A single TFT game runs through several stages, so if you send a friend the whole recording with a note saying 'watch this game', almost nobody makes it to the end. This guide covers one method only: playing Teamfight Tactics on PC while DOR records it, then cutting out just the moments a friend will recognize instantly, like the final fight that locks in first place or the moment a unit reaches 3 stars, and sending them as a link. Everything from recording to sharing happens inside DOR.
Decide first: one moment, or the story of the game
TFT videos you send to friends fall into two kinds. A single moment, like the shop screen where a 3-star completes or the last fight that seals first place, works as one segment a few dozen seconds long. When the flow matters, like a game you turned around from low health with a win streak, you need several rounds joined together for the story to land. The first case ends with the trim tool in the library; for the second, you trim each round and merge them in DOR Studio. How to make use of round-by-round recording is covered separately in recording TFT round by round.
Sending a TFT moment as a link, in order
- 1Install DOR and launch TFT on your PCDOR is a free Windows desktop app. Install it, launch Teamfight Tactics on your PC, and DOR detects the game and records it automatically. Recording covers games played on PC, so a game you play on your phone is not included. If you are on voice chat with a duo friend, your microphone is recorded together with the game sound.
- 2Choose whether to record by roundTFT is not one of the games where DOR detects events like kills and makes automatic clips. Instead, DOR settings let you choose a round-by-round recording option, and you can also record the whole match. If you often send first-place or 3-star moments, rounds are easier to search; if you want to show the arc of a whole game, the match recording is more convenient.
- 3Pick the round to send from the library after the gameRecordings are saved as mp4 and collect in the DOR app library. If you won, it is fastest to watch backward from the final fight; if you hit 3 stars, look for the round where you kept refreshing the shop. Simply remembering that the placement-deciding moment always sits at the end of the game cuts your search time.
- 4Clean up the edges with the trim toolSet a start and an end with the trim tool in the library. For a 3-star moment, a few seconds before buying the final copy through to the start of combat is about right; for first place, run from the last planning phase until the result appears so your friend understands the situation. Choose an output ratio of 16:9, 9:16 or 1:1.
- 5Join a comeback game together in the studioIf you trimmed the low-health round, the streak rounds and the first-place round separately, merge them into one in DOR Studio, which opens in a browser with no install. A line of text between rounds describing the situation helps a friend follow the game, and you can balance background music and original sound volume on the same screen.
- 6Copy the dor.gg link and send itOnce trimming or editing is done, you can share it through a dor.gg link. Paste the link into a messenger or a Discord chat and your friend just taps it to watch in the browser, with no file to download. If you want to talk comps, adding the name of the comp you played next to the link speeds up the conversation.
TFT moments worth sending, and how to find them
| Moment | When it usually happens | How to find it in the recording |
|---|---|---|
| First place locked in | The late-game fight with two players left | Start from the last rounds and work backward |
| A unit hits 3 stars | The moment you buy the final copy in the shop | Look for the round where you refreshed the shop many times |
| Comeback win streak | A streak starting mid-to-late game at low health | Cut from your lowest-health round through to first place, in pieces |
| Finished comp showcase | The planning phase once your comp is complete | Pick the start of a round where board and items fit on one screen |
| A painful second place | The round where you lost the final fight | Include the board just before the loss so a friend can spot the cause |
| Double Up duo game | A game played on the same team as a duo friend | Choose rounds where the two of you fought together |
Check before you send
- I found the round that contains the moment in the library.
- In the 3-star clip, the moment I buy the final copy is not cut off.
- The first-place clip runs until the result appears.
- For a comeback, my lowest-health round sits near the start of the video.
- I listened for any duo voice or mic chatter I would not want others to hear.
- If my friend will likely watch on a phone, I chose 9:16 or 1:1.
What to know when recording TFT with DOR
DOR is a free Windows app: launch Teamfight Tactics and it detects the game, records it, and saves the result to the library as an mp4. TFT is not one of the automatic highlight clip games, so you find and trim the moment yourself from a round recording or a match recording. Tips for landing the start and end precisely are in how to trim game clips. With an NVIDIA graphics card, NVENC hardware encoding is the default. Pass the trimmed moment along as a dor.gg link, and your friend opens it in a browser with nothing to install. If you are looking for a friend to play Double Up with, the TFT Double Up duo finder guide can help.
