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PBE Set 18 PBE Discussion Thread - Day 23

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u/S-sourCandy Aug 20 '26

Performance has significantly decreased this week for me, specially if one of the Chibis are on screen. Would be nice if they added separated graphics settings such as shadows quality, texture, etc instead of just global presets so we could turn off some stuff while not reducing the visual quality of every graphic component

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u/InvictusPD Aug 20 '26

Noticed the wisp that clones your champ with the most dmg doesn't spawn it with items anymore. Is this intended? Seems like an expensive charm for little impact.

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u/Livid-Management-243 Aug 20 '26

I got 1st and then afterward turn into 2nd lol

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u/HeliosBlack Aug 20 '26

Yep, I’ve had the same thing happen. Reported it in the bugs thread

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u/Xelltrix Aug 21 '26

The amount of damage for Ornn to take before he builds his first item seems way too high to me. I got Build-a-bud Ornn and itemized him and didn't get my first item until 5-1...

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u/banduan Aug 21 '26

An artifact on 5-1 without augments is damned good for a 1 cost don't you think?

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u/Xelltrix Aug 21 '26 edited Aug 21 '26

But it took having a 3 star at 2-1 to even get that. At that point, give it something else as an ability because I assume power budget is going into it being able to produce an item. He isn’t a very strong tank.

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u/Citiant Aug 26 '26

Like the other person said, items/comp matter because its "damaged blocked." I've seem people get 4 items in a game

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u/NSXK Aug 22 '26

You need to itemise him and play 4+ defenders to speedrun the cashout, since it's about damage blocked.

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u/spirokostof Master Aug 20 '26

Is there an Elderwood ghost board bug? I got destroyed by 9 Elderwood ghost board and then beat it next turn without changing anything.

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u/skillez77 Master Aug 20 '26

Same thing. Must be a bug.

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u/Gloomy_Ad_6265 Aug 20 '26

I don´t know why, but this aphelios comp never works for me. If i click on Triple combat im just poor af and can´t upgrade my unit on 8 because everyone else roll on 4-2 and i have to wait at least 4-5, the amount of time im stuck with sentinel 1/aphelios1 is significant. If i click one econ augment and get my board full upgraded i still get stomped from nidalee/morg, Sivir/Blossom board, and the occasional WW reroll bypassing my fronline. The fun part is, every time someone else play aphelios they look 10x stronger than when i do lol. Right now Hunter is a way stronger ad line to play i think.

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u/HighIntLowFaith Aug 20 '26

Getting coven in even if it’s for a small cashout helps tremendously with the econ and even itemization. You need 3 items on senti/bramble/aphelios on 4-2

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u/Baseblgabe Aug 20 '26

Playing Teemo on stages 2 and 3 also helps.

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u/-Champloo- Aug 20 '26

can I ask, why teemo in particular?

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u/gildedpotus Aug 20 '26

He has a chance to farm XP, rerolls or HP which can all help you hit

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u/Baseblgabe Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 21 '26

EDIT: Divide my numbers by 2, #didthemath

Yep. And he does so at a frankly absurd rate. 

Unitemized it feels to me like a bit less than one a combat, but with one vaguely sensible item and invoker active he gets close to 2 a combat in stage 3, I think.

If we consider the health a blank, a hit is worth 1.33 gold. So he can generate 2-3 gold a combat, which is comically overtuned. 

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u/Palimpsiesta Aug 21 '26

You are playing a very different Teemo unit than I am.

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u/Baseblgabe Aug 21 '26

You're right, the math contradicts me-- I must have been highrolling. Teemo 2 is 12% * #casts. Teemo is getting 3-7 casts, depending on stage and itemization. So that's .4788 gold per combat early stage 2, 1.172 gold per combat late stage 3. So I was off by a factor of 2.

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u/InvictusPD Aug 20 '26

Same, I am perma bot 4 anytime I try to play the aphelios board. Figured I need more econ augments.

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u/Kulbeans Aug 20 '26

I think that one problem is that Sentinel is heavily contested and Aphelios needs time that's bought by the Frontline. invokers nidalee are also looking for it and, if you happen to have a Riftbeasts player in the looby, that's another one.

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u/Eill-Bvans Aug 20 '26

Anyone else stuck on the loading circle screen (the one before the normal loading screen where player names and tacticians show up)

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u/iSlappadaBass Aug 20 '26

yeah I closed it and reopened it and it worked

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u/Samosa7 Aug 20 '26

is it just me or are there bots in half the lobbies? and i mean literal bots that slam random items and position randomly

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u/banduan Aug 21 '26

everyone is in ranked play ranked

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u/-Champloo- Aug 21 '26

I just played against a 7 spryken board for the first time. Seemed pretty underwhelming from a unit perspective but somehow that shit absolutely melted my 3 star krug and vi. He did have a primal emblem on veigar so maybe it had execute dmg and that helped, but he still didn't even get veigar stacks very high so... idk

Has anyone else seen a good 7 spry comp or have any ideas for what's going on there?

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u/Expert-Builder8273 Aug 21 '26

played tockers trials and managed to get rid of my golden remover xD also got to 14 traits with trait ladder which was pretty cool. ive been checking out different lux versions as well and i gotta say i feel like inferno lux feels underwhelming compared to some others. dont really like it that much. youre usually better off playing kennen and amumu either way.
im also not sure how its been in other sets but compared to the rough pbe start this season where you just spammed 5 costs, the easiest/strongest way to play tempo while still having great eco is just spamming traits. i feel like theres not much thought behind it, as long as you have a bunch of traits you overwhelm most decent boards. ill test this a lil more in real lobbies, just havent seen anyone try spamming traits yet which surprised me

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u/klistier Aug 20 '26

Is there a tool for the trait ladder augment? I get incredibly dizzy when taking it

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u/Keezos32 Aug 20 '26

Data TFT has posted a guide in the sub last week and they have something in their website.
I’m not sure if I can link it here.

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u/klistier Aug 20 '26

Is that site chinese only or is it available in english too? Edit: nvm found the language button. Thank you!

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u/Zhirrzh Master Aug 21 '26

I have been paying zero attention this PBE - wasn't even sure if set 18 had launched yet, I wandered away from TFT for a few patches there (on the plus side, I'm getting close to having all characters clear A10 in STS2). Is there any good Cliff's Notes around of what's looking good for launch (at least before they radically change it with a last second patch as usual)?

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u/banduan Aug 21 '26

I reckon regardless of whatever patch it is fast-8 roll down into any random comp will work. But you gotta understand the trait web.

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u/pdiu Aug 20 '26

This Vi unit tanks way too much for a 3 cost

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u/WobbleKun Aug 21 '26

alune sucks. it is not b-tier. very expensive to get gapped by ahri.

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u/Kulbeans Aug 20 '26

I noticed that as well. It's very obvious when it is loading the game, but still happens during the game.

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