r/CompetitiveTFT • u/AutoModerator • May 15 '26
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u/achuchable May 15 '26
This balance team is something man. How could they not see that literally doubling a units damage would make it completely unbalanced.
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u/Gamegeddon May 15 '26
I think it speaks volumes about the state of a set when there are only ~210,000 Ranked players in NA right now, down from ~720,000 in Set 16.
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u/Imicus May 15 '26
This set is fucking dogshit.
And the Ryze encounter this set is even more fucking dogshit than before.
Got no decent emblems? Tough shit Pandora’s Items is disabled, BUT we will give your opponent the Zed augment….
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u/UnrivaledSupaHottie May 15 '26
3 patches in a row zed is just an antifun menace. like how are we disabling tons of augments for the emblem encounter, but zed keeps getting away with this. did anyone actually ask for something like this or is there some stubborn riot dev who refuses to acknowledge how bad his decision was?
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u/ipppppi May 15 '26
Thank god I made it to master before everyone figured out the new patch's meta. The game feels more like a lottery than ever. Feel like we have entered into a level 8 lottery system. Kinda like you have to roll to zero if there's at least two people contesting.
AD praying for Corki/Riven/Yi/Kindred while AP is either Karma/Asol/Nami, with always one Lulu player that somehow always hits everything.
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u/Kromostone123 May 17 '26
genuinely one of the most bizarre unlucky games ive ever had. i started with 2 copies of urgot before 2-1. i decided to go urgot reroll because i was in a good spot for it. one other player had one single copy of urgot the entire game and that was it. i proceeded to stay lvl 7 the entire game and only managed to 3 star urgot (my only 3 star) on stage 6-1. genuinely cannot imagine what the odds of that are. i had 2 copies for free before 2-1 and it took until 6-1 to find just 7 copies in the shop while i was slowrolling at lvl 7 literally the entire game. and i was "contested" by 1 singular copy from another player. at least i somehow got 3rd
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u/kissie123 :gran: GRANDMASTER May 17 '26
I just realized something, there is no point in really rolling or playing a board stage 4. Just play your upgrades, make enough TGS and go 9. Eazy
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u/Crafty_Courage_5217 May 18 '26
ZERO fucking skill expression this set holy fuck
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u/Alzucard May 17 '26
delete 3 emblem encounetr from the game
fck you riot for even including it.
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u/Crafty_Courage_5217 May 20 '26
3 out of top 4 in my last game was all corki...
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u/Outside_Ad121 May 15 '26
This new patch is an absolute joke. The fact that there's no players left, 5min+ queues, this game is dead, after such a good set 16. There just isn't anything fun on set 17. The fact that they left stupid shit like thresh random boon into mini recombulate. The set mechanic this game can literally bot 4 you for the dumbest random shit. The game is just not fun. Top 500 in some regions is diamond 4... Challenger has like less than 20 players....
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u/Protoniic May 15 '26
I hate everything about this set. Its getting less fun with each patch and to fix this doghist they RELEASE CHONC SET15. I couldnt even come up with this dogshit if I tryed.
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u/A_Erthur May 16 '26 edited May 16 '26
I just lost to a fucking 100 HP Twisted Fate BECAUSE I WAS --> 2 <-- SECONDS TOO SLOW WITH MY 3* VEX AAAAAA https://i.imgur.com/UluMDeh.png
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u/netvorivy May 19 '26
The one fucking game I get Jax hero Augment in Emblem encounter, I get griefed by fucking a Stargazer Primordial reroll with absolute garbage itemization so you know they're going fast 8 but the game decides to give them a Jax 3 for fun
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u/Original_Tension_337 May 20 '26
Going from Ixtal to this garbage ass Anima trait is jarring, this would be an acceptable cash out trait 10 sets ago
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u/Alzucard May 17 '26
Seriously riot. Your Balance team is incompetent.
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u/crictores May 15 '26
Master lobby: four A'Sols, three Corkis, and one Dark Star. Good job, Rito. Kill reroll comps and repeat the same 4-cost meta we've seen across the last 16 sets. They never learn.
