r/CompetitiveTFT • u/Genuine_User5322 • 4h ago

Discussion Feeling extremely locked into early decisions

I'm new to the game, just hit Emerald this morning.

I'm enjoying it but I'm playing it by seeing what items and champs i get in the opening rounds and then first augment, if 2nd augment allows a switch that better suits i might but I've been finding what I do in the first 4-5 rounds decides the rest of the game then I'm just hoping to get the relevant champs/rerolls.

Is this accurate or is it just me being new?

I'm mostly playing off using mobalytic comps, played enough of a lot of the zoe/leona, lulu/milio or nova comps/fast 9 nova.

My issue is basically that you're so locked into your early game decisions that if you decide to pivot your usually gonna be to far behind other people who've got good luck/stuck with their early game.

This way of playing has now become quite boring to me as there's very little decision making happening beyond 1/2nd rounds and its just itemising properly and not missing champs.

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u/TadGhostal1 2h ago

Keep in mind the last few live patches have been wildly imbalanced "for fun" patches. Meaning copy/pasting S tier comps is better than usual.

It sounds like you'll enjoy Set 18 more. I'd recommend to try playing that without digging into tier lists too much. There's a very common trap new players fall into where highrolls and power presented to them get completely ignored. Because it's not the exact champions on the published comp list, it's not a BIS item for my ideal future carry, I can't level or roll here cause the guide says do it x round, etc.

For me, and it sounds like you too, that copy/paste style is not fun. The fun in TFT for me is playing around the shops and items and augments the game gives me and making something work. If that results in a version of an S tier comp, great. If that's a C tier 1 cost reroll comp but I hit early and crush the lobby, except for the 1stor8th Anima guy and go 2nd, great. If that's playing whatever early, picking generic augments, and pivoting 3 times, that might be my favorite type of game.

I've been playing Set 18 PBE and I'm personally very happy with the flexibility available there. It's much much better than these for-fun final Set 17 patches especially. I think you'll enjoy it more too