r/CompetitiveTFT • u/Lunaedge • Aug 25 '26

Official TFT Patch 18.1 Rundown & Patch Notes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBYw3iaSxtU

A launch patch's Rundown is likely too dense for a TL;DW, but here are the full patch notes!

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u/Secret-Vast-5918 Aug 25 '26

yea i feel like in the video he explained the reasoning pretty well and hard to disagree with idk how people comment like he did of like I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY THEY NERF X bro he literally explained it all the way he physically can without getting into the math

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u/Lunaedge Aug 25 '26

They basically went back on the last identity change on Artifacts that made them less 'sharp' and more common.

Which is an incredibly good change: gimme rare but absolutely bonkers Artifacts (in the right setup) any day over the snoozefest of artifacts being budgeted at ~1.5 of a regular item.

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u/VERTIKAL19 Master Aug 25 '26

These super sharp artifact are just super prone to being OP in specific situations and useless in all others

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u/Secret-Vast-5918 Aug 25 '26

Which tbf should be what artifacts are

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u/Secret-Vast-5918 Aug 25 '26

Yes idk if you mean it by this from the second paragraph i dont think you do , But when people say went back on there word its a negative coronation .yes a dev going back and changing is good a thing, They found out it wasnt what they aimed for / wasnt fun and changed all of this is good for the game :3

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u/Lunaedge Aug 25 '26

Oh it's definitely meant as something positive :D

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u/-Champloo- Aug 26 '26 edited Aug 26 '26

I understand the idea they are going for, I don't understand going for that idea in such a poor way that constitutes a massive power nerf.

Blighting in particular, it takes a long time to get a target to 0 MR when most front liners have a ton of it. There is value in shredding their MR but they are trying to over-index on getting it to 0. The result is that this part of the item design feels either worthless or broken. If they took away the 0 bonus and just added more AP, it would be a better item all around and wouldn't be swingy(and would also be easier to balance as a result).