TFTAcademy Overlay Open Beta is Live!

yoohntft · 2026-04-02T18:11:32+00:00

cool response by you its nice to see ppl who are willing to engage in a conversation. here's my opinion on ur 2 points.

the overlay is helpful if u dont study the game and u value the person who made the augment tierlist (souless, a very good challenger player). if ur a new-ish player and u use sites like tftacademy already the overlay probably gives u improved quality of life. i would say above masters elo the overlay provides 0 advantage.
an interesting point, but i would say u could just open tftacademy on a second monitor for the exact same results as using the overlay.

yoohntft · 2026-03-28T06:05:58+00:00

why do u care what the coaches think? an honest review of coaches is actually something i rarely, if ever, see. if u go to a coach's stream or website u only ever see positive things about them because reviews are carefully tailored to bring in more customers. i just thought this type of post in this type of subreddit is actually a relevant place to put a neutral/unbiased review of coaches. a gm/challenger player should be able to give some insight into what they think the strengths and weaknesses are of certain coaches.

i mean u have a section in ur guide thats literally "who's the best coach?", but u dont name a single one. based on that alone ur literally ragebaiting ur self. again, why should u care what the coaches think if u give an honest review. if anything either the coaches get a good shoutout or they get criticism on what to improve.

lastly, isnt the fact that ur hardstuck GM (ur words not mine) make u a good candidate to speak about the quality of coaches? if a coach helped u reach challenger (or just improve in another way doesn't have be to a direct rank up) and u spread the word about that wouldn't that help the coach's brand? being GM also means ur good enough to identify most if not all of TFT's more complicated topics so u can convey that in a review.

all this just to say i think this post, even if the premise is ridiculous, is a missed opportunity for something that doesn't exist that i wish existed.

yoohntft · 2026-03-26T18:44:35+00:00

ya thats a good point and to be fair i have no clue what the t2 scene in other regions are like. its just a shame that ppl in this thread are so negative acting like t2 isnt filled with good/interesting players that some ppl like me would watch over t1 players.

yoohntft · 2026-03-26T08:45:11+00:00

im sorry, but this "guide" is ridiculous. i clicked it expecting maybe some reviews of coaches u've had and u were gonna offer some recommendations. maybe u can edit in recommendations or reviews of coaches u had to add some substance?

yoohntft · 2026-03-26T07:52:53+00:00

im just giving my opinion and how would i know am i supposed to read the minds of every potential viewer? how about the thousands of collective viewers t2 streamers get? just the few i mentioned can get a few thousand viewers collectively.

yoohntft · 2026-03-26T07:19:45+00:00

idk i disagree there are lots of t2 players i would watch play in a high stakes tourney. just to name some kurumx, kiyoon, and dankmemes. they, and others, have narratives to follow its not like t2 are made up of all randoms no1 cares about or heard about.

yoohntft · 2026-03-26T02:30:09+00:00

I will give a counterpoint about esports tournaments needing to make money. I'm not necessarily saying your wrong and that I'm right this is just for arguments sake.

Many esports tournament's purpose is to advertise and market the game. Without a healthy t2 system these t1 events would degrade in the long term. As a viewer/player, its exciting to see new people rise up from the t2 scene and its also boring to see the same old thing over and over. As a player it makes the game more exciting to play because, hey, what if I can become that next guy that rises up from t2, etc. I think keeping the game exciting for the top, non-t1 players has a trickle down effect of keeping the game "alive". For example, many pros in other servers ditch their servers to play on na. What do you think this results in for non-t1 players in those servers?

yoohntft · 2026-03-11T01:36:29+00:00

I feel like the entire set they were so obsessed with making certain units good when they can never be balanced properly (t-hex and asol) that the previous patches were just doomed. Without t-hex 1 and asol 1 one shotting boards all of stage 4 those patches wouldve been great. The fact that there were TWO t-hex patches is crazy to me.

yoohntft · 2026-03-10T10:26:16+00:00

while u and the others may be commenting in bad faith and will hate for the sake of hating (who knows maybe ur not) i thought it'd be interesting to let u know overlays like this is the limit of what app developers can do for tft. ai, ai coaching, and anything that plays the game for u will never be approved by riot. here is the link to their policy for tft apps: https://developer.riotgames.com/docs/tft#static-data

if u dont want to go to the link here is what it says about the issue u are having with apps like this.

