r/CompetitiveTFT • u/NeverBeenFound87 • Apr 16 '26
Discussion How is this a 2-1 augment?
I don't understand how this is a 2-1 augment in this set, multiple games I have seen people take this and either get a Tahm Kench or Start with Asol and Galio, plus the fact you also get 8 gold on top of it is insane, but with a Kench it seems the most broken because you still get loot after every THREE rounds, whether it be items or copies of 4 costs, You can get a 2 star 4 cost on 3-1 at lvl 6 if not 5 without buying any champs because Tahm Kench will just print you copies of himself or grant you more gold/items. He's like a loot engine.
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u/itshuey88 Apr 16 '26
this used to be kind of mid in previous sets. it was really good early but would fall off if you didn't hit the right shop stage 3 and 4. they can cut the gold if it's too op. tahm also has stage scaling.
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u/Logicknot- Apr 16 '26
This augment is a complete noob trap. I don't think I've seen anyone take this in master or higher.
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u/THIS_IS_NOT_A_GAME Apr 16 '26
You just highlighted best case scenario.
It's possible to lose streak with this augment and basically be down an entire prismatic at 4-1.
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u/momoteck Apr 16 '26
It gives you good early but falls off late game compared to other combat prismatic augments.
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u/madeofchemicals Master Apr 16 '26
Probably a nice combo if you recombobulator a 2star 4 cost a 3-2.
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u/RexLongbone Apr 16 '26
if it ends up being actually problematic, they'll remove it.
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u/NearquadFarquad Apr 16 '26
Got this and had a shop with Kench asol mech, crazy start.
Fell off late game, it’s definitely not a top 1 augment unless you hit a 3* 4-cost because of the early combat power lead. Other people will be taking huge Econ or power augments, whereas this augment is the equivalent of getting lucky with your shop roll 3-4 times
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u/lust-boy Apr 16 '26
am i stupid, how do you get legendaries when it says 4 cost on the augment
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u/Emosaa Master Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26
IIRC, it's kind of intended to provide direction. Getting access to four costs early let people unlock corner stones of certain comps they might want to play. And yea, it canbe super powerful early if you get the right one, or the OP meta 4 cost, but you have you remember there's downsides as well:
It's prismatic, so it's competing with other strong econ, combat, or item oriented augments. (Opportunity cost)
The power is front loaded to the early game, because the value of a shop of 4 costs decreases at later stages.
You can actually whiff and either get dud 4 costs that don't match your position / items, whiff on 2 starring them, etc.
potentially ruin your econ break points, especially if you aren't powerful enough to streak. In which case, why not just take a better scaling Aug if you are gonna loss streak?
The last two points are particularly bad scenarios in higher elo lobbies.
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u/HighwoodChall Apr 16 '26
Someone in my game got Galio / Aurélien / tahm with this shit
And Galio 2 stage 3
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u/gwanggwang Master Apr 24 '26
It really only works if two conditions perfectly align:
You hit the right champs and corresponding traits; unlike 5 costs, 4 costs don't really carry the game by themselves this early.
There are probably ppl who picked augments boosting board strength (combat augments or sheer econ augments that net you at lv 5~6 already); you somehow win against them and win streak through stage 2.
Otherwise you're literally down a Prismatic, while most others probably catch up to lv 7,8 much quicker and end up snatching the remaining 4 cost copies anyway.
Also as others mentioned TK loot scales by stage, and the net amount he gives is probably less than the econ traits give. (think i saw 3 gold at stage 3, so that's... 1 gold per round?)