The Teamfight Tactics Set 11 meta still needs work and the devs are ready, testing Patch 14.9 balance changes on the PBE servers.
Patch 14.9 is an important TFT Set 11 Inkborn Fables update, falling between the first two Tactician’s Cup tournaments. A B-patch for 14.8 improved some balance issues for the first Tactician’s Trials and Cup but there’s still room for improvement, like a Lissandra nerf. The 14.9 update will also include 20 new Artifacts and five Support items.
Buffs were applied to four-cost Set 11 champions through Patch 14.8, which led to a B-patch and Patch 14.9 rolling odds changes. All balance changes are subject to change before the update hits the live servers on May 1 and all early patch notes are through the 14.9 Patch Rundown courtesy of game design director Stephen “Mortdog” Mortimer.
Here are the official balance changes for TFT Patch 14.9.
Patch 14.9 TFT Set 11 system changes
Patch 14.9 will once again adjust player damage, shop odds, and XP cost to restrict fast nine boards and three-star four-cost TFT Set 11 champions, according to Mortdog.
- Player damage: Base damage changed from 0/2/5/7/9/11/17/150 to 0/2/5/8/10/12/17/150
- Level Eight shop odds: Changed from 18/25/32/22/3 to 18/27/32/20/3 percent
- Level Nine shop odds: Changed from 10/20/25/35/10 to 15/20/25/30/10 percent
- Level Eight XP: Increased from 72 to 80 gold
- Level Nine XP: Reduced from 84 to 80 gold
Patch 14.9 TFT Encounters balance changes
Multiple Encounters are also getting removed in Patch 14.9. Encounters getting bumped are Kha’Zix, Cho’Gath. Neeko, and Syndra.
- Kha’Zix: Lower cost XP for three turns
- Cho’Gath: Duplicators
- Neeko: Duplicator Carousel
- Syndra: Two-star four-cost Carousel
In addition to four Encounters getting removed from TFT Set 11 through Patch 14.9, six will appear less often. The six Encounters getting reduced appearances are Cho’Gath (shop slots), Diana (Salvage Bin), Irelia (Free Move Carousel), Neeko (Lesser Duplicator), Teemo (Spatula Carousel), and Wukong (Radiant item). Wukong Radiant item will no longer show up at Stage Two.
Two Set 11 Encounters were increased to appear in Patch 14.9. This includes the dreaded Kayn Stage 5-4 Death Game and Ornn, choose an Artifact.
Double Up Patch 14.9 system changes
- Minimum time for reinforcements to begin increased from seven to 12 seconds
- Player damage will get rounded up to the nearest whole number
- Base player damage changed to 0/3/6/8/10/12/17/150
Patch 14.9 TFT Set 11 trait balance changes
New balance changes on PBE include Heavenly and Ghostly trait changes. Heavenly no longer has bonus stats based on star level and haunted enemies will no longer take damage from each spectre on them.
| Set 11 trait | Patch 14.9 balance change |
|---|---|
| Arcanist | Ability power gained by Arcanist units buffed from 20/50/85/125 to 20/50/90/135 |
| Arcanist | Ability power granted to allies increased at breakpoints six and eight too, from 40/125 to 50/135 |
| Dryad | Ability power and health at the breakpoint of six nerfed from 65/11 to 55/10 |
| Duelist | Attack speed increased at four and six from 5/9/13/18 to 5/10/14/18 percent |
| Fated | Sett Onmivamp bonus increased from 12 to 15 percent with his Onmivamp bonus getting applied after resistances and only applied to attacks and abilities. |
| Fortune | Seven piece bonus stacks reduced from 25 to 12 |
| Fortune | Seven-piece orb average value was reduced from 16 to eight |
| Fortune | Seven-piece bonus stacks reduced from 25 to 12 |
| Heavenly | Bonus stats are no longer based on star level but for each Heavenly unit in play. Bonus stats applied to Heavenly units are 70 percent more. |
| Heavenly | Heavenly bonus adjusted from 100/115/135/165/200/225 to 100/110/125/145/175/200 percent. |
| Heavenly | Omnivamp bonus reduced from six to five percent |
| Storyweaver | Kayle Scroll of Haste attack speed increased from five to six percent |
| Umbral | Health execute threshold adjusted from 10/18/20/45 to 10/18/25/60 percent |
Patch 14.9 TFT Set 11 champion balance changes
Set 11 champions getting hit with nerfs and buffs dropped into PBE on April 25. Strong openers like Darius were hit with an on-hit damage nerf while sleeper re-roll two-cost units like Riven were buffed.
