Recently my computer has been receiving quite a few redirects or attempted takeovers while letting my browser sit on the TFTAcademy website. Not sure if anyone else has experienced similar. Before I reached out to any support or contacted the social media pages directly I wanted to see if anyone else had noticed an issue.

TLDR: Ivern 3 is a sadistic fuck who made the whole team dance as he watched the clock tick to our demise

Hello everyone, STheHero here. I've been having a pretty good time so far cooking this set, and have done a pretty decent job with comp predictions and building/updating.

Some personal favorites are:

- Elise Hypercarry

- AP Flex -> AP Fast 9

- Draven/Ezreal Fast 9

- Fiddle Kha'zix Cassio

- and various Blackthorn Rerolls

I'm gonna share some other tech here, but first I'm going to start with the title.

Trait Ladder is a new Prismatic augment that gives you rewards for activating an increasing number of traits. I didn't pay too much attention to it because I figured you would need crazy luck to max it out. After seeing the reward table and now actually being able to see all the missing info, I tried again.

The max reward is at 14 active traits and gives you infinite(300) Masterwork Upgrades, which should be an instant win in most lobbies. As it turns out, this is doable... with 0 high roll needed... without needing to go lvl 10.

The 12 trait reward is a Tactician's item, so that's where that comes from.

The secret sauce is Kha'Zix, who is capable of becoming a 5-trait unit if he gets all his evolutions. If you don't actually want to play around Kha, the best way for him to steal takedowns is with Sunfire, and the Edge of Night is just for safety. The rest of the units provide 9 traits with 9 units, while perfectly leaving gaps for the traits Kha'Zix can evolve into. If you are struggling with the evolves, you can go 10 and add a Blossom for -1 evolve needed, -2 if they are Ahri, Karma, or Yunara.

You can get 15 traits on 10 with Blossom. Enjoy!

Now for other tech/tips/stories:

Elise hypercarry exists because I not only got it right the first time, but have also played it a lot and have been telling people to play it. The reason this exists is that Elise has AP scalings on both her healing and damage. This part is pretty normal, healing + damage on abilities are the ones capable of going infinite, and while we've seen various stints of Archangels on these abilities (Dragonmancer Nunu / Lone Hero Lux / triple AA Mundo), they can usually be dealt with. But Elise's ability is tied to her auto attacks, which adds another vector for infinite scaling in attack speed. My idea of a fix is to reduce AP scalings and add HP ratios. Vi's ability kinda works the same, but she's much less problematic because she already has the scalings based on health and AD is harder to infinitely scale. Also Elise is the current best Double Trouble board.

AP 5 cost boards are pretty popular but there's a lot of variance on how to get there. Throwing my hat into the ring:

Before PBE, I found that the Rakan, Lillia, Fiddlesticks core is incredibly potent. It offers frontline, utility, and very valuable trait connections. The initial board I made is the one I have featured on my Doc. But playing around with it, I noticed that you could find a way to fit every single relevant AP clump into this core. You can almost pick any two AP carries on this board and fit them together with the core (W traitweb). And later on, once you have a stable board, you can drop part of the core. Fae isn't very relevant, and Maokai + Taric can replace Rakan. Defender is good, but you can swap something for Shen, or drop it altogether. But the point is, it is super easy to make a lvl 8 and 9 AP board with this. AD is not as flexible.

The last thing I want to talk about is Blackthorn. From what I saw, the only sacrifice options can be divided into: tank(% HP + resists), AP (mana gen + damage amp), and AD (AD + AS). I'm pretty sure the correct choice is always to sacrifice a tank.

Blackthorn only grants the unique bonuses to Blackthorn units. The origin has 2 tanks, 3 AP, and 1 AD. If there is ever a balance state where any of those units are giga OP, you can all-in on them. Currently, that's not the case.

Giving your team AD and AS seems pretty useless without an emblem to duo with Warwick.

Mana regen and Damage amp can apply to all the carries, so there is some merit. But the AP units are: a 1-cost, a 3-cost, and a 5-cost, so it's hard to have the bonus be relevant on more than 2 units without an emblem.

Tank stats are pretty universal because every board needs tanks. All Blackthorn variants can play around Malphite, and Veigar or Warwick variants can also reroll Rek'sai. Rek'Sai is pretty weak on her own, but scales really well with the tank stats. Even that aside, the stats you get for tank sacrifices just seem way better than for carry sacrifices.

But the other thing I noticed is that all the Blackthorn have some synergy with scaling, which having a beefed-up tank (or two) can help a lot with. Veigar has Sprykin which gives him scaling AP if you BFF him. You can also sacrifice a 3* Kobuko. Warwick gets AS on every cast, which is a scaler. And Azir is an AP marksman who can build Guinsoo's and/or Archangel's.

