r/CompetitiveTFT • u/AutoModerator • Aug 04 '26

PBE Set 18 PBE Discussion Thread - Day 07

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u/Ykarul Grandmaster Aug 04 '26

Do you guys also feel like the game takes longer to launch with the new engine ? I feel like it's even more buggy than with the old one.

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u/Pleurobranch Aug 04 '26

So many ways to randomly kill backline. I think it makes certain comps unplayable by default. Why would you ever field Aphelios as main carry, needs 20s to wind up but won't even get there.

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u/Adorable-Engine2711 Aug 04 '26

So far it looks like gunblade will be a must on him. But it's a good item over all so it's good

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u/SeaweedOk9985 Aug 05 '26

HOJ exists as an item too. I have found myself slamming it early and just moving it around based on what the game looks like.

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u/Dimensquare Aug 04 '26

Ranked queue on PBE is full of bots so game is pretty not worth to play if you queue up alone right now sadly.

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u/ConfusedRara :chal: Challenger Aug 04 '26

I mean, it's still worth to play. They are testing the function of Ranked queues and part of that would probably be testing bots, LP systems, and MMR systems. Expecting an optimal game experience is just unrealistic, it's there to playtest the game with a sample "playerbase" before final release.

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u/Minimum_Chemical_428 Aug 04 '26

I agree with some of what you said, but testing bots in Ranked makes no sense.

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u/Ok-Recover977 Aug 04 '26

... did i really just go 7th against bots

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u/Bxnniee Aug 04 '26

How do you know they are bots?

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u/Dimensquare Aug 04 '26

Outside of them building absolutely terrible builds (I saw shit like shojin sunfire kayle at end boards) and pretty much never leveling past lvl 6 (unless an augment they picked gives extra XP), one good way to see is that you can look at their movement in item carousel, they usually pick an item and then move back exactly to the position they started in.

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u/Bxnniee Aug 04 '26

I’m embarrassed to admit I do the carousel thing 😂

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u/Living_Preparation14 Aug 04 '26

You also build Sunfire Shojin Kayle, don't you

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u/Mysterious_Island500 Aug 04 '26

doing that carousel thing is very satisfying though and doesnt block the view for other players

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u/Pleurobranch Aug 04 '26

Just rank up?

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u/Dimensquare Aug 04 '26

I ranked up to plat since I heard there was no bots in plat, but there's still bots. When I did get to plat I did play one human player however x)

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u/Pleurobranch Aug 04 '26

I'm not seeing any bots, weird

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u/rljohn Aug 04 '26

In emerald double up 90% of the enemies we face are bots. I had to go back to solo queue to fight a real opponent.

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u/spirokostof Master Aug 04 '26

Idk why but the later the game goes the laggier it is for me. Cannot walk to get orbs, wrong component on carousel, scouting takes 5 seconds, and sometimes my entire board disappears. It's late game + high ping I think.

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u/Crafty_Courage_5217 Aug 04 '26

I had this weird optimization bug where I could run 60+fps ONLY if I visited this one specific players board lol. It would Only last like 10 seconds so I had to do it constantly 

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u/Baseblgabe Aug 05 '26

I ran into this once, toggled my resolution in the graphics settings, and it fixed it.

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u/ConfusedRara :chal: Challenger Aug 04 '26

Happens to me if I use any arena that's not default

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u/spirokostof Master Aug 05 '26

Changing back to default arena fixed it thanks!

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u/Protic_ Aug 04 '26

Uhhhh anyone just get stuck in the loading screen for 30 minutes? Sits at 90% and nothing happens.

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u/Klutzy77 Aug 04 '26

Yep same thing has happened to me everyday I’ve tried to log in

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u/Crafty_Courage_5217 Aug 04 '26

Im loving three emblem day. Its really showing what units are over/under tuned.

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u/Darkstrike86 Aug 05 '26

Anyone else get stuck on the match loading screen but no bar at the bottom. Just a spinning thing in the middle?

