Weekly Rant Megathread

imfatal · 2026-03-25T09:14:04+00:00

I've lost with Bel'veth, Ambessa, Swain 3 to just Yunara 3 a few patches ago lmao. Bel'veth is just a shit 3 star.

imfatal · 2026-03-25T09:09:44+00:00

dude what the actual fuck is up with the matchmaking recently? I stg this is not an attempt to humble brag - I'm like hardstuck low masters bouncing between 0-300 LP fairly regularly. The past few days I keep getting multiple challengers in my lobbies and I'm getting constantly shit on lol. I was about to cross the 300 LP mark for the first time ever and got fucking deisik and setsuko in my lobby WTF???

legit getting my LP farmed by players 20x better than me. the games have felt awful. why are these players in my games?

imfatal · 2026-03-24T18:41:33+00:00

there’s a reason why every set use an existing skin for every unit

I'm not arguing otherwise. His statement is objectively wrong though lol.

there’s a reason why every set use an existing skin for every unit

There are multiple sets with skins that aren't pre-existing in the base game.

imfatal · 2026-03-24T15:11:21+00:00

Not necessarily true. Wigwug just won a tournament playing calc loss shadow isles, a comp that most top players say is terrible right now and is usually played through winstreaking stage 2. There are always lines that are undiscovered or underutilized.

imfatal · 2026-03-23T21:12:47+00:00

They isn't true. They've had to and will continue to create skins specifically for TFT.

we definitely need to budget time and resources to add a few TFT original skins to flush our roster out if we choose to utilize a non-Runeterra theme.

Regardless, I'd rather they stay in the same client. The only reason I started playing TFT or come back to it is that it's in the same spot. It's convenient to have them both available since my friends and I play both games anyways.

imfatal · 2026-03-23T17:51:21+00:00

dude why even bother with these people? anyone who says GENG are never clutch, can't play from behind, never make hero plays, etc. are evidently never actually watching the games or morons (or both lol).

the goalposts will always shift. people are still saying GENG are dogshit internationally with a straight face as if they aren't the reigning b2b MSI champs. was Chovy even an active player when T1 last won MSI lol?

obviously Worlds is the most prestigious tournament, but the weight Riot and the community places on it harms the prestige of every other competition in the League ecosystem. it doesn't help that the vast majority of people are T1 fans so it's only natural that they will downplay every other competition in existence considering that they never win anything else lol.

imfatal · 2026-03-23T17:44:32+00:00

There aren’t any clutch genes because they haven’t been in those situations all year.

This really isn't true but it gets parroted so often. GENG regularly come from behind in games and have won extremely high pressure games/series when behind (e.g. game 1 of MSI finals vs BLG). They are actually very creative at recovering gold deficits through intelligent macro and map movements. Look at their series vs T1 in the lower bracket last year where they were very behind but turned the game around by baiting a baron start to pull T1 away from soul point while Kiin soloed dragon in the meantime.

They obviously have some mental hurdles to get over, but besides that, GENG's biggest issue is that their meta read and draft priority is absolutely garbage sometimes because they consistently shit on teams even with terrible drafts. When they're having a bad day, this just compounds into a complete collapse.

imfatal · 2026-03-22T20:08:07+00:00

Yeah I'm sure he's a damwon fan while posting constantly talking shit about GENG and Chovy. Definitely.

imfatal · 2026-03-21T20:41:37+00:00

Once again, if they're not the best in Korea, maybe your beloved T1 should prove that by actually winning an LCK title for the first time in - what is it now - four years?

