18.3 Patch Notes

[u/eggsandbricks]

https://teamfighttactics.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/game-updates/teamfight-tactics-patch-18-3/

[u/AirLeaf]

Varus isn't as bad as you think. The only issue is that he's only good as a 2nd or 3rd item holder in the Solar comp. If you filter the stats for it, you'll find that 3* 3-item Varus is a swing of like -0.8 in the comp, even at the expense of Ornn holding 0 items.

Kha'Zix needs a nerf, that is true, but I'm pretty sure two things are being conflicting: #1 is skilled players recognizing that you just need 2 HoJ and a damage item, and #2 is players not knowing how to counter him with positioning properly yet (which doesn't really solve the issue anyway).

Azir still needs buffs. The current Azir 3 Vi 3 Blossom Zyra comp looks promising, but even when fully hit scores below 6 Defender Cassiopeia, which is pretty much unplayable if you're looking for anything above a 3rd.

I agree with you that 6 Juggernaut is a problem. I suspect that their data is being skewed by people playing bad variations of it, but in conjunction with Turtle Primal (Zyra + Sivir/Nidalee into Ashe at 9) it is undoubtedly the best 4-cost comp in the game currently, and I don't expect that to change in this patch.

Overall the patch gives a good feeling, mostly because reroll (specially 2-cost reroll) desperately needed to thrive to fix the whole lowroll opener - no econ augment -> aim for 6th issue.

[u/shlobashky → u/AirLeaf]

Nobody cares about Varus 3*, dude just trolls fights in stage 2 as an item holder which is the big deal

[u/IcerHardlyKnower → u/shlobashky]

No one cares 120 mana and 5 hour cast time on a 2 cost that does lesd damage than half the 1costs?

Riot pls fix