The Story of Set 6 And How It Changed TFT Forever

With Set 12 Magic and Mayhem and Arcane Season 2 just around the corner and the inevitable leaks that will come with it, it's a good time to take a retroactive look at the Set that truly changed TFT, Set 6.
Without the dedication of Mortdog and the Riot team as well as the consistent push of content from the names like K3Soju, Kiyoon etc, Teamfight Tactics would've probably died a slow death, but they managed to pull it out of the bag and give us one of the greatest sets of all time. With the inclusion of a Fortune variant, Mercenary, as well as Veigar as a Yordle Lord, and of course, all of the Arcane Season One fan favourites.
Music used:
Bouncy beanstalk Walk - Yoshi Island OST
OSRS Duel Arena
Peach Beach
Athletic Island Yoshi OST
Shed A Tear - Alex Maragakis (find his music here open.spotify.c...)
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a common mistake is not watching my video all the way through ;) but whether you're a beginner or a challenger, we can all learn something here, because learning old sets is a small guide to success
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[@NomsyTFT]

*Innovator was not actually removed in 6.5, but either way it was still a disaster of a set Just wanted to say sorry for the lack of videos, I had real life stuff to sort out, like Visas(I'm now a resident of Brasil!) as well as job searching and a WHOLE load of other stuff(I'm not a KZbinr, and it's just me doing this, this is just passion project for me) if you want any Set next, please, leave a COMMENT or a LIKE, especially telling me what you want to see. Anyway, Thank you for watching.

[@hoon9738]

What's the song? Couldnt find it on spotify

[@AlbertJarodIbay]

@@hoon9738 song titles are in the description

[@locke8412]

Came in expecting a cool retrospective on Set 6. left with an existential crisis

[@NomsyTFT]

Ah my favourite kind of crisis!

[@krunopii]

Came out of curiosity, stayed for all the emotions and passion you shared on a set I didn't get to play as I wasn't there yet. Keep making 'em videos, fam!❤

[@NomsyTFT]

Better late than never!

[@jocasteins4309]

@@NomsyTFT Begging you for the last song used, I can't find it lmao. Also great video

[@NomsyTFT]

@@jocasteins4309 It's a song from a friend of mine, it's unreleased as of right now BUT you can find his other music here open.spotify.com/artist/2uou8Vf8yxcdwaX0f7oJU3

[@jocasteins4309]

@@NomsyTFT Well your friend is a hidden gem, hope he succeeds I will check his other songs. I am already a fan

[@NomsyTFT]

He's currently recording in Mexico, I'm really pushing him to get a KZbin channel but it's like drawing blood from a stone, but I'll probably continue using his songs for the foreseeable future

[@Alan-TFT]

Set 6 augments were a fresh addition to the game. Over the years, riot have added hidden rules like only being able to get one emblem of a trait. Which is the correct decision, but not as fun. My best game was playing 6 yordle and hitting 6 chemtech emblems. 9 Chemtech and Yordles on steroids.

[@Fritzgar]

We have 'fun modes' like chonccs treasury that still allow you to hit insane stuff without ruining 'normal' games, i think that's a very nice solution.

[@hyperjank5129]

What’s this nonsense about only getting 1 trait emblem? Aren’t there chase traits that require 3 or more?

[@Alan-TFT]

@@hyperjank5129 When you take an emblem from a gold augment, you can't then be offered that same emblem from a prismatic augment. But this isn't affected by emblems on wandering trainer or the random emblem from branching out. Also spatulas help reach the 10 piece traits.

[@seanbastow4601]

Great video. How did I forget about Tahm Kench the eating machine? Just feed him your own team and a 3* 5 cost when you were lucky enough to get the chance and his stats went of the scale. There were some really good off meta strats with the discoverability of all the fun strats made this set so enjoyable.

[@NomsyTFT]

Man Tahm Kench was truly a champion that every time I see videos of just puts the biggest smile on my face.

[@prod.kilvkrxcksxlvd8183]

joined tft at set 6.5 out of curiosity after a bad streak of SR and never looked back. I remember trying my hand at warwick reroll, nicknamed it the "rabid dog" team and had so much fun

[@NomsyTFT]

You should check out some of the names for the old builds, some of them were pretty... creative

[@evilia4362]

thing that was like mutant till this day : - Janna Forecast wich change effect every game - Mirage trait that change every games - Ryze who is spell change depending of the current portal - In a certain mesure Exalted wich champion using the trait change every game Good video, good vib, a man just casualy explaining is feeling of TFT in a very chill manner. Like it

[@MineShineMarshal]

came by this video while scrolling through my recommendation , love your song choice and pace commenting for the algorithm. 🔥

[@rikkodamedo4619]

Started playing League and TFT when set 6 came out. Been in love with TFT since then. Pretty much not just the set that started out my tft adventures but the set i most enjoyed (alongside set with Shurima , Noxus and other traits).