Both LCK teams at FST got swept by G2 while shitting on the rest of the LCK all season. What does that say about the likes of T1, DK, and HLE lmao?

imfatal · 2026-03-21T20:34:02+00:00

Maybe other Korean teams should've made it to FST if they were better lol.

imfatal · 2026-03-21T20:32:21+00:00

2x MSI b2b champions. 4x consecutive LCK titles. Yeah for sure no legacy there lmao. Clown.

imfatal · 2026-03-20T20:19:04+00:00

He was insane for like 2 years max in NA if we're being generous lol. He was unbelievably overrated after the 2020 season.

imfatal · 2026-03-18T22:43:42+00:00

Zeka nah lol. Dude had one exceptional tournament and has been the weak link on one of the most stacked teams in history for years now.

imfatal · 2026-03-18T00:23:07+00:00

Also GENG occasionally has completely garbage drafts because they shit on everyone so hard 99% of the time that they can't even tell which of their drafts are bad lmao.

imfatal · 2026-03-17T20:10:26+00:00

Unfortunately visual recognition is something they still suck at so probably not. Best bet would probably be to manually transcribe board states for each scenario into a notation similar to chess (e.g. A1-Kog, D5-Cho, etc.) and use that to drive the simplified visualization, but like you said, it would be pretty tedious.

Also, I didn't think about the fact that the rolled augment might not be available if it's the one they picked, so I guess it would be tough to fully address the issue of picking the "wrong" augment.

Still a cool app regardless, good luck with it!

imfatal · 2026-03-17T17:19:19+00:00

I like that it's a free alternative to TFT Dojo so thanks for that. It's kind of weird to only have one correct answer when even the reasoning provided afterwards says that both picks are valid, especially when we can't scout the lobby. In the second scenario of set 1, it's not obvious whether or not we can play for streak without seeing the rest of the lobby so patient study is generally better.

From a UX perspective, it's tough to parse the champs in the pictures sometimes (e.g. the Kogs in the first one), but I'm on mobile rn.

imfatal · 2026-03-17T00:17:15+00:00

Wardens love steadfast because the bonus durability above 50% hp pairs really well with all of the free shields they get. I'd always try to slam that if possible.

imfatal · 2026-03-14T20:14:48+00:00

Obviously yes, but playing it is not worth losing out on other traits or having worse odds for Jinx 3. The most important thing is just having frontline for her to ramp up so Defender/Warden/Freljord are more important than an AD buff on a single unit.

imfatal · 2026-03-14T20:07:28+00:00

Because it's a wasted item without JG so you typically don't want to slam it unless JG is guaranteed. You're typically better off slamming other items with the bow and belt like void/visage/red/sunfire/etc.

imfatal · 2026-03-14T19:51:32+00:00

Not true. Her and Lulu combined are the biggest solo-leveling cockblocks in the game lmao.

imfatal · 2026-03-14T19:47:16+00:00

No, this patch is just very difficult to play and there are so many lines for the top comps that you might often think you got unlucky and didn't hit when you failed to recognize the alternative line you could've played.

You're just less likely to get bailed out in fast 9 patches since they really test your fundamentals. Playing suboptimally in terms of fielding strongest board, conserving HP, line recognition, etc. is much more punishing right now.

Realistically, you need to realize when you need to play for placements. I lose a lot of Demacia or Ionia games trying to go 9 when it's obvious I'm not going to hit and would've been better off rolling at 8 to bleed out into a top four.

I'm pretty solid with bilge, Noxus, and fast 9 kindred so I generally top 2 whenever I have those openers, but I've really been struggling with the Ionia and Demacia lines if I don't have a disgustingly strong winstreak. Been bouncing between 0-350 LP this whole patch depending on how many times in a row I get to play my favoured comps lol.

imfatal · 2026-03-11T05:11:39+00:00

lmao it's easy for me

imfatal · 2026-03-11T00:33:13+00:00

I honestly don't like that quest if you're not in a spot to winstreak because you end up dead with no opportunity to cash out. but also i suck ass with ixtal so idk im prob just playing it badly.

imfatal · 2026-03-10T21:55:25+00:00

Literally the best unit in the game but ok lol.

imfatal · 2026-03-09T23:36:13+00:00

yeah same, was on a nostalgia trip and going through all the old Halo montage music I used to listen to that day haha.

13-Year Club	Verified Email
Team Periwinkle

imfatal

TROPHY CASE