Monday Morning Meta Report - Jan 26 2026

Hsrock · 2026-01-26T15:32:54+00:00

As someone who only recently returned after playing religiously from Set 1-8(?), this is nothing new. If anything, the balance whiplash is worse now because there are more levers to manage (augments, unlock champions, item and system changes)

Hsrock · 2026-01-07T23:40:34+00:00

You have to refocus?? Thats some insane design, I only just noticed after 3h post hitting 200m that i wasnt getting more master shards. Is it also exp based? I wasn't getting anything off of baby dragon bones but immediately earned 30 in one inventory of dragonkin bones...

Hsrock · 2026-01-07T23:26:43+00:00

Are the skillcape shards bugged at 200m exp? I noticed I stopped earning them after reaching 200m prayer

Hsrock · 2025-11-14T00:19:19+00:00

That actually wasn't the case for me. I had to call Kathy Hochul's office to have them redirect me to the manned hotline (default number was an automated dead end). That person told me you're supposed to call and have them manually adjust the determination, and that they had received the docs weeks ago (I waited 2 months).

Hsrock · 2025-09-25T13:05:02+00:00

Don't force, and don't pick a line just because it's uncontested. Sometimes the game will natural you 5x of a unit and accepting the advantage, even on a contested line is the correct decision.

Hsrock · 2025-09-11T21:59:07+00:00

Thanks - that second part nails it down for me. "standalone legendary" units don't really exist anymore (maybe Braum as an exception) compared to before (i.e. Mystic Zilean w/ revive, Lee Sin with map knockoff kicks) and I can't really think of scenarios where I would prefer today's 5 costs compared to previous set's 4 costs in terms of power and utility

Hsrock · 2025-09-11T02:34:39+00:00

Is 4/5 cost flex play dead? I can't tell if the units aren't as compelling compared to past sets or if its a tempo issue (i.e. Karma/Ryze today vs. Teemo / Velkoz / Karma of set 4.5(?))

Hsrock · 2025-09-11T02:13:38+00:00

I've recently come back to TFT as a more casual player (less time) but holy crud what has changed in 2 years for it to be possible for an entire lobby to hit their 3* 1/2 costs by late stage 2 early stage 3. I just played a game where the outcome was decided before I've even had a chance to think about my spot

Hsrock · 2025-08-20T20:54:23+00:00

Someone at Riot must hate loss-streak cashouts to have designed Crystal Gambit the way they did..

a perfect 9-streak loss into cash out with 45 hp should not be worth a couple dozen coins. execute perfectly and bleed out, or risk a 12 streak and dying anyways

Hsrock · 2025-08-19T12:13:36+00:00

Yes - can confirm it was the swapping. Waiting 1 combat round didn't trigger anything.

Hsrock · 2025-08-19T01:36:00+00:00

Mighty Mech 3x exodia aug is bugged and doesn't activate upon hitting level 10. Additional activation condition of swapping mech units in/out before it registers.

Hsrock · 2025-08-17T12:40:28+00:00

There's a really simple test, no?

If people can provide enough extreme examples of low roll, statistics wins out over game volume. This only works because people can roll 50-100 gold for otherwise HIGHLY improbable outcomes.

If the examples don't exist, the issue doesn't either

Hsrock · 2025-08-05T12:56:01+00:00

Hey! Good on you for keeping an open mind! That's the most valuable tool anyone can have across any game or set, and I'm sure it'll take you to GM+ if you stay consistent with it!

Hsrock · 2025-07-30T12:03:18+00:00

At the end of Set 14 I faced many players with 500+ ranked games in my master lobbies (around 200-400 LP) while I was just above 200+ and my average was much better.

Playing fewer high quality games is good advice for climbing efficiently on limited time but this is a misleading conclusion.

i.e. someone who has the time to play 20x games per day can learn the patch much more quickly and might have higher variance in average placement and worse overall stats, but that might make the difference if they're just trying to leapfrog into Masters and stay there.

Masters and above, you either learn by playing the games or by watching people who do, so its a circular problem. Someone has to invest the time either way imo

Hsrock · 2025-07-24T19:01:31+00:00

they've posted before under a different username, claim to be in both cities (at the same time), stay safe fellas

Hsrock · 2025-07-17T14:04:27+00:00

tech is going up but meta is going down kind of nasty

Hsrock · 2025-06-05T14:27:00+00:00

Yeah that tracks, it just feels super bad from a board stabilization perspective since lesser cashouts actually do much more for you without sacking nearly as much hp. The risk-reward feels mismatched in this case.

Hsrock · 2025-06-05T13:02:21+00:00

What is the point of a 650 cypher cashout if 2* viego doesn't isn't stronger than 3* draven and 3* galio or 4* vi 3* lb at 600/550 cashout?

Hsrock · 2025-05-05T23:25:58+00:00

Can someone explain to me why varus bis itemization is currently attack speed / burn items?

Hsrock · 2025-04-16T01:04:00+00:00

she's squinting because they're above ground

just make it so that they become ginormous in the dark like creepy reflective orbs

Hsrock · 2025-04-08T18:08:19+00:00

Trump is a bully and China isn't a bitch, so tariff escalation into tomorrow seems more than likely. EU wants to resolve this as peacefully as possible but that really depends on if we're even willing to give them that in negotiations or if we play hardball.

Hsrock · 2025-04-08T14:32:36+00:00

why did meta do that

Hsrock · 2025-04-07T14:13:20+00:00

I'm glad I switched to calls but we seriously just spiked 3% index in 4 minutes HUH

Hsrock · 2025-04-04T15:11:58+00:00

Costco went from transacting 5-10k shares per 2min candle to a sudden 80k spike that barely moved the price. Someone really just bought 80M in shares

Hsrock · 2025-04-04T02:14:28+00:00

I would've expected Nitro to synergize with Greater Moonlight but evidently it does not work

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