[@fogboundd]

To this day I keep thinking of getting early Cho with gunblade malzahar with that one execute mutant trait

[@akia23411]

wow so informative, i didnt even look on this. thanks for the infomative vid I played set 1-3 but got bored. but i came back at set 9 and i got interested again. strats is so unique now. It is fun again. climbed to GM for set 10 and 11, and we all are waiting for set 12 with another new twist.

[@KingTvlip]

i still miss cho'gath to this day

[@ryanruler9933]

I don’t play or watch TFT content very often, but find these videos very fascinating. Would it be possible to maybe flash the trait, item, augment, champion, etc when you directly mention them so people who aren’t long term tft warriors can better understand what’s being talked about? Amazing content

[@NomsyTFT]

Yeah man you got it, sorry, I didnt really expect the amount of attention these videos are getting

[@ryanruler9933]

@@NomsyTFT no worries, it’s great content!

[@Vasses935]

I have to watch your videos at x1.25 speed for you to sound normal to me.

[@miguelsanchez825]

My favorite team was called by me, The Sacrifice, I had yordles early game to make Ziggs 3 star (and every one I could) and then get frustrated AF because he was such a shitty unit and always missed then as soon as I got a Tahm kench I just sacrificed to him making Tahm a really great from the get go.

[@n1c3s43]

god the arcane set was so fucking cool

[@rekaolle3830]

I loved a set 3 shaco jumping all over the place, losing aggro, oneshoting and healing with the correct items… i miss him…

[@MarsInFlight]

I honestly hope this video gets recommended for reaction to some bigger streamers/youtubers. This deserves more attention and a much larger conversation.

[@NomsyTFT]

wow thanks bro, maybe you can ask one of the big streamers to take a look. I wouldn't do it myself because I think it's kinda cringe for me to do that LOL

[@MarsInFlight]

@@NomsyTFT I plan to, but I'm also just one voice. hopefully a few more latch on and do the same. I don't have streamer donation money, I barely have food money. it's why I play free games xD

[@LautyHobo]

yeah i enjoyed set 6 a lot, but even if it was the most balanced, it was so incredibly boring to me for the last month, and that happens with every set, but i felt it so much more on set 6 for some reason. Thing was everyone was just playing the 3 same comps every game, like i feel is happening now in set 11 with everyone going lux janna amumu reroll, or bard, or reapers. I don't mean these are the only 3 viable comps but again, for some reason, everyone plays them idk great video tho

[@NomsyTFT]

people will always gravitate to comps they have a strong connection to or have simplistic play patterns, so Bard, Lux and Reapers are largely easy to execute while having strong fantasies and huge dopamine spikes, so people like them a LOT. It's always been this way

[@herakleseros]

Favourite Set 🎉 Still watch Set 6 content till this day

[@ThundraBoy666]

4:20 I think as far as mutant goes, that one trait in the dragon set (it had that winged and ranged blue dragon, Deija or something) was pretty much the same, in the way that each game the trait would do something else (from as on hit to econ stuff)

[@NomsyTFT]

Oh for clarification I meant before Set 6, there has been a couple traits since that employ a similar mechanic

[@skywalkerjohn8965]

Set 6 with it 99% dodge Yordle

[@zekzimbappe5311]

My first set !

[@BN_Bears]

Played set 1 left with the awful set 2. Came back for this set and have been chasing that high ever since

[@NomsyTFT]

A little bit of Set 1s black heroin

[@enchantedskullbit]

Clappio is still my all time favorite comp. I loved it so much, it was so goofy

[@jonathonirl]

07:53 you mention Innovator being removed in 6.5, but it wasn't removed.

[@NomsyTFT]

Bloody hell you're right, I must have literally skipped straight over that when I was looking at the cheat sheet. Guess I'm gonna have to reupload again... Fuck my ass

[@jonathonirl]

@@NomsyTFT lol sorry! It just sticks out strongly in my head because I remember during the two for fun patches at the end of 6.5 they had to nerf Innovator because the loot eggs made it really easy to hit almost every game.

