Teamfight Tactics patch 12.4 notes

February 22nd, Balance Changes

Our newest mid-set, Neon Nights, brought over 80 Augments, and over 20 new units into the fraey., Bbut amongst all this new content, there’ve been a few bumps in the night. Not to worry—we’re here now to smooth out some of the over (and under) performing Augments, traits, and units.

Augments

No longer fool’s gold.

Golden Gifts I (Gold) number of gray orbs: 1 ⇒ 2
Golden Gifts II (Prismatic) number of gray orbs: 2 ⇒ 3

Traits

The era of Hextech is too powerful across the board.

Hextech Shield: 140/180/400/600 ⇒ 100/150/300/600
Hextech on-hit Magic Damage: 20/50/100/170 ⇒ 15/30/60/120
Innovator, Mechanical Bear Power Surge Self Bonus Attack Damage: 100% ⇒ 70%

Units

Champions with three traits are tricky to balance due to the power they can add if you are able to utilize all their traits. This creates incredibly powerful highs in select scenarios that we have to control for by keeping their individual strength in check. Ekko, Rek’Sai, and Sejuani are providing so much value to each composition, while also being strong units on their own, so we’re answering with a series of nerfs targeting their individual strengths.

Sivir has been overperforming despite having a bug that’s negatively impacting her performance. Don’t worry Sivir mains, even with the nerf below, her KO Boomerang will still be an OK BOOMERang.

Arcane’s second best dad is proving to be an even better 5-cost. Expect buffed allies to be a little less buff, and detonate sooner, which should have you questioning whether or not he’ll be doing more harm than good in your comp.

Rek’Sai Health: 800 ⇒ 750
Rek’Sai Attack Damage: 70 ⇒ 60
Rek’Sai Furious Bite Armor and Magic Resist steal percent: 30/35/40% ⇒ 10%
Sejuani Health: 800 ⇒ 750
Sejuani Attack Damage: 65 ⇒ 55
Sejuani Fury of the North bonus Armor and Magic Resist: 75/100/150 ⇒ 50/75/125
Ekko Parallel Convergence Attack Speed slow: 35/35/50% ⇒ 25/25/35%
Vex Mana buff: 50/100 ⇒ 40/80
Zac Yoink! Damage Reduction: 75% ⇒ 50%
Irelia Bladesurge Damage: 90/135/600 ⇒ 75/100/600
Irelia Attack Speed: 0.85 ⇒ 0.8
Renata Toxic Wave Damage: 55/85/255 ⇒ 45/70/240
Sivir Attack Damage: 80 ⇒ 70
Sivir Attack Speed: 0.75 ⇒ 0.7
Silco Unstable Concoction buff duration: 8 ⇒ 6 seconds
Silco Unstable Concoction bonus Attack Speed: 80/175/666% ⇒ 50/125/666%
Silco Unstable Concoction Mastermind bonus Mana: 40 ⇒ 30

Bug Fix

Sivir no longer sometimes cancels attacks while Ricochet is active

We’ve got a new Mythic Little Legend stealing the show during Neon Nights. PROJECT Abyssia is here to flaunt their new tech, and maybe “borrow” some more. Here to slash through your foes with cool sci-fi sound effects, PROJECT Abyssia has a two percent drop rate in all the Neon Nights eggs (490 RP/TC).

And what else is in those eggs—well, it’s time to meet the Little Legends that are all glowed up for the glow-down.

When Fenroar shoots for the moon, they’re certain to annihilate it. Make your enemies the moon with the variants below: Sodapop Fenroar, Afterburner Fenroar, Hextech Fenroar, Pulsefire Fenroar, and Bounty Hunter Fenroar.

Stylish, sleek, and always trending, QiQi’s here to be more than just fashion forward, they’re here to push the fashion future. Leave your foes looking like River Sprite picked out their passé drab with the refined tastes of the variants below: Electric QiQi, Groovy QiQi, Hextech QiQi, Arcade QiQi, and Pulsefire QiQi.

Redefining horsepower to of course power. These variants don’t need a podium to stand above their foes, but it sure helps: Hot Rod Lightcharger, Hextech Lightcharger, Pulsefire Lightcharger, Groovy Lightcharger, and Bubblegum Racer Lightcharger.

Just like the Pass of the past, the G&G Pass II gives you a bunch of free content as you play and collect XP, but if you upgrade to the Pass+ for 1295 RP/TC you’ll have access to ALL the level rewards throughout the pass. For the first time ever, this Pass+ comes with an unlockable tier 3 (interactive and responsive) arena, the Toxitorium, near the end of your pass journey.