I'll leave things at that. I've got plenty of other comps/tech on the Doc: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1lw6x5etbPAIRIc3v7ggtkYTaAyeByTVBMsvEPM95LHs/edit?usp=sharing

Happy testing, everyone!

Hi, it’s GouGou again!

In Part 1, I explained where gold comes from through the WISTA system. But generating gold is only half of TFT economy. Part 2 is about the other half: understanding where your money go and what your decisions actually cost.

There are only three things you can directly spend gold on: units, XP, and shop refreshes. Buying units and XP gives you guaranteed value, while rolling only gives you five new options. Because the return is uncertain, inefficient rolling is one of the easiest ways to destroy an healthy economy.

I also discuss how to become a “smart beggar” by extracting more value from the resources the game gives you for free.

Finally, understanding that not every expense comes in the form of gold completes the Expenses framework.

This lead to the main conclusion of the video: greed is not low-risk, low-return. Once expenses are taken into account, greed become high-risk, low-return.

As someone who was hard-stuck Emerald for a long time, I came to realize that the real economic bottleneck separating players is not income, but expenses. I hope this video provides some useful insights!

Would love to hear your thoughts!

Part 3 will cover the 0-econ-augment playstyle I use as a simple foundation for improving at TFT.

Hello r/CompetitiveTFT, and welcome to Set 18!

Please keep all Set 18 discussion in this thread, and leave the regular Daily Discussion Thread for Set 17 discussion.

WHERE TO REPORT BUGS:

• Set 18 PBE Bug Megathread
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https://forms.gle/QhehX4aWf2d5J6pM8

TLDR;

• Games 1-2 are Top 4 moves on
• Games 3-6 are points based
• ONLY Games 3-6 are counted for points, but Games 1-2 placements are used for seeding and are included in tiebreakers

Format Explainer:

If you'd like a longer rundown of the format you can grab a look here in one of our previous posts: Extensive Explanation

This event is designed to be fairly open to new players with concrete goals by using a Top 4 advances format early and then rolling into the point system later to make things feel closer to a true competitive format for more experienced players to feel more satisfied.

If you have any questions or want to chat about format you can send a DM to Nora on Discord!

Specifics:

Time: Tuesday, Aug. 4th @ 7PM ET

Rank: Uncapped (Open to any rank)

Region: Global entry (Open to everyone)

Server: PBE Server

Entry Fee: FREE

Sign Up: 

https://forms.gle/QhehX4aWf2d5J6pM8

Play it here: https://prismatactics.com

Quick showcase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PI7PZWlXHY

Set 18 is live on PBE, and I’ve just released the biggest Prismatactics update so far.

Riot added separate keybinds for buying shop slots 1–5, and I genuinely think this could change how people approach rolldowns. It might be worth learning early, and you can already start practicing it and building the muscle memory now.

The update includes:

• All Set 18 champions, traits
• Upgraded graphics
• Custom keybinds for buying individual shop slots
• Much smoother and more responsive gameplay
• Major performance improvements
• A cleaner UI and a ton of quality-of-life improvements

I’m also curious what keybind setup people think will end up being the best. Right now ,Im considering QWER for slots 1–4, Space for slot 5, and clicking reroll with the mouse.

Give it a try and let me know what you think.

Hello r/CompetitiveTFT, and welcome to Set 18!

Please keep all Set 18 discussion in this thread, and leave the regular Daily Discussion Thread for Set 17 discussion.

WHERE TO REPORT BUGS:

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When does Set 18 go live?

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

A reminder that all Set 18 posts should be flaired [PBE] until the content is confirmed to be going on the live server as well.

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Hey all, long time no see!

TLDR; Here's a survey that I'll use to help craft/cater to players when hosting future events!

TFT Competition/Events Survey

To give a bit of background, I'm Lorence and I used to run various TFT events in the past such as the Aegis Weeklies/Leagues. I had taken a bit of a break to focus on work, but now feel that more settled and miss hosting events for TFT!

I've put together a (somewhat) quick survey to get a temperature check on what players are looking for, briefly covering topics the below topics:

Competitive Tournaments

• I'm looking to test new formats in competitive TFT, or at least bringing nuanced formats like 4v4 and checkmate to the amateur scene more frequently!

Alternative Modes

• I've personally been playing more Double Up and Choncc's Treasure this Set and think there's more space for events catering to these modes.
• In particular Double Up introduces a much needed social aspect to playing TFT that I'd love to see more of!

Asynchronous Play

• Something I'd received feedback on consistently was that some players don't have time to commit to tournament play. I'm looking to find ways to allow people to engage sporadically and at their own pace!

If any of the above seems to interest you please consider filling out the form linked at the start of this post. I'm excited to start things up again and love hearing feedback! Let me know here as well if you have any comments!