[@ezayn1d]

The best set. 😥

[@justuslenthe6075]

Love your videos !

[@vinidestiny3112]

yeah completly agree set 6 was the most fun

[@adidu7907]

Maybe i'm an outlier, but i hate playing games for fun, I play games with the intent to improve and become better, reach the highest levels and compete. The niche thing about TFT is that the mechanics are pretty straight forward, you don't need much time to catch up to people that have been playing for years and years, at the end of the day, RNG can outscale skill expression in this game, so it's not like league where a korean challanger ezreal with scripts will beat a diamond adc player 120% of times, whereas in tft, you have someone like soju getting absolutely dumpstered and going 8th place in diamond lobbies because he got fcked by rng. That's why i don't really feel enjoyment in playing tft itself, like playing double-up with friends is boring, and i see it as meaningless, whereas sweating balls and having a million things go through your mind at the same time while scouting 7 boards in 20 seconds to make decisions in ranked to see +lp is for some reason just hitting that spot for me. Set 6 was the last set that i enjoyed the game being the game, since then, the only thing that i was focusing on was min-maxing boards. I realized that i don't care about the trivial side of this game when i turned off music in set 10 because i felt it was distracting me, Riot poured so much money into making that amazing soundtrack for that set, and i really just pressed a button and forgot about it.

[@NomsyTFT]

I dunno man, doesn't that feel bad? Only playing games to compete rather than to enjoy it? I mean I love to play TFT and I would love to compete but I would never just play for the sake of trying to compete, I get wayyyyy to burnt out by the end of the set. Wouldn't you think playing a different game would be better? If not for your mental health? Life is too short to do something you don't enjoy

[@coolGhostVIRUS]

It's giving phyco ngl.

[@adidu7907]

@@coolGhostVIRUS no, i'm just a biproduct of human greed, i always want more, and more. No psycho shit, or at least not that i know of. LP and placements in tournaments is why i play this game. I feel good knowing that i play good, not that the game is good or smth.

[@bkaneshiro14]

@@NomsyTFT As somebody that has a... *similar* mindset, though definitely not fucking r/im14andthisisdeep, allow me to try explaining. For me, I synonymize "Fun" with "Challenge." I don't know how to "Relax" and play games; everything's gotta be optimized. And games where you have a higher level of skill expression lets you crystallize that challenge (or, more specifically, the effort it took to get there) into a tangible result (i.e. winning, in a best-case scenario). Games that rely on luck, by definition, remove some level of skill expression because it's possible that one bad roll can ruin your efforts, or a good one can turn around a game you *should've* lost. And don't get me wrong, I love my fair share of flicks of the dice, but given the option, I'd probably lean into something where my years of practice can show itself. Another thing that I find Fun is Competition, though that shouldn't be confused with trying to Compete. The feeling of beating your opponents is a good feeling for a lot of people, myself included, and the thought that "oh hey, the guy on the other side of the screen isn't just a mindless AI, it's an actual other person in the same situation I am"... Not to sound like an edgelord or anything, but that's a really REALLY good feeling. To be clear, I 100% agree with your latter statement: Life is WAY too short to dedicate extended periods of time into a game you don't enjoy. If you're not having fun, just jump ship. The experiences you've gleamed from whatever you played isn't going entirely to waste; there is ALWAYS some level of splashability from game to game, even if it's simple game theory. Don't be suckered into the sunk cost fallacy. tl;dr, I don't think they hate playing games for fun, I think they find the fun in games in less conventional ways.

[@NomsyTFT]

@@bkaneshiro14 While I do NOT disagree with you at all, I think I have to apologise for not expanding on my original point. What I was trying to get across was that there's more games than people out there, so why play TFT to compete only to compete when there are other games that are more rewarding or more enjoyable that you can also compete in. A lot of people try to play TFT because it's "easy" to get high elo and that it's "easy" to go pro. But I think with how the game is changing recently that notion doesn't exist anymore. I mean I get the mindset and I similarly feel the same way about competing, and competition in general, but TFT to me is ALSO fun(but there's a limit) and there are more times when I actually prefer playing TFT over League, over pretty much any other game I play, than not. Hence why I still play it, and make content out of it. I just would hate to see people not enjoying their lives, my intention was to try and him people a different perspective to open up some love of living again, because fuck me, that's in short supply these days

[@nagatokun6525]

keep it up G. W video

[@Kam-go3bc]

TFT was way more enjoyable to me prior to the introduction of augments :( its just another RNG element that makes the game more addictive but in my opinion not more rewarding to play

[@NomsyTFT]

Fair enough bro, everyone is allowed to have their own opinion

[@slimthecatdad]

Nice vid bruv

[@hoffl09]

I dont get how Riot decided to bring back Set 5.5 imo by far the worst set ever created instead of set 6, the most loved set of all time.

