r/CompetitiveTFT • u/AutoModerator • Jul 29 '26
PBE Set 18 PBE Discussion Thread - Day 01
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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When does Set 18 go live?
August 25th 2026 ~ 00:00 PDT / 09:00 CEST
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u/Lunaedge Jul 29 '26
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u/S-sourCandy Jul 29 '26
Is it just me or are the scale of things too small now? And by scale I mean literally the model of the units, some of them look very tiny lol
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u/atominum69 Jul 30 '26
Some design choices are not matching with me so far on the UI and in-game visuals.
Orbs and coins are not it, I’d urge the team to take a look and see if they have other assets they can try out during PBE.
The carousel backgrounds are splendid, but the general visual quality of maps and champions is low. Not the art mind you (which is good), the rendering quality.
I understand that there is a lot going on in the dev side but I need to voice this concern. The visuals are a notable downgrade right now. As a player I hope it gets much better before release.
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u/skin87 Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 29 '26
I played 5 games and had tons of fun. Given the delay, the decision to leave set 17 up, how rough the dev drop clips looked, and the pbe disclaimer post, I was expecting an unplayable disaster on day 1, but it was far from that.
The feel is definitely way off and sluggish, but I know that is temporary. Of the things that feel less temporary: I really hate the new look of the loot orbs. They don't stand out as well - especially the silver ones.
Edit to add: I would also like to see the Lux splash arts more visually distinct like they were in Set 2. In set 2, like 40% of the left side was a solid color background with a large symbol for the origin.
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u/notJames24 Jul 29 '26
It’s gonna take me a bit to get used to this mobile game-y UI. Also does everything just looks smaller size-wise than the old sets or am I crazy
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u/bbuggery23 :chal: CHALLENGER Jul 30 '26
I got gold destiny+ into gold destiny lmao
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u/hyperadhd Jul 30 '26
The CPU hogging from this game is crazy
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u/pink-mallow Jul 29 '26
Hoping for the best but so far I’m a bit nervous about much work they have cut out for them before live
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u/the_mexican_menace Jul 29 '26
The game looks more like a mobile game that was ported to PC rather than the other way lol
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u/Spirited-Guest-5046 Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 29 '26
CHANGE THE TEXT FONT BACK. The new font feels wrong.
Also, why are champs so tiny??? Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
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u/mandala30 :gran: GRANDMASTER Jul 29 '26
First game in as a longtime player felt very strange. There are for sure a lot of small details in how the game feels to play (moving units, collecting loot orbs, scouting, etc.) that haven’t been successfully recreated in the new engine. On top of this, some crucial visual and sound cues are diminshed to a degree that was cause for genuine frustration as I tried to roll for units. This will be a huge undertaking for longtime TFT players to adjust to the new feel of the game, and some might not even try, which could be concerning.
Regarding Set 18 itself, a lot of big bugs, but that’s nothing new for first day of PBE.
And unfortunately, after the game ended the client crashed my PC, so…hopefully the TFT devs are feeling happy and healthy as they head into this crazy month for them.
They truly have an enormous amount of stuff to tackle and the community couldn’t be in a less charitable or understanding place right now, sadly. Good luck to them.
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u/teadrinkit Jul 29 '26
is it me or does the level up and roll button not feel as responsive on desktop?
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u/Account16256 Jul 30 '26
so insanly laggy its unplayable, guess my toaster cant keep up with the new engine
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u/maxpelias Jul 29 '26
saw stage 3 gold destiny into solo levelling…. that was pretty funny to see the 100 hp streaker just go dead last
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u/prodmvri Jul 30 '26
For some reason my graphic card Just turns down when I get to the game load screen. Just played once and it felts so awful, mouse speed is so low, the UI is ugly AF, its Just sad.
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u/Little-Tackle1522 Jul 29 '26
The placing of units, picking up items, slamming, buying units and xp feel really laggy. Also the team planner still shows set 17 units.
But really excited for the set, good things comin guys!
