u/Repulsive-Noise-1184

This is a bit of a long read so I apologize for that I wasnt expecting this to be this long.

I have recently been forcing one comp and it got me all the way to diamond 2, but for next set I really want to be able to pivot well and not force any comps so I can try to get to master.

The main problem with this that I find is what I will explain here below. I usually play fast 8 because i find I have way more success when I play fast 8 and win streak. But here is what I dont understand about “playing what the game gives you”. If i start the game and I think I am going to play a fast 8 comp, I usually want to win streak in order to perform well, usually when I lose streak and play a fast 8 comp I have a much lower chance of getting top 4. So in order to do this, I slam items to fit that playstyle and save HP. If i start slamming a sol items, for example, i fully cannot switch to something like nova miss fortune or meeple corki, and I may not even be able to switch to conduit zoe because I started leveling and might be halfway through level 6 already and have not saved any of the units i needed to hold for that reroll comp. Another thing, what if i am leveling at at 3-5 i level to 7 but then later on 2 people pivot to conduit sol before i rolled down and now im stuck with 1 sol and no morganas, i would want to pivot to conduit zoe but it is too late because that is a level 6 reroll comp and i am already level 7.

The way I would think you would do it is by not committing to a comp but committing to a playstyle, like reroll or fast 8. But theres also a problem with this. If im playing conduit sol and theres 3 people contesting me, then what am i goingnto switch to? The only other viable AP fast 8 comp is space groove nami and in order timo play that and place well you pretty much need a space groove emblem, which I most likely do not have because I thought I was going conduit a sol.

So how do you usually play a flexible game without having these problems that I am laying out here? Curious to hear how you all work through this. I think understanding this is the last thing holding me back from being a top player because when I know what I am playing and it goes well I always place high. The struggle for me is picking the right comp and being able to pivot effectively when the game gives me something different.

This is a bit of a long read so I apologize for that I wasnt expecting this to be this long.

I have recently been forcing one comp and it got me all the way to diamond 2, but for next set I really want to be able to pivot well and not force any comps so I can try to get to master.

The main problem with this that I find is what I will explain here below. I usually play fast 8 because i find I have way more success when I play fast 8 and win streak. But here is what I dont understand about “playing what the game gives you”. If i start the game and I think I am going to play a fast 8 comp, I usually want to win streak in order to perform well, usually when I lose streak and play a fast 8 comp I have a much lower chance of getting top 4. So in order to do this, I slam items to fit that playstyle and save HP. If i start slamming a sol items, for example, i fully cannot switch to something like nova miss fortune or meeple corki, and I may not even be able to switch to conduit zoe because I started leveling and might be halfway through level 6 already and have not saved any of the units i needed to hold for that reroll comp. Another thing, what if i am leveling at at 3-5 i level to 7 but then later on 2 people pivot to conduit sol before i rolled down and now im stuck with 1 sol and no morganas, i would want to pivot to conduit zoe but it is too late because that is a level 6 reroll comp and i am already level 7.

The way I would think you would do it is by not committing to a comp but committing to a playstyle, like reroll or fast 8. But theres also a problem with this. If im playing conduit sol and theres 3 people contesting me, then what am i goingnto switch to? The only other viable AP fast 8 comp is space groove nami and in order timo play that and place well you pretty much need a space groove emblem, which I most likely do not have because I thought I was going conduit a sol.

So how do you usually play a flexible game without having these problems that I am laying out here? Curious to hear how you all work through this. I think understanding this is the last thing holding me back from being a top player because when I know what I am playing and it goes well I always place high. The struggle for me is picking the right comp and being able to pivot effectively when the game gives me something different.

Okay so im curious what the competitive TFT community has to say about this.

I am currently at Diamond 2 and my goal is to get to master by the end of set 17. But this changed very recently.

Basically, I was back and forth from high emerald 1 to high emerald 2 over a period of about a month and half and during that time I was not forcing a comp at all, I would genuinely play what I felt the game was giving me. I would have some bad games and some good games but I never put together enough good games in a row to get to Diamond.

Fast forward to a few days ago and I decided I was just going to say forget it, I know this is technically not how you are supposed to play to get to a high rank but I am going to just force a comp over and over again and see what happens. I started forcing one S tier fast 8 comp and I instantly got over the hump I had been stuck at for almost 2 months.

I am now Diamond 2 41 LP and that is my highest rank ever, my original goal this set was to hit diamond, but now it is to hit master since I am climbing so quickly forcing this comp.

I am curious as to what people in this sub have to say about this? Is this climb legit, is my rank legit, do you feel like it is not well deserved since I am just forcing the same comp over and over again? Or do you feel like if it is working, it does not matter how i get there as long as i am the person playing and I am not cheating?

I feel like since I was stuck emerald 1 and now i am rapidly climbing straight through diamond, that it almost feels like this rank and this current climb is not legit. What do you think?

Okay so im curious what the competitive TFT community has to say about this.

I am currently at Diamond 2 and my goal is to get to master by the end of set 17. But this changed very recently.

Basically, I was back and forth from high emerald 1 to high emerald 2 over a period of about a month and half and during that time I was not forcing a comp at all, I would genuinely play what I felt the game was giving me. I would have some bad games and some good games but I never put together enough good games in a row to get to Diamond.

Fast forward to a few days ago and I decided I was just going to say forget it, I know this is technically not how you are supposed to play to get to a high rank but I am going to just force a comp over and over again and see what happens. I started forcing one S tier comp and I instantly got over the hump I had been stuck at for almost 2 months.

I am now Diamond 2 41 LP and that is my highest rank ever, my original goal this set was to hit diamond, but now it is to hit master since I am climbing so quickly forcing this comp.

I am curious as to what people in this sub have to say about this? Is this climb legit, is my rank legit, do you feel like it is not well deserved since I am just forcing the same comp over and over again? Or do you feel like if it is working, it does not matter how i get there as long as i am the person playing and I am not cheating?

I feel like since I was stuck emerald 1 and now i am rapidly climbing straight through diamond, that it almost feels like this rank and this current climb is not legit. What do you think?