A small but important patch kicks off 2022.
The new year comes with an appropriately sized Set Six Teamfight Tactics update that focuses on overperforming stats, items, and champions alongside trait-linked Hextech Boost effects.
Patch 5, scheduled for release on January 12.1, makes a number of adjustments to the Heart and Crest Hextech Augments, augmented by the addition of a champion added in Patch 11.24. Items like the Morellonomicon and Guardian Angel were hit with big cows, along with champions like Kai'Sa and Urgot.
Buffs to look out for are the expanded Heimerdinger's range, the Tyrant's increased bonus damage in Imperial, and the three-star Tahm Kench. The next scheduled TFT Set Six update will take place on January 20.
Here are all the balance changes in Patch 12.1, according to Riot Games.
Hextech Augment balance changes
Attribute Enhancements such as Hearts and Crests have been updated with new champions awarded. Lifelong Learning with an Academic Support has been overhauled. Nerfed Stand United and Cybernetic Implants. According to the TFT team, Sunfire Board and Weakspot are “no longer mutually exclusive” and Smoke Bomb (Assassin) has been slightly nerfed and tooltip changes to be used as a “balance lever” in progression.
- Lifelong Learning (Scholar) : Now reworked to grant Scholar units two ability power after each fight and an additional two ability power if they survive the battle
- Cybernetic Implants : Bonus health for equipped units nerfed from 200/300/400 to 150/250/350
- Portable Forge Armory option : Death's Defiance now gives 20 percent omnivamp
- Stand United : Attack damage and ability power per active attribute nerfed from 3/4/5 to 2/3/5
- Smoke Grenade (Assassin) : Under Set tooltip now updated to show the damage reduction applied to excessive damage from the stealth triggering damage instance
- Smoke bomb : Damage reduction reduced from 100 percent to 80 percent
- Temporary Armor : Magic resist and armor increased from 30/45/60 to 35/55/75
- Angry Censer : Bonus attack speed increased from 40 percent to 50 percent
- Rise : Bonus damage reduced from 65 percent to 50 percent
- Duet : Bonus health reduced from 500 to 400
- Sunfire Board : Maximum can burning rate reduced from 20 percent to 16 percent
- spellblade : on the beat ability power increased from 200 percent to 225
- Woodland Charm : Clone health increased from 1.500 to 1.600
- Shrug it Off : % health regen per second from 2,5 increased to three percent
Feature Heart and Crest Hextech Augment balance changes
According to the TFT team, champions have been swapped out via Heart and Crest Upgrades with the goal of making attribute Augments "more consistent." In addition, overperformers such as the Mutant Crest and Protector Heart feature Augments were also nerfed.
- Arcanist Heart : Giving Swain
- Heart of Challenge : Changed to give Quinn instead of Warwick
- Protective Heart : No longer gives Blitzcrank
- Scholar Heart : Changed giving Zyra instead of giving Lissandra
- Scrap Heart : Changed from Ekko to Blitzcrank
- Twinshot Heart : Changed from giving Graves to Kog'Maw
- Assassin's Crest : Changed to Claw instead of Ekko
- Arcanist Crest : Changed from giving Twisted Fate to Swain
- Crest of the Defiant : Changed to give Quinn instead of Warwick
- Chemtech Crest : Changed to Warwick instead of Zac
- Imperial Coat of arms : Changed from Paw to Swain
- Mutant Crest : No longer grants a Kog'Maw
- Scrap Coat of arms: Changed from Ekko to Blitzcrank
Attribute balance changes
Tyrant was given a buff within the Empire trait, while Sociable two was hit with a mana nerf per second. Chemtech's first game was nerfed, but polished in nine, and Innovator five was enhanced with power-ups for the mechanical bear. And by adjusting the spawn rates for the Yordle feature, the chance of two or three costs appearing has been reduced.
- Imperial : Tyrant bonus damage increased from 75/125 percent to 80/150 percent
- Imperial : Unit bonus damage increased from 0/75 percent to 0/80 percent
- chemtech : Damage reduction reduced from 25 percent to 20 percent
- chemtech : Health regen increased from 3/4/7/12 percent to 3/5/8/15
- chemtech : Attack speed adjusted from 20/50/80/125 percent to 15/50/90/135 percent
- high-toned : Mana per second reduced from five to three
- Innovator : Mechanical bear health increased to 850
- Innovator : Mechanical bear armor and magic resist increased from 60 to 70
- Syndicate : Syndicate seven strength increased from 33 percent to 50 percent
- yordle : Mana reduction increased from 0/20 percent to 0/25%
- yordle : Revealed at a single cost emergence increased from 60 percent to 70 percent
- yordle : Two cost spawn reduced from 25 percent to 20 percent
- yordle : Three cost spawn reduced from 15 percent to 10 percent
- Mutant : Metamorphosis ability power and attack damage increased from 1/2 to 2/4
Champion balance changes
In Patch 12.1, a number of major changes were implemented for TFT Set Six champions. Caitlyn was buffed with three stars, while Tahm Kench was buffed with three stars while feeding an allied troop. Urgot weakened his magic every three shots, which previously counted as a basic attack every second shot, and reduced the damage dealt by items like e Runaan's Hurricane and Guinsoo's Rage. Kai'Sa was slightly enraged and Heimerdinger's range was increased.
