Teamfight Tactics patch 13.19 notes

AuthorRodger “Riot Prism” Caudill
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Wind’s changing, better adjust the sails.

Our first full patch after Horizonbound’s release follows up on our large 13.18 mid-patch update. Expect to see a lot of Augment changes, mostly lowering the power of our strongest, alongside buffs to our most struggling traits (I’m talking to you Ixtal) and champions!
Rodger "Riot Prism" Caudill

Mid-Patch Updates

SEPTEMBER 28TH

As a team we became aware of a bug just before shipping patch 13.19 that critically impacted the power of comps using Naafiri. We planned on shipping a mid-patch update as soon as possible, as we were unable to ship the fix alongside the core patch. Now that we are B-patching we’re also taking a moment to lend a helping hand to some hurting units, and reduce the power of our biggest overperformers of the first 24 hours of 13.19.

UNITS

Even with nerfs earlier in the patch, Cho’s still been biting his way to the top of the lobby. We’re adding another nudge that should keep this Cho’Cho’ train from going off the rails.

With both invulnerability and healing, Fiora can find herself dancing around in unkillable scenarios. While melee carries need a lil extra in their kit to succeed, Fiora’s been cutting to the front of the overperformer line, just like she’s cutting through my frontline.

As a reroll carry, hitting Fiora based AD is much more impactful than how it looks on paper—or however you’re reading these notes. To find success with Fiora players have to 3-star her, and at 3-stars, she’ll have 11.25 less AD than normal. This will also impact her scaling with offensive items that are amplified by having a high AD.
  • Azir Arise! Damage: 95/140/500 ⇒ 110/160/500
  • Aphelios Chakram attacks AD ratio: 6/6/15% AD ⇒ 7/7/15%
  • Cho’Gath max Mana nerf: 30/90 ⇒ 40/100
  • Fiora Blade Waltz Healing %: 20% ⇒ 15%
  • Samira AD: 50 ⇒ 45

AUGMENTS

  • Double Trouble II/III Bonus AD, AP, Armor, and MR: 33/44% ⇒ 30/40%
  • Gifts from the Fallen Armor and MR: 4 ⇒ 3
  • Long Distance Pals Percent Share: 25% ⇒ 22%
  • Stolen Vitality max Health Heal: 1.3% ⇒ 1%
  • Tons of Stats Bonus Health: 35 ⇒ 44
  • Tons of Stats Bonus Stats (AD, AP, Armor, MR, AS, Mana): 5 ⇒ 4

BUGS

  • Fixed two critical issues with Naafiri’s Darkin effect: Damage is no longer amplified incorrectly. The damage now uses Naafiri’s items for damage calculations.
  • Fixed an issue allowing players to be offered two Lucky Gloves augments at the same time
  • Tiniest Titan+ can no longer be offered in Double Up
  • Twisted Fate Legend correctly offers Teaming Up I on stage 4-2.
  • All tiers of Rising Infamy now require the correct number of barrages to get the first upgrade, and Rising Infamy ++ displays the number correctly.

PATCH HIGHLIGHTS

LARGE CHANGES

Large, like the amount of warmth at the center of a Fluft of Poros.

TRAITS

Bilgewater had its moment during the first couple days of Horizonbound, but our mid-patch update had them hanging out to dry. We’re giving back some of their lost power, but don’t expect this to have them sail into S+ tier once again.

We’re lifting our most struggling elements so that they can rise to boards near you. Ixtal can create powerful combinations by utilizing different units (try Woodland Cho’Gath/Mordekaiser), so we’re not going overboard with element buffs here and instead buffing the two struggling Ixtal units as well.

When hit early, Piltover 3 can be too consistently rewarding, especially with the power of the Piltover units this mid-set. Even with Piltover 3’s success, Piltover 6 fails to hit the mark, especially given how difficult it is to achieve. We’re adjusting the cashout power for Piltover 3, while giving Piltover 6 much more drip econ—go hit those 3-star 5-costs!

