Teamfight Tactics is very popular, but the item system frustrates many players. Now, Riot Games is addressing this issue and testing changes on the PBE.
What has changed about the items? Until now, chance played a big role in which items, and whether any items at all, players received in a round against neutral opponents. This has now changed at least partially with a new patch on the PBE.
Now, the strongest opponent of a neutral round is guaranteed to drop a mysterious item when defeated. Defeated dragons are even said to drop a fully upgraded item.
What else has changed? In addition to the items, the neutral rounds have also seen changes to the opponents themselves. After the first two minion rounds, Gromp, the giant frog from League of Legends, now appears.
Just like in the MOBA, Gromp gradually slows down the attack speed of the units that attack him.
Furthermore, the large neutral opponents, who are now guaranteed to drop an item, receive an additional buff. This appears in the form of either the Red Buff, the Guardian Angel, or the Dragon Claw.
Why was this change made? Items play an important role in Teamfight Tactics to ultimately emerge as the victor. Some item combinations were so strong that they had to be nerfed.
However, there were often frustrating experiences. In one round, you defeated the easy group of neutral opponents and received many items. In another, you fought against the tough dragon, barely won, and received nothing in return.
Riot Games seems to want to address these extreme outliers now. However, TFT is still not as fair as the item system of Dota Underlords, where every player always receives exactly one item in neutral rounds, even after the changes.
Which items are the strongest in LoL Auto Chess, we reveal in our tier list.
This week, there was already another major change to Teamfight Tactics:
