Am I just terrible at TFT or is it poorly balanced?
I feel like maybe I'm just terrible and don't know what is tft meta but I feel like half the comps and champs are complete and utter shit compared to others ones.
Is TFT poorly balanced?
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It's probably a little of both.
If you are struggling in TFT, it's likely, like SR, you hit a plateau in your learning. I'm saying this as someone whose friends with Diamonds/Plats/Grandmasters. When I'm struggling because of a new meta in TFT, one of them will actually do Discord screenshare with me, and coach me through 2-3 games. It doesn't even affect my gameplay much. However..... that TINY difference in how we play and the choices we make.... they have become starkly obvious to me. And when the coaching stops...... I tend to at least halfway fall back into my bad habits.
I have a 100% win rate when he's coaching. I'm maybe 14- 18% Win rate when he's NOT. (Maybe 60% right after coaching ends and I'm still in a learned pattern for the rest of the night...... next day..... anyone's bet).
However, there is something about "balance" that leaves this an open ended question. Just because you can climb with knowledge does NOT necessarily mean it's balanced. Balance implies different strategies are viable given the same skill level.
I'd have to strongly argue that currently; no. It is not balanced. Generally only 3-4 builds work, and about 30-40 do not, on a healthy sample size.
You can still win via "Skill." and it not be balanced.
I'd definitely agree it isn't balanced in the slightest, and sometimes it's a matter that you are simply heavily hindered by RNG. I was winning a game with a strong lead, it was down to me and one other guy and for about 5 rounds I was just bombing his team and doing heavy damage to his hero as he couldn't kill mine. Then suddenly he got 3 Yasuos and was able to equip a full item and just flattened me while he had 9 HP left. So for about another 4 rounds I just had to cross my fingers for something to out-do that, but RNG was not smiling on me so I just had to watch myself lose my win streak and then the entire game.
It's true there are only 3-4 builds that are effective, and you have to be hoping that some other guy isn't going for yours because of the limit in units. But ... because those 3-4 builds are good, you can count on most people going for them, and the losers are the suckers that didn't roll the good stuff at the right times.
The closest thing you can do to controlling your fate is basically resource management to prolong your demise ... and also try to psyche out the other people. I found that in the round were you take turns grabbing a champ from the pile, if you tell people a champ you think is OP and you really want it, 9/10 times they'll go for it because people are just a**hats ... they don't care if they read a guide that told them that champion is a complete dud, they'll do it just to ruin your day. ... So tell them you want a champion that's a complete dud. Then you'll be more likely to get the one you want.
No joke, that is my strategy for the majority of my winning games. Use people's jerkiness against them. It's funny.