Vanquisher as a vertical has been MIA so far. There are variations that work (I have seen success with Ashe reroll just so you know), but as a whole the trait is rarely worth committing fully to. Expect far more crits at Vanquisher 6!
  • Bastion Armor & MR: 20/40/65/125 ⇒ 20/45/75/140
  • Bilgewater 3: 90 + 30% ⇒ 100 + 33%
  • Bilgewater 5: 125 + 50% ⇒ 150 + 55%
  • Bilgewater 7: 300 + 65% ⇒ 325 + 70%
  • Bilgewater 9: 650 + 150% ⇒ 800 + 135%
  • Demacia Elite Bonus Armor/MR 5/15/35/150 ⇒ 5/25/45/150
  • Ixtal (4) Electric Capstone REWORKED: Empowered champions stun enemies once every 6 s ⇒ Empowered champions deal 25% bonus damage to enemies that have been stunned by this effect
  • Ixtal (4) Stone Capstone Heal: 650 ⇒ 750
  • Ixtal Fire Damage % of Ability damage: 60% ⇒ 100%
  • Ixtal Fire Burn Duration: 3 ⇒ 5 seconds
  • Ixtal Ice explosion tag now correctly acts as Trait damage (does not crit or trigger effects)
  • Ixtal Ice explosion Damage: 30% ⇒ 35%
  • Ixtal Wood (4) Capstone Tick Rate: 4 ⇒ 2 seconds
  • Ixtal Wood (4) Capstone AD & AP: 15 ⇒ 10
  • Multicaster damage reduced on multicasts: 60% ⇒ 55%
  • Piltover: lowered the value of Piltover cashouts in 2 loss to 10 loss by ~15%
  • Piltover: lowered the value of Piltover cashouts in 11 and 12 loss by ~10%
  • Piltover: Buffed the base rewards of 6 Piltover by around 20%
  • Rogue stealth health threshold: 50% ⇒ 35%
  • Shurima Ascension Bonus: 0/15/40/75% ⇒ 0/20/50/90%
  • Vanquisher Bonus Crit Rate: 15/35/55% ⇒ 15/35/75%
  • Vanquisher Bonus Crit Damage: 10/30/50% ⇒ 15/35/55%

UNITS: TIER 1

You were doing it, I was doing it, we were all voting for playing reroll Cho’Gath. And that’s okay, but his power level isn’t quite okay, so we’re trimming down his Health scaling ratio to lessen our lovable Void monster’s impact in the late game.

With these Milio buffs, my opponents’ boards are about to get real Messi.
  • Cho’Gath Feast max Health damage ratio 15% ⇒ 12%
  • Milio Ultra Mega Fire Kick!!! Bounce damage 170/250/380 ⇒ 180/270/400
  • Milio Ultra Mega Fire Kick!!! Splash damage 85/125/190 ⇒ 90/140/200

UNITS: TIER 2

Gunner’s AD% scales off of the unit’s base AD, so by hitting the two strongest Gunners’ base ADs (Jinx here and Jayce later) we nerf the popular reroll Gunner comp that has been so powerful. Due to the way base AD scales with star levels, this nerf targets the most powerful 3-star Jayce/Jinx form of the Gunner comp. Vertical Gunner may still be strong after this nerf, but we don’t want to ruin the comp completely by also hitting the trait.
  • Jinx AD 55 ⇒ 50
  • Qiyana will no longer dash out of distance of her spell, Supreme Display of Talent

UNITS: TIER 3

Even the hand of Noxus could use a hand sometimes. In his go-to vertical comp, Darius is rarely itemized, so we’re giving him a bit more AD, but the true buff will come with our Vanquisher change in the traits section.

As with Jinx, so with Jayce. Also did you know that we have the main characters from Arcane in this set? Talk about a side hustle.

With our Rek’Sai rework, we’re hoping 2-star Rek'Sai will be more useful since the gap between 2 and 3-star is huge right now. The added feature of marked bites allows 2-star Rek'Sai to have enough power to chew through tanks if she bites them multiple times.

I’m sure you’re reading these patch notes and seeing Neeko pop (blossom) up on the buff list alongside the Ixtal trait, and our favorite fireball kicking optimist, and you’re probably thinking, “wow, Ixtal is about to be broken.” Well, unfortunately for the Ixta, the trait needed the lift wildly so, and since the trait’s power isn’t totally bound to its units (you can place anyone on the Hexes), we’ve opted to buff the Elemental Hexes moderately, while also buffing the region’s struggling units.
  • Darius AD 60 ⇒ 65
  • Jayce AD 65 ⇒ 60
  • Neeko Pop Blossom Shield 225/350/475 ⇒ 250/350/475
  • Neeko Pop Blossom damage 270/410/650 ⇒ 300/450/700
  • Rek’Sai starting Mana nerf: 30/70 ⇒ 50/70
  • Rek’Sai NEW: Furious Bite now marks enemies that she bites. If the target has been previously marked, the bite will deal bonus true damage.
  • Rek’Sai Furious Bite Mark Damage AD ratio: 135/145/150%

UNITS: TIER 4

We’ve fixed a bug with Fiora that prevented her from healing off of damage to shields. Given the amount of shields in Horizonbound, this is a buff, so we’re adding a compensatory nerf.