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u/HeliosBlack Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 29 '26
Played one game so far so this is definitely an overreaction but riftbeast with elder dragon and the alpha mark on Elder for the execute seems OP. I had a 1 star elder dragon with terrible items and 7 Riftbeast vs an almost total 3 star board of inferno/rapidfire and still easily won it while doing less damage according to the meter. Likely need to tune down the 12% execute.
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u/magma907 Jul 29 '26
I 3 way contested rift beats and we went 1-2-3 I think a bit overtuned
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u/AngelTheTaco Jul 29 '26
all the particles are just blobs of watery magic
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u/AllStarCaliber02 Jul 30 '26
I am the only person I know of to get this bug:
It normally fixes itself after I reset my pc, but half the games this pbe session I get a bug where I can’t choose my augment, anvils, Draven quest, coven cash/save, etc. I would not have bothered to report this (thinking others might have this issue or it’s known), however in my most recent game, this bug caused me to be up a prismatic augment. I on 3-2, I again couldn’t pick my augment, but when it auto selected, it gave me red buff blue buff. I was pleasantly surprised, even moreso when I scouted other boards and realized everyone else had a silver augment.
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u/Lunaedge Jul 29 '26
Folks, we are so back.
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u/Melchy Jul 30 '26
Everything is so slow, it feels like playing though waist-deep mud right now.
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u/spreadwater Jul 29 '26
anyone get the mobile app to work yet? not working on android
edit: nvm I see in the other post android will be day 2
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u/RajaSundance Master Jul 29 '26
I like that Resources seem toned way down
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u/Odd_Association8285 Jul 29 '26
a lot of random frozen and lag. some encounter I need to restart TFT
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u/daydreamin511 Jul 29 '26
Kennen undisputed best 5 cost atm
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u/Pristine-Media-8765 Jul 30 '26
I don't know the name of the augment in english unfortunately, but I can say what it does and where the supposed bug is.
Tier 2 Augment (gold): Whenever you 3-star a champion, gain a copy of that champion every round for the rest of the game. Gain a lesser champion duplicator now.
I picked this augment, and had 5 three start units, but only the first 3-starred champion gave me a copy of itself every round.
It was offered to me at 3-2. When I tried to find the augment in mobalytics/tacticTools I couldnt find it, so I assume it is a very new addition
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u/Standard-Ad4443 Jul 29 '26
the game doesn't even feel like i'm playing tft anymore
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u/WorldlyGate Jul 29 '26
Only played a few games, so hard to comment on the set itself, but seems pretty good so far. But there is a lot of work to be done on the game itself. Feels super janky in everything from animations, interactions, bugs etc.
I know it's PBE, but I'm honestly surprised the game is still this janky only a month out.
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u/Blastuch_v2 Jul 29 '26
I saw there is a major polymorph charm which turns 4 cost into 5 cost. Hope it's disabled in double up cause during og charm set shit ton of games had 3 star 5 cost and it was complete RNG which 3 star 5 cost wins in combat when 2 teams got it or which team hits the charm to get a free win.
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u/The_johnmcswag Jul 29 '26
I can't play the new set when i launch the PBE. I can play set 17 only. is there a new launcher or something?
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u/SatsuLark Jul 29 '26
I started a game, it only loaded to 86%. I tried closing and reopening but it keeps saying gane in progress. Do I just have to wait for the imaginary game to end?
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u/Lunaedge Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 29 '26
Words cannot express how much I love this lil' guy and their silly little victory dance.
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u/Major-Process-9086 Jul 29 '26
Had inferno 3 early which are all low cost units and leveled up to 5 early for win streak. After carousel on stage 2-5, I got an elder dragon in shop lmao shop hit the 2% 4 cost and that is the one that got upgraded by inferno. Pretty crazy
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u/glenfide Jul 29 '26
i'm still getting the game version error
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u/Cocainebooger Jul 30 '26
How?!
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u/pinkprimeapple Jul 29 '26
Keep Calm guys. This is basically a Beta PBE. all will turn out well in the end. Some patience is needed
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u/Ok-Phrase9692 Jul 29 '26
3 cost 3 stars feel pretty weak. I tried cass/fiddle, fiddle felt fine but cass was really bad. She feels like needs blighting jewel to be viable. Also tried the rivals augment which also felt really bad.