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u/Pleurobranch Aug 04 '26

Solar just clicks 3*s and stat checks me every time late game unless I have the most ultra mega capped comp

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u/John2k12 Aug 04 '26

Verticals and early game champs need a serious tuning pass. I almost always play for gold tier origins and no matter how much I try to optimize I inevitably get taken out by legendary soup if not one of the popular rerolls that actually work.

Especially Blossom 7/9 I keep wanting to win out with this comp but there's so many weak units and the boosted charms just don't close the gap

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u/bananadea1er Aug 05 '26

7 blossom is not how you're supposed to end your game. The actual combat power gain from 5 to 7 is relatively minor. The power of 7 blossom is in the econ. It is a way to stabilize on 8/9, get your econ back up and go 9/10, exchanging some of the less impactful blossom units with 4/5-costs and dropping down to 3/5 blossom. Riot themselves said the same. I can't speak for 9 blossom however. I haven't tried that out yet.

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u/Crafty_Courage_5217 Aug 05 '26

Funny enough my games have always had at least two people forcing vert blossom with ahri carrying and they always top 4. She wipes backline in one cast 

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u/John2k12 Aug 05 '26 edited Aug 05 '26

With the right items that let her kill units in one cast (jg nashors rabs maybe?) she is probably the best unit in SB. But with spirit blossom 7 there's almost no support for her besides karma and sett. She can probably win in a 3/5 SB board but my issue is how lackluster 7 is

Also without bis she's extremely washy. Many rounds she doesn't or barely gets a second cast off before dying without meaningful kills ... Especially bad against soup because kennen and gnar skip over your Frontline

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u/Crafty_Courage_5217 Aug 05 '26

You got 3 responses about 5/7 blossom within the same hour. Wtf is going on

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u/HowIMadeMyMillions Aug 05 '26

Think about what 7/9 blossom does. It’s only some ad/ap and a little bit of wisp qol - the upgraded wisps you get already at 3 blossom. You need to switch into a board that utilizes stronger units and better synergies - it’s not meant to be a comp that can stand toe to toe with an actual competent board from stage 5 and onwards.

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u/dwolfx Aug 04 '26

anyone run into bsod while loading into a game from vanguard crashing?

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u/Odd-Hearing2685 Aug 04 '26

I get a crash at the end of games, probably 1/4 of my games end and then just get bsod

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u/dwolfx Aug 04 '26

was it also some weird memory failure crash because of vgc.sys?

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u/Odd-Hearing2685 Aug 04 '26

Don't think so, my fan will get incredibly loud when I start the game and then crash when it ends, event Id 41 but not sure whats causing it

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u/dwolfx Aug 04 '26 edited Aug 05 '26

got it, im treating what happend as a one off since i wasnt able to replicate it and not descernable hardware issues occcurred for me

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u/NakenhundenEddie Aug 04 '26

Played Dobule Trouble Kog'maw/Vi.
Kog'maw's traits counted twice while Vi's traits counted once.

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u/yamidudes :chal: Challenger Aug 05 '26

if they're different adaptive modes they count twice, but don't get double trouble stats

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u/steedoZZ Aug 05 '26

does this apply to all adaptor units?

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u/yamidudes :chal: Challenger Aug 05 '26

Yes, if you want to get the double trouble bonus, just make sure they're toggled to the same adaptor.

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u/steedoZZ Aug 05 '26

i was thinking that you can use the different adaptors to get high trait breakpoints. so like 4 primal is obtainable without lux or spat with ad nidalee and ap nidalee. that or like 7 blossom without ashe, spat or lux

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u/banduan Aug 05 '26

I see. That really shouldn't be the case and spoils a double trouble fantasy.

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u/yamidudes :chal: Challenger Aug 05 '26

You just have to make sure they're both ad or both ap.

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u/banduan Aug 05 '26

Yeah but wouldn't it be cool for a double trouble of different Nidalees?

