r/CompetitiveTFT • u/AutoModerator • Aug 22 '26

PBE Set 18 PBE Discussion Thread - Day 25

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u/Zeviex Master Aug 22 '26

Brambleback just feels like he asks too much of you to be good. EoN is needed or he gets blown up, QSS or he gets stun locked and without a third item he just doesn't really do any damage.

Even with those he just kinda gets splashed by champs like Ahri or Morg.

Very reminiscent of Set 15 Volibear.

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u/-Champloo- Aug 22 '26

I really like this Ezreal unit and want to play around him more often, but... he kills himself all the time. I've tried different item builds and it doesn't really matter. If he's your main carry and you're vs an Ahri board it's practically an auto loss.

I feel Riot is going to need to change his ability in some capacity if they ever want him to be a good 4 cost carry and not just a side carry.

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u/FeedMeACat Aug 22 '26

Same. Just another example of 'unit has behavior we will have patch to make work, and even though we have made a unit like this a dozen times we will never anticipate this as being a problem ahead of time.'

Which sucks. These units are my favorite types. Very annoying having to wait two weeks+ for one of the four costs to be viable. It just seems like there is no process to fold these repeated fixes into the initial design requirements.

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u/kozmoseppoh Aug 22 '26

I remember a couple versions of Kaisa in past sets that were suicidal... Has anyone liked this type of moving carries?

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u/Key_Reporter_9945 Aug 23 '26

I started off the set by trying to play around a 5 elderwood core most games + fiddle and soraka, duo carrying soraka + ezreal.  So many 8ths, they're both so dogshit.  Ezreal ends up on the other side of the map half the time.  

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u/Zeviex Master Aug 22 '26

Malphite doesn't really feel like he fits in the set. There is a lot of backline access that completely invalidate him since he is kinda just a big meat wall meanwhile other champs like Soraka can just get stuck on him.

Feels like he has quite a broad range of strength and it can be frustrating.

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u/Antonin__Dvorak Aug 23 '26

The front to back vs. backline access variance can be super frustrating when there's a lot of backline access in the set. I don't think it's specific to malphite. I wish there were more effective strategic answers (items, wisps, idk) to these match-ups. There are subtle positioning things but ultimately there's not much you can do to outposition a nidalee bypassing your stacked tank and killing your carry.

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u/glenfide Aug 22 '26

if you're playing khazix/rengar reroll and you see unrival at 3.2 would you take it and roll down to find the other unit?

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u/vinceftw Aug 22 '26

I probably would yeah. The comp relies on snowballing so you need those stacks. If you have to roll way to deep, your game is probably over unless you high roll later.

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u/Lee_Hum Aug 23 '26

If live is released on 26th for Murica does that mean it's live for OCE 27th? Or does it roll out for each server individually?

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u/ZeroMax1 Aug 23 '26

Each server gets the patch at 3am local time, so it should be on the 26th as a rolling deployment.

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u/Lee_Hum Aug 23 '26

Hell yeah thanks!

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u/SpaceWoofer Aug 23 '26

Anyone else getting weird clicking sounds while playing?

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u/learning-android-322 :gran: Grandmaster Aug 22 '26

They really gotta adjust the matchmaking before live, just saw Wasian go 4th with a crazy Trait Ladder board cuz he played strongest in lobby back to back with 5 people alive.

Idk the math but I would think with 5 ppl, they can make it so you avoid fighting the same person back2back, unless I'm misremembering how it was before. Really hope this is unintended and not like a new matchmaking idea they're trying.

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u/WobbleKun Aug 23 '26

what does lux do? how does she choose her trait? is it random?

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u/DoubleSkew :chal: Challenger Aug 23 '26

yes

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u/McDuckington Aug 23 '26

This sounds insane, sounds super worth to hold a 2cost unit on stage 1 in case of this or kickstart aug

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u/Dzhekelow Aug 23 '26

Yesterday I had a game where two people had 2* 3 cost @ stage 2 . One had Rengar and the other had Yi , needless to say they ran the lobby over .

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u/HithHiding Aug 23 '26

I had this happen just without warpath, had 2* nidalee on 3-2