Teamfight Tactics Patch 12.19 Notes – All Nerfs And Buffs

Riot Games has finally released the 12.19 update for Team Fight Tactics, implementing a number of balance changes, improvements, and quality of life updates to keep gameplay fresh and exciting. The patch was released on October 4 and here are the complete notes for the TFT 12.19 update.

TFT 12.19 Patch Notes - Large Changes

Large, like the power of ascended Dragons!

Traits

• Astral early star-level orbs now drop gold more often than Astral units. This means that it’s slightly harder to upgrade Astral units in Stage 2
• Dragon (5) grants 10% Attack Speed ⇒ Heal 40 Health every second
• Dragon NEW: Added a new breakpoint: Dragon (6)
• Dragon (6) will cause your Dragons to ascend!
• Dragonmancer Health: 250/600/800/1000 ⇒ 275/650/850/1000
• Dragonmancer Ability Power: 18/30/50/70 ⇒ 20/35/50/70
• Dragonmancer: If you haven’t chosen a Dragonmancer Hero, a message will now pop up to remind you to do so
• Dragonmancer: The Dragonmancer Blessing item highlight on PC has been updated to be a different color to better differentiate it from the Lesser Rune of Allegiance item in Double Up
• Mirage, Electric Overload, percent max Health Damage: 8% ⇒ 9%
• Scalescorn can now be played with Dragons. The trait remains active even with Dragons in play
• Scalescorn Damage Reduction from thick units with over 1900 Health: 20% ⇒ 15%
• Scalescorn bonus magic Damage: 15/50/100% ⇒ 15/50/90%

Units: Tier 2

• Gnar Attack Speed: 0.65 ⇒ 0.7
• Gnar Mega Gnar Transformation Bonus Armor: 40/50/75 ⇒ 40/60/90
• Zyra Attack Speed: 0.7 ⇒ 0.65
• Zyra Spell Damage: 325/425/550 ⇒ 325/425/550 ⇒ 225/325/550
• Zyra Bugfix: Zyra no longer interrupts her cast animation at high Attack Speeds. Zyra will now pause to finish her cast animation before resuming attacking

Units: Tier 3

• Nunu no longer converts his damage to true damage if he has higher Health than his target
• Nunu Consume Damage amplification: 20% ⇒ 40%
• Rakan max Mana nerf: 0/60 ⇒ 15/75
• Seraphine max Mana nerf: 75/150 ⇒ 100/175
• Seraphine Serenade of the Seas Shield Duration: 5 ⇒ 4 seconds
• Seraphine Serenade of the Seas on-hit Damage 20/35/100 ⇒ 20/35/70
• Zeri max Mana buff: 40/80 ⇒ 20/70
• Zeri Watershock Laser Damage: 200/300/475 ⇒ 225/325/475

Units: Tier 4

• Hecarim Mana adjustment: 60/105 ⇒ 30/90
• Jayce Armor & MR: 50 ⇒ 25
• Jayce NEW: Mercurial Justice transformation no longer knocks up enemies in an area around his target. Instead, he gains bonus Armor and Magic Resist for the rest of combat.
• Jayce Mercurial Justice Bonus Armor & Magic Resist: 45
• Jayce Mercurial Justice transformation damage: 225/300/800 ⇒ 275/350/900
• Nilah Bugfix: Nilah’s stolen shields now properly stack
• Nilah Slipstream Stolen Shield Duration: Permanent ⇒ 4 seconds
• Shi Oh Yu Jade Form Attack Damage ratio: 250/275/1000% ⇒ 250/300/1000%
• Swain Dragon Master’s Decree Damage: 70/100/600 ⇒ 85/120/600
• Sy’Fen Rampage bite Armor penetration: 25% ⇒ 33%
• Sy’Fen Mana buff: 100/175 ⇒ 90/160

Items

• Dvarapala Stoneplate (Radiant) max Health regeneration: 1% ⇒ 2%
• Protector’s Vow shield Health: 20% ⇒ 10%
• Rocket Propelled Fist Health: 300 ⇒ 150

Augments

• Base Camp (Scalescorn) Damage Increase per Stack: 8% ⇒ 7%
• Battlemage I/II/III Ability Power: 10/20/30 ⇒ 15/25/35
• Better Together grants a Protector’s Vow ⇒ Locket of the Iron Solari
• Birthday Present now additionally grants 1 gold every time you level up
• Celestial Blessing I/II/II Overheal Shield: 300/450/600 ⇒ 250/350/450
• Future Sight I Tier: Gold ⇒ Silver
• Pandora’s Bench Tier: Gold ⇒ Silver
• Pandora’s Bench Gold granted: 7 ⇒ 2
• Sunfire Board Duration: 15 ⇒ 20 seconds
• Tiamat Splash Damage: 40% ⇒ 50%
• Urf’s Grab Bag I Removed
• Weakspot Removed

Small Changes

• Jade Attack Speed: 10/25/45/88% ⇒ 10/30/55/88%
• Mage Ability Power multiplier: 80/110/140/170% ⇒ 80/105/135/170%
• Ragewing Omnivamp: 15/30/50/75% ⇒ 15/30/45/75%
• Swiftshot Attack Speed: 10/15/25/35% ⇒ 10/15/25/40%

Units: Tier 3

• Lee Sin Bugfix: Lee Sin’s Ability will now properly deal damage to enemies at the end of the knockback
• Lee Sin Dragon’s Rage Damage: 230/300/385 ⇒ 215/285/385
• Volibear Relentless Storm 3rd attack magic Damage: 110/160/225 ⇒ 115/170/240
• Zippy Somersault Assault Attack Damage ratio: 400/425/550% ⇒ 400/425/600%

Units: Tier 4

• Xayah Feathers FLY! feather return Damage: 15/20/60 ⇒ 13/20/60

Units: Tier 5

• Ao Shin at 3-stars will now fire 100 barrages of lightning strikes instead of 20
• Ao Shin Lightning Rain Damage: 185/300/2000 >>> 185/275/2000
• Aurelion Sol Black Hole Damage: 350/575/4000 ⇒ 370/600/4000

Augments

• Binary Airdrop: Shyvana, Jayce, and Jax will no longer receive backliner damage items
• Dragonmancer Conference can now only appear on 2-1
• Scoped Weapons I Attack Speed for units in the back 2 rows: 10% ⇒ 15%

Mobile

• Mobile Match History is now available! Tap your portrait from the Home screen to view Match History.
• Tabs have been added to the Mobile Missions panel to better track your progress.
• Fixed an error impacting about 1% of players that would prevent completion of games due to version mismatches

BUG FIXES

• Dragon on too long: Age of Dragons tooltip has been shortened and will now fit better on mobile screens
• Nilah’s stolen shields now properly stack
• Kai’Sa’s name has been fixed from Kai’sa in all instances
• Hecarim’s Rage bar now properly displays in increments of 15 (visual only)
• Astral now properly grants Ability Power in ghost armies
• Jade now properly grants Attack Speed and healing in ghost armies
• Soul Siphon now properly grants the top-most trait of the sacrificed unit
• Nunu will no longer attempt to swallow units that are invulnerable
• Nunu will no longer occasionally fail to cast his Ability if he has +1 Attack Range
• Cannoneer’s cannon shots will now benefit from Celestial Blessing’s omnivamp

For more game guides, title update information, and more, be sure to check out our dedicated Team Fight Tactics page.

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