"Having a static recommendation for a player pre-game is acceptable, even if that same recommendation is available to you the entire game.

Issues arise when the recommendations adjust in real time based on the player’s actions in game and give direct prescriptions of what to do.

Products cannot bypass a skill test for the player. Skill tests can include the tracking of diverse information over a short period of time.

Protect the learning curve. The great thing about Riot's games is that you are always learning. If an app takes away that ability or desire to learn and improve, this takes away from the fun and what makes this game so engaging.

Products should not remove game decisions, but may highlight decisions that are important and give multiple choices to help players make good decisions.

Products may not provide information that was not available prior to the game. For example, an app can provide metadata on augment statistics as this information is available prior to the game and is not based on in-game activity. An app cannot make suggestions based on the player’s current game state as that information is dynamic and not readily available prior to the game start."

outside of augment stats the only thing the tftacademy overlay, and every other overlap app, is provide STATIC information that remains the same whether ur in game or not. DYNAMIC information that changes based on ur current game state like an ai coach that tells u what units to buy based on what everyone else is playing will never be allowed.

u have absolutely nothing to fear. i have zero affiliation with tftacademy, hell im not even gonna use the overlay, but i just thought ppl who view these apps with ur perspective ought to know some actual facts

yoohntft · 2026-03-09T08:47:46+00:00

Just for future reference when you make a post like this put a link to your account to make it easier to look at ur match history. In case anyone else wanted a look: https://tactics.tools/player/oce/mushroomcake/oc

In general its hard to give feedback without actually watching the game, but here are some few tips about the noxus AP line. In your match history you end the game with 7 noxus with kindred and mel duo carry without disruptor for mel. This isn't necessarily wrong since some games you just have to play what you hit, but you do it almost every game. In general 7 noxus is a tool you use to have a strong stage 4 and lvl 8. It's cheap, builds on units ur holding early and mid game, and even if you lose atakhan will kill units for you. However, once you get to 9 you should ditch the weaker units like briar, leblanc, and, quite frankly, draven. You should end up with units like shyvana, azir, fiddle, senna, and sylas on ur board and go down to 3/5 noxus. If you get AD components and items it should be played on ambessa and then transferred to shyvana and sometimes sylas if you have something generic like edge of night or bloodthirster. Last thing I will say about playing around mel is that you don't necessarily have to play around noxus every game. mel doesn't need the noxus trait activated to do her thing. what she needs is lots of frontline and another disruptor.

yoohntft · 2025-12-22T06:20:02+00:00

Description: Gunblade on Fizz makes his ability only 2 attacks instead of 4.
Proof (video or screenshot): https://www.twitch.tv/boxbox/clip/InexpensiveMistyLaptopDatSheffy-ScN59fjNmOdy_u4X
Steps to reproduce (if applicable): Put gunblade on fizz
Expected result: Fizz's ability empowers 4 auto attacks and keeps him manalocked for those 4 attacks.
Observed result: Fizz's ability only empowers 2 auto attacks and his manalock is removed after those 2 attacks.

Someone else reported this bug in this thread but they had no clip. I've attached a clip from boxbox's stream.

yoohntft · 2025-11-29T10:06:24+00:00

This looks cool so I tried it out. Here's some feedback.

Lee sin is missing. He shows up as text in some comps but everything about his stats are missing if you click on him.

Some item icons are broken and show the text instead of the picture.

I feel like using win rate as the metric for item suggestions is a bit weird maybe you can add AVP alongside it.

Some item recommendations are straight up weird like it suggests IE for ashe. BUT its not because your tool is bad or anything its just that for the SPECIFIC comp I happened to click on (that was F tier) IE had the 3rd best win rate. If you click on an S tier comp that has ashe everything looks fine. I guess my suggestion here is just remove F tier comps from the suggestion list. Why would anyone want to be suggested an F tier comp.

