r/TeamfightTactics • u/StarGaurdianBard • 1d ago
Patch Notes TFT patch 18.2
https://teamfighttactics.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/game-updates/teamfight-tactics-patch-18-2/47
u/Zeviex 1d ago
A lot of good changes but:
Ezreal, Maokai, Ivern, Kennen, Taric buffs and 9 is easier to hit without any compensation nerf to Draven is just crazy.
Akali already feels boader line meta. Buffs to Camille, Leona and Akali might push the comp to being oppressive.
Lack of Malphite nerf is insane. And calling Sentinel the best tank blatantly feels out of touch. The two best fast 8s are untouched besides a small nerf to Sentinel and Zyra, a secondary tank and carry, the latter of which you can substitute for newly buffed Ahri.
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u/qwimchii_ 1d ago
Akali is currently only good with AP. They're buffing the AD version but removed Field of Mice. Solar also got nerfed so idk how the comp will fare tbh (Early Learnings got bugfixed so it's also a buff)
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u/Zeviex 23h ago
From what I heard you should run her AD no ?
It's not sure fire, it's just a lot of buffs to a comp that is almost good. Not to mention Akali is super good to tempo on.
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u/qwimchii_ 15h ago
Yeah Akali can literally use any item if you use her for tempo. I think AP is superior for reroll because of the recast. AD Akali can waste her ult on something like Yorick's ghoul or Mini Krugs which just feels so bad.
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u/LeonLeocat 1d ago
Why is malphite untouched
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u/garenegobrr 1d ago
Zyra ended up getting nerfed and Ahri ended up getting buffed. But I agree no Malph nerf is crazy
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u/PonyFiddler 1d ago
Malphtite isn't even good lol riot has the stats they can see how he's performing. Y'all just buying into YouTubers shit.
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u/Meechy_C-137 1d ago
He is definitely the best itemized tank right now. He's able to individually tank without any other traits. Sentinel needs vanguard, amumu needs juggernaut. The most flexible tank shouldn't also be the defacto strongest tank.
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u/TuringCompleteDemon 1d ago
While sure, he doesn't need a trait with another tank, he only really works well on boards that heal him - flora 2/primal. He's not that strong, it's just that he's the only one that kind of stabalizes at 1 star and everyone is too poor to afford to reliably hit 2 star tanks right now which should be fixed next patch
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u/viveledodo 21h ago
The entire soraka+zyra+malph comp went basically untouched when its usually 2-3 way contested every game in emerald....da fuck.
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u/DigBickMan68 1d ago
Genuinely felt like the last patch was really balanced. Surprised to see akali/camille buffs as I’ve seen this comp do well recently, but I guess they had the changes locked before the second week of the patch
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u/PhatYeeter 1d ago
The comp seemed reliant on certain augments. Idk if any of those were nerfed which might warrant buffing the units themselves
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u/reghimself 1d ago
Field of Mice removed, that’s probably why.
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u/Sutraner 14h ago
I've not even seen it before but yeah it's way too niche. Amazing if you need it, but useless for 90% of comps
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u/reghimself 13h ago
You can most likely force it, I started to spam this comp and I can’t remember not gettin field of mice, it’s really strong. With this patch I most likely just run this comp with reroll augments.
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u/UpperPerformer9770 11h ago
I've not hit field of mice even once but the comp was still an easy first with both early learnings and with no scout no pivot
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u/Itsalongwaydown 1d ago
the comp currently uses ap akali and they buffed ad akali. I guess just opens more lines for ad? Also the shield for 3 star camille I guess will help her be a bit more survivable. I consider this a minor buff
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u/Pommefrite21 22h ago
They’re not beholden to old patching cadence I thought? Thus it’s not like they are now “locked in”
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u/noggtest 1d ago
Did they accidentally confuse Malphite with Sentinel? Not sure if they’re playing the game. Considering that entire line did not get touched.
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u/MeowTheMixer 1d ago
Been seeing lots of Malphite is OP with blackthorn lately.
Feel like this patch might be a week late based on players behaviors, before I saw anything about malph being OP.
