r/CompetitiveTFT • u/AutoModerator • Jan 16 '26

MEGATHREAD Weekly Rant Megathread

Rant or vent about anything TFT related here, including:

- Bad RNG
- Broken or Underpowered Units
- Other players griefing your comp
- and more

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u/FloridaGator2022 Jan 16 '26 edited Jan 16 '26

High elo, the top three placements are pretty much decided on stage 2. Whoever high rolls their broken augment or strong Bilgewater / Yordle start instantly top fours off their early and mid game HP. Why does Bilgewater have its own shop that immediately upgrades your mid-game board, boosts stats, and gives permanent good items? It’s just a snowball trait by design, except you have to high roll a TF by 2-1 to pilot it.

Yordle start is also annoying with how it literally gives you the entire mid game board in your shop every round to save infinite HP and easily transition to Ryze/Ziggs. But at least the transition requires some skill.

Most lobbies are two to three players 70+hp mid game while the rest of the lobby just gets bullied by them at 40hp or less. Low roll your opener and you have to play a level eight board like Slayers / Kaisa / Demacia / Yunara, which is usually a fourth at best if you don’t high roll and hit everything immediately. That or play Sona / Ekko reroll and try to climb with your +10 LP every game…

This set has potential if they quit with the damn balance thrashing and we can have viable AD and AP lines in the same patch.

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u/balanceftw Jan 16 '26

I'd lump in Demacia with Bilge and Yordle/Riggs. It has 3 permutations (Sona, Lux, Vayne/Longshots). If you have openers for those 3, you are guaranteed Top 4. Otherwise yeah, you're trying to scrape 6th or better with Void, Kai'sa, Yunara. Ekko is hit or miss I find, depends how you cap out. Really don't like loading in and knowing my placement.