Combo Breaker Bans The Controversial 2XKO Teamfight Fuse

One of the most recent additions to 2XKO has been an entirely new fuse that entirely changes how you approach the game. In essence, Teamfight fuse allows you to summon your assist like a sort of mix between a puppet character and 3rd Strike Yun's Genei Jin.

This would've been crazy without some limitations though, so your puppet can only do mid-attacks, they can't throw, and regardless of positioning, all attacks are registered as coming from the point character's direction.

The best part? If you're playing as a duo you can pull off some truly nasty stuff that would've been otherwise impossible. While powerful by itself, the Teamfight gives it a massive power boost and enables some of the most oppressive offense and mix-ups in the game.

So oppressive, in fact, that people have been begging to get it banned, balanced, switches off, or do at least something. Now Combo Breaker came through with the big decision to actually prohibit its use at the upcoming tournament.

It's always a fine line to walk with matters like these. "The FGC Way" when it comes to busted things is usually to try and adapt. Learn to how to play around it, play it yourself, and wait for the community to find an answer.

Actually banning the tech, characters, or mechanics is usually the absolute last resort. You never want to set a dangerous precedent of banning things too early at the slightest sign of trouble. The game is the game, you either play it or you don't.

Combo Breaker approached this rather carefully and avoided making a balance judgment. Instead, they present it as a logistical problem. If this fuse is especially strong with Duos, let Duos fight other Duos. Sadly, that would require reshaping the whole event at the last moment, so disallowing the new fuse becomes a sensible decision.

Though, as you might see through quotes and comments, the reaction is still not entirely one-sided. As always, some just revel in chaos of letting things rock, while others are unsure if the fuse was actually proven to be that problematic. 

Perhaps future patches and other tournaments will show how well this fuse fits into the competitive landscape, but for now the TOs gotta do what they gotta do.