Princes have always been expected to be diplomatic, but Jarvan IV’s playability with almost any region sets the bar too high for diplomacy and comp flexibility. By lowering his stun duration, we’re hoping he’s less of an instant inclusion in comps that aren’t his go-tos.

Nilah with and without RFC is too large of a power discrepancy to be able to balance with simple number adjustments. So instead, we’re making some adjustments to Nilah’s target prioritization. Instead of always prioritizing a cone with the highest number of units, she will now stop her count at 3 units. This means that without Rapid Firecannon (RFC) she will be mostly unchanged, as there are rarely ever times where she can strike more than 3 units, but with RFC she will no longer pick cones with 5+ enemies to reenact windshield wipers from Hell. With RFC if she's in range of 3 enemies and 2 of them die, she'll need to wait until her next dash to be in position to cleave 3 again.
  • Fiora Blade Waltz damage now properly applies Omnivamp when damaging shields.
  • Fiora Blade Waltz Physical Damage: 150/150/250%AD ⇒ 140/140/240%AD
  • Jarvan IV Cataclysm stun duration: 1.75/2.25/8s ⇒ 1.5/2/8s
  • Nasus Soul Eater max Health steal: 5% ⇒ 4%
  • Nilah will now more consistently find cleave targets without Rapid Firecannon. Her interaction with Rapid Firecannon is unchanged.
  • Silco Undercity Tactics damage 80/120/425 ⇒ 75/115/425
  • Silco tooltip updated (No functional change): Throw a vial at the closest surrounded enemy, covering nearby hexes in chemicals for X seconds. Deal Y magic damage per second to chemical-affected enemies, and heal affected allies for Z per second. When possible, target unaffected groups.
  • Xayah Mana buff: 30/110 ⇒ 30/90
  • Xayah Featherstrike number of feathers: 7/7/12 ⇒ 7/7/15
  • Xayah Featherstrike Damage ratio: 80% AD ⇒ 80/80/125%AD

UNITS: TIER 5

Aatrox is our most slotted 5-cost, whose flexibility is matched only by the length of his power. Nerfing one of the most useful pieces of his kit (Omnivamp) should make him less of a default include without cutting him down by too much.

Both of Gangplank’s forms are getting a buff. The melee form is able to reapply the burn damage over time more frequently which will make the scaling change from 100% AD per second to 125% AD per second.

Currently, Heimerdinger is a great support unit, without a carry fantasy. The Refractor Beam Upgrade will be a great take when you have AP/Mana items to put on Heimerdinger, and need to pump out the damage.

This is a PSA to play Ixtal Ryze as a frontline tank.
  • Aatrox Darkin Omnivamp: 15% ⇒ 10%
  • Gangplank Attack Speed: 0.80 ⇒ 0.85
  • Gangplank (Melee) Burn Duration: 3s ⇒ 2s
  • Gangplank (Melee) Total Burn True Damage: 300/300/2500%AD ⇒ 250/250/2500%AD
  • Gangplank (Ranged) mana on hit 3 ⇒ 5
  • Heimerdinger Technogenius (New upgrade) Refractor Beam
  • Heimerdinger, Refractor Beam: Apex Turret's ability fires multiple laser beams which deal increased damage. It gains 100% of all mana that Heimerdinger generates from traits, items, and augments.
  • Refractor Beam 1 Count: 3 beams, 10% increased damage.
  • Refractor Beam 2 Count: 3 beams, 30% increased damage.
  • Refractor Beam 3 Count: 5 beams, 30% increased damage.
  • Ixtal Ryze Stun Duration 2/2/10 ⇒ 2/2.5/10
  • Ixtal Ryze Realm Warp damage ratio 185/285/1500% Armor + MR ⇒ 200/300/1500% Armor + MR

LEGEND AUGMENTS

We’re taking a pass on 3-2 and 4-2 (2nd and 3rd) Legend offerings to ensure that they are preferable only as fallback options rather than defaults. When they're default (due to having competitive power with other Augments), games become too similar, so we're aiming to make them slightly weaker than normal Augments, while still useful in situations where you just don’t end up hitting another appealing option.

