Teamfight Tactics 11.12 patch notes: Champion and traits changes, Skyglass Origins event, and more

A big batch of changes are coming to Teamfight Tactics: Reckoning, as most of its meta compositions have settled in among the favourites of many players. So for patch 11.12 Riot will focus on revitalizing the state of the game, with many changes announced to several traits and units who have seen low pick rates.

The Armor will be restocked as well with more powerful items, along with updates to the loot orbs, and last but not least, the first special event of this auto battler will make its debut, bringing free rewards for those who join the fight against the Black Mist.

Patch 11.12: Champion changes

The biggest changes are coming with balance updates to some mages like Brand and LeBlanc, with the first receiving a bug fix to limit the amount of mana he can recover with items, and the latter moving from being a carry to have more of an utility role.

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Other units in the radar are Zyra, getting changes onto her Grasping Roots, Riven getting nerfed in her AD stats when being three-stars, Jax receiving more attack speed while Karma is having an overhaul on her mana mechanic, and Hecarim’s Spirit of Dread now scaling with AP.

Tier 1 champions

• Lissandra 1000 Daggers Primary Damage: 250/300/400 ⇒ 280/330/450
• Lissandra 1000 Daggers Secondary Damage: 125/150/200 ⇒ 140/165/225
• Vayne Silver Bolts Damage: 65/90/140 ⇒ 70/100/140
• Vladimir Max Mana Buff: 0/85 ⇒ 0/80

Tier 2 champions

• Brand Mana Lock after casting: 1 ⇒ 1.5 seconds
• Hecarim Spirit of Dread now correctly scales with Ability Power
• Hecarim Spirit of Dread Damage: 450/600/1200 ⇒ 250/350/500
• Hecarim Spirit of Dread Healing: 300/400/800 ⇒ 250/350/500
• LeBlanc Ethereal Chain Damage: 200/250/500 ⇒ 100/150/250
• LeBlanc Ethereal Chain Stun Duration: 2 ⇒ 1.5/2/2.5 seconds
• LeBlanc Health: 550 ⇒ 600
• Nautilus Attack Damage: 65 ⇒ 80
• Nautilus Anchor Slam Damage: 150/250/700 ⇒ 200/300/750
• Sejuani Attack Damage: 45 ⇒ 65
• Thresh Attack Damage: 55 ⇒ 75

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Tier 3 champions

• Katarina Sinister Blade Primary Damage: 200/250/450 ⇒ 200/250/420
• Katarina Sinister Blade Secondary Damage: 100/125/225 ⇒ 100/125/210
• Riven Blade of the Dawn Attack Damage Bonus: 90/100/150% ⇒ 90/100/130%
• Riven Attack Damage: 90 ⇒ 85
• Nunu Max Mana Nerf: 0/70 ⇒ 0/75
• Zyra Max Mana Buff: 60/120 ⇒ 40/100
• Zyra Grasping Roots Damage: 250/350/700 ⇒ 200/325/700

Tier 4 champions

• Aphelios Max Mana Buff: 0/100 ⇒ 0/90
• Jax Empowered Strike Bonus Attack Speed: 20/25/60% ⇒ 30/35/100%
• Karma Mana Lock: 1.25 ⇒ 1.5 seconds.
• Karma Max Mana Buff: 0/60 ⇒ 0/50
• Karma Mana Reduction Per Cast: 20/20/40 ⇒ 15/15/30
• Karma Soulflare Damage: 200/250/600 ⇒ 240/300/700
• Vel’koz Attack Speed: 0.65 ⇒ 0.75

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Tier 5 champions

• Kayle Divine Ascent 3rd Ascension Attacks per Immunity: 7 ⇒ 10

Patch 11.12: Traits and items changes

The Abomination trait is still strong even after two consecutive nerfs, so these units will keep being subject to nerfs. This time, they will receive adjustments to the Monstrosity, affecting how it hits backline units. The Dawnbringers and Skirmishers will be buffed, getting improvements in their bonus damage and max health shield respectively.

