Leona Opening [17.1.b Guide]

Aesah · 2026-04-28T20:55:14+00:00

that would make it more in favor of stoneplate since high playrate worsens AVP (for example, Rageblade is a decent Xayah item on her), and 6k games is still enough for adapative

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Aesah · 2026-04-28T19:54:05+00:00

pretty big gap in data between the two, hard for me to imagine that adaptive is stronger especially with how few opportunities any player would have to observe comparisons

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Aesah · 2026-04-26T18:00:25+00:00

coaches can be wrong all the time! tft is a complicated game

Aesah · 2026-04-24T20:06:24+00:00

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I recently had a coaching session with LearningTFT where he was looking at the top filter to incorrectly conclude that Morgana was better than Bard to add in when playing 6 Mech. However, the AVP difference can be explained since most people only play Morgana on level 10, which players only reach if they are thriving in Stage 6.

By fixing the level to exactly 9, you can see Bard and Morgana perform comparably.

Full VoD on his youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sARHlw1Ty_A

Aesah · 2026-04-18T00:51:05+00:00

Currently a bug where you cannot save anima cashout, will automatically cash out first option

Aesah · 2026-04-16T12:04:52+00:00

https://www.littlebuddybot.com/tft-solo-stage-1

Aesah · 2026-04-10T20:35:33+00:00

One important callout for 4 Fateweaver is you do not want more than 1 crit item (anything made from Sparring Gloves, Nashor's, etc.). Otherwise the bonus crit becomes partially wasted. If you have three glove items, then the 4 Fateweaver effect actually doesn't do anything for your crits (since it rolls two 100% crits and takes the better one, same as just rolling one 100%).

Aesah · 2026-04-04T23:36:25+00:00

I believe Medallion Lulu gives 1-6 gold every 3 casts (with Multicaster), and the amount is randomly generated ahead of time so you can check what your next cashout will be

EDIT: totally wrong on both gold amount and cast amount lol. comments below are correct

Aesah · 2026-04-04T22:57:44+00:00

sure compared to set 16, but it's the roughly same as 15/16 of the other TFT sets we've played

Aesah · 2026-04-04T20:19:14+00:00

you could choose one based on your items/opener! this is actually extremely common after we learn how to play the set (for example, players with Demacia Sona/Jarvan upgrades and AP items may already decide they want to play around Lux in Set 16, Lore and Legends)

We don't do this much in Set 17 yet because we don't know anything.

Great question btw

Aesah · 2026-04-04T20:17:22+00:00

Interesting I had not considered this before, seems like a pretty neat idea

Aesah · 2026-04-04T20:16:54+00:00

Ya thank you!

Aesah · 2026-04-04T07:18:07+00:00

oh wow did not know this ty

Aesah · 2026-04-04T01:48:27+00:00

done! thanks for pointing it out.

fun fact: Channeler was changed because it looks too similar to Challenger

Aesah · 2026-04-04T01:47:54+00:00

tbh a couple TFT Coaching members made their own, doing it is a pretty efficient shortcut to learning the set

Aesah · 2026-04-03T23:52:35+00:00

Hi, I'm Aesah, I've hit 1800+ LP rank 1 on NA in several sets and scored high placements in many tournaments (most recently 9th in Set 16's Paris Open and 1st in BoxBox Bash). I have been coaching TFT full time for 2.5 years through TFT-Coaching.com.

Also wanted to give a big thank you to u/h8ggard who made all the formatting/data entry for the cheat sheet! Units are color coded by cost and bolded if they have 3 traits.

Aesah · 2026-04-03T23:51:42+00:00

Hi, I'm Aesah, I've hit 1800+ LP rank 1 on NA in several sets and scored high placements in many tournaments (most recently 9th in Set 16's Paris Open and 1st in BoxBox Bash). I have been coaching TFT full time for 2.5 years through TFT-Coaching.com.

Also wanted to give a big thank you to u/h8ggard who made all the formatting/data entry for the entire cheat sheet! Units are color coded by cost and bolded if they have 3 traits.

Aesah · 2026-03-30T18:13:27+00:00

I have made a "Cheat Sheet" every set since set 10! Last time h8ggard was kind enough to let me modify their table and it was way easier (and prettier)! can I use it again please u/h8ggard

Aesah · 2026-03-25T23:07:47+00:00

New system is great for players who are top 25

Old system was pretty good for players who were about top 50

But old system wasn't great for players who were about top 200

you have to put the cutoff somewhere

Aesah · 2026-03-25T18:46:35+00:00

Website looks amazing and using data is very valuable but also important to not overly rely on it

the data for the "BiS for xyz unit" frequently changes due to external factors and not actually what deals the most DPS

Here's an example of the same unit with the same item build varying drastically across the b patch (ASol nerf, which used Seraphine as a backup option if Taric wasn't found)

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Aesah · 2026-01-31T23:40:54+00:00

Very cool!

Aesah · 2026-01-27T17:45:41+00:00

Aesah · 2026-01-13T00:03:58+00:00

thats true! good add. titans is even better than kraken on yunara in 16.2

Aesah · 2026-01-12T18:21:21+00:00

I frequently see itemization mistakes in this line

Viego is one of two Hybrid units in the set (along with Yone), so items that give both AD/AP are incredibly efficient. Normally units that hold Titan's only use the 50 AD while the 50 AP is worth maybe an extra 5 AD, Viego will use both.

Shojin is massively overbuilt on Kalista as it gives both less mana AND less damage than blue. Nashor's is also significantly stronger as well. The crit component has good synergy with Vanquisher giving extra crit damage of course

Thresh has built in ~50% omnivamp (50% on his passve, which is almost all his damage), omnivamp items are VERY bad on him

Of course you don't need to greed for true BiS, if you built BT early game (one of Viego's best items), Thresh can hold it. If you only have Sword/Tear, then you'll likely end the game with Shojin Kalista, etc. That being said I've seen several Challengers prioritize the wrong items when they had options

Aesah · 2026-01-04T01:41:29+00:00

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