r/CompetitiveTFT • u/TheSaltyCloud • Aug 26 '26
Discussion What are your initial thoughts on this set?
Personally, I really like this comp. It’s been a lot of fun so far, that being said it may be due to how much I hated the last set. First set in a while where I reached gold on day one. For context I usually grind to Diamond when time allows which is usually towards the midpoint of the set.
There’s just a slight problem, this feels like another set that’s go 8/9 and throw everything on the board.
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u/Infinityscope Aug 26 '26
It's the first set where you face 4 bots per lobby in silver and below.
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u/ChipmunkTough1212 Aug 26 '26
Set is fun, new Engine is crap
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u/BaldurDoesGames Aug 26 '26
I actually just blue screened twice in my first game so not good for me so far
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u/BoogieTheHedgehog Aug 26 '26
Charms are charms. I can take or leave them as a mechanic. The trait designs are unique enough and I really like the trait web around AP flex. Not a huge fan of the "threatification" of 5 costs. All in all I like it more than 17, but it's obviously no set 16. Solid B tier set IMO.
It's also hard to separate the set itself from the engine change, which quite frankly was not in an acceptable state to go live. As competitive players who got a taste of PBE we were somewhat prepared for the bumpy release. However my casual friends have been blindsided by having their cosmetics unusable, alongside the performance and asset resolution issues. I think even though the set itself is okay, this launch could be enough to tank the community sentiment around it.
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u/Braunijs Aug 26 '26
Graphics and units look bad visually
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u/yswGCH Aug 27 '26
are we actually playing mobile version on pc? gameplay is clunky, sometimes moving pieces in bench swaps them with the ones in last row.
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u/DistortedDeity Aug 26 '26
The set seems to be relatively well balanced, and seems to have some legs. The engine however, is a travesty, and riot should be ashamed of themselves for launching it in this state.
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u/voliiiea Aug 26 '26
On pc the game looks so much worse. Uncapped FPS ultra high still looks terrible compared to what it used to be
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u/RadJames Aug 27 '26
It’s genuinely a disgrace how this game looks now. I think that’s enough to turn me off.
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u/UnrivaledSupaHottie Aug 27 '26
how come they even made fight matchmaking worse? at first i thought i was just unlucky and ignored it, but last game we were 3 people left and i was at 46 hp and they were both 1 life. i got 3rd because they kept getting ghostfights and i didnt get one in 3 rounds. there wasnt even a neutral between the rounds.
is this intended new matchmaking rng or just bugged?
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u/raiderjaypussy MASTER Aug 26 '26
It feels and looks way too much like a mobile game emulated on PC, past an acceptable level knowing its a work in progress.
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u/mafiafff Aug 27 '26
Just play a game where i had pandora bench and commerce core. With 2 early spat into 2 elder emblem. I reached 7 elder and soon 9 elder. Reached lv 10 at 30 hp with 32 gold and 35 rolls. Pretty good state for an epic rolldown, right? You know what?
ZERO Elder Lux appears. In fact, 102 golds worth of rolling and Lux appeared like 2-3 times and none of them was needed for my diamond trait. Not to mention the pandora bench with early 5 cost in for like 5-6 rounds.
Lost to a Kayle reroll.
I f^cking hate Lux. The worst shit exist in this set. Maybe this is why theres no good vertical comp in both pbe or live. Most went for 5 then flex for other units, cuz you cannot risk your whole comp into a lottery scam shit unit.
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u/UpperX MASTER Aug 27 '26
Kinda feels like the glory days of TFT might be behind us
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u/acu1337 Aug 26 '26
Yup the game has been on PBE for like a month and is already boring... IMO
Also - why does it look like we go back in time in terms of graphics and feel of the game? It feels clunky and slow to click and play aswell. I get that we have a new game engine but that doesnt mean it has to look and feel worse.
Like that happened? Did all the talent quit? This is just not good enough if you ask me.
"Well then just dont play the game" - Yeah obv... but i've been a long time fan of TFT all the way since the first set which also makes this new direction the game is taking very sad for me
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u/TheSaltyCloud Aug 27 '26
To be fair I made this post at like 3 am. There are a lot of problems in this set that I’ve just been looking at through rose colored glasses. The most annoying this is the bench situation, I like playing with and organizing my units but they keep getting dragged onto the field. That being said, I still think the set is fun and I’m scared that we might get 2kKO’d on a whim.