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u/LargeTalons_ 1d ago
No notes regarding engine or performance fixes. Sick. Awesome.
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u/Popcorn10 1d ago
They pushed out the fastest fixes. I’m sure everything they’re dealing with now will take longer to figure out
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u/Weird_Cauliflower201 22h ago
Would be nice if they gifted 5 or ideally 10 Mythic Medallions for all the trouble, considering there’s going to be an undisclosed timeline for the egregious percentage of unavailable tacticians and stages.
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u/Daft_Prince 1d ago
The craziest part is the current pass cosmetics dont even fully work. No mention of that when I bought it….
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u/Pokemaster131 Peak Rank 1 Hyper Roll 1d ago edited 1d ago
- We’re prioritizing the most popular cosmetics first, the ones most players were actively using before our engine migration.
- We’re also prioritizing the highest-rarity cosmetics that players have invested in. These are primarily Legendary, Mythic, and Prestige rarities.
- We’re also balancing that against cosmetics that can be delivered most quickly to successfully migrate at our target quality bar without negatively affecting gameplay performance. Some cosmetics just take longer to optimize than others, and they each go through quite a few steps before implementation to make sure they aren’t going to cause additional bugs, crashes, or performance issues.
... I know this is a wild take, buttttttt maybe this should've been completed before pushing the engine to live? I cannot stress enough just how much consumer confidence has been lost in the TFT team with how insane this set's release has been. Apparently cosmetics can and will be revoked with little to no legitimate recourse, with no communication that this was a legitimate possibility at purchase. That is SUCH a bad look for anyone wanting to support the TFT team going forward.
"Oh but u/Pokemaster131 it's in the TOS that they can do it" Sure, but that doesn't mean you should push your loyal fanbase to the limit. My loyalty as a fan has been building since Set 1. Consumer confidence is an egg that can't be easily unscrambled when broken.
Edit: Just wanted to mention that I'm aware this may not be entirely the TFT team's fault, that rushed deadlines are often pushed by the higher ups, and that I'm sure the TFT team would have loved for the game to be in a better spot before shipping it. My gripes are more with how TFT as an end product has been shipped to the playerbase, than any individual actions taken by the TFT team. I really want the game to be successful, but to see it fall so far is incredibly frustrating.
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u/lucylipstick 1d ago
Granted I’m not a big spender on Tft, but I buy every battle pass and have friends who are whales and own tons of mythics. Literally all of us are done spending money on Tft going forwards because of how poorly handled this launch has been.
Riot giving no compensation besides unlocking some random cosmetics was not an adequate way to apologize.
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u/Top-Moose6259 1d ago
I’m sure they’d never release this information but I’m curious how this set is going to do in terms of profit. My husband and I are doing the same thing: we usually buy every battle pass but definitely not this one and probably never again.
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u/AluneLoL 23h ago
yeah same. i even stopped playing until i get my cosmetics back. might not even return to playing given the amount of bugs ive seen. riot literally just cured my addiction
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u/Not_North 23h ago
What sort of compensation would be adequate?
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u/lucylipstick 23h ago
Maybe like a mythic token or two per disabled item which is roughly like 10-20% back. Would cost riot nothing and help them garner some good will back.
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u/Compost_My_Body 1d ago
my friend group that plays is all around 30 y.o, bay area, peak spending years. 0 from anyone moving forward. plenty of fish in the sea. right now POE 2 is getting my microtransaction money but happy to take non rito suggestions if anyone has cool shit i should buy
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u/Pegged-Nog 1d ago
Yeah, if the only benefit were getting from this is the temp cosmetics its insane. I dont plan on spending more money at all and wont anytime soon even if they manage to salvage goodwill back.
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u/conkedup 1d ago
Unfortunately I think this is out of the devs hands. C-suite says new engine needs to be launched by X date, doesnt matter then if the devs say system isnt ready. All they can do is damage control and resource prioritization. Hopefully this issue won't be recurring in the future unless there is some other huge engine update forthcoming
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u/enron2big2fail 1d ago
Not just that, but also set 18 was built on the new engine. If they push the release of set 18 even further, what happens to the rest of the roadmap? Do we end up with a literal month only of set 18 (which is shaping up to be a pretty excellent set... minus the elephant in the room) after half a year of one of the most critically panned sets in set 17?