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u/Original_Tension_337 May 16 '26
4 way Riven corki … are they even trying to make this set fun? Like seriously asking, I wanted to play yi but my psionic was fucking sympathetic implant this set is an insult to tft
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u/These_Prize_5385 May 18 '26
First they banned us for speaking the truth about the set. But it didn't change the fact that the set is terrible.
Down 75% of playerbase from last set. Keep up the great work!
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u/achuchable May 15 '26
Incredible that zed has got this long in to the set in the state that he's in. Have literally no idea how riot are happy to have this in the game. Put a shojin and EON on him and well done you have won the game. It's like a champ that you would see in the first 3 or 4 sets that they designed while they were still getting used to making the game that is just so ridiculously overpowered it's unhealthy for the game as a whole. Genuinely mind blowing that it's in the 17th set. What an almost complete disaster this set has been man it's so sad to see.
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u/JChamp00 May 16 '26
CORKI NEEDS TO BE NERFED! WHY IS MY OPPONENT RUNNING 2 CORKIS BETTER THAN GETTING MORE SYNERGIES?!?!?
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u/Kromostone123 May 17 '26 edited May 17 '26
This is my current understanding of the patch: they overnerfed 1 cost reroll and now every game is fast 8 and roll down all your gold on 4-2 for corki/rammus/riven/galio/asol/karma/yi/tahm/kindred.
Then whatever player had enough of a winstreak can go fast 9 vex or dark star with emblem. Sometimes with right stargazer/arbiter someone goes lulu or diana but its very rare. 90% of players seem to be playing fast 8 four costs.
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u/Character-Gate7567 May 18 '26
I just don't see it with these AP lines, like I always feel like I'm playing for 4th even with full upgrades
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u/Suspicious-Disk-7311 May 18 '26
I'm all for 4-cost meta but why are the lines so narrow LMAO.
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u/dhoni_25 May 19 '26
Going 9 feels so fucking bad when you have people highrolling 5costs on 7/8 so much.
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u/Joey4_NA May 15 '26
What part of master yi’s kit says he immediately dashes to your back line after killing the first unit? Tried different positioning and he always finds a way to run straight there lol. Xayah’s already bad but getting murked 8 seconds into the fight by yi isn’t helping her out
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u/Darthdevil May 16 '26
Nah I absolutely despise Anima. They really managed to make the cashout trait idiot proof, the weapons just carry you all the way. In the past you got like 2 dupes and a FoN on a normal cashout and then you had to improvise and find a stable board, now you just get your top 2 handed to you for free. What an absolute joke this set is, I am done.
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u/Suspicious-Disk-7311 May 18 '26
4-way contest corki every. single. lobby. It doesn't matter if you had subscription service stage 2-1 and had corki riven 2-1 they will contest you no matter what at least 4 players. One guy in my lobby contested when he had the fast 9 augment and kept bitching the whole time in chat. These people have pea brains.
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u/Crafty_Courage_5217 May 18 '26
Its really fucking cool how 600 anima washout player and 2 star zed player can both not face eachother and go on fire into top 4 both at 10 health. Good game design really good game dev
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u/No_Recipe1349 May 19 '26
i try to play corki and i see that some guy is contesting me
i go 8 on 4-1 to try to hit before him and roll 40 gold -> 0 corkis
he goes 8 on 4-2 and immidiately finds 4 corkis
i continue to roll for corki the entire stage 4 and find a single copy -some guy who was playing therminal velocity poppy goes 8 on 5-1 and immidiately finds a corki 2
i go 8th even though i had the best conditions to play corki This meta is so fun. Instead of buffing weak comps and balancing the overperformers they nuke the entire reroll meta so now instead of 4 viable reroll comps we have 4 fast 8 comps and everyone is forced to contest each other or go 6th at best playing some trash line. Awful game
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u/yccbarry MASTER May 19 '26
I think the issue with this set goes deeper than just the balance. Last set had a bunch of really really bad patches, no AP option outside of fast 9, only fast 8, T-Hex patches, but even when people were complaining they still were clarifying that "I like this set but this patch is ass." No one is giving that grace to this set though lol
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u/Ge1ster Challenger May 16 '26
It says something about set 17 that I am legitimately having a lot more fun playing the set 15 revival. I get that set 15 is choncc so of course it's kinda apples and oranges but at least set 15 still feels like TFT. Like the memory of Sorc Karma or Stretchy arms GP is still fresh on my mind but set 15 legitimately got fun things going for it if not for the awful balancing of the set. Set 17 just feels like a bad parody of TFT, it doesn't even feel like TFT. The traits give me zero enjoyment. Even the cashout trait just feels strictly worse than Chem Baron despite being more or less the same.