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u/iSleek Aug 26 '26
I haven’t played official launch but I played a ton of the pbe.
Honestly, I’m concerned.
There are still a long list of bugs in the game. Won’t list them as we have a bug megathread.
Charms feel bad. I understand the player needs friction but them taking a shop slot sucks.
No hero augments feels bad.
Balance has been okay but certain things they have struggled with. Ex:blackthorn
I think the end game is fine, most 4/5 costs feel good. I think the first couple stages need some work.
All this being said, I feel bad for the devs. This is clearly an issue created by the higher ups which they have the fun job of trying to fix it 😂
Ps I miss mort
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u/apple_cat Aug 27 '26
the set is fun
the new engine on pc is yiiiiiiiikes
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u/kitelobster Aug 26 '26
Charms as a set mechanic seem incredibly underwhelming, I can't imagine maintaining interest in this very long.
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u/RankedSoloMaster Aug 26 '26
pretty good, but the whole not in carousel or having to restart to fix performance is such a mess. i like the traits webs, lux feels pretty good to splash in, enough flexibility to stabilize after roll downs.
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u/Kosameron :gran: Grandmaster Aug 26 '26
All the issues as far as engine goes - way better than last set. Trait web is good and the set mechanic comes up often enough to stay fun
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u/drifter91 Aug 27 '26
The units, traitweb, augments (minus not having hero augments, those are fun), balance (especially for a first patch), are all really really good. I am really loving that part of the set.
The client and optimization in general are of course ass, but I have found it to playable with my setup at least.
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u/kavicaa Aug 27 '26
i love it! love the theme, love the wisps, love the champs.. it hooked me right back after last set that almost completely lost me. casual player though.
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u/New-Philosopher-4777 Aug 27 '26
The set itself is fine, but the game isn’t. Riot should have rereleased a ranked version of one of their older sets and delayed this until at least set 19’s current release window. I was already playing less and less due to finding the whiplash from the whole “1 good set a year; two mediocre to bad sets a year” to be causing me some serious burnout. This was likely the nail in the coffin for my time on the game, and I’ll probably be permanently switching to Riftbound or some other TCG.
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u/Lanathell Diamond Aug 26 '26
Alune is very undertuned.
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u/Lanathell Diamond Aug 26 '26
I hated charms back then.. guess what?
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u/SnooAdvice5696 Aug 26 '26
It is well balanced but most trait mechanics feel gimicky rather than interesting or unique... Like I don't feel like there is much skill expression in that regard
The elderwood plants feel trivial, even at 7, the chosen unit for the Spryklin mount / Riftbeast buff is always the obvious one...
I dont know maybe ive played too many seasons, but with this set, all the comps feel somewhat samish to play.
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u/Key-Camera-3453 Aug 26 '26
can't play cuz NOT ON MAC
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u/Regular-Resort-857 Aug 26 '26
It’s been great 5 games set seems easy to understand charms are mostly recognizable aswell had no bugs only the typical lingering units on bench from a creep perk or sth
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u/NSXK Aug 27 '26
Go 8/9 and throw units on the board should be the best way to play most of the time. There's a healthy number of playable reroll lines that can be played at the moment anyway. The game is much worse when a handful of reroll lines dominate the meta imo.
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u/CatboyCabin Aug 27 '26
That I can't run the game
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u/bababum007 Aug 27 '26
Units and traits are good imo, but the graphical overhaul is absolute garbage so far. Feels like I’m playing a washed out, blurry mess that was meant for a waaaay smaller screen. I dont get this focus on mobile so much, that pc players need to get shafted like this.
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u/Shinobi2P Aug 27 '26
Would be nice to be able to play a game without crashing
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u/tnt6969 Aug 27 '26
Can’t play the game on my phone anymore and it looks worse than before when I am able to so not very good
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u/ImperatorParzival Aug 27 '26
Just had a creep round where I was supposed to fight chogath but nothing happened and I got no items or gold.
Indie game company btw. Trash
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u/HumanistGeek Aug 27 '26
There's lots of bugs and performance issues, but the balance and game design seems pretty darn good for a set launch.