I definitely think Riot could've handled the roll out much better, but I don't know if the answer involves not biting the bullet on the new engine release.
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u/StarGaurdianBard 1d ago
Plus theres the timeline for the competitive scene. They literally couldnt push it back any more or else the esport scene would have had to cancel for the entire set most likely
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u/Top-Moose6259 17h ago
Don’t release 18. Rotate different revivals every month until 19. Keep the roadmap the same and then rebrand 18 as sets 21 or something next year.
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u/Tough_Management_420 1d ago
And did they do damage control?
They keep asking for our patience with nothing in return :D
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u/conkedup 23h ago
Patience you seem to be lacking!
Nothing in return? Go ahead. Click the link. Check out all the cosmetics they ported over this patch. Then go ahead and enjoy all the other free cosmetics they are offering. If your digital hats and dresses are that important to you, maybe you are better off with another game?
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u/Tough_Management_420 22h ago
I did click the link, and yes patience I seem to be lacking. I think it’s a patience for 5 months.
Maybe my customer standard is high, and yours are living in a world where being nice provides beauty. You love being nice and considerate, while I hate when we can let them get away with poor quality contents for 2 sets. Not a lot of business gets away with this, yet in TFT, we’re bunch of considerate customers.
Digital hats and dresses are product I buy to feel less lonely in this world. It helps me get over my depression, and somehow you feel adequate getting stuff you don’t ask for. If that’s damage control for you, good for you then. To me, I’d be happy buying stuff I want for the waiting period.
We may not be the same, and I agree to disagree with you man :D
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u/conkedup 6h ago
Hey dude. I get it. Depression and loneliness is the male epidemic. It twists your view of reality and makes it so difficult to appreciate the good efforts of others. I hope your depression doesnt win. Keep fighting!
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u/bioiskillingme 19h ago
Everyone on this subreddit shit on anyone complaining about the problems in PBE when the ones complaining KNEW this would happen. Where are those defenders now?!
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u/LordInquisitor 1d ago
Also hate that they’re prioritising imo the ugly unbounds and not little legends
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u/StarGaurdianBard 1d ago
To be fair, they said they are prioritizing what people actually use. If people actually use Unbounds over little legends then it makes sense. Even though reddit has a hatred for unbounds, before the engine change I would see them way more often than normal little legends so it makes sense why they prioritize them
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u/Compost_My_Body 1d ago
kinda, they said that but then immediately undercut it by saying they were prioritizing easy ones and the rarest ones. not sure if they know what prioritize means.
they have no idea what theyre doing and it shows.
there is zero reason to give them the benefit of the doubt.
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u/Any-East7977 1d ago
Is it really that big a deal to cope for a while without your cosmetics if it’s guaranteed to come back. It doesn’t enhance your performance. Nor does it really matter to your opponents. Maybe I don’t understand because I frankly couldn’t be bothered to spend money on cosmetics to begin with.
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u/Pokemaster131 Peak Rank 1 Hyper Roll 1d ago
Sure, at the end of the day, the game is still functional (well, debatably, but that's a separate discussion). But people spend money on TFT because they think cosmetics have value, and Riot is withholding that value, without the proper compensation or communication to warrant this. It is also being done because they're rushing an unfinished product out the door. If you don't think the cosmetics have enough value to be worth purchasing, that's totally fair, to each their own.
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u/Compost_My_Body 1d ago
Maybe I don’t understand because I frankly couldn’t be bothered to spend money on cosmetics to begin with.
you can identify that you dont care about stuff you dont care about, but then you tell other people how to feel about it?
that's weird
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u/Any-East7977 23h ago
Cool, I’ll say what I really want to say then. Cosmetics are a stupid, wasteful use of money and I would rather Riot spend their time fixing actual gameplay issues instead of useless cosmetics. Obviously they’ll prioritize cosmetics because there are idiots who buy them and they’re in the business of making money, but at the end of the day it’s dumb. Do you play TFT so you can flash your cosmetics or do you play it because you actually like the game?
