i was holding rammus (had a 2* and 2 1*) so both of them had 2 star rammus (tanking more than my whole frontline together). i had penetration on my team, burn and inferno and still got stuck in their 2* rammus sprinklyn

Help me understand. Did something change in b patch but we need full patch to update info? It makes no sense to me since i obviously passed 500 treshhold.

Note: Im Emerald rank

For those that dont know off the top of their head: Future focused is a silver augment that only appears on 2-1 and does this..:

Lose 20 tactician health, after 5 player combats gain 3 4 costs and 5 gold.

I tried this augment once and went fast 8th and since then have been avoiding it like the plague.

And i noticed that in the recent B patch it was nerfed to give less gold from 8 to 5.

So how are you meant to play it? It feels like trading 20 HP for 17 gold that is DELAYED by 5 pvp rounds is just insane. Sure you do also get early carousel pick through it but that hardly matters since you have no idea which 4 costs you will get yet so you dont actually know what items youd want to build.

Additionally, 3 random 4 costs starting stage 3 isnt even that good, you are more than likely not going to get any that actually overlap traits to be able to field them together, and will more than likely sell two most games.

Obviously with this augment you want to mitigate losses as much as possible in stage 2, and ideally win streak, but thats not easy when youre playing an augment down.

Some Elo somewhere somehow clearly figured out how to play with it and around it if it needed to be nerfed.. or riot is just being silly as usual.

Has anyone found any success with this augment? How is this meant to be played that it was strong enough to need a nerf?

Most epic battle I've had in months. What do you think should I've done differently, I even had the Baron Augment here. Thoughts?

Why does this encounter exist? We already have a 20% chance every game that all augments will be gold, and then you add this encounter to the mix and suddenly almost a third of games is triple gold. Which isnt to say thats a bad thing, but the encounter just feels bad and unexciting.

Id much rather have an encounter for triple silver augments, as that isn't even possible currently and could result in some interesting games.

Thoughts on leona encounter?

Hi everyone,

I have a couple questions about getting better at playing the mid game of fast 8 comps. For context I am an Emerald 4 level player.

1. When I am going fast 8, I find myself in a situation when I just hit level 7. I'll be ~55 hp and my goal is to get to level 8 quickly but with decent econ. There are 2 rounds left before the minion round and my board is fairly weak and I have 50 gold. I can buy xp and get to level 8 with 20-30 gold left immediately, or I can lose the next two rounds and get to the minion round with good econ, allowing me to go level 8 with full econ but only about 20-30 hp. What is the right call here?

2. When playing fast 8, should I roll at all for stronger units? I could at level 6-7 roll a bit to hit a 2-3 cost tank and carry which might stabilize me a bit to make it to lvl 8 with more hp. It will also greatly slow down the journey to lvl 8.

Thanks for your help everyone!

Hey does anyone know when Mac PBE is going to come back? Would love to play but haven’t heard anything in a few weeks.

Booster Pack++ gave me gnar+3 star teemo+krug. The orb with krug is hiding behind something because I didn’t notice it until the next round. I wish I was on desktop so I could’ve taken a clip but I was on mobile. Insane chances though

Punishment for playing azir rammus

Flexible + Trait-Tree ( 8 Emblems, Azir 3⭐, Rammus 3⭐, 6 Spellweaver )

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Forged In Strength + Hold the Line ( Caitlyn 3⭐, Sejuani 3⭐, 6 Juggernaut )

Exactly what the title is.

I just got randomly DC'd in the middle of a game (right after grabbing Allune from the carousel too lmao). When I tried to reconnect, it just sent me back to the lobby. I didn't gain or lose any LP either. Has this happened to anyone else? What just happened?

EDIT: Queued another game and no one can field a champ????? What is happening

I got 3-star Kaile with 2 guinsoos and Wit`s End. And got this bonus from 5 three-star units from solar, that says "Converts 40% of your bonus magic damage into True Damage".

Then i fight 3-star Rammus and this Kaile just can`t do anything to it. After the fight i check logs - the amount of dealt pure damage is like 400-800 per fight, which is like less than 10% of overall damage dealt by Kaile.

Isn`t I`m supposed to get more pure damage from wits end + Kaile abilities with this solar-5 bonus?

I giggled afterwards

Introduction: I really liked the brawlers+marauders Yi comp in the previous set and I tried to figure out a similar comp in this set so I cooked this variation that nobody plays. In the Aphelios Vanguards variation you only play 2 ravagers, but with an early Kha you can get to 4 Ravagers 4 Vanguards,3 Riftbeasts (Brambleback Mark), 2 Lunar, 2 Rapidfire. Kha'Zix is the main priority of playing this comp, you need him early so he can stack the ravager and the rapidfire traits.