Teaming Up was breaking our framework for powerful items given at each Augment tier, and it also had too much randomness at the Prismatic level. We temporarily removed Teaming Up I in the last patch because we couldn’t give a Support item in a silver Augment, so we temporarily substituted it with Job’s Done in Legends that contained Teaming Up. After our rework to the Augment package, we’ve realigned them to fit more thematically with the Twisted Fate and Bard Legends you can find them in, while also fitting into our power framework. Try them out!
  • Big Grab Bag Gold Given: 8 ⇒ 1
  • Item Grab Bag II Gold Given: 5 ⇒ 1
  • Item Grab Bag III Gold Given: 8 ⇒ 2
  • Giant Grab Bag Gold Given: 10 ⇒ 4
  • Gotta Go Fast II Mana Gain 25% ⇒ 20%
  • Gotta Go Fast III Mana Gain 35% ⇒ 30%
  • Job’s Done 2 Component Anvils ⇒ 1 Component Anvil and 1 random component
  • Job Well Done 1 Completed Item Anvil + 1 Component Anvil ⇒ 1 Completed Item Anvil + 1 random component
  • Medium Forge Gold Given: 6 ⇒ 1
  • Small Forge Gold Given: 4 ⇒ 2
  • Teaming Up I (NEW): Gain 1 random component and 2 random Tier 3 Units
  • Teaming Up II (REWORKED): Gain 1 random Support item and 1 random Tier 4 Unit
  • Teaming Up III (REWORKED): Gain 1 Support Anvil, 1 random component, and 2 random Tier 4 Units
  • Tiny Grab Bag Gold Given: 4 ⇒ 2
  • Training Reward I Gold Given: 7 ⇒ 5
  • Training Reward II Gold Given: 15 ⇒ 12
  • Well Earned Comforts III Attack Speed: 8% ⇒ 6%

AUGMENTS

For such a fun Augment, Endless Hordes has struggled to evoke the power of it’s name. So instead of renaming it to Hordes with Ends, we’re giving each of the Hordes a bit more Health.

With our small rework to Warwick in the mid-set, we’ve seen Ravenous Hunter greatly succeed. We’re nerfing the Augment by lowering the amount of AD and AP Warwick gets from each stack, but by raising the max stacks, this will make it so Warwick will get to the same power level as before, it will just take 10 more attacks/damaging instances.

Despite Bilgewater’s struggle post mid-patch nerf, their trait-linked Augment has proven incredibly powerful. With Bilgewater buffs on the horizon, we’re preemptively Rising Infamy, with exception of its 4-2 (3rd Augment) version which has been struggling due to the nature of drip econ rewards.
  • Endless Hordes Health Reduction 20% ⇒ 15%
  • Endless Hordes Gold 6 ⇒ 4
  • Endless Hordes + Health Reduction 20% ⇒ 15%
  • Endless Hordes + Gold 9 ⇒ 12
  • Final Reserves: Any gold held will also be converted into experience (after interest is added).
  • Final Reserves experience granted: 70 ⇒ 60
  • Mana Burn Percent Burn: 2% ⇒ 1.5%
  • Parting Gifts Items now transfer immediately rather than on a delay.
  • Ravenous Hunter AD/AP per stack 5 >> 4
  • Ravenous Hunter Stack cap 45 ⇒ 55
  • Rising Infamy I / II Barrages from level 1 -> 2: 50 ⇒ 65
  • Rising Infamy I / II Barrages from level 2 -> 3: 80 ⇒ 90
  • Rising Infamy I / II Barrages from level 3 -> 4: 80 ⇒ 90
  • Rising Infamy III starting chest level 3 ⇒ 4
  • Shurima’s Legacy has been re-enabled.
  • Stolen Vitality (Vanquisher) max Health Heal 1.5% ⇒ 1.25%
  • Tiniest Titan+ (NEW): Tiniest Titan+ appears on 3-2. In addition to the Tiniest Titan effect, it also grants 8 gold immediately.

ITEMS

Thief’s Gloves has always been more of an offensive item than a defensive one with its crit chance, and with our item rework, that’s even more true. We’re removing a bit of crit chance to open up some power bandwidth, and adding Health to make it a better option for your RNG-enius tank.
  • Adaptive Helm Backline Ability Power: 20 ⇒ 15 (Total Backline AP: 35 ⇒ 30)
  • Crownguard Health: 0 ⇒ 100
  • Thief’s Gloves Health: 0 ⇒ 150
  • Thief’s Gloves Crit Chance: 40% ⇒ 20%

ARTIFACT ITEMS

Artifact items in general have been a bit too powerful. We’re nerfing the majority of them, while buffing the only odd one out that seems to be struggling (sorry Goldmancer’s Staff).
  • Manazane Ability Power: 15 ⇒ 10
  • Manazane Mana: 30 ⇒ 15
  • Zhonya’s Paradox Ability Power: 50 ⇒ 45
  • Sniper’s Focus Damage Increase Per Hex: 10% ⇒ 8%
  • Hullcrusher Bonus Health: 600 ⇒ 550
  • Anima Visage Health: 500 ⇒ 450
  • Goldmancer’s Staff Ability Power: 25 ⇒ 30

