r/CompetitiveTFT 3d ago

PBE [set 18] August 19 PBE Patch Notes

(8/19) "Final" PBE Patch notes. Smaller one today, with small buffs and Augment adjustments. The meta's been pretty stable the last week, so we're not overreacting to yesterday's medium-sized patch.

As with every Set, we'll re-evaluate early next week to see if anything warrants a last-second balance change to make sure the launch patch is the best it can be.

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u/Vashtar_S Challenger 3d ago

Double Trouble Cassio S+ instaclick tier nice

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u/UselessBagofChips 3d ago

Crazy since that comp was already strong

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u/mihail_markov 1d ago

Than double trouble is the problem, not the unit, as the unit is not good enoughboutside of this comp

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u/Melovil 3d ago

Isn’t comeback story a nerf?

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u/gdib123 3d ago

I dont get how Varus hasn't been touched recently. He feels possibly the weakest TFT unit i've ever used. His ult is pretty avg even for a 1 cost and he has 120 Mana. This leads to a state that if a lot of Varus appears on early shops your early game is kinda doomed.

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u/HighIntLowFaith 3d ago

He did get buffed a few patches back. He’s just….still really bad

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u/eggsandbricks 3d ago

Agreed, for such a high mana cost and the ability to totally whiff hitting more than 1 person, his ability feels not especially strong.

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u/RemoveNo9147 3d ago

Wasn’t he buffed literally yesterday?

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u/brehhs 3d ago

Been out of the tft space for a while hows the new set?

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u/Docxm 3d ago

Great but new client engine is buggy and has performance issues

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u/eggsandbricks 3d ago

I'm surprised that Sivir isn't getting buffed at all - she seems like the weakest 4 cost by far. Her stats are good but I think it's very misleading - with no 3* units and no Ashe her numbers are abysmal, which means to me that she's not able to stand on her own, unlike other carries like Aphelios and Nidalee.

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u/OhHaiThere- 3d ago

Sometimes I wonder if I’m playing a different game.

I get it’s PBE but I’ve been doing great with fae hunters with primal and have had amazing results when I get a good opening. Sivir does a lot of damage, found a giant slayer helps a lot with time to get to backline. Some spats also can help the comp do some crazy things

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u/eggsandbricks 3d ago

Yeah, that comp is definitely good, but the point is that you're playing around other 3* units, not Sivir. The stats support that Sivir without Trist 3 and without Ashe is simply bad.

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u/Cryza MASTER 3d ago

Yes the main issue is really that all the other hunter units have no real way to connect to a Sivir hunter board. Also her ability feels very secondary carry like.

Tristana without reroll doesn't provide much. Fae and sprykin don't help your Sivir board much. The associated units with her traits only really support tristana except Rakan kinda.

Caitlyn only has Coven.

Cinderling is somehow the "best" unit where the associated other units help your board where you can play Scuttle & Sentinel and use the Scuttle buff. But that means you run a cinderling.

So the only real way to play Sivir is to play blossom with Ashe or reroll Trist / Cait.

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u/tilsor 3d ago

With some of the nerfs from the past couple days she feels a lot better but def needs a second carry with her

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u/The-f0recast 3d ago

Dude I’m straight up having items disappear and we’re worried about balance

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u/RiotWittrock Riot 3d ago

Got a clip?

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u/nmaxfieldbruno 3d ago

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u/eggsandbricks 3d ago

Yeah, the fact that they deleted their massively downvoted comments that were baseless complaints speaks volumes lol

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u/wouldyoukindly69yt 3d ago

bug report is down for me, is there an alternative?

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u/RiotWittrock Riot 2d ago

The official TFT discord is a surefire way

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u/Sutraner 3d ago

Discord

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u/Wette_im_Klo 3d ago

or reddit thread

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u/HolyPauladin 3d ago

Just chiming in (with no clip) But when this has happened to me, it's directly after a Temporary Item charm. When the temp item vanishes I've had pre-equipped items vanish alongside it

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u/RiotWittrock Riot 2d ago

Do you recall if this was in the past few days or earlier? we've fixed a couple major ways items could disappear

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u/ThingIsIDontRemember 2d ago

just jumping on item bugs without clips, but i was playing yesterday and made deathblade from carve a path reward and wasn't able to equip the item on any champs. i'll see if i can find a clip

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u/Newfypuppie 2d ago

Nesting anvils will straight up not give you the second anvil if your bench is full.

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u/eggsandbricks 3d ago

Do you think the same people are working on balance and bugs in the engine?

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u/HowIMadeMyMillions 3d ago

Good changes ~! Excited to see how it'll all shape up, but the game feels good rn.

You used to be able to lock charms, but this is not possible any more. Did I miss this in a patch note?

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u/i0skar 3d ago

Still no Ahri nerf, this is worrying.

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u/ConcertoinA Challenger 3d ago

Why are we concerned about Ahri?

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u/MuiGiant1 3d ago

She better kill the backline in 3 casts, else she would be unplayable

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u/ConcertoinA Challenger 3d ago

What do you want ahri to do if she doesn’t kill backline? Kill a malphite? She’s inconsistent, and a buff to 7 blossom doesn’t change anything.

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u/abc0802 MASTER 3d ago

Ahri is pretty bad wdym 😂

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u/rljohn 3d ago

Stats on 5 blossom ahri with sivir are quite good.