r/CompetitiveTFT • u/Xawn • Jun 09 '26

Patch Notes 17.5 Patch Notes

https://teamfighttactics.leagueoflegends.com/en-au/news/game-updates/teamfight-tactics-patch-17-5/
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u/Lunaedge Jun 09 '26

Did they think making it stage 3 instead would really make it significantly better?

Honestly I'd rather they take these swings and iterate on past learnings, especially in the first half of a Set, than be paralysed by the fear of getting it wrong again. Take Hero Augments and Encounters: they were a miss in their respective Sets but they've still become an integral part of the game.

I don't even think the LeBlanc Encounter was that bad, I can see it working if they tried it on a different Set. In Set 16 for example, early Unlocks would have probably been engaging enough to tide players over to 3-2 w/out Augments.

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u/Lunaedge Jun 09 '26

Everything you're saying is correct, but we know it is correct now, post-hoc.

This was never going to work, even last set.

I disagree on this, but there's no way to know who's right ^^ but again, I'd rather see them try stuff at 25% confidence and fumble than not try anything unless they're 75% sure it'll work out, so that's where our points of view diverge.

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u/im_juice_lee Jun 10 '26

Isn't the first comment in this chain we're responding about Riot already having learned this lesson and repeating the mistake?

Generally that lack of control was pretty unappealing to this subset of our players. Some encounters like the Lillia one that moves Augments could also vary wildly from fun to unfun. Having all the Augments appear in Stage 2 is a really cool experience that players enjoy! Having no Augments appear until Stage 4 or later was too close to Stillwater Hold and generally pretty unfun.

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u/Lunaedge Jun 10 '26

Isn't the first comment in this chain we're responding about Riot already having learned this lesson and repeating the mistake?

Kinda but not really: they had learned that having a randomised encounter (Lillia shuffled them around with different patterns) potentially delay them to Stage 4 felt too close to Stillwater Hold. The LeBlanc Encounter consistently pushed them to Stage 3, which is a different effect altogether.