TFT Patch 13.13 notes: First Set 9 big update for Runeterra Reforged

Riot Games’ first update to Teamfight Tactics Set Nine Runeterra Reforged is massive in size, with Patch 13.13 showcasing over 100 Augment balance changes, along with various buffs and nerfs to champions and traits.

Patch 13.13 hotfix

A hotfix was pushed through for TFT Set Nine Patch 13.13, targeting Locket of the Iron Solari and Irelia. There is no 13.13 B-patch.

Locket of Iron Solari: Shield nerfed from 300/350/400/800 to 180/200/220/240
Locket of Iron Solari: Shield duration nerfed from 15 to four seconds
Radiant Locket of Iron Solari: Shield nerfed from 400/450/500/550 to 200/250/300/350
Irelia: Armor and magic resistance bonus nerfed from 40 to 25
Jinx: When casting a spell, Jinx is properly mana-locked

From over 100 nerfed and buffed Augments to champion and trait tweaks, here’s every balance change taking place through TFT Set Nine Patch 13.13, per Riot.

13.13 July 10 C-patch for TFT Set Nine

Cutting summer break short, the TFT balance team shipped two bug fixes and several balance changes through a 13.13 C-patch that hit live servers at 7pm CT on July 10, per Riot.

Buried Treasure (all tiers): Gold removed
Tiny Grab Bag: Gold reduced to four
Big Grab Bag: Gold reduced to eight
Giant Grab Bag: Gold reduced to 10
Kai’Sa: Mana nerfed from 40/110 to 40/140
Lux: Starting mana nerfed from 25/45 to 0/40
Lux: Spell damage nerfed from 750/1125/3333 to 700/1050/3333
Sett bug: Expoit that made Sett nearly invincible has been resolved
Yordle bug: Players can now sell four-cost Yordle Set Nine units for the correct amount of gold

Patch 13.13 trait buffs and nerfs

A fluffy white Poro appears to be in a celebratory pose with both arms extended up near its head while its tongue lolls out of its mouth. — Image via Riot Games

Multiple changes were applied to the Piltover trait within TFT Set Nine Patch 13.13. The power level of T-Hex was reduced while gold offered at loss streaks from three to nine was buffed. Double Up players had some Piltover trait changes too, with you gaining 50 percent progress towards gaining Energy charges if you win and your partner loses. If you both lose, players gain Energy charges like normal.

The Zaun trait was also hit several Chem-Mod nerfs and buffs, along with the multiple levers adjusted at the breakpoints seven and nine through the Shurima trait.

Piltover: Health per Energy charge converted into power was reduced from 80 to 65
Piltover: Base armor and magic resistance for T-Hex was nerfed from 20 to 15
Piltover: A bug was fixed that now has T-Hex capping out at 100 power as opposed to 70. This increased the loss streak needed to hit full power from around 11 losses to 14 losses in a row
Piltover: Cashout gold was increased for loss streaks from three to nine
Shurima: The Sun Disc no longer replace the second heal pulse with Ascension at breakpoints three and five as they now happen together
Shurima (7): Ascension bonuses of 20 percent were added
Shurima (9): Ascends a second time after eight seconds
Shurima (9): Ascension bonuses were reduced from 125 to 25 percent
Shurima (9): Total Ascension was increased from 225 to 260 percent
Bastion: New VFX at the start of combat
Bastion: Armor and magic resistance adjusted from 20/60/120/250 to 20/50/100/240
Challenger: Attack speed adjusted from 30/60/90/125 to 30/60/95/140 percent

