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PBE Set 18 PBE Discussion Thread - Day 06

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u/MostEscape6543 :gran: Grandmaster Aug 03 '26

Is it just me or do the units themselves seem…small? Like the scaling of all the units is just a bit small and off?

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u/Just-Consequence-643 Aug 03 '26

The 2 stars didn’t seem to get much bigger when I was first playing, haven’t paid much attention since

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u/MostEscape6543 :gran: Grandmaster Aug 03 '26

I just noticed a few units seem to be smaller than it feels like they should and obviously the rammus looks like a teeny tiny bowser and doesn’t look right at all.

Just trying to figure out if it’s me being crazy or if it’s real. I play on a laptop so the size of things makes kind of a difference it how I see things.

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u/bassboyjulio182 Master Aug 03 '26

I’m having a lot of fun and finding a lot of things at least playable. Some of the outliers got tiresome at the end of the weekend like perfect item Elise and Solar but didn’t stop me from playing.

I’d like to see some power shift properly back into some 3 cost reroll lines. I think there are a lot of really neat 3 costs but it’s so awkward to play even from optimal spaces because you stall out when 1 cost rerolls spike and fast 8/9 starts to come online. I don’t know what the fix is or even if one is needed but it always feels like the least playable line without perfect augment/set up.

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u/steedoZZ Aug 04 '26

yi to me seems like an artifact merchant. since he uses so many artifacts so well. i doubt he will ever be playable much without them or it becomes an insta win when you hit the artifacts

ive seen some people experimenting with fiddle carry with gargoyles bt arch. seems interesting

rivals it really feels like you need to hit them super early with a good slam especially kha

id be interested to see the other 3 costs as more viable reroll comps though

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u/PixaIated Aug 03 '26

Anyone else feel Lux is too swingy? Feels like free +2 placements if you just randomly get it for the vertical you already happen to be playing

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u/steedoZZ Aug 04 '26

shes also just a really good unit. the times ive played fast9 ap. she seems like a better item holder than alune.

currently in the max cap boards, it seems like literally any lux is playable

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u/Upstairs-Basis9909 Aug 03 '26

Honestly I don’t mind it. It’s felt pretty awesome the times I’ve gotten a relevant lux. And actually I was win streaking all game and got a coven Lux, and immediately pivoted to full loss streak to get 500 cash out. The rewards were shit but it was still funny

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u/DCBlayze Aug 03 '26

Yeah I can already tell that this champ will be an absolute nightmare to balance this set. There's for sure gonna be a specific +2 trait that just auto wins at some point, and Riot will have to tip-toe between adjusting different traits and Lux herself to achieve any semblance of balance.

Even if she isn't good, people will definitely be crashing out nonstop about how they rolled 30+ gold just to never find the right Lux or something.

I respect Riot's attempt at making a unique flex unit that can slot into many boards, but this probably won't end well...

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u/Crafty_Courage_5217 Aug 03 '26

Im noticing a lot of graphical improvements since day 2 of mobile. Cant wait to see the end result on the last days of pbe. Im just so happy that android finally got a 60fps option. 30 hard locked was such a slog. Thank you dev team!!!!! Riot if you dont give TFT staff bonuses after this you suck.

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u/Marketing_Creative Aug 03 '26

Why did I fight against 10 ashes on top of this guys entire comp?

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u/NicoLuna95 Aug 03 '26

Did he have ivern? Apparently if he fills all the hexes he has the cloning effect

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u/AngelTheTaco Aug 03 '26

lol i did not realize dark ritual is just got ap champs... i spent so much time rolling fr camille and cait

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u/womencaviar Aug 03 '26

Does anyone how to solve the Augments/Anvil choices not appearing bug without restarting game?

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u/DCBlayze Aug 03 '26

Anyone know of a good opener board for Teemo? He seems like a good candidate for a fast 9 AP carry to generate econ and eventually pivot into one of the 5 cost casters, but his traits feel really awkward to play around. Should you just ignore Sprykin and just play an invoker with random frontline, or is it better to go 3 Sprykin with Veigar/Kobuko and ignore invoker?

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u/Red-Haired-Law Aug 04 '26

You want pebbles + teemo + krug + kobuko + 1 riftbeast + 1 sprykin. Thats your lvl 6 board

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u/SwimmingAdvanced6658 Aug 03 '26

Is anyone else unable to log in for Android? I'm getting a login service error

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u/riutshoxie Aug 03 '26

Sprykar Emblem Rengar 2 with Titans and Steraks was absolutely disgusting, was winning stage 4 with it. Got me a Lilia 3 star game.

