Going to spend a lot of today doing an AMA on r/CompetitiveTFT. If you want to deep dive on my career, my history in @TFT as a player/caster/podcaster, my new role as the Global Head of TFT Esports, and all things TFT esports, come check it out!
IM BACK BABY!!! As of last week, I’m the new Global Head of @TFT Esports at @riotgames. Words can’t properly express how excited I am to return to this game and community I love so much, with the opportunity to make things even bigger and better.
A micropatch will be releasing shortly handling some of the serious bugs such as crashes and Abilities disappearing. This will also include correcting some rolled back balance changes.
The Live team has used this to also add a few small adjustments to the initial patch, increasing the buffs to Varus/Mama Beak/Gromp and addressing the optimization around Abandon Ship.
I'll have more to speak on Wisp toggling/tailoring later, but for not it's been a hectic day and we'll keep fixing the issues that have arisen in 18.4.
We’re disabling ranked while we clean up the current issues.
For some context on what happened... 18.4 was the first patch since Set 18 launched where we shipped from the latest shared version of the game (what we call main) whereas for the first few patches of the set we were creating each patch from the one before it, so 18.2 was built from 18.1. While that live line of release was happening everything after 18.4 (patches, Set 19, modes etc) were being built in main. That meant devs had to work twice as hard and ensure they were making the same fixes in multiple versions, which was a messy process and made it harder to keep everything in sync.
This sucks and we should have told you ahead of time that this patch had a higher chance of being unstable. Not communicating this risk is on us and this patch experience is on us. This was a big hump to get over for our release process and we should have shared what was going on.
Patches going forward will be deployed from main again like it was for years. This should ensure we get back to the consistent patch-to-patch experience you expect and we need to deliver.
We’ve temporarily disabled Ranked queues across all platforms as we address critical bugs and rollbacks associated with Patch 18.4. Expect another update as soon as possible.
THE BOXBOX BASH IS BACK! 🥳
Student Streamer Signups for BoxBox Bash 3 are OPEN!!
Streamers of any TFT experience level and any region can apply. Games will be played on NA server. Students will be matched against similar skilled opponents. Signups close October 2nd!
There are no minimum requirements this time (but please only sign up if you are a streamer and available October 8th - 20th).
On October 4th we will select 32 applicants to participate in BoxBox Bash 3 and compete for our prize pool of $25,000 provided by @TFT!
Tell your favorite streamer to sign up here: https://t.co/5q3WwZkzp8
Selvas Encantadas foi o cenário perfeito para o DEDsafio! O campeonato reuniu 40 duos e alguns dos maiores talentos do TFT do mundo, que deram tudo de si do primeiro ao último lobby.
Esses foram só alguns dos momentos que tornaram essa jornada inesquecível. Obrigado a todo mundo que jogou, torceu e fez parte dessa aventura!
E que a harmonia finalmente reine em Selvas Encantadas. ✨
Ah, e será que você consegue encontrar todos os Fogos-Fátuos escondidos nas imagens? Conta aí nos comentários se você achou!
🎨 Arte por @AnnaPaulaPerci
#DEDsafioTFT
Our B-patch is now live with nerfs to Kha'Zix/Blackthorn, fixes to inadvertent rollbacks of 18.2B balance changes and more. For full details check out the notes: https://t.co/IlSq1t6h9m
Heads up, we're working on a B-patch targeting some evolutions in the meta (you can't hide forever Kha'Zix / Blackthorn), as well as re-implementing some balance changes that were inadvertently rolled back from 18.2B (Camille, LeBlanc, Teemo, Ashe, Draven). Apologies for the inconvenience here, especially for players prepping for regionals this weekend. We'll follow up with an ETA for the B-patch when it's more clear.
18.3 went out early for NA PC (live now). Mobile will patch on normal cadence (early tomorrow morning). Mobile to PC crossplay will be temporarily unavailable until Mobile updates tomorrow.
🌿 THE ELDERWOOD CALLS, NA TACTICIANS! 🌿
Anzid brings you the second ENCHANTED WILDS NA Sub-Regional Tactician Showdown!
Join @Boyses21 as the competition unfolds Oct 2: 4 PM PT / Oct 3-4: 1PM PT!
Sign-ups open SEPT 16 at 2 PM PT and close SEPT 30 at 2 PM PT.
✍️ https://t.co/60dKAEMwCq
@thystcreates This patch is just about playing hard tempo and trying to win as much as possible, if you win enough then you can go 9, if not then just stabilize on 8 and take your top4. I think the biggest thing for me was just getting reps in, I had a lot of messy fast9 games at the start.
Challenger Set 18!
The start of the set was super hectic with me going on vacation and with DEDsafio, so I was kinda worried I wouldn't have time to make it to Challenger for Vegas snaps. Turns out it was gg ez
To celebrate I'm running 20% off on all my coaching, info below:
https://t.co/P0NitMqtm0
Use code "chall-18" for 20% off all my regular sessions and memberships- great time to sign up for Tactician University as well since we're about to do a special 2 hour group session on Thursday!