I used to enjoy a casual TFT with friends now and then... But then Hextech became a thing.

Frontline Fury·Aug 26, 2019·6 votes·2,990 views

I don't know. This gamemode already felt way too unfair due to the randomized drops, but i could somewhat manage.

But now you're telling me there's a champion combination that can completely remove the few items i DO get, when the first person lucky enough to get this combo is the only one with any hopes of maxing it out?

Nope. Unplayable, unfortunately. I really don't think the right way to deal with the noble meta is to make another must-have set of champions.

10 Comments

Overlord ForneusAug 26, 20191 votes

I don't play a lot of TFT on this account, however, have you tried spacing out your item carrying champs?

Frontline FuryAug 27, 20192 votes

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I don't play a lot of TFT on this account, however, have you tried spacing out your item carrying champs?

But i can't know who i'm facing. Should i really be spacing out my 4 champions against the 2 assassin comps the other players are playing?

Slim GragasAug 26, 20191 votes

If the person running hextech manages to be one of the fewer players left, then start spacing your champions out. 3 out of the 4 hextech champions are garbage, while Jinx only gets good when she first can get a couple assists. They specifically made the Hextech champions sub-par to make up for the fact that they disable items, i've tried hextech a good amount already and its obvious they suck as champions alone. People were complaining constantly about the RNG in items just like me where someone can get items every minion wave while you get none, so this was one way in dealing with items.

FrancoTheHatingAug 26, 20191 votes

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If the person running hextech manages to be one of the fewer players left, then start spacing your champions out. 3 out of the 4 hextech champions are garbage, while Jinx only gets good when she first can get a couple assists. They specifically made the Hextech champions sub-par to make up for the fact that they disable items, i've tried hextech a good amount already and its obvious they suck as champions alone. People were complaining constantly about the RNG in items just like me where someone can get items every minion wave while you get none, so this was one way in dealing with items.

this way is plain r%%%%%ed,

the hextech buff shoudl be as follows.

the enemy team cannot have more items then you currently have. DONE

yornilocAug 27, 20191 votes

[{quoted}](name=Slim Gragas,realm=NA,application-id=RaE1aOE7,discussion-id=lKAy96ko,comment-id=0001,timestamp=2019-08-26T20:13:39.615+0000)

People were complaining constantly about the RNG in items just like me where someone can get items every minion wave while you get none, so this was one way in dealing with items.

You want to deal with Item RNG? Remove gold from the item pool and make one component drop guaranteed, or drastically increase the item drop rate. Removing items from champs for the first 2/3 to 3/4 of the lategame rounds is not the answer.

Slim GragasAug 27, 20191 votes

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You want to deal with Item RNG? Remove gold from the item pool and make one component drop guaranteed, or drastically increase the item drop rate. Removing items from champs for the first 2/3 to 3/4 of the lategame rounds is not the answer.

First of all its not like im the one who made the decision, but anyway atleast its something. If you've really dealt with hextech a lot then you should realize by now that almost all of the hextech champions suck. Like the other guy said, I usually win the fights vs a hextech team because the champions themselves cant beat mine. Half the time the hextech champion will disable a random spread out champion like an assassin instead of going for the rest of the grouped up champions.

ManeezyAug 27, 20191 votes

Honestly, they're making you spread out your champions which adds a lot to the gameplay, versus just grouping everyone tight together with your best guy in the middle every time. You can counter hextech with spacing but it seems people just don't want to do it.

And agreed, the hextech champs themselves are not that strong, I've won many a round where someone hexes my guys and I still easily win the round.

yornilocAug 27, 20191 votes

So what you are saying is you should space your item carriers out for the guy who is always in first, because hextech, and completely ignore the other 6 players? I have lost 50 percent of my games where I am in top 3 because of hextech making me space my guys out, then getting wrecked by the other guy who doesn't have hextech because I guessed wrong. It's not a mechanic, its straight up gameplay reversion. Between it and Cursed Blade I would be hard pressed to decide which is lower on the fun meter.

IllabetheAug 27, 20191 votes

You don't have to "space them out." You just have to have an itemless champion in between them.....

IllabetheAug 27, 20191 votes

I have won 34 of my last 35 games as #1 or #2, and the only Hextech I run is Jinx .

(The one loss I tried to deviate from the meta, and build a Sorcerer Comp with Demons, because I just couldn't get any meta champ cards in my first ~ 9 rounds)

I literally see people start meta, and sell it about halfway through the game for some obscure build off in left field. That's why people struggle with TFT. They don't stick to the meta, and destroy their econ doing something dysfunctional.