In addition to the new tier 3, you’ll get rewards only available for true locals of the Neon Nights: tier 1 arenas, booms, Little Legend eggs, Star Shards, and Pass+ exclusive Little Legends.

Read more about what you can unlock in the Pass and More.

Neon Nights takes you to the place where Choncc and Pengu are destined to put their battle bots to the test. The Hextech Battle Arena is a futuristic esports arena that casts your games with over 50 unique lines that respond to your actions. Win or lose, this arena will let you know. Have you TFT games casted by our very first robo-nouncer for 1900 RP/TC!

Whether you’re working your way through the Undercity in search of your Oasis, or looking for some high-tech Little Legends to take to the stage of the Hextech Battle Arena, we’ve got new bundles for ya!

Bundle	Contents	RP/ TFT Coins (Mobile)
5 Neon Nights Eggs	Each egg contains a new Little Legend from Neon Nights	2450
10 + 1 Neon Nights Egg Bundle	Each egg contains a new Little Legend from Neon Nights	4900
Neon Nights Pass+ Arena Bundle	Neon Nights Pass+ Hextech Battle Arena	2595
Progress Day Celebration Bundle	Neon Nights Pass+ Hextech Battle Arena 10 Neon Nights Eggs 2 Bonus Neon Nights Eggs	7395
Neon Nights Megabundle	Neon Nights Pass+ Hextech Battle Arena 18 Neon Nights Egg 5 Bonus Neon Nights Egg	11020

Grandmaster and Challenger Ranked

Just like with Dawn of Heroes, Grandmaster and Challenger are unlocked immediately, allowing for the true zero-to-hero competition. Challenger and Grandmaster are still limited to the top accounts on each server, but players must have at least 200 LP in Master to reach Grandmaster, and at least 500 LP in Grandmaster to reach Challenger. Good luck gettin’ your name placed right under mine!

Gizmos & Gadget Ranked Stage II begins this patch!

Your rank has been "soft" reset down one tier below your current standings. For example, if you are currently in Gold II you will now be in Silver II.
If you are very good at this game and currently placed in Master or above, you will be reset to Diamond 4.
You will get five provisional matches after the reset, meaning you will not lose any LP for sub-top-four placements in your first five ranked games of the new stage. You’ll also gain some extra LP for finishing top four, so best of luck!
Ranked rewards for the first half of Gizmos & Gadgets will be distributed with this patch, but it may take a couple days to complete the rollout.
If you achieved a minimum of Gold rank in the first half of Gizmos & Gadgets, then there’ll be a fresh emote hitting your inventory!

Double Up and Hyper Roll Tiers

Emote rewards will be earned for players that reach Blue, Purple, and Hyper/Double tier before the mid-set.
Hyper Roll and Double Up tiers will not be hard reset. Instead, anyone at Blue or higher will go to the bottom of Blue.
If you managed to hit Blue, Purple, or Hyper /Double tier in Hyper Roll or Double Up, expect these emotes to roll on out during our launch.

Opponent Matchup Tracker

There’s a lot to do in TFT, and keeping track of what opponents you’ve fought recently to know who you are more likely to fight next is just one more thing that takes a whole lot of brainpower to track. Brainpower is a precious resource—especially when it comes from a brain as coveted as yours. That’s why we haven’t been surprised to see add-ons take over some of this less rewarding processing burden. In fact, we wish that we had implemented an opponent tracking system earlier so we could provide a more fun and fair experience for players on mobile and PC. So, with the introduction of Neon Nights, and Augments like Future Sight that utilize opponent tracking, we’re adding our own version of opponent tracking.

Opponents you have yet to fight during your current stage will have an icon by their Tactician in the UI indicating they may be your next opponent.

Augmented Match History

It’s a first.

Match History will now show Augments.

Augments Augmented

We’ve retired some Augments that coordinated with the traits we removed: Academy and Imperial. And then, we added over 80 new ones that continue to bring variance, skill expression, and fun to our existing roster. We’ve also rebalanced a many of our trait-linked Augments (more on that later). You can read about some of the Dev’s favorite Augments here.

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3rd Party Friends

Even with all these words that I’m typing we’re still just skimming the surface. In the following notes below I’ll cover the changes to the preexisting content, but if you want more detailed information on the new stuff coming with Neon Nights check out a couple of our friends’ sites:

Augments

We’ve had success giving the Heart and Crest Augments additional units to help ease you into the comps, so we’re going to be applying that to the trait specific Augments as well. This should make them more appealing choices in the early game. Adding units to these Augments also gives us a new balance lever to make adjustments with both now, and in the future.