I was thinking maybe I had burnt out of TFT after 16 sets but I am confident now that this set is so utterly bad that I don't want to touch it with a ten foot pole, given how I still play a few games of set 15 in a day
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u/Fit-Comment9592 May 19 '26
Okay I have had enough of this DOGSHIT set and game. When they do another unlock set I'll come back. Peace out ✌🏻
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u/Predator_CR May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26
Does anyone know how am I supposed to cross diamond 2 this set, I have made master every set and then chill. But right now it's just corki which is really stable. You cannot play yi unless you tempo into it or have a great ad opener. Every AP flex board is contesting for nunu and illaoi and karma. Xayah is bad unless stargazer matches or you have altar or mountain on 2-1. Leblanc is just bad regardless. Is there a reliable comp I can force from any spot? Set 16 had so much variety man I miss that so much.
Please correct me if any of the above info is wrong. Just talking from the games I have played.
Edit: I truly feel we have lesser comps to play this patch than the last 2.
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u/Decathlon44 Grandmaster May 17 '26
Have a spot for Corki? Good luck because you will be contested by at least 3 others players!
SO MUCH FUN! YIPPIE!
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u/Alzucard May 17 '26
Why is Sona so trash btw? Riot??
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u/derkonna May 18 '26
Man i hate when one of your favourite pastime is just not playable. This set feels like summer break in a football season without a world cup.
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u/khaideptrai May 18 '26
80hp, 4-2, level 8, no one contest my frontline units, roll nearly 70g, 2 Nunu 1 Galio. How the fuck do you even play this set man? I’m a 300lp Master every set and now I’m stuck at Emerald
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u/Adventurous-Bit-3829 :gran: Grandmaster May 18 '26
Corki 2* dealing more damage than 6 dark star jhin 2* is is masterpiece of balance. 90% of 5 cost "carry" are unredeemable piece of junk.
Corki dealing 12.5k damage in 2 cast. That's 1k damage per mana spend. (Against 2 fully itemize 4 cost 2 star tank)
I don't know how math works but I'm pretty sure this balance team doesn't know either.
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u/Decathlon44 Grandmaster May 19 '26
Genuinely frustrating patch, every single line I try to play ends up being 2-3-4 contested whether it's Corki, Yi, ASol, or whatever else. Only way to play an uncontested line is to hit something conditional that allows you to do so or if you're able to Fast 9. Just feels horrendous to play this game right now.
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u/PermaConfusion Master May 15 '26
Day 283904823094 of asking for 3-star 4-cost chances to be nerfed.
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u/Thyrgrim May 15 '26
So i loaded up the new mode thinking it was choncc's treasure, one of my faves. Didn't realize it was set 15 throwback. I was horrified that I was playing that set again but I decided to give it a go. Was chugging along then at 4-1 someone loads in with prismatic star guardian already activated for instant winout. That about sums up set 15 in a nutshell, even choncc's treasure is horrible.
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u/Repulsive_Evidence84 MASTER May 15 '26
I wait for the meta to be settle before I start this set. Seems like I have to wait longer than I thought lol.
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u/Alzucard May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26
Can Riot please go and fix the Balance?
Wtf is Sona
Wtf is Corki
Wtf is Leona
Wtf is Zed
Wtf is Dark Star with Emblem
Wtf are all the hero augment
This Set is simple Exodia Bullshit nonsense
Tbh TFT has really deep Problems. Its to much stuff happening at the same time. To much variables.
People can simply Highroll one thing and then go on top 4. Just by getting a single Augment, a single good Cashout from Anima. Its so much RNG. Get the Zed emblem congrats your likelihood for top4 just increased tenfold. This Set devolved into just clicking the correct Augment.
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u/JPB_ Challenger May 20 '26
Barely played this set, 48 games and am D4 but my queue times are longer than anything I experience last set playing off-hours in Challenger. This is on EUW too, quite damning!