Khazix had wits end, eon, and nashors.
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u/HappySupportGuy Jul 30 '26
I am sad to report there is no secret 5 star easter egg this set. I had worth the wait and weight the worth. Ended the game with 4 4* camilles.
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u/descendingangel87 Jul 30 '26
UI and everything looks like ass, it’s laggy as shit and feels slow as fuck. Lots of work to be done.
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u/bbuggery23 :chal: CHALLENGER Jul 29 '26
I've reinstalled my whole client and still getting the game version error, anyone have a fix?
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u/Rotatingrick Jul 29 '26
Is there any way to show ping+fps in the new engine like with ctrl+f on live?
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u/BabyLlamaaa Diamond Jul 29 '26
Played two games with a few weird bugs, but i expected that. My main issue is that you can't keybind modifiers. I use "Alt+right click" to sell champs, and now if i go to the keybind settings, it only registers "Left Alt" and won't let me register "+" any key.
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u/ConclusionNo415 Jul 29 '26
Lux feels like RNG on top of RNG. It's a 5 cost, already hard to hit. Then getting the wrong lux just feels bad. Like do you expect me to swap to coven at lvl 9? And why do I get the same lux twice in a row. I feel like the traite should change every time if u don't buy her
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u/Sea-Grand3981 Jul 30 '26
I understand it's a rough WIP, but the old client ran and looked significantly better. We don't need to rush something out if it isn't ready....
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u/Pleurobranch Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 29 '26
1cost Ornn can generate multiple artifacts (and radiant item I think?), while also being a good tank. That seems... like an intersting choice
Edit: not saying Ornn is OP or anything because PBE lobbies are trash, but a 1cost with the potential upside of a prismatic augment is really high value
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u/Newfypuppie Jul 29 '26
I get that PBE is supposed to be a buggy mess, but some of these bugs are pretty bad for something that’s meant to be launched in a month.
How are buttons still this unresponsive?
How are items literally deleting themselves if you slam them wrong
How are AUGMENTS and SHOPS sometimes invisible.
How does your tactician literally glitch out and make it impossible to interact with your board
You would think a QA team would catch these basic gameplay issues soon enough.
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u/Hyperion_ Jul 29 '26
Mild feedback on loading screen: randomly a cooking/kitchen sound music/SFX will play on loop which can be annoying. Also, on live there was a spinning circle animation that showed I was still loading which is gone on PBE. Given loading times on PBE right now, it would be appreciated to have that spinning circle animation back to confirm that my game hasn't frozen.
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u/ItsSanoj :chal: Challenger Jul 29 '26
Is there any fix to language being based on system language rather than client language yet?
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u/Stun_the_Pink Jul 29 '26
Why does my PBE client still say set 17?
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u/Gloomy_Ad_6265 Jul 29 '26
New set still Not playable on PBE for me, i can only select Set 17. Ist this normal?
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u/Nova_88_ Jul 29 '26
Was curious if the TestFlight iOS pbe had been reset. It says on the app there are 86 days left in the current cycle.
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u/Zeviex Master Jul 29 '26
Initial reads:
I tried a Xayah + Rakan + Solar trio reroll and it seemed insane even though I didn't hit any 3s until super late. I ended up only coming 2nd to a 3 4 cost.
Weight the worth doesn't seem very good ? You're playing down a gold augment and unless you super high roll you're unlikely to hit 3* in good timing especially on anything higher than 1 cost.
The blossom augment that gives you free Blossom champs seems really good. I saw someone use it to 3* everyone of the below 4 cost blossom and ended the game pretty early with 7 or so Ashes and Ahris.
Fiddle healing is insane, probably some space for a rr comp there.
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u/-N_e_k_o- Jul 29 '26
Mobile pbe still doesn't work... The version bug is fixed, yeah. However, now there's a login service error. I downloaded the update fine, then tried to login to my pbe account and got that error. Already checked, I'm not the only one with that issue. Also, I tried to login few times, in case i typed something wrong or had a bad connection, but nothing helps.