Ionia: Bonus stats were adjusted from 100/200/300 to 100/200/325 percent
Gunner: Attack damage per stack reduced from 7/12/20 to 6/11/20
Slayer: The health threshold for double bonus damage was increased from 60 to 75 percent
Strategist: Shield adjusted from 200/350/500/700 to 200/350/500/800
Strategist: Ability power adjusted from 20/30/45/60 to 20/30/50/70
TechnoGenius: Self repair duration increased from 7/5/2 to 9/7/5
Targon: Healing and shielding buffed from 18/30/50 to 20/40/70 percent
Void: Rift Herald base damage increased from 180 to 225
Void: Baron Nashor base health was reduced from 1,050 to 1,000
Void: Baron Nashor bite damage nerfed from 1,000 to 666
Zaun: Adaptive Implant Overcharge was reduced from 100 to 60 percent
Zaun: Hextech Exoskeleton armor and magic resistance reduced from 33 to 30

Zaun: Robotic Arm Overcharged true damage was increased from 40 to 50 percent
Zaun: Virulent Bioware damage was reduced from 25 to 20 percent

Patch 13.13 Augment nerfs and buffs

Art of Jayce in TFT Set Nine — Image via Riot Games

Over 100 Augments were adjusted through TFT Set Nine Patch 13.13, from Legend to Evergreen Augments. Gold obtained through Augments, especially Legend ones was increased across the board. Built Different and Double Trouble are now mutually exclusive. A new Augment called Endless Hordes was added and a Rework was applied to Caretaker’s Chosen.

Smaller changes include a name change for Gifts from Above to Spectral Supplies. Shop refreshes from Shoplifting now take place at the start of each turn and the Lesser Jeweled Lotus indicator now shows up during the planning phase.

Set 9 TFT Legend Augment changes

Buried Treasure (all three tiers): All tiers grant one gold with each item and items are granted the round the Augment is selected
Teaming Up (all three tiers): Replaced with Seeing Double
Seeing Double (Silver): Gain a random item made from two of the same Component and five gold
Seeing Double (Gold): Gain a random item made from two of the same Component and eight gold
Seeing Double (Prismatic): Gain two random items made from two of the same Component and three gold
Balanced Budget (Silver): Gold per turn increased from four to five
Balance Budget (Gold): Gold per turn increased from six to eight
Balance Budget (Prismatic): Gold increased from 10 to 12
Battle Ready (Silver): Damage and damage reduction reduced from four to three percent
Battle Ready (Gold): Damage and damage reduction reduced from seven to six percent
Battle Ready (Prismatic): Damage and damage reduction reduced from 10 to eight percent
Final Ascension: Base damage reduced from 18 to 15 percent

Giant Grab Bag: Gold reduced from 18 to 15
Knowledge Download (Silver): XP increased from 12 to 16
Knowledge Download (Gold): XP increased from 22 to 24
Knowledge Download (Prismatic): XP increased from 36 to 40
It Pays to Learn (Gold): XP and gold increased from 14 to 18
It Pays to Learn (Prismatic): XP and gold increased from 20 to 24
Small Forge: Gold reduced from eight to six
Medium Forge: Gold reduced from 12 to 10
Money: Gold increased from nine to 12
Money Money: Gold increased from 16 to 20
Money Money Money: Gold increased from 22 to 30
Partial Ascension: Damage increase reduced from 33 to 30 percent

Rolling for Days (Silver): Free rerolls gained increased from 10 to 14
Rolling for Days (Gold): Free rerolls gained increased from 18 to 21
Rolling for Days (Prismatic): Free rerolls gained increased from 25 to 35
Tiny Power (Silver): Attack damage, ability power, and attack speed increased from five to eight
Tiny Power (Gold): Attack damage, ability power, and attack speed increased from eight to 11
Tiny Power (Prismatic): Attack damage, ability power, and attack speed increased from 11 to 18
Training Reward (Silver): Gold increased from five to seven
Training Reward (Gold): Gold increased from 13 to 15
Training Reward (Prismatic): Gold increased from 18 to 24
Well Earned Comforts (Gold): Health per item increased from 90 to 111
Well Earned Comforts (Prismatic): Attack speed per item reduced from 10 to eight percent