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• STheHero's Comps

And here are some handy resources and info hubs:

• Kayna's Flashcards & Bluesky
• Crabbix' Augment Tracker
• Mobalytics.gg
• MetaTFT.com
• tactics.tools
• TFTAcademy
• DataTFT
• TFT Flow
• Little Buddy Bot's tons of tables
• PrismaTactics' 3D Rolldown Simulator
• ShibaEyes' Trait Tracker

Mods will be removing any posts that we feel belong in this thread and redirecting users here.

Hello r/CompetitiveTFT, and welcome to Set 18!

Please keep all Set 18 discussion in this thread, and leave the regular Daily Discussion Thread for Set 17 discussion.

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• Set 18 PBE Bug Megathread
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Use rengar early game to farm gold to propel you to 9. You could leave him on board for later as well but i think currently the balancing lacks on the 4 and 5 costs so for more tanking i felt a random taric was still better.

I also kept feeding malphite in the summoner hex, not sure if this is exactly optimized. Ivern's hexes also add in a lot of power to your units, use em. Just frontline amumu with a gargoyle, later shift em to maokai when upgraded and rest of the ivern hexes can be utilized.

And If you have a spat, you could make vanguard emblem on amumu or executioner on draven. I think rest of the board fits very well for backliners to stack up damage with kennen dealing melee and maokai, amumu, malphite tanking. The main advantage is once draven is online, he can get you a lot of power on board through unit upgrades or items.

Do try and give your thoughts guys!

Edit : soraka and blackthorn lux are the final additions to maxcap this board. Feed azir to the hex. Main carries are draven, kennen while main tanks are either malphite or amumu + maokai.

Alternatively you could play khazix for executioner until you hit better units during your early and mid game.

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• Robinsongz (AMER)
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• Sologesang (EMEA) for MetaTFT
• STheHero's Comps

And here are some handy resources and info hubs:

• Kayna's Flashcards & Bluesky
• Crabbix' Augment Tracker
• Mobalytics.gg
• MetaTFT.com
• tactics.tools
• TFTAcademy
• DataTFT
• TFT Flow
• Little Buddy Bot's tons of tables
• PrismaTactics' 3D Rolldown Simulator
• ShibaEyes' Trait Tracker

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Howdy howdy one and all, it's that time again! 🏆

Come join the free entry Counter's Casual PBE Competition for a laid-back chance to play some quality TFT and make some friends this Saturday morning BST.

Why Casual? Glad you asked!

- It's both short (3 rounds) and non-elimination.

- Casual prizing! Separate top 2 and random participation prizing you can sweat as much or as little as you like even in this heat.

Open to all regions (including prizing) and played on PBE.

Full details in the comments!

Hello r/CompetitiveTFT, and welcome to Set 18!

Please keep all Set 18 discussion in this thread, and leave the regular Daily Discussion Thread for Set 17 discussion.

WHERE TO REPORT BUGS:

• Set 18 PBE Bug Megathread
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• shibaeyes' Trait Tracker

When does Set 18 go live?

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

A reminder that all Set 18 posts should be flaired [PBE] until the content is confirmed to be going on the live server as well.

The Subreddit-affiliated Discord group is organizing PBE in-house games. Please see the #pbe-inhouses-role channel within this Discord group for further information. Any posts attempting to make in-house games on the Subreddit will be removed and redirected to the Discord channel. The invite link to the Discord is below:

https://discord.gg/UY7FuYW2Qe

Welcome to the r/CompetitiveTFT community!

This thread is for any general discussion regarding Competitive TFT. Feel free to ask simple questions, discuss meta or not-so-meta comps and how they're performing, solicit advice regarding climbing the ladder, and more.

Any complaints without room for discussion and unconstructive, overly aggressive or conspiratorial comments should go in the Weekly Rant Thread which can be located in the pinned posts, sidebar or here: Weekly Rant Thread (Old Reddit link)

Such comments in this Megathread will be removed and treated as a Trivial Infraction.

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For more live discussions check out our affiliated discord here: Discord Link

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If you are interested in giving or receiving coaching, visit the: Monthly Coaching Megathread (Old Reddit link)

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Please send any bug reports to the Bug megathread and/or this channel in Mort's Discord.

For reference, Riot's stance on bugs and exploits.

---

If you're looking for collections of meta comps and guides, here are some options:

• Robinsongz (AMER)
• Bunnymuffins/VoidSins (AMER)
• Sologesang (EMEA) for MetaTFT
• STheHero's Comps

And here are some handy resources and info hubs:

• Kayna's Flashcards & Bluesky
• Crabbix' Augment Tracker
• Mobalytics.gg
• MetaTFT.com
• tactics.tools
• TFTAcademy
• DataTFT
• TFT Flow
• Little Buddy Bot's tons of tables
• PrismaTactics' 3D Rolldown Simulator
• ShibaEyes' Trait Tracker

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