single cost
- Caitlyn : Ace in the Hole damage reduced from 800/1400/2250 to 800/1400/2000 at three stars
- Thread : Attack damage increased from 60 to 70
- Graves : Mana adjusted from 80/120 to 50/100
- illaoi : Magic damage increased from 175/300/500 to 200/325/550
- illaoi : Spell healing increased from 25/30/35 percent to 25/30/40 percent at three stars
- Twisted fate : Magic damage increased from 145/190/255 to 155/205/275\
- Kassadine : Magic damage reduction reduced from 30 percent to 25 percent
- Kassadine : Magic damage reduction duration increased from four seconds to five seconds
cost two
- Swain : Death's Hand hit increased from 200/230/300 to 225/250/350 per enemy hit
- Swain : Mana increased from 40/80 to 40/75
- Kog'Maw : Magic damage nerfed at three stars and increased from 7/8/9 percent to 8/8/8 percent at one star
- Heel : Attack speed From 0,7 to 0,75 upgraded
- Zilean : Spell slow duration increased from three to four
cost of three
- heimerdinger : Range increased from three to four
- malzahar : Magic damage adjusted from 700/850/1000 to 650/850/1100
- Echo : Magic damage increased from 150/200/350 to 175/225/375
- Samira : Health increased from 650 to 700
- Lisandra : Magic damage increased from 225/300/500 to 250/325/550
- Vex : Health from 800 to 850 upgraded
four cost
- seraphine : Mana increased from 80/160 to 80/150
- seraphine : Magic damage increased from 250/400/1000 to 275/450/1200
- Urgot : Every third shot from Urgot's ability now counts as a normal attack
- Orianna : Mana increased from 50/140 to 50/130
- I ne : Health From 950 reduced to 900
- Sion : Spell duration increased from 2/3/6 to 2.5/3/6 seconds on single star
- Sion : Magic damage increased from 100/200/500 to 125/200/500 on a single star
cost of five
- Soot Kench : Gains 20x normal stats at three stars when fed to an ally unit
- Soot Kench : Damage reduction from 40 percent to percent reduced to 30
- Gallium : Slam bonus damage reduced from 80/125/1999 to 70/100/1999
- Gallium : Base stun damage adjusted from 1,25/1.75/9.5 seconds to 1.5/1.75/9.5 seconds
- Kai'Sa : Health from 900 reduced to 850
- Kai'Sa : Mana reduced from 90/150 to 75/150
- Kai'Sa : pissed off magic damage per missile from 80/100/180 to 70/90/180
- Viktor : Mana increased from 0/150 to 0/140
Item balance changes
Overplayed items like Guardian Angel and overperforming items like Morellonomicon were nerfed in TFT 12.1 patch. Rapid Firecannon and Zz'Rot Portal have also been slightly buffed.
- Guardian angel: Health on spawn reduced from 400 to 250
- Rapid Fireball : Attack speed increased from 50 percent to 60 percent
- morellonomicon : Second percentage of actual damage inflicted per from 2,5 two percent dropped
- sunfire cape : Proc ratio from 2,5 changed to two seconds
- sunfire cape : True damage burning reduced from 2,5 seconds to two seconds
- Zz'Rot Portal : Third Health increased in tiers (1.800), quarters (2.100), and fives (2.500)
- Zz'Rot Portal : Hyper Roll Tier five to seven health To 2.100 and Tier eight increased to 2.500
- Chalice of Power : bonus ability power increased from 30 percent to 35 percent
- Statikk shiv : Bonus attack speed from 15 percent to 10 percent dropped
- Death's Defiance (Ornn Item) : Gives 20 percent omnivamp
Patch 12.1 bug fixes
- Fixed a VFX issue with Eternal Winter appearing under frozen unit
- A Blue Buff equipped on Garen will no longer prevent him from gaining mana
- A Frozen Heart created through the Scrap feature slows the attack speed upon the unit owner's destruction.
- Winning teams will now appear in Double Up even if all teams' health was reduced to zero during the final battle.
- A fix has been applied to Seraphine's tooltip that now casts her spell to the largest group of enemy units.
- Updated the Academy Heart tip to include a Katarina reward