Set 9 TFT evergreen Augment changes

A Cut Above: The chance to drop gold was reduced from 50 to 40 percent

Adrenaline Rush: Maximum damage reduced from 30 to 25 percent
All Natural (Silver): Health increased from 75 to 120
Ancient Archive (Silver): Gold increased from two to three
Ancient Archive (Gold): Gold increased from three to five
Army Building: Turns before the second duplicator reduced from eight to seven
Birthday Presents: Additionally grants one gold upon leveling up
Bronze Ticket: Rolls per free roll reduced from five to four
Built Different (Gold): Attack speed adjusted from 35/45/55/65 to 30/35/40/50 percent
Built Different (Prismatic): Attack speed nerfed from 40/50/65/75 to 35/40/45/55
Caretaker’s Chosen: Rework—As you level, gain more powerful items. At level Four, gain a Component Anvil. At Level Six, gain a completed item Anvil. And at Level Eight, open a Radiant item Armory.
Caretaker’s Favor: Gain a Component Anvil when you reach Levels Five, Six, Seven, and Eight
Combat Caster: Shield value reduced from 100/130/160/190 to 90/115/145/170

Component Buffet: Additionally grants a random Component now
Dueling Gunners: Base attack speed nerfed from 15 to 10 percent
Dueling Gunners: Attack speed per stack reduced from three to two percent
Early Education: Starting ability power increased from 10 to 15
Endless Hordes (New Augment): Gain plus-three maximum team size but your units can only hold one item and their total health is reduced by 40 percent. Gain two gold.
Final Reserves: Gold increased from 25 to 40
Frequent Flier: Rerolls reduced from 14 to 10
Gifts from the Fallen: Stats given reduced from five to four
Glacial Breeze (Freljord): Health shield reduced from 20 to 15 percent
Hedge Fund: Gold increased from 18 to 22
Hedge Fund+: Gold increased from 27 to 32
Hedge Fund++: Gold increased from 40 to 44

Idealism: Bonus damage reduced from 18 to 13 percent
Infusion: Mana per five seconds increased from 15 to 20
Jeweled Lotus (Silver): Critical chance increased from 25 to 50 percent
Jeweled Lotus (Gold): Critical chance increased from 10 to 15 percent
Latent Forge: Rounds until Ornn Anvil increased from seven to eight
Long Distance Pals: Stat share was reduced from 35 to 30 percent
Loving Invocation (Invoker): Ability power per cast reduced from three to 2.5
March of Progress: Starting XP nerfed from 10 to three
Martyr: Health healing reduced from 12 to 10 percent
Medium-End Shopping: Additionally now grants three gold
Morning Light (Bastion): Heal was reduced from 60 to 40 percent
Overcharged Mana (Sorcerer): Starting bonus mana reduced from 20 to 10

Overcharged Mana: Takedown bonus mana reduced from 30 to 20
On a Roll: Limited to two free rolls per round
Pandora’s Items (Gold): Granted loot changed from two item Components to one completed item
Ravenous Hunter: Attack damage and ability power per stack were increased from three to six
Ravenous Hunter: Maximum stacks increased from 25 to 50
Return on Investment: Rerolls to activate reduced from 25 to 22
Red Buff: Burn duration reduced from eight to five
Sentinel’s Spirit (Ionia): Attack speed nerfed from 20 to 15 percent
Scrappy Inventions: Now converts a maximum of four Components into temporary items
Scoped Weapons: Attack speed buffed from 12 to 15 percent
Shimmer Inventors: Attack speed per 10 gold increased from five to eight percent
Shimmer Inventors: Maximum attack speed reduced from 50 to 40 percent