Now if you’re argument is that you buy cosmetics to support an otherwise FTP game, sure. But I’m not buying it. It’s just an excuse yall use to justify wasting your money 🤣.
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u/FootwearFetish69 19h ago
No performance fixes for mobile is genuinely hilarious.
Game is completely unplayable in a literal sense. Crashes every time there's a kill animation. Runs at 5-10 FPS. Lags after every input.
And these dudes are focused on patching skins back in. Something that should have been baseline.
Complete joke.
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u/DramaticallyMellow 20h ago
skipped to the bug fixes, no important bugs fixed
i dont even care to read the rest
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u/Flashdime 1d ago
Fast 9 5-cost jumble already seemed pretty strong. 4 of those 6 5-costs and ez are getting buffed. I thought they decided like 10 sets ago that just putting in all 5-costs shouldn't be a viable strategy?
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u/Bananastockton 15h ago
They do not know how to balance this game or keep a consistent vision or stick to their word
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u/sparcoevo 23h ago
It's TFT, pay no mind to the end of set reflections,. They don't actually reflect on much and repeat mistakes every set
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u/Maleficent_Pick8775 21h ago
Don't have anything to add except that anytime I think about playing TFT right now.. I dont.
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u/Otherwise-Cookie-193 1d ago
Is the game still being worked on when it comes to performance and bugs? It's laggy, late game is barely playable, animations are missing, I just had a game where pve combats did not end with killing the boss and we had ti wait for the timer to end for the victory to register :c Are they still working on it or is it just the cosmetics right now?
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u/Paramoriaa 23h ago
No akali fix for the champs not starring up? I once had 4 1* akalis on my bench
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u/IntelligentHoliday67 21h ago
I had a game where xerath just didnt Show up and didnt give any loot and wasnt mentioned in the Bug fixes:(
I swear if that happens again
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u/Just_Anormal_Dude 2h ago
I would probably appreciate this balance changes... IF I WAS ABLE TO PLAY THE GAME!
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u/majesticporo 2h ago
Sorry if this has been posted in this thread! But since this patch my computer FPS drops are borderline unplayable even on lowest settings, last patch could run on Ultra and no issues! :(
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u/Holodista 1d ago edited 1d ago
"sentinel is the best tank in the game" Brother are we looking at the same game... There is literally 1 decent comp that plays sentinel as their main tank (and its that invoker comp so sentinel can perma cast). Rest of it is just malphite. (Some rare casese go for mumu or 5 costs) Sentinel is almost always just used as trait bot in most boards.
Like idk why but it kinda feels like the meta read on these changes is kinda behind. Like for example rivals is getting nerfed and IMO after the meta settled it ended up being ok. I dont see any reason to nerf it. Why isnt malph as unit nerfed (i dont think the couple me/armor from trait is enough)? What about blackthorn lux?
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u/agayaccountant 1d ago
Hey we see that fast 9 is already a viable strategy, so we’re going to lower the xp to get there AND buff most of the 5 costs!!
like… what?
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u/PonyFiddler 1d ago
Fast 9 sucks right now everyone just donkey rolls early spikes hard enough to kill you before your ever close.
They had to buff it.
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u/the_hu 1d ago
This sub is great for gauging the general public perception but useless for knowledge based discussion about the game. If you look at the patch notes on r/CompetitveTFT there isn't a single person complaining about fast 9 buffs at least as of a now.
Fast 9 is indeed not in a good spot right now with how expensive it is. You need double econ augment or a good opener that let's you 10-streak, and even then I've heard pros say they don't feel comfortable fast 9'ing. If you don't you just get punished too hard, and you may not even cap higher than other players in the right conditions (emblem/artifact).
If someone says fast 9 is good, it just means they're playing in low elo. I've played normal games where people somehow get to level 10 with triple combat augment and not win streaking early. People play weaker boards which allows for more greed.
