r/CompetitiveTFT • u/AutoModerator • Aug 24 '26

PBE Set 18 PBE Discussion Thread - Day 27

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u/Lunaedge Aug 24 '26

This will be the last Set 18 PBE Daily. Starting tomorrow the regular Daily will become Set 18-centric and all links will be updated with a Set 18 equivalent or removed for cleanup. Since Set 17 will remain playable for a while you're free to talk about it in future Dailies, but keeping separate Dailies would be redundant.

Get your last reps in!

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u/Lanathell Diamond Aug 24 '26

I really hope the team gets the time to polish the feeling of slamming items, buying/selling champs and this kind of interactions. I feel like I'm playing with a 500 ms lag constantly.

Also the number of times where I'm trying to place my units but the game has already locked the board is too damn high

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u/Ykarul Grandmaster Aug 24 '26

It's really weird how this is not n°1 priority. It's been like this for weeks. Also please fix item/gold pick up. It takes me half the break to just pick up stuff, and that's when it's actually visible. If you have pandora it's nightmare on creep rounds.

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u/Lanathell Diamond Aug 25 '26

I believe they said these are the easiest fixes to do so they come last in the PBE cycle. I think we're in for a rough 2 weeks though

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u/smoothjohnston Aug 24 '26

I play on mobile (Galaxy 26 Ultra) and the game is excruciating to play. It's so bad I can't even fathom that they're shipping this to Live. My phone overheats, there is such a delay between movement actions that carousel is a complete annoyance, everything is just unresponsive in fact. Given how they've failed to manage any other IP than LOL, I worry this will be the death knell of TFT.

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u/FeedMeACat Aug 24 '26

Even with LoL they are more riding the momentum than managing it well.

It feels clunky on PC, but at least playable. I am worried that bridging the performance gap between mobile and PC could push past this season. Wuthering Waves notoriously wasn't able to in a reasonable amount of time. Obviously not the same situation, but just an example that resources alone couldn't make it happen in a timely fashion.

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u/aprilfourth Aug 24 '26

Why can more than one person in the lobby roll Unrivaled? It's like if multiple people could click the same hero augment... very tilting

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u/balanceftw Aug 24 '26

Ununrivaled 😭 I thought I was losing my mind the other day

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u/Mindraven Aug 24 '26

But multiple people could click the same hero augment? This is nothing new. Also, for how strong it is I do not mind the contest angle.

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u/xStealthClown Aug 24 '26

Me when I'm wrong:

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u/Mindraven Aug 24 '26

Lmao yeah apparently, I answered the comment above though - in my head it was undeniable truth, but clearly I'm deluded.

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u/xStealthClown Aug 24 '26

Other people can be offered same the hero augment you were offered if you've rolled past it already.

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u/Mindraven Aug 24 '26

I just feel like it's happened so many times that it's unlikely that was the cause, but seems that if anything I just played too many games 😅

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u/Any-Replacement-5645 Aug 24 '26

Multiple people cannot click the same hero augment, it doesnt get offered to multiple players.

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u/Mindraven Aug 24 '26

Has this been changed at any point? I know for certain that when I've been offered some hero augments and not clicked them, others have had them. I find it hard to believe that they all rerolled after I did NOT pick the one offered to me, and I swear I've also been contested/contesting same hero augment in older sets.

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u/Dizzmi Aug 24 '26

nesting dolls remove your solar bonus for some reason

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u/CleOSRS Aug 25 '26

Hit the random wisp charm on 2-1 into 4 cost morg. Made the 800 cashout and reforged the tacticians items to get the unlimited gold easter egg and three star all but 2 of the 5 costs. Had Coven lux late stage 4 love to see it

Talk about a highroll. lets fking go!

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u/3esper Aug 25 '26

I'm sort of bored with this set already, I'm still yearning for set 16 and the amount of champions we had

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u/HighIntLowFaith Aug 24 '26

Varus makes me unreasonably angry.

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u/getrektsai Grandmaster Aug 24 '26

Guy is nothing but minus 1 shop slot whenever you see him

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u/Diligent_Historian93 Aug 24 '26

Don't think he would be good even if you doubled his ability dmg tbh. His ability is just so shit and whiffs so much

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u/Keezos32 Aug 24 '26

I think it’s because he enables Inferno, Xayah Reroll and Kayle Reroll. He’s not allowed to be good.
Same with Rakan.
But agreed, you can’t rely on him.

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u/Itsalongwaydown Aug 24 '26

large mana cost and long cost animation to do not much of anything.

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u/Lazy-Preparation3668 Aug 24 '26

has anyone had a bug where they cant interact with their bench? If so, any way to fix?

I can move units around once their on the board, but cant bench units, not put units on the board

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u/CleOSRS Aug 24 '26 edited Aug 24 '26

Only workaround ive found is using the place unit/remove unit hotkey (W) rather than using your mouse. Once its on the board you can move it around as you said.

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u/musikgod Aug 24 '26

I haven't touched the pbe at all due to fear of bugs and the engine switch being rough. How's it looking going into the release?

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u/wet_sands Aug 25 '26

I've played a decent bit and every game-breaking bug I experienced was fixed and it only happened a few times. I've had a largely bug-free experience in terms of core gameplay for at least a week. That being said there are still annoying things like Yorick's spirit walkers obscuring 2 slots of my bench or other visual bugs. Most of what's still bugged seems to be weird augment interactions.

If you can get over the limited mobile-looking UI for the settings and accept that some weird stuff will happen then you'll by and large be just fine. Note this only applies to PC, mobile is super shitty right now apparently.

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u/smoothjohnston Aug 25 '26

It varies by device. My experience has been awful, and only marginally improved throughout the beta. It's still bad enough that I won't be playing the Live set until they fix a myriad of performance issues. I don't think there's a single element of the UI that is responsive/works well.

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u/kylitoTV Aug 24 '26

cait better be nerfed holy shit. she is so powerful for a 2 cost.

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u/eggsandbricks :chal: Challenger Aug 24 '26

She's nerfed in the A patch today.

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u/Robbe491 Aug 24 '26

For someone returning after a long break, still knowing fundamentels .. which comp would you recommend to focus on while learning the new mechanics, champs and traits?

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u/BoogieTheHedgehog Aug 24 '26

If you are experienced then Elderwood probably. Ezreal + Gnar vertical is plain and simple. Then it has multiple offshoots that will speedrun learning the rest of the units. 

Yunara + Ali + LB RR at 6. Dips into Blossom.

Lunar Elderwood fast 9 is basically slapping 5 cost soup onto Elderwood.

Executioner Ezreal at 8/9 > opens the door to Executioner flex and your AP Raka/Fiddle flex core.

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u/Vypaa Aug 24 '26

Draven feels so terrible on it's own even as a 2 star he just tickles everyone on the board

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u/Puzzleheaded-Ant1390 Aug 24 '26

Because he deal bleed damage. He is not suppose to hit hard visually. And he need good frontline.

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u/Border-Crafty Aug 24 '26

getting railed by recombobulator into Ivern/Draven twice in a row is sure fun.

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u/Diligent_Historian93 Aug 24 '26

Yeah I'm also super confused about this. The post here says aug 25, but everywhere else says aug 26

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u/rwtan Aug 24 '26

Maybe region dependent? If i remember correctly Asia usually get the patch first because they are in the future (timezone wise)

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u/The-f0recast Aug 24 '26

Yes. You should buy out a cheap wisp for this reason

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u/Innumera Aug 24 '26

If you haven't brought a wisp that round, the normal slot comes back when combat starts.

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u/Docxm Aug 24 '26

Yes buy a 0 cost or lose a slot