• Cavalier Damage Reduction: Damage Reduction: 20/30/35% ⇒ 20/25/30%
• The Monstrosity now stops charging after slamming into two targets.
• The Monstrosity now removes Attack Speed Slows and AD Reduction effects when he casts his spell.
• Monstrosity Armor/Magic Resist: 40/50/60 ⇒ 40/60/75
• Monstrosity Attack Damage: 100/160/220 ⇒ 90/150/200
• Monstrosity Bonus AD: 10/16/22 ⇒ 9/15/20
• Dawnbringer Bonus Damage: 10% ⇒ 12%
• Redeemed Armor/ Magic Resist/ Ability Power: 30/50/70 ⇒ 30/60/90
• Skirmisher Max Health Shield: 20/40/60% ⇒ 25/40/60%

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Besides, the most notable impact will be for six different traits, which will receive several new Reach Trait tiers making them a bit reachy, but also quite powerful.

• Dragonslayer 6: Now offers Dragonslayers 140 Ability Power and teammates 100 Ability Power
• Ironclad 4: Allies gain 180 Armor
• Renewer 6: Renewers Heal for 10% of their maximum Health each second, and at full Health, they restore 10% of their Mana instead.
• Revenant 4: Revenants will revive with 75% of max Health.
• Spellweaver 6: Spellweavers have 80 increased Ability Power and are granted an additional 8 Ability Power Per Cast, stacking up to 10 times.
• Skirmisher 9: Skirmishers gain a shield equal to 60% of their max Health at the start of combat, and 10 bonus Attack Damage per second.

Onto the items, the Sacrificial Gauntlet has been adjusted in order to allow repeat casters to build it, while the Vengeful Trap Claw has been renamed.

• Archangel's Staff Mana Ratio: 40% ⇒ 45%
• Archdemon’s Staff of Immortality Mana Ratio: 350% ⇒ 400%
• Bloodthirster Lifesteal: 40% ⇒ 33%
• Riskthirster Self Damage: 33% ⇒ 25% of max Health
• Hand of Justice Attack Damage and Ability Power: 40 ⇒ 45
• Ionic Spark Magic Resist Shred: 40% ⇒ 50%
• Sacrificial Gauntlet Self Damage: 15% of max Health ⇒ 100% of max Mana multiplied by Star Level
• Titan’s Revenge Damage: 25% ⇒ 20% of pre-mitigation damage taken
• Vengeful Trap Claw has been renamed to Banshee’s Claw

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Patch 11.12: Systems changes

The loot orbs will receive some tweaks as two rare drops from TFT: Fates have been brought back from the vault: the Reforger and the Magnetic Remover. As with the previous set, Force of Nature and (in this case) Force of Darkness cannot be rerolled using the Reforger.

The Armory will also appear more frequently, featuring more powerful and varied items, to encourage flexible play by reducing the consistency of item combos, allowing for more decisive plays such as adjusting your team composition to fit an item.

• 3-2 Armory (Changed): 2 Regular Components ⇒ 1 Shadow, 1 Regular
• 4-2 Armory (Removed): Removing the 4-2 Armory to prevent against forcing builds and an overabundance of items.
• Armory Frequency: Starting on Stage 4, the Second Round of each Stage has a chance to have an additional Armory, including Consumables, Item Components, Combined Items, and Emblems.
• Later stage drops are more powerful. A Stage 6+ Armory will no longer offer item components, and later Stage armories can offer Emblems for traits that you are playing.
• Hyper Roll Armory: A bonus Armory can appear on 5-2, 7-2, 9-2, etc.
• Hyper Roll Basic Armory rounds have been shuffled slightly to accommodate the newly stocked Armory.

Finally, the Base Critical Strike Damage of all units will be reduced to 130%, to allow for more offensive item diversity, more damage consistency, and more elegant balance solutions in the future.

Patch 11.12: Skyglass Origins event

To close this patch, the Skyglass Origins event will be available from 15th June to 7th July, where players will help assemble the missing Skyglass pieces through a series of 15 missions. Each completed quest will earn you free rewards, and also let you know the secrets of the Skyglass to face the power of the Black Mist and the Chaos Pengu.

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The arrival of this event will also bring the debut of the Skyglass Eggs, coming to the in-game store for a price or 390 RP each and which will give players the chance to get the first-ever Mythic tier Little Legend, URF Dowsie.

More details on the missions of the event will be revealed later on, meanwhile prepare yourself for the start of this new patch, and we wish you good luck in your journey in the Convergence.

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