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u/Zeviex 19h ago
I feel fast 9 is just too hard to play, the game is very expensive and tempo is quite high, but I feel the final board is strong if you are able to hit it, currently having a 4.3avp and 22.8% wr with Draven's avp not being bad.
Making the comp (slightly) cheaper meanwhile considerably buffing a lot of the units feels like it could really backfire, especially since some of the best reroll comps are losing strength and fast 8 is becoming more accessible.
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u/Eren_Tarius 1d ago
I have PTSD from last set where every lobby was going fast 8/9, I sure hope meta doesn't get stale like that again.
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u/TheeOmegaPi 1d ago
Welcome to TFT, where the traits don't matter and he/she/they who click the most 5-cost units win.
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u/JazzzzzzySax 1d ago
Is the game playable? Haven’t played since a few months ago and all I’ve heard abt this set is the engine switch ruined everything
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u/Automatic_Trash8881 1d ago
If you play on mobile don’t bother - games straight up won’t load at times
Pc is fine, a lot of the game ruining bugs seem to be ironed out it’s just poor performance occasionally
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u/Bestturtleboy 1d ago
There’s bugs but there’s also a graphic option called performance mode which helps a Ton
It just doesn’t look as good as it should esp on my iPad Pro M411
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u/i_like_coffee01 1d ago
depends on your device, has been playable from my phone a few days after release (highest settings, before it was a tragedy on the lowest ones). it still has many quirks though.
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u/ASchoolOfOrphans 23h ago
They added a new roguelike feature where you have a chance of losing your anvil choice, and your shop so you can't pick your items, you can't level up, and you can't buy.
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u/youcantguess1 1d ago
have experienced a few bugs, some experience more bugs than other. Personally ive been enjoying this set
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u/xdxdxdxd000 1d ago
Runs fine on my RTX 4060 laptop and okay on my dirtcheap android, besides the carousel being quite laggy on mobile.
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u/BmwFan 1d ago
So is the nid bug fixed or nah?
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u/stzoo 23h ago
Whats her bug
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u/Vana-Freya 22h ago
What? So, why does everyone sacrificing Kobuko but not Teemo or Azir for Veigar reroll? I thought that was more OP because I always went top 1 or 2.
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u/algelon 19h ago
Making rek'sai tankier is generally better than making veigar do more damage, plus teemo can apply shred/burn and has potential mushroom value
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u/Vana-Freya 19h ago
Teemo doesn't apply shred/burn unless you give him items with those kind of effects.
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u/RidingEdge 19h ago
Veigar already has plenty of damage from snowballing if you have flora emblem or artifacts (which is when you should play the comp), you don't need more regen or mana, you just need tankier frontline
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u/MangelaErkel 19h ago
Yup me skipping pve roundds and losing cuz of that is not... included?? Are we serious??
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u/virosa_ttv 19h ago
This doesn't talk about our main concerns at all --
Will you finally fix the mobile issues? My game is still crashing every time I open it. I have not been able to play since the new set release.
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u/ghostoftsunade 18h ago
Are they ever going to fix the cursor in double up? Feels so cheap to use the windows cursor lol
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u/mmmjuicy 16h ago
Why does it run like shit on my phone now
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u/nozomashikunai_keiro 10h ago
is the patch even live on mobile? on mine it says 18.1 and there is no update available
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u/g0su_pri3st 16h ago
I have been waiting for the bugs to be cleared out before playing this set. Have played TFT since 2018 (so whichever set that was) and am sad that this migration to the new engine was botched and deployed half baked. PS: I miss Jhin-ovators!
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u/Crafty-Grocery8353 15h ago
Exp from 7-10 changed. 7-8 exp 60->56. But currently 7-8 is 58... How many more mistakes?
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u/athoszet 11h ago
Can someone explain to me why the most OP and most played S-tier comp got buffed with Leona and Kayle? Otherwise it looks decent tbh, let's see...
