Major Changes in TFT Set 10, Including the Departure of Legends

Here are the official details from Mortdog about what will happen in TFT Set 10. In this article, we'll delve into the most important aspects, skipping trivial things like arena skins or costumes.

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Farewell to the Legendary System

This is the most significant change in TFT Set 10. In this ninth set, the introduction of Legends with pre-selected cores has truly completely changed the gameplay, killing the flexible playstyle and turning every household into a card-spawning competition to see who's luckier.

Countless troubles arose from the Legendary system, such as the Draven reroll disaster or currently the Twisted Fate battleground, where everyone takes Pandora and draws items with each other. Therefore, the Legendary system will not appear in TFT Set 10 to reduce reliance on sportsmanship.

No Tribe or Class Can 'Dive'

In recent sets, Assassins, Pirates, and Mystics are tribes/classes with the ability to dive straight to the backline to eliminate enemy carries. Although this playstyle is fun, Mortdog believes it's too difficult to balance, for example, Mystics were too weak and had AI issues in the first half of Set 9, but after being buffed in 9.5, they became excessively strong and almost uncounterable, regardless of the team composition.

So, in TFT Set 10, no tribe or class will have the ability to dive straight into the backline like Assassins or Mystics. There will still be champions with skills that can deal damage to the backline, but situations where a Zed or Graves one-shots the entire carry team will no longer occur.

5-Cost Champions Stronger, Level 10 Easier

Even though the game has a level 10, TFT players default to considering level 9 as the maximum level. If you want to go higher, you have to use cores related to experience. Although reaching level 10 is not frequent, with special decks or lucky players, being limited to level 9 will leave them unsatisfied... for example, searching for 3-star 5-cost champions.

Therefore, when TFT Set 10 is released, level 10 will become the default in every match and won't require cores to unlock. Furthermore, Mortdog wants the return of Danger or Giant mechanisms, with high-level champions able to fit into any team without activating the tribe/class. Thus, 5-cost champions in Set 10 will become more powerful, easily flexing into more team compositions.

Removing +1 Tribe/Class Core, Adding Legendary Cores

If you're a high-rank player, you'll surely know how popular the U.R.F. Legendary was at the end of Set 9, enabling unlocking super powerful combinations like 9 Demacia/Noxus or Shurima. The ability to access these milestones easily made the game less enjoyable, as someone lucky could unlock the right press from the Chosen Scroll - similar to the tech core.

Thus, in TFT Set 10, there will be no way to get +1 Tribe/Class from cores, no more heart/seal/crown or anything like that. Mortdog believes this will help expand adjustments related to each tribe/class, especially strengthening powerful Diamond upgrades.

Similarly, legendary cores, once very popular at launch, have not really stood out in Set 9, but they will still be retained in TFT Set 10 and upgraded. These cores are expected to have a greater impact on the match, with low-tier champions like 2 gold and below also having corresponding powerful legendary cores.

Balancing 1-Cost Champions

An issue that Mortdog shared in Set 9 is that 1-cost champions are imbalanced, with some super strong reroll choices like ChoGath, Samira, or Graves... but also with champions no one wants to use like Illaoi or Irelia. Therefore, in TFT Set 10, 1-cost champions will be completely overhauled. They will no longer be simple pawns to trigger later tribes, and each champion will have its own unique playstyle.

This information, combined with the addition of many legendary cores mentioned earlier, suggests that 1 and 2-cost champions will have more stage presence in TFT Set 10, as well as eliminating brainless 1-cost reroll strategies that were too common in Set 9.

Conclusion

And those are the anticipated significant changes in TFT Set 10. Look forward to its release, possibly in early 2024.