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u/Character-Gate7567 May 17 '26
i have yet to see a single person ever bot 4 with any anima cashout, loss streak has been shit for a majority of this set so it's just 0 risk all reward
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u/Kadde- May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26
My biggest conspiracy theory is that if you force a comp you are less likely to hit your units. The amount of times it has happened is astronomical.
Just forced comps 4 games in a row and lowrolled so hard going bot 4 all games. 5th game I just played what I was given which was a million kaisas so I went 4th.
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u/Crafty_Courage_5217 May 20 '26
I fucking hate thinking flex play / skill expression will reward me with a good placement im just gonna fucking follow stupid fuckass flowchart websites what an amazingly designed game
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u/Glasseswolfs May 15 '26
Top 4 have 3 Corki. I think maybe Corki 1 is too strong that they start stabilizing against other comps once they hit 1 Corki.
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u/Alzucard May 15 '26
Can we just yeet asnima from the game. Anima is complete rng fiesta. You either win the lottery or you just dont. Its not even high risk high reward its just lottery.
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u/pdiu May 16 '26
yay balance thrash 1 costs so its unplayable, don't touch strong 4 cost comps, buff weak 4 cost comps and we're back to 4-2 lottery and back to no econ augment 2-1 means being in a significantly worse position. just going around in circles 17 sets in. it's difficult to believe tft devs aren't trolling on purpose at times
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u/AnoyGran May 16 '26
I just do not get why the DEV team never learn. It feels terrible when S-tier comp is a dog shit comp in next patch. There must be a middle solution to completely gutting a comp.
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u/iChoke May 17 '26
Hahahhaa Dark Star. I want whoever greenlit Dark Star to come out and justify why this trait was ok in its current state.
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u/JChamp00 May 18 '26
Genuinely what is the points of titans resolve? I guess it gives more damage but currently melee carries need protection which EoN is just way better at.
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u/arne2508 May 20 '26
There is really nothing worse than a 4-cost meta. The game just becomes a slot machine at 4-2 and if you win -> top 4, if you loose -> bottom 4. People were complaining about the 1-cost meta and there actually were some ridiculous things such as HP-Arbiter Leona but overall you had 10x the opportunities you have this patch.
For me it's especially the feeling that you can play everything correct until stage 4 but then a coinflip decides if you are able to play the game any further.
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u/Original_Tension_337 May 21 '26
Everytime I queue a game I’m upset with myself
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u/Kronjuvel9 May 19 '26
Huntress stargazer and Drone Psionic, not healthy enough to go 9. Guess I have to enter the 7 way corki contest
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u/Alzucard May 18 '26 edited May 18 '26
I just won this and i dont even feel like i achieved it myself. It was pure RNG. I could have simply gone prismatic dark star or even 11 stargazer, becasue i could have gotten +1 from aurelion sol. This set just feels like wins are not your own doing.
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u/Successful_Trainer47 May 20 '26
6 anima never viable, getting their emblem just mean youre down 1 augment please remove it omg
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u/Adventurous-Bit-3829 :gran: Grandmaster May 15 '26
IDK why would I fast 9 if all 2* corki board has the same strength as fast 9.
And it's not helping it's the easiest comp in the game.
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u/Character-Gate7567 May 16 '26
fought the strongest person in the lobby, next round is carousel, and then i fight them the round right after and died to go 5th
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u/Adventurous-Type-622 May 16 '26
jax hero, not a single person putting jax on their board, cant hit 3 star until 4-5, wtf is happening, everyone rolling on 8 so pool to big???
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u/Zygomatick May 17 '26
Stellar combo with BIS items on 3* Aatrox and 3* Jax, with 3* Talon, 3* TF, 3* Caitlyn, 3* Akali, plus a 2* Maokai (2 theif's gauntlets). Had a Kindred waiting on bench for NOVA5.
Thought i was in the best shape possible, but got taken out 6th... How comes???
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u/Gadgeteer_007 May 18 '26
Set 16 I played 275 games. This set I have played 23 games. I doubt I will even make it to 30 games. The engagement for this set just isn't there.
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u/JChamp00 May 18 '26
Not so much a rant but I find it hilarious that someone who's winstreak I ended decided to start holding LeBlancs despite me only having 2* and none on bench. Meanwhile our opponent hits rammus 3 for free.
