the current set and patch. The item summary, the champions that build Academic Research, and the comps shown all come from those games.
What this page shows
The summary at the top shows how boards holding Academic Research perform, with the average placement, top 4 rate, win rate, and how often the item is built. Below it you see the champions that use Academic Research the most, plus the strongest comps and popular items of the current set for context.
This Academic Research data is a snapshot of the current meta and shifts with patches and balance changes. The best holder depends on your board and the components you find, so use it as a guide.