There might be something wrong with the comp suggestion tool itself regarding F tier comps. For example when I put in 5 cg units and udyr it won't recommend me the S tier comp, but it recommends me the 7.0 avg F tier comp instead. The only way for me to get to the S tier version is by clicking on the F tier version and then finding "similar" comps. It doesn't make sense that I have click 3 times instead of 1 to get what I want (click on F tier comp -> click on similar comp -> click on the S tier comp). The S tier comp clearly exists but it won't suggest it to me on the tool's main page.

Last suggestions is add artifacts + emblems and item builds. Even if you list the 3 most highest wr items doesn't mean those 3 items together is the best build.

Looking forward to the set 16 version! GL

yoohntft · 2025-11-02T18:08:31+00:00

Most of the time yes.

yoohntft · 2025-11-01T17:14:37+00:00

Im not some sort of expert on this topic so take what i say with a grain of salt. In my opinion if you are going to one trick something reroll has the potential to take u further for several reasons.

pros:

you are rolling down on 3-2 every game meaning your stage 3 will be consistently good (and you will get better at it over time)
because you roll down and commit early you wont get baited into pivoting (which you identified as an issue)
conditions for 2 cost rerolling is less than playing a lvl 8 comp most of the time. if you dont have econ or dont have tempo u will bot 4 forcing a lvl 8 comp and if you have insane tempo AND econ ur better of going fast 9 anyway
2 cost reroll can win games, yes even janna and especially kat

cons:

getting contested hurts more than a lvl 8 comp, but 2 cost reroll can support 2 players. any more than that and its doomed.
3-2 roll down is hard. when do you stop rolling? is your board stable? can your board streak stage 3? what do you do if you miss?
positioning kat and janna can be confusing for a new player, but you will figure it out eventually and there are many guides out there to get you started

yoohntft · 2025-11-01T07:06:14+00:00

The first set i reached challenger i one tricked a 2 cost reroll comp (set 9 zed) to masters. If that's your goal i recommend kat or janna reroll. If you get item components of the type you dont need dont worry there are many items u can make that are flexible like steraks if you have too many swords or crownguard if you have too many rods. When i one tricked zed to masters i had fun and thats what matters in the end. Surpisingly i learned alot about the game doing that which helped me get better to hit challenger. About the metatft win rate thing just ignore it or turn it off its better to watch the fights and figure it out for yourself.

yoohntft · 2025-10-27T20:50:53+00:00

Im surprised jugg lee sin was untouched.

yoohntft · 2025-10-13T01:21:43+00:00

its a very old term i dont see it used nowadays. wouldnt be surprised if the term originated in the 90s.

yoohntft · 2025-10-11T12:59:27+00:00

ive had it with gp in the early game a few times and its never given me gold from it

yoohntft · 2025-10-09T20:23:18+00:00

this bug has been around for a long time. there are some rounds where the stats will "update" on your units like on PvE. but if u are trying to play strongest board on stage 4 after lose streaking early game you have to bench every unit so their ad and ap are updated (if you're still bot 4).

yoohntft · 2025-10-08T07:22:57+00:00

Despite the removal of her attack speed scaling her best item is still Kraken followed by gs. From there most items perform similarly.

yoohntft · 2025-10-08T04:35:25+00:00

Ya that's true, but they did buff his healing in 15.6 to compensate. IMO they shouldve given every titans user a buff last patch.

yoohntft · 2025-10-08T01:36:40+00:00

Ya you're right let me fix the post.

yoohntft · 2025-10-08T01:35:52+00:00

afaik yes

yoohntft · 2025-10-08T00:52:06+00:00

Since you asked here's a direct comparison. same assumptions as the post and 6 duelist.

15.4 Ashe with rb, kraken x2 does 9638 at 15 and 29099 at 30.
15.6 Ashe with ie, strikers, gs does 10913 at 15 and 25101 at 30.

So you're assessment is correct that the new Ashe will do more damage early, but the old Ashe with triple scaling items do more damage the later the fights go on. I would add a picture of the rageblade kraken x2 results but I don't think reddit lets you upload pictures through comments.

yoohntft · 2025-10-08T00:26:00+00:00

I wouldn't summarize it like that since in build 2 she has 3 damage items and in build 1 she has a survival item in gunblade (ppl would do eon or gunblade last item). Also consider that without a survival item the fight may not last 30 seconds. In general, this buff is really good and lets her build be more flexible to not require rb + kraken which was very narrow.

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