Chemical Overload max Health percentage explosion damage: 20/30/40 ⇒ 20/30/removed
Runic Shield I now also grants a Swain
Runic Shield II now also grants a Vex
Runic Shield III has been removed
Ardent Censer bonus Attack Speed: 50% ⇒ 45%
Ardent Censer now also grants a Lulu
Cutthroat Mana reave: 65% ⇒ 50%
Cutthroat now also grants a Talon
Duet Health bonus: 400 ⇒ 200
Duet now also grants a Senna
En Garde disarm duration: 3 ⇒ 2.5sec
En Garde now also grants a Warwick
Lifelong Learning now also grants a Syndra
Lifelong Learning no longer works on PVE rounds
One for All now also grants an Ashe
Payday now also grants an Ashe
Portable Forge option, Obsidian Cleaver Armor & Magic Resist shred: 70% ⇒ 60%
Pirates now also grants a Quinn
Self-Repair repair time: 6 ⇒ 7 seconds
Self-Repair now also grants a Zilean
Shrug it Off now also grants a Sejuani
Sniper Heart now also grants an Ashe instead of a Tristana
So Small now also grants a Corki
Stand Behind Me now also grants a Blitzcrank
Twinshot Heart now also grants a Corki instead of a Kog’Maw
Unstable Evolution: fixed a bug where 3-star champs with items were getting more stacks than intended.
Unstable Evolution now also grants a Rek’sai
Armor Plating now proc’s one time at 50% Health, giving 3 seconds of Invulnerability
Armor Plating now also grants a Cho’gath
Broken Stopwatch now also grants a Zilean
Broken Stopwatch will never appear in 1-4
Clear Mind can only appear on 1-4
Gold Reserves max damage: 60% ⇒ 50%
Gold Reserves now also grants a Quinn
Instant Injection now also grants a Warwick
Junkyard now also grants an Ezreal
Scholar Crest now grants a Zyra instead of a Heimerdinger
Sharpshooter damage reduction: 45% ⇒ 50%
Sharpshooter now also grants a Corki
Smoke Bomb now also grants a Talon
Spellblade Ability Power scaling on next basic attack after cast: 225% ⇒ 200%
Spellblade now also grants a Swain
Titanic Force will rarely appear as the 1st Augment option
Celestial Blessing III Omnivamp: 25% ⇒ 35%
Cybernetic Implants III Health: 350 ⇒ 450
Enforcer Soul has been removed
High End Shopping now also grants 5 gold
High End Shopping will never appear as the 1st augment
Makeshift Armor III Armor & Magic Resist: 75 ⇒ 80
Socialite Soul now also grants 8 gold
Weakspot: You can no longer be offered other levels of Weakspot after choosing any tier of Weakspot
Woodland Charm will never appear as the 3rd Augment
Share the Spotlight: Tier 2 (Gold) ⇒ Tier 3 (Prismatic)
Share the Spotlight shared bonus: 100% ⇒ 125%
Share the Spotlight now also grants a Senna

Traits

Colossus units have had a tough go with our starring up system. When a champion goes from 1-Star to 2-Stars, they gain an additional 80 percent of their 1-star Attack Damage and Health. We balanced Colossus units with this in mind, meaning their base stats at 1-star weren’t worth the two slots they took up, but once they got to 2, or even 3-stars they would become much more viable. But now, by placing some of their base stats into the Trait we are able to get around the huge difference between 1 and 2-star Colossus units.

Adding a reach tier (7) to Mutant allows for the trait to be played like an adaptive vertical, but I’m most excited about what combos players will uncover using the Mutant Emblem to hit that 7 trait breakpoint.