Spoils of War (Silver): Drop chance increased from 20 to 25 percent
Spoils of War (Gold): Drop chance increased from 33 to 35 percent
Spoils of War (Prismatic): Drp chance increased from 40 to 45 percent and major loot drops will occur slightly faster
Stable Evolution (Void): Bonus health per star level reduced from 100 to 80
Stable Evolution: Bonus attack damage and ability power reduced from 10 to eight
Stars are Born: Additionally grants three gold now
Starter Kit: No longer grants a Component
Stellacorn’s Blessing: Attack speed buffed from 30 to 45 percent
The Boss: Attack speed and ability power per sit-up increased from 20 to 30
Tons of Stats: Health and stats reduced from 66/6 to 55/5
Total Domination (Noxus): Base execution increased from six to eight percent
Total Domination: Execute per stack reduced from two to one percent

Two Healthy: Health per unit reduced from 125 to 111
Trade Sector: Grants two gold
Unburdened (Silver): Attack speed reduced from 35 to 30 percent
Unified Resistance (Silver): Armor and magic resistance reduced from 25 to 20
Wandering Trainer: Gold increased from one to four
What the Forge: Health per Artifact increased from 100 to 160

Patch 13.13 TFT Set 9 champion nerfs and buffs

Image of Zeri TFT skin in Set Nine — Image via Riot Games

A Kai’Sa bug was fixed that now prevents the champion from gaining mana during her spell cast. Ryze received multiple changes from a rework in Shadow Isles to a new ability through Bandle City. Akshan attacks will now work with items like Statikk Shiv and Guinsoo’s Rageblade, as will Jinx’s attacks through her Fishbones spell. And Cho’Gath size per stack of Feast was increased slightly.

One-cost Set 9 champion changes

Kayle: Spell on-hit damage was buffed from 28/40/60 to 33/44/66
Orianna: Shield power adjusted from 225/250/275 to 225/250/325
Orianna: Protect damage buffed from 180/270/405 to 190/285/430
Tristana: Four-star attacks per Mega Shot increased from eight to 10

Two-cost Set 9 champion changes

Ashe: Attack damage percent changed from 110 percent across the board to 125/125/130 percent
Galio: Damage reduction from spell changed from 20 percent across the board to 20/20/25 percent
Kled: Shield reduced from 40 to 30 percent of maximum health
Sett: Ionia bonus health increased from 180 to 200
Taliyah: Base spell damage nerfed from 160/240/375 to 150/225/350
Taliyah: Spell boulder damage adjusted from 125/190/300 to 125/190/290
Taliyah: Trap damage nerfed from 210/315/485/485 to 200/300/465/465

Three-cost Set 9 champion changes

Ekko: Heal percent from spell reduced from 30 to 20 percent
Garen: Attacks per spin reduced from two to 1.8
Garen: Speed per spin changed from 0.5 to 0.55
Garen: Sin attack damage ratio adjusted from 115/175/285 to 105/155/255
Sona: Spell damage nerfed from 115/175/285 to 105/155/255
Sona: Attack speed granted buffed from 25/30/40 to 30/35/40 percent
Taric: Maximum mana buffed from 40/100 to 40/90

Four-cost Set 9 champions changes

Aphelios: Chjakram attack damage ratio adjusted from 10/10/40 to 8/8/40 percent
Gwen: Health increased from 900 to 1,000
Gwen: Spell damage buffed from 95/140/400 to 100/150/500
Kai’Sa: Maximum mana buffed from 50/120 to 40/110
Sejuani: Passive true damage adjusted from 1.5/1.5/5 to 1.5/1.5/10 percent
Sejuani: Spell damage buffed from 150/225/1000 to 160/360/1200

Shen: Spell damage buffed from 225/355/1600 to 240/360/2000
Shen: Shield damage buffed from 250/350/1500 to 275/350/1800
Urgot: Mana changed from 0/70 to 0/100
Zeri: Overcharge attack damage ratio reduced from 65/65/100 to 50/50/100 percent
Zeri: Overcharge kills no longer reset the duration of Surge
Zeri: Overcharge duration buffed from five to six seconds