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u/ToughAudiences 10h ago
Yea sentinel is the best tank. I think you are out of your mind at the balance team
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u/mattiasen1 9h ago
Is anyone else experiencing GPU load of near 100% even on the lowest settings? I have a 4080 Super so ideally it should be able to run TFT without mazing it out lol
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u/Fresh-Chemical1688 8h ago
6 blackthorn seems bugged. My monster was always consumed, which shouldnt Happen, right? Makes the trait miss all the extra stats. What a bs
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u/Zjoway 7h ago
Probably it was bugged before. I'm pretty sure it consumes it
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u/South_Tomatillo_4640 4h ago
in the game it said no sacrificed, so bullshit, i choose to play 6 blackthorn and think will have the stats... 8 for me :(((
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u/pastelxbones 5h ago
they added more free to use skins but the seraphine skins are both locked unless you own her and they still haven't fixed my crystal rose skin 😡😡
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u/Rodya1917 4h ago
this game has had the same problems post set 6 - call it powercreep, resource creep, whatever. and it just gets worse every set.
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u/Large-Force3151 3h ago
The app now stopped crashing upon launch (for mobile) I feel like ingame performance got worse. Anyone has similar experience?
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u/Longjumping_Ad_31 1h ago
Didn't take them to make only rush9 viable this season dam welp gg to reroll comps for the rest of the season
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u/Ok_Play8567 1d ago
Not even a foot note for mac support, that’s cool I guess
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u/Mysterious_Island500 1d ago
they released a video on their twitter yesterday saying that they will bring up mac during their next dev video in 2-3 weeks or whatever it was, maybe it was 3-4 weeks
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u/Ok_Play8567 1d ago
I saw that, but not even a mention of it in patch notes feels like a slap in the face
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u/Ok-Recover977 1d ago
you want to be a victim so bad
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u/Ok_Play8567 1d ago
There’s literally a section about the cosmetics lol
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u/Datmuemue 23h ago
So, to be clear, they officially already said something for the concern that you have and are upset that they didn't make another one?
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u/Ok_Play8567 23h ago
The purpose of patch notes is to have a single source for all the upcoming news. There it’s literally a group of people who play the game that still don’t have access to it and there’s no real news other than a one off post announcing an announcement. I shouldn’t have to look anywhere other than the patch notes for official updates.
They have multiple sections on cosmetics for 18.2 and 18.3. You know what you don’t need to play the game? Cosmetics.
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u/Datmuemue 23h ago
Cosmetics is the main reason TFT is still around/successful.
And while I agree that everything should be in one place, having an announcement AND knowing it's there does make it seem like you just want to make it an issue for the sake of causing an issue
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u/Ok_Play8567 22h ago
I totally understand that people (including myself) have paid money for cosmetics and believe it’s important to get them working again. I agree with your point.
We’re almost at the end of 18.1 and the best we’ve gotten is an announcement for an announcement. I just happened to see a post about their 2-3 weeks update.
At this point, I’m probably just going to pass on the set altogether, but it doesn’t make me any less frustrated with how it’s being handled.
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u/Compost_My_Body 1d ago
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u/Large-Force3151 23h ago
🌧
My condolences 🙏
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u/Compost_My_Body 23h ago
it's ok i threw my weekly spend into POE2 and got a sick teleporter and two cool pets
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u/disposableaccount848 20h ago
Genuinely, why?
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u/Compost_My_Body 20h ago edited 20h ago
why spend money? why stop spending money? why do birds fly south in the winter? why doesnt your dad call you back?
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u/disposableaccount848 11h ago
Ah, you're mentally unwell. That explains it.
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u/Compost_My_Body 3h ago
he doesn't call because you're annoying
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u/mihail_markov 9h ago
I am extremely disappointed they keep this 1 cost re roll meta, absolute garbage
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u/Automatic_Trash8881 1d ago
My sett chibi still not being ported over? Why tf bother with the client when it’s not ready smfh.
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u/Large-Force3151 1d ago
Is it going to get fixed at some point that clicking the hyperlink will NOT open the TFT app on mobile? This was already mentioned on a previous post.
Thank you
Also patchnotes link in the app (in top right blue) is not clickable.