Here’s the Socialite 5 math for you: 30% bonus damage, 8 mana per second, 66% Omnivamp

Bruiser bonus Health: 125/225/400/700 ⇒ 125/225/450/800
Challenger Attack Speed: 30/55/80/130 ⇒ 25/55/90/150%
Chemtech bonus Attack Speed: 15/50/90/135 ⇒ 15/40/80/150%
Chemtech max Health regen per second: 3/5/8/15% ⇒ 4/7/10/18%
Clockwork base Attack Speed: 10/35/70% ⇒ 10/40/80%
Enforcer Stun duration: 5 sec ⇒ 4 sec
Colossus now also grants an innate bonus 800 Health
Cho’gath base Health: 1300 ⇒ 700
Galio base Health: 1800 ⇒ 1200
Innovator Mechanical Bear base Health: 850 ⇒ 775
Innovator Hextech Dragon base Health: 1250 ⇒ 1125
Innovator Hextech Dragon fear duration: 3 ⇒ 2 sec
Innovator Hextech Dragon Critical Strike bonus damage: 30% ⇒ 10%
Mutant new 7 piece chase trait has been added for each variation
Mutant Adrenaline Rush (7): 100% chance to proc and 40 Attack Damage
Mutant Bio Leeching (7): 80% Omnivamp
Mutant Cybernetic (7): 1500 Health and 100 Attack Damage
Mutant Cybernetic (5) Health: 1000 ⇒ 900
Mutant Metamorphosis (7): 35 Armor & Magic Resist, 7 Attack Damage & Ability Power every 2 seconds (stacks up to 5 times)
Mutant Synaptic Web (7): 40 Mana & 50 Ability Power
Mutant Voidborne (7): 80% of their damage is true damage
Mutant Voracious Appetite (7): gain 40 Attack Damage & Ability Power each time an ally dies
Scrap is now smarter! Units like Ezreal and Irelia will no longer roll Hextech Gunblade or Morellonomicon
Socialite is now a 1/2/3/5 Trait
Socialite (1): Bonus Damage: 20% ⇒ 15%
Socialite (5): All bonuses are doubled
Twinshot is now a 2/3/4/5 Trait
Twinshot chance to proc twice: 40/55/70/100%
Twinshot Attack Damage: 10/25/40/60
Twinshot tooltip now specifies that it works with Ability casts as well

Units: Tier 1

A Protector no more, Kassadin’s now a professor for sure! We’re giving Ziggs 5 AD because he would rarely lose the first round to Minions, but there’s no shame in that—Minions R people 2.

Kassadin Health: 700 ⇒ 750
Kassadin is now a Mutant Scholar
Ziggs Attack Damage: 50 ⇒ 55

Units: Tier 2

No longer the Imperial knife in the dark, Talon’s living the bourgeois life of a monarch. And just like those other Debonair champions, if you find a Talon on the VIP list, then he’ll get some additional power to boast and toast with.

Blitzcrank is now a Scrap Bodyguard (no longer a Protector)
Swain Death’s Hand Damage: 250/340/480 ⇒ 225/300/450
Swain is now a Hextech Arcanist
Talon Blade’s End Damage: 450/625/950 ⇒ 450/650/950
Talon is now a Debonair Assassin
Talon VIP bonus: Blade’s Edge bleed now deals true damage and lasts 100% longer

Units: Tier 3

With Heimerdinger retiring from Gizmos & Gadgets, there’s a new Innovator in training, who’s role as the trait’s tanky disruptor is being sharpened to fit the mid-set.

With Dr. Mundo taking a sabbatical, Chemtech’s in need of more tankiness and a bit less damage—Renata Glasc’s addition has Chemtech covered there. With that in mind, we’ve adjusted Zac’s spell to give our favorite flubbery buddy more survivability and less damage.

Cho’gath Feast Damage: 900/975/1050 ⇒ 850/950/1050
Ekko is now a Scrap Assassin Innovator
Ekko Attack Damage: 50 ⇒ 65
Ekko Health: 650 ⇒ 700
Ekko Armor & Magic Resist: 30 ⇒ 40
Ekko Parallel Convergence Damage: 175/225/375 ⇒ 150/200/350
Gangplank Parrrley Base Damage: 110/150/200 ⇒ 120/160/225
Leona is now a Debonair Bodyguard
Leona VIP bonus: Leona heals for 0.8% maximum Health every second for each unit targeting her
Malzahar Malefic Visions Damage: 650/900/1100 ⇒ 625/875/1050
Vex Personal Space Shield Amount: 525/675/850 ⇒ 550/700/900
Vex Armor & Magic Resist: 40 ⇒ 50
Zac Yoink! now Zac takes 75% reduced damage while casting his Ability
Zac Yoink! Damage: 400/525/999 ⇒ 300/400/600

Units: Tier 4

Vi’s mad now.