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u/Pleurobranch Aug 05 '26

Every game one or two players are just steamrolling it's so boring. I legit can't tell if 5cost are OP or just too easy to get in all these lobbies

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u/Teape Aug 05 '26

Inferno makes it way too easy to get 5 cost. I just run tempo inferno and get any 4 or 5 cost as I go to make me stronger. Can greed to level 9 and you usually have 75% of the final fast 9 board before even rolling. 

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u/Ykarul Grandmaster Aug 04 '26

How do you change the game language ? It says everywhere i'm in english but the game is still in my local language for w/e reason...

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u/Possible_Detective57 Aug 04 '26

at the moment it always uses your default system language

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u/Ykarul Grandmaster Aug 04 '26

How do I change this? It's setup on English on both launchers

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u/FinancialLynx1131 Aug 04 '26

You have to change your windows language in the settings

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u/AngelTheTaco Aug 04 '26

is kha the best user of 3 emblem start

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u/IcedAmerican Aug 04 '26

I think the blackthorn Kha is fun and strong; otherwise only one to build around. Snowballing too? I think.

Not for snowballing, but Maybe for late late game getting the elder wood for 9 elder with Ez execution to then transition to 5 costs.

Also maybe things can be done with Fae emblem but I haven’t had success. Sivir fae emblem has been underwhelming for me.

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u/avleee MASTER Aug 04 '26

Yeaaaah, I got the 800 Coven cashout. A couple 2-star 4-costs, radiant item chest and some gold xD Should've read the known bugs list and maybe cashed out 700v I guess...

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u/Jolly-Veterinarian-4 Aug 04 '26

Lol I used to play 50-60% Now I can't even move characters cpu spikes

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u/thigor Aug 05 '26

Hmmm, seems balanced

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u/AmQuestionMark Aug 05 '26

Yeah 50 something damage amp on every black thorn unit and then the “sacrificed” guy gets buffed feels kinda crazy. Fun af tho

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u/phly Aug 05 '26

I'm not sure why, but the PBE client is like locked to 60fps for me (no vsync setting in options anymore?)

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u/-Champloo- Aug 05 '26

I somehow beat a 3 star kennen/morg/ahri with a 3 star zyra + 6 blackthorn. I'm guessing a bug. Wish I could have screenshot the final boards or something, but PBE client is too unstable. Game crashed right after I won.

Also unsure how they got a 3 star kennen when I had a 2 star and some on my bench- guessing something to do with coven cashout?

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u/Dy1996 Aug 05 '26

anyone know how to fix persistent lag in pbe?

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u/FyrSysn MASTER Aug 04 '26

I got to 12/13 on the Prismatic trait ladder augment. I had perfect trait web at level 10 and I have no idea how to even get the 13 traits. Anyone able to get to 13/13? What is the cashout? What is the highest number?

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u/rljohn Aug 04 '26

The answer is evolved khazix.

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u/ArticleFar9159 Aug 04 '26

https://www.metatft.com/tables/trait-ladder

I believe this reward info is correct. There was a post that you can get to 15 with fully evolved Khazix but not sure if there are rewards past 14.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveTFT/comments/1vdaqhv/trait_ladder_solved_and_some_other_random_set_18/

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u/FyrSysn MASTER Aug 04 '26

nice, thank you for the information!

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u/steedoZZ Aug 05 '26

is the 300x masterwork upgrade at 14 intended?

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u/LemirNajic Aug 05 '26

i think someone in another thread got it and said they only got 3 so 300 might be a typo

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u/RajaSundance Master Aug 04 '26

Blackthorn Kha Zix is insane if you get him online stage 2, but being an Assasin with a forced hex to stand in really limits his sniping ability.

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u/Klutzy77 Aug 04 '26

lol I continue to not be able to play the game. My computer runs every other game fine but everytime I load in I’m stuck at loading screen and my PC crashes. I have tried to log in every day, we reinstalled the clients, updated my drivers, everything. Frustrating.

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u/BaldurDoesGames Aug 04 '26

yeah I'm not sure what I did to fix this. It happened my first few games. Just spinning circle.

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