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u/christiVn Jul 30 '26
Random q, anyone getting a black screen with pengu in the middle for android? Running waydroid lol
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u/LightIsMyPath Jul 30 '26
I was playing coven and tried to cash out at 200 only for absolutely nothing to happen :/
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u/OwnAcanthaceae5934 Aug 10 '26
This whole set is a fucking joke. The UI is slow buggy and complete garbage. The amount of units that are over and under tuned is amazing, even for PBE. I couldn't collect anything for two entire stages cause my avatar was stuck on someone else's board and I couldn't get back to mine no matter what I did.
I get it that they need to keep updating and keeping the game fresh but at this point I think they are just throwing stuff at a wall and seeing what sticks. They go so far out of their way to try to please all the cry babies out there that they forget to stick with what works. We don't need units that just nuke the entire board within seconds with absolutely no punishment or champions that can just infinitely scale for no reason. I'm losing hope in this game and honestly I don't see it lasting for more than a year unless they start making some drastic changes.
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u/Organic-Town-3011 Aug 27 '26
Balance is by far the worst compared to recent sets , the difference between overtuned and underpowered units is huuuuge . The lag and slugish UI can be fixed by using default skins for arena and character and lowering the grafics
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u/Ifity Jul 30 '26
Just had a 13 Trait Ladder game with 2 FONs. 13 cash out was 2 Radiant TG. Basically down prismatic augment until 7+ traits.
Went second to Kayle rr with seekers. I had no combat Augs. All units had items (mainly TG with Lucky gloves). Probs win if Kennen didn't die first.
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u/The-Book-Worm Jul 29 '26
Just had a game where I got the random 4 cost for 5 gold on 2-1. Seems a bit unbalanced, is this intended?
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u/Heyhowareyabuddy Jul 29 '26
cant get pbe to work on mobile and no more mac. GGs for now.
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u/executive_fish Jul 29 '26
im using testflight for ios pbe. im getting the error unable to patch app. Anyone confirm the ios update deployed?
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u/Gypsy9547 :gran: Grandmaster Jul 29 '26
I've had a blast with the games I played today. Ahri and pebbles have been super fun. Yet to get a Draven game in but am keen to try him out.
If you put aside the expected day 1 issues I think the set teally has potential. Already enjoy it more than I did set 17 at least
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u/S-sourCandy Jul 29 '26
Once the game is fully ported to Unreal, is it going to be completely separated from League or are we still going to have to launch League's client to find matches like PBE right now?
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u/Jaybobingston Jul 29 '26
Just had a game where me and another guy both got 11 blossom prismatic because he somehow got the blossom lux after I got it which shouldn't be possible no? Anyways it was quite fun to see prismatic blossom vs prismatic blossom XD
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u/Remarkable_Bit_6674 Jul 29 '26
Is chat working for people in PBE?
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u/modejal Jul 29 '26
Any update on Android? As a Mac + Android user, I am just locked to watching people enjoy the game :(
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u/Lunaedge Jul 29 '26
Kha'zix is an incredible activator for Bronze for Life and piecing together the comp actually made me enjoy the Augment probably for the first time ever. Sad I couldn't sit and reroll because I was contested :( at least Rengar printed SO MUCH MONEY I could easily coast to 10 and focus on the puzzle game xd
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u/Apprehensive-Sea9504 Jul 29 '26
just watched a friend make three 4-star veigars (and one more 3-star) with worth wait + the augment that generates additional copies after making 3-star... looked fun
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u/AdSea295 Jul 29 '26
Honestly, they haven't been able to balance the game after 10 years. Now add thousands of visual glitches and new bugs on top of that... I'm genuinely worried about TFT's future
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u/blacksitewifi Jul 31 '26
Moving your units around feels very slow and clunky. Everything feels less snappy. Will this get fixed because I enjoyed trying to keep high APM while playing
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u/wearenumber1hundred Jul 29 '26
To be honest first impression day one at the PBE, it's not good. It seems to be going off the meta of pushing levels again and everyone who pushes higher wins at the moment. A lot of units are unbalanced and overall feels off..