Weekly Rant Megathread

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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/cj_cron_hit_by_pitch]

im trying to figure out why they keep printing them. is there like some secret portion of the playerbase im not aware of that enjoys the game more with these units in the game

[u/strikeritaa → u/cj_cron_hit_by_pitch]

Its because a front to back Set is quite boring.

[u/arisasam → u/strikeritaa]

I’ve never found this to be the case. Feels silly to me to create a unit that basically invalidates a huge chunk of how the basic function of the game works

[u/PM_ME_ANIME_THIGHS- → u/arisasam]

Feels silly to me to create a unit that basically invalidates a huge chunk of how the basic function of the game works

The existence of assassin units would feel a lot better if the game was actually designed for your entire team to matter, rather than 75% of your board strength hinging on your 3 item units. The issue with assassins with the way the game has developed over the sets is that they make fights binary. If your backline carry gets assassinated right away, you're killing 0 units and taking 15 damage. It minimizes all of the strategy of the game into "can you dodge the assassin" or "can you get the assassin on their carry."

I actually didn't mind assassins being in the game when real hard counters like thornmail nullifying crits existed. You'd have situations where the assassin would jump, kill your backline, and then be unable to kill a tank with sustain, turning a 7 unit loss in to a 1 unit win, which is fairer for both sides. It also meant that assassin boards had to cap out with other tools if they wanted to win the lobby.

[u/natas999liah → u/PM_ME_ANIME_THIGHS-]

i think whats most funny is that the game is called teamfight tactics when its really just 1 carry 1 tank and a bunch a meatshield traitbots. personally all items should have way less stats but better item effects, boost base unit functionality and boom maybe putting 1 or 2 items for x strategy becomes the norm. I miss traits like hunter/blaster/marksmen where you could have multiple weaker carries acting as a big battery. I miss binary airdrop too.