SUPPORT ITEMS

Unexpectedly so, Obsidian Cleaver has been our best performing Support Item. We’re shipping a decent sized nerf to the teamwide stats it provides, which should keep it in line with other Support options. Chalice of Power, on the other hand, needs a little love to keep that ice cream being so good.
  • Obsidian Cleaver Team Bonus Stats: 10% AD and 10 AP ⇒ 8% AD and 8 AP
  • Chalice of Power Aura Ability Power: 18 ⇒ 22

RADIANT ITEMS

  • Jak’Sho the Protean Bonus Ability Power: 35 ⇒ 45
  • Rascal’s Gloves Health: 0 ⇒ 150
  • Rascal’s Gloves Crit Chance: 40% ⇒ 20%
  • Royal Crownshield Health: 0 ⇒ 100

SMALL CHANGES

Small, like our time on this planet. Love each other. I love you Kent.

TRAITS

Vertical Juggernaut comps aren’t just for playing The Boss.
  • Juggernaut Damage Reduction: 15-25/20-35/30-45% ⇒ 15-25/20-35/35-50%
  • Targon Heal & Shield Boost: 18/35/55% ⇒ 18/35/60%

UNITS: TIER 1

When balancing Jhin, there’s always a fine line between preferred power and the sheer number of 4’s we can fit into his kit. 10 less max Mana fits both requirements.
  • Jhin Mana buff: 44/124 ⇒ 44/114
  • Orianna max Mana buff: 40/90 ⇒ 30/80

UNITS: TIER 2

Grand Durand!
  • Galio Mana buff: 60/120 ⇒ 60/110

UNITS: TIER 3

Giving Vel’Koz a small nerf to compensate for the Multicaster buffs. I guess you could call this Karmic retribution.
  • Karma Ionia Bonus AP 20 ⇒ 25
  • Vel’Koz Plasma Fission damage 250/375/600 ⇒ 245/365/600

UNITS: TIER 5

  • Ryze (Demacia) Realm Warp damage 300/450/999 ⇒ 300/450/2000
  • Ryze (Shadow Isles) Bugfix: Can now resurrect allies at above 100% Health

AUGMENTS

  • Lucky Egg: Tactician’s Crown + 1x Adaptive Helm + 1x Sterak’s Gage + 20g ⇒ Tactician’s Crown + 1x Zeke’s Herald + 1x Chalice of Power + 25g
  • Strategist Soul Item Granted: Night Harvester ⇒ Adaptive Helm

OS MINIMUM SPEC UPDATE

Starting with patch 13.19 our minimum Mac OS requirement will move to 10.13.6. This is a change that will impact a small number of players (roughly 300 total) across both LoL and TFT who will have to update their OS prior to patch 13.19.

BUG FIXES

  • Never lucky: Lucky Gloves will grant the correct category of items to champions like Ryze, Kayle, and Quinn.
  • Stationary Support I now has the correct text in Hyper Roll
  • Trashed: Zaun no longer deletes consumables if they are used with a full item bench while you have a Zaun mod pending.
  • Castiopeia: Cassiopeia no longer loses some casts when she has a Radiant Blue Buff
  • Escort Quest’s dummy can no longer be recombobulated, and no longer counts for player damage. (Fixed in 13.18B)
  • Blacksmith’s Gloves now correctly count as Thief’s Gloves for Sleight of Hand
  • Nashor’s Tooth grants its Attack Speed at the correct time for champions with long Mana locks such as Nasus and Taric.
  • Locket of the Iron Solari’s resistances will persist for the correct duration instead of ending when the shield breaks.
  • Zaun’s Robotic Arm mod now correctly states that its overcharge deals 25% bonus true damage instead of 25% Attack Damage as true damage
  • Arrghonauts: Gangplank now gets correct items from Lucky Gloves when he’s placed on the frontline directly from the bench.
  • Shurima’s Legacy turret will no longer remain after the player’s death, being an agent of chaos.
  • Valar’s Hollow grants its rewards on Hyper Roll.
  • The Training Dummy from Double Up’s Assist Armory now has the correct star level on away boards.
  • Fixed a bug where What The Forge could fail to transform an item when quickly made on a champion taken from the carousel.
  • On a Roll now correctly grants a free refresh if units auto-combine on round start.
  • Zaun Ryze’s tooltip now correctly reflects that he shreds and sunders for 30% instead of 20%.
  • Fixed an issue where Qiyana could dash too far for her Ability to hit.
  • Dhalsim: Chibi Irelia/Chibi Divine Sword Irelia limbs no longer stretch during Shrine of the First Lands intro animation
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