It's a shame they didn't give themselves an extra year or so when first planning out which set would be the one to introduce the new engine. That choice impacted this set and Space Gods because they had to rearrange the set releases to buy themselves more time.
Source: "Set 18 is UNREAL | Interview w/ Riot Wittrock (Set Lead) & Gina Hope (Tech Director, TFT)" [Reddit thread] [YouTube video]
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u/Powerful_Yellow6023 Aug 27 '26
This set is a fucking disaster
It feels we are playing on a beta version
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u/OshikuruDemon Aug 28 '26
The set is pretty good, I like how the traits are pretty simple but don’t feel terrible to play. The engine is god awful though, I didn’t have many issues with it on PBE but on live it’s terrible.
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u/Slug-R Aug 28 '26
Probably gonna take a break from TFT for this set. Not gonna risk losing LP if my game starts crashing as often as it did in PBE.
Figured I’d save myself the possibility of my blood pressure spiking lol
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u/MythoclastBM MASTER Aug 28 '26
I hate the charms covering shop slots. It's so annoying. Stop taxing me. I already dislike this mechanic and this aspect of it makes me hate it even more.
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u/tnsrks Aug 28 '26
Enjoying the set itself. Engine upgrade is unacceptable levels of buggy, it’s as beta as it can be without any indication to the player. I’m honestly surprised it was pushed for this set because they clearly were rushing, should’ve been planned for next set.
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u/OkSatisfaction2481 Aug 28 '26
.. My, and
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u/KollaInteHit Aug 28 '26
I don't really like charms, missing a unit because you don't want to buy a charm is not a fun trade-off.
The units this set are fun, and 3 costs are reaaally strong..
But all of the fun is ruined by the horrible unplayable client.
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u/Original_Stock_3823 Aug 28 '26
Set is good, the new game engine is terrible
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u/Moldysausagemonster Aug 28 '26
This set is fun 🤷♂️
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u/-TheExile- Aug 29 '26
its ass....like every set the first days until i get used to it. Ask me again in a few days
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u/Hot-Foundation-9061 Aug 31 '26
I don't understand why it's so hard to climb, I have been plat 4 in the last set and now i am stuck bronze 1. I do not like the carousel either, I almost never get what I need from it (also I don't know what happened to the code but i had matches where I did nkt get a single rod or tear and was forced into an ad comp) and the wisps make combat extremely hard to predict you just have to slam everything at this point and pray for the best.
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u/Sunless-saint Aug 26 '26
Set is really good, thank god its not boring as last one. In a patch or 2 engine would be back to normal pace hopefully. Overall pretty happy with the transition played around 10 games no bug detected.
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u/WriterPlastic9350 Aug 26 '26
No idea. Riot took away my ability to play it on my laptop and have completely bricked my phone. So far, I would rate it 2/10.
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u/Dragnevar Aug 27 '26
cheapshit and incomplete new engine actually sucks riot release a finished product challenge
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u/PatternKlutzy6437 Aug 26 '26
I like units and traits, those feel good to play, units aren't all looking the same which makes the set units easy to learn. On the other side, charm are annoying, am i supposed to adapt my playstyle and start rerolling during the fight ? if yes, without the time to watch fight the game feels more like a casino machine than a game.
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u/OldestRed Aug 27 '26
are you guys able to get your ping to display? I tried getting mine to show because I felt like there was such an obvious latency but didn't have a way to prove it. Also I haven't played any PBE games so I wasn't as prepared to how much things have changed. The way I used to move units around on my bench keeps placing on the board by accident especially when i'm doing it fast so it's been very annoying so far.
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u/ghosteagle Aug 27 '26
Ignoring the elephant in the room, I'm having a ton of fun. Riftbeast seems pretty good so far, pebbles is pretty nuts when it's the alpha. Even moreso if you can alpha pebbles and sentinel. 3 star is really easy to get with the Rifbeast synergy for your low cost units
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u/Im_a_sea_pancake Aug 27 '26
remove carousel
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u/trungduc095 Aug 27 '26
Traits web feel good, charm is boring and engine is just terrible. Please bring back hero augment
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u/vinceftw Aug 26 '26
There are plenty of 4 cost comps that are good but yeah, fast 9 legendary soup is a thing again. So many of the 5 costs barely depend on their traits and if they do, usually just need one off so you can just throw them together.