Allow me to throw my hat into the "I hate hextech" posts.

Quite frankly, its the worst addition to any chess game ive played, i stopped at bishop 2 on drodo app (max rank at the time) so ive been around the block.

TFT is the only chess game where good item placement is a MUST, you are literally suppose to choose your champion synergies based off your item rng from the earlier rounds and carousels.

Hextech completely removes a key element from the game far worse than cursed blade ever did. It is also incredibly easy to get 3 early on and remove all items your opponents have entirely until stage 5, allowing you to snowball economy and maintain high hp while preparing for end game. They are literally 5x better at this than bruisers were beforehand.

Can't say im too happy with this addition, tbh, it may even send people back to the other versions.