[@NomsyTFT]

I think because Arcane is coming out soon, and they don't want to have a revival and a normal set very similar because I assume the next set will be Arcane themed

[@lordheadass8310]

I love the good old Rito tradition of stealing Dota's ideas and making them better. Auto Battler was a Warcraft III mod before they made the official Dota version, much like Moba before them. And you can argue wether Dota or LoL is better (honestly the popularity speaks for itself), but you can't argue the fact TFT after augments introduction is just better in everyway. The idea of not hamstringed by meta and doing the goofiest shit in a game built for casual audience is just perfect. And the replayability is just a cherry on top.

[@mathwizard296]

Set 4 chosen mechanic is by far the best mechanic in the game

[@NomsyTFT]

I think that's a controversial take, but I also agree, Set 10 is like top 2 nowadays, and I think the headliner/chosen mechanic was the reason, it opened up a lot more 3* 3 cost comps and just added so much flexibility and variety. I honestly think they should make it evergreen

[@DoOmIsMyNamePWI]

Set 1 is the 🐐

[@NomsyTFT]

You'll be pleased to know what video I'm working on then :>

[@arthurlm6965]

Thats a great vid, and dw about not uploading that much, quality is better than quantity… idk if u will cover all sets, but dont hesit to do them all, we will be there to see it Keep up the good work :) (if u feel like skipping a set, skip set 8, was kinda bad compared to others imo)

[@workin4520]

Imo set 6 was lame as hell everyone was playing with chemtech comb and yordles it wasn't really fun and oh don't forget about syndicate players and the 5 cost akali it was disgustingly broken

[@thesamajlik4755]

banger video

[@lio9935]

I miss set 8 and the hero augments

[@hoon9738]

Whag song is that? I cant find it on spotify

[@NomsyTFT]

It's a currently unreleased song, trust me, T R U S T M E, I'm hounding him every day to upload it to Spotify or KZbin. I'm nearly at a point of doing it for him myself

[@hoon9738]

@@NomsyTFT i talked to him on ig. He's nice 🎸

[@hoon9738]

Awesome dude honestly

[@NomsyTFT]

@@hoon9738 He's a really cool guy man, if you don't mind I'll tell you a little story, we met in a Ayahausca retreat and he would play guitar for us at the end of the ceremonies when he himself was tripping out of his gourd, there was something about it that was really magical at the time. One night we did San Pedro and we had just spent like 8 hours in a sweat lodge, we all came out and sat by this huge fire, and he just starts straight improvising the most beautiful song I've ever heard for like 40 minutes... Those are memories you never forget man...

[@hoon9738]

@@NomsyTFT what an experience man. That is so cool. When you meet the guy, tell him to never giving up music, cause that dude got talent for sure

[@ParfaitPrincess]

For sure set 2 and 10 are the worst fod me without a doubt

[@Elimbi1]

The best tft set is set 4 or 10... Fight me

[@NomsyTFT]

Hey man you're absolutely correct, as long as it's not Set 8.5 I think we can always find a way to agree on points. My personal favourite is set 2... so...

[@thirdlinesniper3279]

make a script before you record bruh

[@NomsyTFT]

I do but it's more of a loose concept than a strict guideline otherwise I just sound like a person literally reading from a script and that's not how I want to sound

[@NomsyTFT]

actually the research and script writing phase is probably what takes up 90% of the time

[@thirdlinesniper3279]

@@NomsyTFT maybe try doing multiple takes, my friends doing similar things to do often agree that recording your voice takes a ton of time, often in like 15 minute sessions and then breaks. but it improves video quality substantially and retains viewer attention

[@Missingnin69]

Great video :D I joined set 7 so just missed this, great to hear about the old tft nostalgia. Also good taste nomsy is sickk

[@NomsyTFT]

Nomsy holds a very special place in my heart as I used Nomsy + Sy'fen to hit Challenger and even top 100 for the first time, So I had to pay homage to them, originally it was Nomsy Diff, but yeah, kinda cringe lol