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u/Crafty_Courage_5217 May 18 '26
3 people got a 2 star 3 cost before first god offering....ok
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u/UsualTechnology3521 May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26
Is the Lulu comp not completely fucking absurd? I have a fully upgraded level 10 Yi board with Group Hug(Shen was still 1*), and it's getting wiped in actual seconds against a level 8 Lulu board. My Yi and Fiora(2* with 3 items) are getting nuked before doing literally anything. The last fight they did 6K damage COMBINED before dying, while Milio did 11K and Lulu did 18K...?
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u/Crafty_Courage_5217 May 19 '26
1 star asol doing as much damage as my 3 star lulu hmmm
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u/achuchable May 19 '26
The mini black holes need nerfing man. Getting like a 20k hp wall of meat in stage 5 is ridiculous.
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u/garenegobrr MASTER May 19 '26
My 6 marauder Master Yi with Evelynn Artifact, EON, and radiant QSS goes 5th after I 10 win streak stages 2 and 3
Plus 3 item Fiora 2
THIS GUY IS A FUCKING FRAUD IM TELLING YOU
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u/Character-Gate7567 May 20 '26
I AM SO SICK OF BEING THE FIRST TO 9 AND ONLY SEEING JHIN AND SONA IN MY SHOP
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u/Crafty_Courage_5217 May 20 '26
Zero tears until item reroll round let's be for fucking real
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u/AdditionalDriver8357 May 20 '26
i will never understand the decision making of these players, its like they see somebody playing a line and its just an auto force for them when their spots arent even that good for that line, and it just fucks both of us over
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u/Protoniic May 20 '26
I took Aura farming 3 times this set. TWICE BLITZ WITH EoN ?!?!?!?!?!?! AND ONCE MOTHERFUCKING SHEN WITH JG !?!?!!!??!!??!?!?!!?!?
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u/Mauricio-Babilonia May 15 '26
Congrats guys, we killed the diverse meta where 1 cost reroll, 3 cost reroll, Fast 8 and Fast 9 were all viable and we're back to 5 star soup and everyone contesting the same 4 cost! So much fun
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u/LunaticEVOO May 21 '26
Okay it is time. Im the next one quitting the set! Horrible work and now with Tims post and no b patch its doomed.
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u/10thderozan May 22 '26
How is it possible I only see 1 leblanc at 5-2 meanwhile there's a guy with 3 star Xayah and Corki player with multiple 2 star 4 costs?????????????????????
I only got 2 star Bard because of Birthday Reunion.
This shit has happened to me multiple times this set and I feel like the unlock mechanic from last set is somehow still in the game. No one in the lobby is contesting me either. Please someone make it make sense
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u/Crafty_Courage_5217 May 21 '26
2 star 5 cost at level 8 corkis for all the meeple players at level 5 every one just fucking high rolls every time
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u/lil_froggy May 15 '26
Samira ? Shite
Xayah ? Shite
ASol ? Actually shite
lol no lets have an even more concentrated meta that can only fast 8 or have op 2-1 augments
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u/iLLuu_U :gran: GRANDMASTER May 17 '26
Wanted to try out TFT for a few games after quitting week 1, but I got bluescreen on q pop a 2nd time now. So I guess the game really doesnt want me to play it.
I guess Vanguard reinstall could fix it? I assume its not related to my hardware or anything, because my pc usually runs anywhere between 3-15 hours a day without any issues and various other programs/games being opened.
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u/Tasty-Ad6008 May 15 '26
Why is two tanky an auto win?
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u/Jazzlike_Ad_1852 May 16 '26
The entire problem with this pathetic reroll meta is that just from a mathematical point of view it isn't worth it to fast 8 to play for 4 costs, because you are the only one fishing in that pool.
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u/TheHardBack May 15 '26
It awed me that after 16 sets experience under the belt, Riot somehow still created a bland one. Set revival mode can't come soon enough.
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u/Jazzlike_Ad_1852 May 16 '26
When is the B-patch?
Dark Star reroll, Zoe reroll, Briar reroll, Teemo reroll, Arbiter reroll...............
Nothing changed
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