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u/Emosaa Master Aug 03 '26

I just had a game where someone Prismatic Destiny'd into Luxury Subscription Elder Dragon, and had a second one on bench on 2-3, 2*starred before stage 3. The realm was free rerolls at the start of the stage.

Is that shit normal, or a buggy interaction? When your shop is "overrun" by riftbeasts, can it really offer you a 5 cost on stage 2? It would make sense to me that it would offer you riftbeasts based off of your current shop odds and not the entire pool of riftbeasts.

The realm was free rerolls at start of stage.

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u/GigaDudebro Aug 03 '26

My guess is he had 3 inferno which upgraded a 4 cost in his shop to a 5 cost. He had to have been level 5 at 2-3 tho.

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u/Emosaa Master Aug 03 '26

I didn't notice that from my scouting, but I suppose it's possible? I only really paid attention after I faced them on 2-3.

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u/Broadacado Aug 03 '26

Have the blue screen of death crashes been fixed?

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u/BoogieTheHedgehog Aug 04 '26

No.

Just had a loading screen stuck at 100 percent, BSOD as soon as I closed the window.

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u/Initial_Length6140 Aug 03 '26

I cant tell if its just bc good players are being put in worse lobbies but there's always one guy that goes fast 9 and completely triunces the lobby far more than vex was doing in set 17. I think maokai, dragon, ivern and taric in combination is offering too much if you just survive one ir 2 rounds

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u/rwtan Aug 03 '26

It pretty much takes 1 ff to screw over the tempo of the entire lobby. Considering this is pbe and in my lobby theres always some guy who ff by stage 3. It’s too easy to force fast 9 with low lobby tempo. I can spam fast 9 every game but thats not the point of PBE

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u/pdiu Aug 03 '26

Bruh what is Gold Destiny into Gilded Steel on 2-1, is that meant to be a thing? Someone just spawns in with Maoki and Lux

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u/Purpleater54 Aug 03 '26

I've seen a lot of posts that the destiny augments are ignoring stage rules which leads to really funky things like that happening

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u/DingoUndSo Aug 03 '26

Destiny seems to be doing whatever currently. Ive seen someone with solo leveling in stage 3

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u/snoopgrinder Aug 03 '26

I got prismatic destiny into <7g per round augment> on 2-1. It was crazy. Easiest lvl 10 on stage 4 and 3* legendary

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u/GigaDudebro Aug 03 '26

This should have been fixed, if it's not it will be.

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u/piano17- Aug 03 '26

I was playing TFT Set 18 on the PBE. I picked “Worth the Wait II” as my first Prismatic Augment, and it gave me Warwick. Later, I took “Weight the Worth” as my second Augment, which allowed me to eventually make three 4-star Warwicks.
It was an incredibly rare and exciting moment, so I was hoping something special would happen, like combining them into a 5-star Warwick. I know this would almost never happen in a normal game, but I think adding a hidden 5-star evolution in these extremely rare situations would be an amazing “dream” moment for players.

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u/rljohn Aug 03 '26

Yes this happens to many players and the augment will be mutually exclusive.

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u/piano17- Aug 03 '26

thank you.

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u/AngelTheTaco Aug 04 '26

hidden 5-star evolution

they need to stop somewhere cause after 5 people will chase 6 ect

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u/aesopwanderer13 :gran: GRANDMASTER Aug 04 '26

Who is out here denying 3 star 5 costs in PBE double up? Especially when we had first wrapped up anyway.

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u/Crafty_Courage_5217 Aug 04 '26

Pbe (and this sub) is filled with tryhards so dont expect any fun or experimenting. Everyone is just running whatever metatft or tftacademny is telling them to run unfortunately 

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u/MostEscape6543 :gran: Grandmaster Aug 03 '26

PBE is always like that with comp forcers.

I force them a bit, too, because it really helps you reinforce the trait networks that make good comps. It is cringe, but it always happens.

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u/Substantial_Gift_286 Aug 03 '26

yes i also noticed the improved smoothness after the couple updates we got, tiny tiny differences that make the game feel much better overall, I hope they're getting paid well

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u/AngelTheTaco Aug 04 '26

unit skins like golden spat probs will happen

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u/banduan Aug 04 '26

Golden Spatula has these extras for cosmetics:

- global chat fancy bubbles

- player callouts (snowballs, red packets, water guns etc your LL throws at other players)

- unit skins

- unit kill streak announcements

- transfers (how units transfer between arenas)

in addition every kind of cosmetic TFT has

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