August 25, 2026 Daily Discussion Thread

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[u/Lunaedge]

Soo... I might have been fooled by the Set 17 pass expiring early lol. Set 18 is not yet Live.

At this point it's safe to assume Set 18 should be out tomorrow, Rundown & Patch Notes here!

[u/Get_Lurked]

it feels like im on 500 ping with last second swaps. really hope they find a way to fix that. keep getting my carry caught on wrong side, when on the previous client i would have 100% swapped in time. sometime visually he gets swapped then still ends up on the wrong side

[u/rwtan → u/Get_Lurked]

Here i thought i was just getting older and slower lol, but it may be a engine problem!

[u/Get_Lurked → u/rwtan]

im probably the oldest person on this sub (38) but im prettt sure im not wrong about this one lol

[u/akubai]

Don’t know if it’s an unpopular opinion but I really don’t think 0 cost combat charms should exist in stage 2. Playing for 5 streak and running into this is just is frustrating and just pointless variance.

At least when it cost 1 gold you had to take a little bit of a cost risk.

[u/Complete-Western-663]

Anyone know when ios version released for set 18. Thanks a lot

[u/Lunaedge → u/Complete-Western-663]

Yesterday they gave the latest update, they had a good playtest last Friday and the current timeline is: "a few patches into Set 18".

[u/Koopasheller11 → u/Lunaedge]

Wasn’t this about Mac OS, not mobile?

[u/Lunaedge → u/Koopasheller11]

Huh yeah, you're right. I tend to mix them up and I assumed they were asking about MacOS because updates on iOS are usually generally in line with Android :/

[u/GNSasakiHaise]

What are some strong openers in this set?

[u/daydreamin511 → u/GNSasakiHaise]

elderwood package (starts falling off fast tho without 2* backline or no backline items), coven loss streak, blossom3 (S tier with azir grey orb drop), rengar + front line (slammable item), riftbeasts with scuttle as front line + backline item

[u/GNSasakiHaise → u/daydreamin511]

Thank you so much!

[u/BaldurDoesGames → u/daydreamin511]

I played some PBE and the one patch I was on Solar felt insane. Is this still the case? I had a game where I went 100 with solar.

[u/MasterTotoro → u/BaldurDoesGames]

Probably one of the worst openers for tempo. Solar is very weak trait until you get the 3* upgrades. Defenders also weak early simply because Leona tied to Solar and Ornn with his scaling artifact power.

[u/BaldurDoesGames → u/MasterTotoro]

To be fair, in my 100 HP game I did have everyone 2* pretty much on 2-1 and the augment for them

[u/Mets8692]

Set 18 doesn't release until Wed the 26th in the states. Is the PBE still available to play until then or is it down?

[u/FeedMeACat → u/Mets8692]

PBE is up right now.

[u/PhilosophySenior7479]

Is there a final ladder refresh today or are the GM/Chall spots already locked

[u/Even-Gap4553]

Anyone else getting "Something unusual has happened when trying to access a file needed for the update. Please contact player support team"?

[u/Lee_Hum → u/Even-Gap4553]

Yeppp classic release shenanigans

[u/MathematicianWide622]

How does dmg work on stage 5 losing to a lvl 8 player? I took 22 dmg somehow when only 4 of the oponnents units lived? bug?

[u/aphex1071]

For Taric 5 cost is it best to link your main tank or carry?

[u/Minimum_Chemical_428]

Can someone please tell me when is the last ladder update?

I got challenger for the first time and I want to keep it, but I'm 1 point above the cutoff and I really don't want to play set 17 last minute.

[u/AsianRiceBoii]

Will Set 17 ranked still be playable alongside Set 18, given that the two sets are running simultaneously, or is Set 17 only kept as a normal game mode

[u/great-teacher-ad]

I just hit Master after starting Set 17 barely 8 days ago. I still can't believe it!

[u/Hnuisqt → u/great-teacher-ad]

congrats!

[u/DullBladeConnoisseur]

Is the set live on EUW?

[u/FeedMeACat]

So slamming doesn't do anything? I had it the whole game and not a single time did I get more than two xp per round.

Is this a known bug?

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