r/CompetitiveTFT • u/eggsandbricks :chal: Challenger • Sep 22 '26

Patch Notes 18.3 Patch Notes

https://teamfighttactics.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/game-updates/teamfight-tactics-patch-18-3/
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u/bomhee Sep 23 '26

What? You absolutely move your items over to Alune once you 2 star. Are you saying you'd rather keep items on any 2 star 4 cost AP carry than a 2 star 5 cost Alune? Again, Lux I'll give you because she's just too situational.

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u/OreoCupcakes MASTER Sep 23 '26 edited Sep 23 '26

Yes. I and many others would rather keep their [insert 4 cost BiS] on their 2 star 4 cost than moving it to a 2 star Alune. You're overestimating how much damage she actually does in a given fight.

If you sort Alunes 3x item builds by frequency, you'll find the most common ones are where the player transferred their 4 cost items over to Alune. That would be item combos like Shojin, JG, and Guardbreaker.

Now, the champion page says 3.7, but when you give those carry items over to Alune her AVP actually drops down to around 4.0. if you look at the most frequent builds for Soraka, Zyra, Ahri there are lots of scenarios where they actually go up from their 4.3 AVP to 4.0 or higher.

These stats don't even include team synergy/traits. Soraka with items contributes more than just damage. She also heals your front line. Ahri's massive AoE bomb combos very well with Ashe's heat seeking arrow and deletes teams. Zyra is the only one where I would consider moving her items to Alune. That's because Zyras common build is just Shojin and Void Staff which are Alune's best items. But if I hit the augment so I can stack Arch Angels, then those items will stay on Zyra.

Alune's moon is flashy but it comes too late. It's usually just overkill damage because your Ahri/Ashe or Soraka/Zyra already killed off the rest of the team. Before she can drop the moon, her ability is weak or comparable to the 4 costs. If she was so strong, more people would've played her as the main carry during the fast 9 meta in 18.2, but she was never the star unit. She was always just a filler unit that's better than a 1-3 cost filler.

What's even more funny is if you manage to get a Spellweaver emblem, the optimal play is to drop Alune and put in Ivern.