Five-cost Set 9 champion changes

Aatrox: Health increased from 1,000 to 1,100
Bel’Veth: Health increased from 1,000 to 1,100
Bel’veth: Maximum mana buffed from 0/70 to 0/55
Ryze Realm Warp (Shadow Isles): Rework—Now marks the strongest 1/1/10 allies’ souls to be reclaimed by the Shadow Isles. If all living allies are already marked, Ryze instead resurrects a deceased ally.
Ryze Realm Warp (Piltover): Maximum mana buffed from 40/110 to 30/100
Ryze Realm Warp (Piltover): Targeting was changed from current to largest clump
Ryze Realm Warp (Targon): Stun removed and replaced with brief 0.25 knock-up
Ryze Realm Warp (Bandle City): New—If there are no units left on your bench, Ryze summons a random high-cost unit from the shop
Ryze Realm Warp (Bandle City): Mana changed from 40/90 to 50/75

Patch 13.13 TFT Set 9 item changes

TFT K'Sante in Set 9 — Image via Riot Games

A host of item balance changes were applied through Patch 13.13, with Zeke’s Herald attack speed notably getting nerfed. Changes applied to regular items, along with Ornn Artifacts and Radiant items in TFT Set Nine.

Regular Set 9 item changes

Bramble Vest: Duration reduced from every 2.5 to two seconds
Chalice of Power: Starting mana increased from 30 to 45
Chalice of Power: Magic resistance increased from 20 to 45
Chalice of Power: Ability power increased from 25 to 20
Guinsoo’s Rageblade: Base attack speed was increased from 10 to 18 percent
Guinsoo’s Rageblade: Attack speed per auto attack decreased from five to four percent

Ionic Spark: Mana ratio shock reduced from 185 to 160 percent
Jeweled Gauntlet: Ability power increased from 25 to 30
Last Whisper: Sunder (reduced armor) reduced from five to three seconds
Protector’s Vow: Armor and magic resistance granted reduced from 35 to 25
Spear of Shojin: Starting mana increased from 15 to 30
Spear of Shojin: Ability power increased from 15 to 25
Zeke’s Herald: Attack damage to equipped unit increased from 10 to 25 percent
Zeke’s Herald: Attack speed nerfed from 20 to 15 percent

Radiant Set 9 item changes

Bramble Vest: Damage cooldown increased from 1.5 to two seconds
Chalice of Power: Starting mana increased from 15 to 45
Chalice of Power: Magic resistance increased from 20 to 45
Edge of Night: Attack speed on proc increased from 40 to 50 percent

Eternal Winter: Attack slow reduced from 30 to 20 percent
Eternal Winter: health buffed from 150 to 500
Gargoyle Stoneplate: Base armor and magic resistance increased from 20 to 30
Guardbreaker: Bonus damage reduced from 70 to 50 percent
Guinsoo’s Rageblade: Base attack speed increased from 25 to 30 percent
Guinsoo’s Rageblade: Attack speed per auto reduced from 10 to eight percent
Jeweled Gauntlet: Ability power increased from 50 to 55
Locket of the Iron Solari: Shield value buffed from 350/400/450 to 400/450/500
Quicksilver: Attack speed reduced from 70 to 50 percent
Runaan’s Hurricane: Attack damage increased from 20 to 30 percent
Shroud of Stillness: Health increased from 250 to 400
Shroud of Stillness: Team starting mana increased from 15 to 25

Spear of Shojin: Starting mana increased from 15 to 30
Spear of Shojin: Attack damage increased from 10 to 25 percent
Titan’s Resolve: Attack speed reduced from 30 to 20 percent
Zeke’s Herald: Base health increased from 150 to 350
Zeke’s Herald: Base attack damage increased from 10 to 35 percent
Zeke’s Herald: Attack speed nerfed from 50 to 35 percent
Zephyr: Health increased from 150 to 300