Items: Brambleback: Qss, Edge of Night +1( GS, Sterak's) or Artifact (Seeker's, Hellfire Hatchet, Titanic Hydra, Infinity Force)

Don't get range extender on him or Mittens( Brambleback's slow movement and big model makes him wrap around enemy frontline sometimes and he gets to backline, Mittens would deny that by making him go supersonic)

Aphelios holds the utility: Last Whisper, Red Buff +1 (IE, DB, GS, Guinsoo's) or Flickerblades

Red Buff is not necessary since BB's autos burn the target but it's a good item on Aph.

Sentinel: Vow's/Adaptive Helm/Gargoyle/Warmog's, artifact Forbidden Idol

For Sentinel's itemization it's whatever you get, as many Vow's the better but I do like Gargoyle on him since I solo frontline him.

Leftovers: Tank items to Taric or Hecarim, Thieves Gloves onto the other Ravagers, AP items onto Kha/Diana ( they can be item holders for you lvl 9 Alune/Lux)

Champions: You can play Elise/Rakan till you get Taric. Your lvl 9 is Alune or Lux depending of what you get. Alune is better I am pretty sure if you also get to Spellweaver Kha, then lvl 10 Lunar Lux if the game gets you there.

Stage 2 and 3 game plan: Play around ravagers+upgraded frontline, early kha, prioritize qss and eon for BB + shred.

Augments: At least one combat and one item based + 1 econ. If rich in gold and HP from wisps/streak etc. go for 2x combat +1 item / 2x item +1 combat.

Consumable Stats from Wisps: All the consumables from wisps go onto Brambleback, only mana regen goes on Sentinel.

Games: Tried it in my last games(298 LP) and had an AVP of like 2.85 (1, 4 , 2 , 5 , 2, 5 , 1).

The 4th and the 2x 5ths were with late Kha'Zix ( only got to Ravager ) but still pretty solid results.

I would not recommend playing it without kha getting ravager and rapidfire, also solo frontline your strongest tank in the early game and place kha near your strong ravager so he gets takedowns and since you are not building any AP items he can hold guinsoo/red buff/eon/qss. One of the other problems in this comp is also Sentinel, he is super contested, till you get to 2 star Sentinel itemize 2 star Hecarim. You can also do the 4-1 rolldown before anyone else if you have good econ so you have better chances of finding it.

Hi Guys, i don't know if anyone else never gets to the loading screen, ever since the new Game mechanics were released i was unable to play on my new PC, i've reinstalled TFT/Riot and done all i could do but still get constant spinning pre-loading screen with no loading screen where the characters show. On my old PC after a re-install the game still works so not sure what the issue could be.

Does anyone have any way to help trouble shoot or fix? I've looked for the Audio driver to turn off Nahimic but i don't have that service running, i shut down Steelseries to see if it might be that, still no help.

TLDR: Why did I become so bad after hitting emerald? Any tips?

I had an amazing climb from bronze to emerald in almost a month with almost no ranked experience (I’ve played previous sets in double up since my girlfriend got me into the game) However, I quickly learned ranked was a different beast and adapted fairly well. Watched a ton of yt videos on tempo, item slams, early-mid-late game, econ, etc. general “how to” videos.

My win rate is ABYSMAL, I climbed purely off 2nd, 3rd, 4th, I just play for top 4 really since I only know how to play for level 8 and reroll, my boards usually get out capped by a fast 9 or someone who just hits everything somehow.

But as soon as I hit emerald I peaked, and I JUST CANT STOP LOSING??????? EMERALD 4 IS ONE RANK AWAY FROM PLAT 1????? Surely the skill gap isn’t THAT HUGE right?????????
I swear I’m playing the exact same way I was in plat if not BETTER. But it feels like nothings working, no matter what comp I play, augment selection, how much I scout, winstreak/lose streak; there is just ALWAYS a better board

I genuinely don’t even know what I dont know anymore and am just struggling so insanely hard, struggling even to find out my issue. I just feel like I don’t know how to play the game anymore.

Thanks in advanced for any help 🙏🙏🙏

How did Rammus become the most overturned champ in recent memory? GS, burn, wound, and BIS on champs still can’t take him down.

Patiently waiting for patch 18.5

What comp do you play if u get one. Other than elise reroll. Sometimes items just dont allow elise comb