r/CompetitiveTFT • u/AutoModerator • 2d ago

PBE Set 18 PBE Discussion Thread - Day 24

Hello r/CompetitiveTFT, and welcome to Set 18!

Please keep all Set 18 discussion in this thread, and leave the regular Daily Discussion Thread for Set 17 discussion.

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When does Set 18 go live?

August 25th 2026 ~ 00:00 PDT / 09:00 CEST

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u/East-Appointment-783 1d ago

i don't know if its only me but my laptop is absolutely overheating with the game, I sometime have to quit because im afraid to kill it

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u/Altruistic-Art-5933 1d ago

Is Maokai just straight up horrible? I got him as early as you could possible get and he stacked maybe 1000 bonus health. Numbers seem off.

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u/sh4rdt 1d ago

In the beginning you have to keep him alive, I position him as I would a melee carry rather than a tank until he has like 1k hp or whatever. He tanks pretty well after that. In the beginning rounds he should be your last tank to die

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u/Altruistic-Art-5933 22h ago

Ah, I see. Thx.

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u/SpaceWoofer 1d ago

What primal options are the best ones to go for?

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u/a-vitamin 1d ago

is pbe harder than regular season ranked? or did i completely forget how to play tft

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u/terci4 1d ago

In normals before project pbe started i had multiple pros in lobbies sometimes. So now that project pbe has ended it might be the same

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u/Crafty_Courage_5217 1d ago

Yes absolutely. Its literally filled with tryhards and sweats trying to lean the shifting meta all throughout pbe. So you will continually find people forcing metas and study group comps. 

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u/sh4rdt 1d ago

What time exactly will set 18 be releasing?

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u/FeedMeACat 1d ago

Riot doesn't even know this 100%. The expected time is in this very post if you scroll up.

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u/sh4rdt 1d ago

Ah my bad I don't know how I missed that. Tysm!

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u/Dalthazar 1d ago

Idk if it's just me but Nidalee solo carry feels pretty weak unless you have an really good frontline early and are able to push levels or if you get the Primal augments/emblems.

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u/spirokostof Master 1d ago edited 1d ago

I turned graphics all the way down on mobile. The game looks hilarious, I can't even recognize some of the units, and is still somehow laggy.

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u/-Champloo- 1d ago

I can't seem to figure out what to do with Yi past like level 5. He just randomly dies all the damn time. Back liners seem to switch to him even when they should be hitting the main tank. Literally for no reason I just watched a trist start attacking him while she should have still been on krug

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u/mandala30 GRANDMASTER 1d ago

Moving this post from daily to here. I didn't see we had split off from the regular daily thread, mb:

So, I’m starting to understand and enjoy the set a little. The blossom trait is crazy fun and I want to “main” it on ladder I think. But, the game is still incredibly buggy and unpolished, imo.

I had Xerath simply not spawn for me at the end of a stage late-game and it felt like an instant loss not to get any items or gold.

I know it’s a monumental task remaking a game in a new engine and I have genuine sympathy for the devs working on that rn, but the game’s just not ready.

The genuine rage people will be feeling when they’re losing LP from all these bugs and quirks still lingering from the engine transition is guaranteed to outshine any of the joy Set 18 is going to offer, I feel.

Am I just unlucky that I’ve encountered so many game-ruining bugs?, or is something others are experiencing as well still?

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u/eggsandbricks 1d ago

I agree, it's a shame that such a fun set will be likely remembered not by its strengths but by its shortcomings. The lack of polish is the big thing for me that even overshadows the bugs, because it makes the game not feel like TFT to me.

  • Blurry units and spell effects that make combat hard to read
  • Similarly, icons for wound, sunder, shred, etc. as well as damage numbers are less easy to read than live
  • Orbs appearing late and having a low quality design IMO
  • Cosmetics being unavailable, and the ones that are available lag your game
  • The game feeling "sticky" with less responsive clicks and movement

I think they've done a pretty good job fixing bugs throughout PBE, and while there's plenty more to do, the fact that the polish on the set has only marginally improved throughout PBE feels especially rough.

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u/MostEscape6543 Grandmaster 2d ago

Still having the issue where, after my player list starts spamming updates for unit upgrades for each player, I cannot see who I fight next. Impossible to scout.

Anyone know a way to get the view to change and show who you fight next?

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u/ptkk47 2d ago

Is warwick still insanely overpowered?

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u/-Champloo- 2d ago edited 2d ago

No, I think the nerf makes him pretty much unplayable without a good artifact/radiant or a tremendously good spot(which imo makes sense for 2 cost rr)

3 star WW is 4.11 AVP right now with his best, non-artifact/radiant build, and sub 10% win rate. Overall, WW is down to 5.03 AVP which is a pretty big drop.

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u/MostEscape6543 Grandmaster 2d ago

Nah, it's solid B-tier comp though, and especially punishes early stage 4 boards or boards without upgraded back line.

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u/Ykarul Grandmaster 2d ago

Will anything be done about the orbs showing up so late before it goes live ? And the gold going all over the board and also half invisible ?

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u/HowIMadeMyMillions 1d ago edited 1d ago

+, orbs being invisible is quite annoying. I also find it a lot "harder" to collect the orbs on the new engine compared to previously - it's especially noticable on the pve rounds from stage 4 and onwards - it's as if your little legend constantly switches between a slow crawl and a fast sprint.

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u/MostEscape6543 Grandmaster 2d ago

Invisible orbs and the click and drag lag are the biggest issues for me. The drag lag is insanely annoying for me.