Ornn Artifact item changes

Anima Visage: Base health increased from 250 to 500
Infinity Force: Base health increased from 25 to 250
Sniper’s Focus: Base attack speed reduced from 40 to 15 percent
Sniper’s Focus: A bug fix no longer has the item listed as Unique
Deathfire Grasp: Duration increased from six to eight seconds

Patch 13.13 bug fixes for TFT Set 9

TFT Set 9 Ashe firiing a frozen arrow — TFT Set 9 Ashe | Image via Riot Games

Early Education stacks no longer reset when you increase the star level of a unit
Endurance Training stacks no longer reset when you increase the star level of a unit
Think Fast can no longer appear on an Augment reroll.
Shimmerscale items now correctly track total gold generated when units are starred up.
Anima Visage no longer heals during Planning Phase during the first turn it’s equipped
Fixed a rare bug where a player could be offered multiple Pandora’s Items Augments.
Fixed a bug where Salvage Bin could delete completed items rerolled by Pandora’s Items.
Cassiopeia, Katarina, and Teemo now display the correct amount of healing reduction in their tooltips.
Fixed a bug where Kled could execute targets outside the original threshold if the initial target died before completion.
Baron’s bonus health modifier in Stage Five is now the intended 100 percent instead of 95 percent
Fixed Pumping up Silver and Gold tiers so output matches the tooltip
Fixed a bug with God Willow’s Grove that could cause units to become permanently unsellable and uncombinable

Fixed an error in the Final Grab Bag Gold-tier tooltip
Fixed a bug where Demacia couldn’t roll any item if a regular version was already equipped.
Piltover no longer grants Energy charges if you win on your partner’s board in Double Up
Pandora’s Box will no longer reroll Crown of Demacia
Fixed text mistake on Poppy’s ability
Fixed a bug where a unit in the God Willow’s Grove when the player died would make that unit unmovable and uncombinable for anyone else.
Fixed a bug where Two Tarics casting at the same time negates all damage
Selling a Zaun-modded unit no longer deletes items if your item bench is almost full.
Augment rerolls now work in Hyper Roll.
Shimmerscale items now work in Hyper Roll
Shurima’s Sun Disc in Double Up will now travel with you to your partner’s board during reinforcement. With the Shurima’s Legacy augment, the Sun Disc will help attack your partner’s enemy
Fixed a bug where 9-12 energy T-Hex would drop one less three-cost than intended, and 13-17 energy would drop one more Three-cost than intended.

Idealism now works with Radiant Hand of Justice
Fixed a bug that caused your game to crash when inspecting Zeri with a Chem-Mod
Fixed bug where Legend Augment value did not match
Fixed bug with floating text from T-Hex and Taric spells
Fixed bug with Ornn Legend on the menu was showing incorrect information
Fixed a bug where Viego’s spell would lock out enemy units from moving or attacking.

Shurima now correctly determines the strongest Shurimans
Fixed a bug where Shadow Isles Emblem was being deleted by Salvage Bin
Fixed a bug where Wandering Trainer Augment could cause multiple T-Hexes to spawn.
Fixed a bug where Ionians were losing their stats when units were summoned during combat.
Fixed bug to ensure the Urf Legend makes his correct SFX
Fixed a bug with the Samurai Duel arena where an interaction was covered/blocked by mobile UI elements.

Fixed a bug where Gotta Go Fast was not giving the correct amount of extra mana
Dinosaurs aren’t afraid of ghosts: T-Hex now properly casts his ability on ghost armies
Long Distance Pals calculation no longer depends on the unit size (which could cause unexpected behavior).
Cutting Corners now displays the correct XP value at all times.
Vladimir Legend now works correctly in Double Up
Four-star Yordles now gain the correct amount of bonus health from items and augments.

Shadows Isles now always grants a shield during combat
Four-star Yordles can now gain the correct amount of bonus health from items and Augments

Update June 30, 7:45am CT: Details from TFT Set Nine Patch 13.13 hotfix added.

Update July 10, 7pm CT: All changes from 13.13 C-patch added.