One-cost Set 11 champions
| Set 11 champion | Patch 14.9 balance change |
|---|---|
| Darius | Bonus magic damage nerfed from 90/135/200 to 80/120/200 |
| Kog/Maw | Spell ability damage buffed to 160/240/335 percent |
Two-cost Set 11 champions
| Set 11 champion | Patch 14.9 balance change |
|---|---|
| Riven | Ability attack damage buffed from 150/150/155 to 190/190/200 percent |
Three-cost Set 11 champions
| Set 11 champion | Patch 14.9 balance change |
|---|---|
| Alune | Attack speed increased to 0.75 |
| Bard | Attack damage increased to 55 |
| Tristana | Attack speed nerfed from 50/50/60 to 40/40/50 percent |
| Tristana | Attack damage increased to 60 |
| Tristana | Ability attack damage from spell buffed from 265/265/270 to 300/300/305 percent |
| Volibear | Ability healing increased from 140/170/210 to 150/180/240 percent |
| Zoe | Active spell buffed from 275/415/640 to 290/435/695 percent |
| Zoe | Ricochet missile damage increased from 90/135/215 to 95/140/225 percent |
Four-cost Set 11 champions
| Set 11 champion | Patch 14.9 balance change |
|---|---|
| Kayn | Armor and magic resistance reduced from 70 to 60 |
| Lillia | Lilia |
| Morgana | Blizzard damage increased at three-star from 1,600 to 2,000 |
| Morgana | More likely to cast ability at clumps of enemies |
| Ornn | Three-star Ornn forges Radiant items |
| Ornn | Items forged changed from 1/1/8 to 1/1/6 |
| Syndra | Butterflies at start of combat buffed from 7/7/10 to 8/8/10 |
| Sylas | Ability damage at three-star increased to 1,200 percent |
| Sylas | Ability Swipe damage increased at three-star to 550 percent |
| Sylas | Ability heal at three-star increased to 600 percent |
Five-cost Set 11 champions
| Set 11 champion | Patch 14.9 balance change |
|---|---|
| Lissandra | Loot orb chances reduced from 50 to 40 percent |
| Lissandra | Base health nerfed to 1100/1980/3564 |
| Sett | Fated Bonus Omnivamp buffed from 12 to 15 percent |
Patch 14.9 TFT Set 11 Augment balance changes
Portable Forge is changing with the addition of the 20 new Artifacts. Some champions and items were also swapped through Crowns and Crest Augments.
| Set 11 Silver Augment | Patch 14.9 balance change |
|---|---|
| Over Encumbered | Bench slots reduced from two to one |
| Pumping Up One | Attack speed reduced from eight to six percent |
| Tri Force One | Health increased from 100 to 150 |
| Set 11 Gold Augment | Patch 14.9 balance change |
|---|---|
| Behemoth Crest | Shen added as gained champion in addition to Thresh |
| Dragonlord Crest | Janna added as gained champion in addition to Diana |
| Sage Crest | Zyra added as gained champion in addition to Diana |
| Storyweaver Crest | Garen added as gained champion |
| Warden Crest | Jax added as gained champion in addition to Amumu |
| Big Gains | Bonus health increased from 80 to 100 |
| Built Different | Health on units with no active traits changed to220/280/340/400 |
| Built Different | Attack speed reduced to 35/40/45/50 percent |
| Call to Adventure | Kayle ability power gained increased to three and health increased to 18 |
| Dragon’s Spirit | Health threshold reduced from 8,000 to 7,000 |
| Dynamic Duo | Gold increased to 20 |
| Grim Harvest | Kha’Zix added as gained champion in addition to Kindred |
| Learning to Spell | Bonus power increased from 10 to 18 |
| Mind over Matter | Reenabled |
| Pandora’s Items Two | Random completed items gained changed to two random components |
| Portable Forge | Choice of Artifacts increased from two to four |
| Portable Forge Plus and Forge++ | Removed |
| Raining Gold | Gold reduced from nine to eight |
| Slammin Plus | XP gained reduced from 12 to 10 |
| Set 11 Prismatic Augment | Patch 14.9 balance change |
|---|---|
| Accomplice | Gold reduced from four to two |
| Behemoth Crown | Warmogs changed to Sunfire Cape and Thresh added as gained champion in addition to Yorick |
| Build a Bud | Gold increased from six to eight |
| Call to Chaos | Gold was reduced from 66 to 58 and XP reduced from 70 to 64 |
| Call to Chaos | Three-star three-cost gold increased from 10 to 20 |
| Going Long | Gold increased from eight to 10 |
| Infernal Contract | Disabled |
| Sage Crown | Warmogs changed to Sunfire Cape and Thresh was added as gained champion in addition to Yorick |
Patch 14.9 TFT Set 11 item balance changes
| Set 11 item | Patch 14.9 balance change |
|---|---|
| Blacksmith Gloves | Now grants 300 HP and a 30 percent Crit baseline |
| Godmancer’s Staff | Removed |
| Mogul’s Mail | Removed |
| Virtue of the Martyr | Healing for your team increased from six to 7.5 percent of maximum health. |
| Virtue of the Martyr | Healing from unit perishing increased from 13 to 14 percent maximum health for two additional heals instead of for 10 seconds. |
| Virtue of the Martyr | After dying, get two Empowered hals as opposed to Empowered heals for 10 seconds |
