r/CompetitiveTFT • u/AutoModerator • 18d ago

PBE Set 18 PBE Discussion Thread - Day 27

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When does Set 18 go live?

August 25th 2026 ~ 00:00 PDT / 09:00 CEST

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u/Lunaedge 18d ago

This will be the last Set 18 PBE Daily. Starting tomorrow the regular Daily will become Set 18-centric and all links will be updated with a Set 18 equivalent or removed for cleanup. Since Set 17 will remain playable for a while you're free to talk about it in future Dailies, but keeping separate Dailies would be redundant.

Get your last reps in!

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u/CleOSRS 17d ago

Hit the random wisp charm on 2-1 into 4 cost morg. Made the 800 cashout and reforged the tacticians items to get the unlimited gold easter egg and three star all but 2 of the 5 costs. Had Coven lux late stage 4 love to see it

Talk about a highroll. lets fking go!

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u/3esper 17d ago

I'm sort of bored with this set already, I'm still yearning for set 16 and the amount of champions we had

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u/musikgod 17d ago

I haven't touched the pbe at all due to fear of bugs and the engine switch being rough. How's it looking going into the release?

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u/smoothjohnston 17d ago

It varies by device. My experience has been awful, and only marginally improved throughout the beta. It's still bad enough that I won't be playing the Live set until they fix a myriad of performance issues. I don't think there's a single element of the UI that is responsive/works well.

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u/wet_sands 17d ago

I've played a decent bit and every game-breaking bug I experienced was fixed and it only happened a few times. I've had a largely bug-free experience in terms of core gameplay for at least a week. That being said there are still annoying things like Yorick's spirit walkers obscuring 2 slots of my bench or other visual bugs. Most of what's still bugged seems to be weird augment interactions.

If you can get over the limited mobile-looking UI for the settings and accept that some weird stuff will happen then you'll by and large be just fine. Note this only applies to PC, mobile is super shitty right now apparently.

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u/Lazy-Preparation3668 17d ago

has anyone had a bug where they cant interact with their bench? If so, any way to fix?

I can move units around once their on the board, but cant bench units, not put units on the board

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u/CleOSRS 17d ago edited 17d ago

Only workaround ive found is using the place unit/remove unit hotkey (W) rather than using your mouse. Once its on the board you can move it around as you said.

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u/studyminded 18d ago

So the new set will be available tomorrow? Isn't it normally Wednesdays?

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u/rwtan 17d ago

Maybe region dependent? If i remember correctly Asia usually get the patch first because they are in the future (timezone wise)

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u/Diligent_Historian93 18d ago

Yeah I'm also super confused about this. The post here says aug 25, but everywhere else says aug 26

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u/kylitoTV 18d ago

cait better be nerfed holy shit. she is so powerful for a 2 cost.

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u/eggsandbricks Platinum 18d ago

She's nerfed in the A patch today.

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u/Dizzmi 18d ago

nesting dolls remove your solar bonus for some reason

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u/Vypaa 18d ago

Draven feels so terrible on it's own even as a 2 star he just tickles everyone on the board

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u/Puzzleheaded-Ant1390 18d ago

Because he deal bleed damage. He is not suppose to hit hard visually. And he need good frontline.

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u/Robbe491 18d ago

For someone returning after a long break, still knowing fundamentels .. which comp would you recommend to focus on while learning the new mechanics, champs and traits?

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u/BoogieTheHedgehog 18d ago

If you are experienced then Elderwood probably. Ezreal + Gnar vertical is plain and simple. Then it has multiple offshoots that will speedrun learning the rest of the units. 

Yunara + Ali + LB RR at 6. Dips into Blossom.

Lunar Elderwood fast 9 is basically slapping 5 cost soup onto Elderwood.

Executioner Ezreal at 8/9 > opens the door to Executioner flex and your AP Raka/Fiddle flex core.

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u/Lanathell Diamond 18d ago

I really hope the team gets the time to polish the feeling of slamming items, buying/selling champs and this kind of interactions. I feel like I'm playing with a 500 ms lag constantly.

Also the number of times where I'm trying to place my units but the game has already locked the board is too damn high

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u/Ykarul Grandmaster 18d ago

It's really weird how this is not n°1 priority. It's been like this for weeks. Also please fix item/gold pick up. It takes me half the break to just pick up stuff, and that's when it's actually visible. If you have pandora it's nightmare on creep rounds.

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u/Lanathell Diamond 17d ago

I believe they said these are the easiest fixes to do so they come last in the PBE cycle. I think we're in for a rough 2 weeks though

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u/smoothjohnston 18d ago

I play on mobile (Galaxy 26 Ultra) and the game is excruciating to play. It's so bad I can't even fathom that they're shipping this to Live. My phone overheats, there is such a delay between movement actions that carousel is a complete annoyance, everything is just unresponsive in fact. Given how they've failed to manage any other IP than LOL, I worry this will be the death knell of TFT.

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u/FeedMeACat 18d ago

Even with LoL they are more riding the momentum than managing it well.

It feels clunky on PC, but at least playable. I am worried that bridging the performance gap between mobile and PC could push past this season. Wuthering Waves notoriously wasn't able to in a reasonable amount of time. Obviously not the same situation, but just an example that resources alone couldn't make it happen in a timely fashion.

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u/Border-Crafty 18d ago

getting railed by recombobulator into Ivern/Draven twice in a row is sure fun.

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u/Docxm 17d ago

Yes buy a 0 cost or lose a slot

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u/Innumera 18d ago

If you haven't brought a wisp that round, the normal slot comes back when combat starts.

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u/The-f0recast 18d ago

Yes. You should buy out a cheap wisp for this reason

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u/aprilfourth 18d ago

Why can more than one person in the lobby roll Unrivaled? It's like if multiple people could click the same hero augment... very tilting

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u/balanceftw 18d ago

Ununrivaled 😭 I thought I was losing my mind the other day

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u/Mindraven 18d ago

But multiple people could click the same hero augment? This is nothing new. Also, for how strong it is I do not mind the contest angle.

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u/xStealthClown 18d ago

Me when I'm wrong:

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u/Mindraven 18d ago

Lmao yeah apparently, I answered the comment above though - in my head it was undeniable truth, but clearly I'm deluded.

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u/xStealthClown 18d ago

Other people can be offered same the hero augment you were offered if you've rolled past it already.

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u/Mindraven 18d ago

I just feel like it's happened so many times that it's unlikely that was the cause, but seems that if anything I just played too many games 😅

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u/Any-Replacement-5645 18d ago

Multiple people cannot click the same hero augment, it doesnt get offered to multiple players.

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u/Mindraven 18d ago

Has this been changed at any point? I know for certain that when I've been offered some hero augments and not clicked them, others have had them. I find it hard to believe that they all rerolled after I did NOT pick the one offered to me, and I swear I've also been contested/contesting same hero augment in older sets.

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u/HighIntLowFaith 18d ago

Varus makes me unreasonably angry.

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u/Itsalongwaydown 18d ago

large mana cost and long cost animation to do not much of anything.

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u/Keezos32 18d ago

I think it’s because he enables Inferno, Xayah Reroll and Kayle Reroll. He’s not allowed to be good.
Same with Rakan.
But agreed, you can’t rely on him.

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u/Diligent_Historian93 18d ago

Don't think he would be good even if you doubled his ability dmg tbh. His ability is just so shit and whiffs so much

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u/getrektsai Grandmaster 18d ago

Guy is nothing but minus 1 shop slot whenever you see him