Braum Vault Breaker Stun Duration: 2/3/6 ⇒ 1.75/2.25/8 seconds
Orianna Command: Shockwave Damage: 350/550/1200 ⇒ 300/450/1200
Orianna Command: Shockwave Shielding: 100/150/400 ⇒ 120/170/600
Seraphine Encore Damage: 275/450/1200 ⇒ 250/400/1200
Seraphine Encore Attack Speed Bonus: 30/50/100% ⇒ 30/45/100%
Vi is now a 4 cost champion with a new spell: Piltover Pulverizer
Vi is now a Rival Enforcer Bruiser
Vi Health: 1000 ⇒ 900

Units: Tier 5

Have you ever found yourself wanting to run all three Colossus units, only to be disappointed when none of them could be your dedicated damage carry? Sure, you tried Clapio (AD Galio), but the applause has been put on pause with nerfs, and there’s no encore coming for that build. But emerging from the shadow of the colossus that once was Clapio, is a new version of Galio as a carry—one that scales with max Health and can use Warmog’s Armor to nuke an entire board.

Landing in the center of your opponent’s board, Jinx would continue to auto attack the same target she was honed in on before the spell cast. Now, she’s embraced her name and role, crashing into the enemy comp and retargeting with every auto attack. That’s just the power of stereotype threat, and it ensures she doesn’t get stuck on the same frontliner she was targeting before she cast her spell.

Unbench the Kench, now with a UI quench. Unclog the frog, now with a progress bar to catalog. Uninhibit the ribbit, now with a visual exhibit. Anyways, we buffed Tahm Kench and clarity around feeding him units.

Galio Colossal Entrance Damage: 200/300/9001 ⇒ 150/225/9001
Galio Colossal Entrance stun duration: 1.5/1.75/9.5 ⇒ 1/1.5/10
Galio Colossal Entrance now gains an additional 5% of his max Health as damage
Jinx Armor & Magic Resist: 35 ⇒ 40
Jinx Rocket Launcher Attack Damage scaling: 200/210/888% ⇒ 220/230/888%
Jinx is now a Rival Scrap Twinshot
After Jinx’s cast of Super Mega Death Rocket, she will now auto attack random valid targets with each attack. She’s crazy!
When feeding Tahm Kench, a mini progress bar appears that helps you understand how long to hold.

Items

With the mid-set we’re swapping out Guardian Angel with Edge of Night, a brand new anti-burst item. With Edge of Night, we keep the powerful aggro drop from Guardian Angel’s stasis, but give it a clear visual power in the form of a stealth that also sheds debuffs and afterwards grants an additional boon of attack speed. The stealth is very short, creating a more even power experience for units, as well as creating a more visibly powerful way to protect your carries and keep them carrying harder and longer. And yes, there will be a Radiant version of Edge of Night called Brink of Dawn, obtainable from various Augments. Check out the full item details below.

Guardian Angel has been removed.
Edge of Night recipe: B.F. Sword and Chain Vest
Edge of Night: +20 Armor, +10 Attack Damage
Edge of Night: When the holder first drops below 50% Health, they briefly enter stealth, becoming untargetable and shedding negative effects. After coming out of stealth, the holder gains 40% bonus attack speed.
Edge of Night is a Unique item, meaning you can only equip one per unit.
Brink of Dawn (Radiant): Grants 55% bonus attack speed after coming out of stealth. Triggers a second time upon dropping to 25% Health.

Teamfight Tactics patch 12.4 notes

Mid-Patch Updates

February 22nd, Balance Changes

Augments

Traits

Units

Bug Fix

Neon Nights Little Legends

Gizmos & Gadgets Pass II

Hextech Battle Arena

All New Bundles!

Ranked

Grandmaster and Challenger Ranked

Gizmos & Gadget Ranked Stage II begins this patch!

Double Up and Hyper Roll Tiers

User Experience Changes

Opponent Matchup Tracker

Augmented Match History

Mid-Set Augment Changes

Augments Augmented

Large Changes

3rd Party Friends

Augments

Traits

Units: Tier 1

Units: Tier 2

Units: Tier 3

Units: Tier 4

Units: Tier 5

Items

Teamfight Tactics patch 12.4 notes

February 22nd, Balance Changes

Augments

Traits

Units

Bug Fix

Grandmaster and Challenger Ranked

Gizmos & Gadget Ranked Stage II begins this patch!

Double Up and Hyper Roll Tiers

Opponent Matchup Tracker

Augmented Match History

Augments Augmented

3rd Party Friends

Augments

Traits

Units: Tier 1

Units: Tier 2

Units: Tier 3

Units: Tier 4

Units: Tier 5

Items

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