TFT Patch 13.16 notes: Samira nerfed, Yasuo reworked, and Ryze buffed heading into Mid-Set

Riot Games is dropping another large Set Nine Runeterra Reforged update through Patch 13.16, featuring Teamfight Tactics system changes, nerfs to five-cost champions, and tweaks to the overall meta.

13.16 B-patch balance changes

A TFT Set Nine 13.16 B-patch was released on Aug. 23, featuring a nerf to Shen, along with nerfs to traits like Piltover and Demacia.

Demacia: Magic resistance at each breakpoint changed from 5/30/50/100 to 5/30/40/100.
Piltover: Cashout values at eight and nine were reduced, along with a slight reduction to the seventh cashout.
Gunner: Attack damage per stack was buffed from 6/12/24 to 6/14/26 percent.
Know Your Enemy: Base damage amplification reduced from 15 to 12 percent.
Petricite Shackles: Empowered damage amplification was reduced from 30 to 22 percent.
Social Distancing: Attack damage and ability power were reduced from 12/20/30 to 12/18/25.
Transfusion: Base health adjusted from 20/80/100 to 20/40/50.
Shen: Ally shield nerfed from 275/350/2000 to 225/275/1500

Patch 13.16 TFT Set Nine system changes

Garen leading a charge — Garen Set Nine *TFT* | Image via Riot Games

A change to PvE rounds in Patch 13.15 ensured players could only get one Component drop from Raptors. Players who make it to Raptors will now find the PvE round produces a Component Anvil instead of dropping a Component.

Multiple adjustments were also applied to TFT Set Nine Region Portals, which include shifting Portals to other regions and a reduction in economy from Hall of Nine.

Region Portal changes

Yordle Portals: Renamed Flshing Arena and moved to Noxus.
Hall of Nine: Gold reduced.
Hall of Nine: Loot option given to units whose tier is equal to the Stage minus one as opposed to equal to the Stage.
Unstable Rift: Blue Buff is disabled from appearing as an unstable item due to a bug that is getting investigated.

Patch 13.16 TFT trait changes

Image of Heimerdinger inside T-Hex mouth — Heimerdinger *TFT* Set Nine | Image via Riot Games

The TFT team reduced the overall power of the Zaun trait at breakpoints two and six while buffing the power of the Demacia trait.

Demacia: Elite count adjusted from 1/2/3/5 to 1/2/4/6
Demacia: Elite armor and magic resistance adjusted from 5/25/60/125 to 5/30/50/100
Gunner: Attack damage percent per stack adjusted from 6/11/20 to 6/12/22 percent
Multicaster: Multicast damage reduction increased from 60 to 66 percent
Shadow Isles: Mana regeneration adjusted from 5/12/20 to 6/12/18
Shadow Isles: Maximum health percent shield adjusted from 40/80/125 to 45/80/115 percent

Shurima: Ascension bonus health increased from 30 to 33 percent
Shruima: Breakpoint of seven ascension bonus increased from 20 to 25 percent
Technogenius: Repair-o-matic Rework—Repair duration is now seven seconds at all levels and the Apex Turret is granted bonus armor and magic resistance as counts and levels increase
Technogenius: Repair-o-matic breakpoints—One count is 10 armor and magic resistance. Two count is 60 and three count is 125 armor and magic resistance.
Technogenius: Mechano-Swarm rockets fired reduced from seven to five
Zaun: Adaptive implant attack damage, ability power, and Omnivamp increased from 25 to 30 percent
Zaun: Robotic Arm proc chance reduced from 50 to 40 percent
Zaun: Unstable Chemtank overcharge health explosion reduced from 45 to 35 percent
Zaun: Hextech Exoskeleton maximum health heal increased from 10 to 12 percent
Zaun: Hextech Exoskeleton now cleanses all debuffs—including Burn, Wound, Shred, Sunder, and Mana-Reave.
Zaun: Hextech Exoskeleton overcharge damage no longer triggers when Sion revives

Patch 13.16 TFT Augment balance changes

Image of TFT Set Nine Jhin skin Runeterra Reforged — Jhin *TFT* Set Nine | Image via Riot Games

Augments that don’t often get picked were shown some love through Patch 13.16, while a new Endless Hordes-Plus was added and a rework was applied to Shimmering Inventors. Many of the Shimmerscale items were also adjusted.

Ascension: Damage amplification increased from 45 to 50 percent
Dueling Gunners: Initial attack speed increased from five to eight percent
Endless Hordes: Gold granted reduced from eight to six
Endless Hordes-Plus: New—Available at Stage 4-2 only and gives nine gold
Frequent Flier: Shop rolls required reduced from 10 to eight
Haunted Shell: Stacking resistances increased from 10 to 13
Lategame Specialist: The Augment can no longer get offered with Level Up! Mana burn was also re-enabled
Parting Gifts: Shield enabled after item is granted instead of before
Perfected Repetition: Ability power per cast increased from five to six
Perfected Repetition: Maximum ability power increased from 70 to 90
Portable Forge: Armory choices changed from three to 2/3/4 based on Stage
Riftwalk: Ability power per cast reduced from 35 to 32

It Pays to Learn (all tiers): Gold reduced from 10/16/20 to 8/12/16
Shimmering Inventors: Rework—The Piltover unit bonus per 10 gold was changed from 10 percent attack speed to eight percent bonus damage
Shurima’s Legacy: Minimum Sun Disc damage reduced from 180 to 160
Shurima’s Legacy: Maximum Sun Disc damage reduced from 900 to 800
The Boss: Attack speed and ability power per sit-up increased from 40 to 45 percent
The Boss: The Augment now cleanses Wounds when Sett is doing sit-ups
Two Healthy: Health increased from 100 to 111
What the Forge: A reduction was applied for a player’s chance of getting multiple copies of the same item, especially Obsidian Cleaver

Heart, Crown, and Soul Augment changes

Challenger Crown: Item granted changed from Rapid Firecannon to Hand of Justice.

Shimmerscale items and Artifact changes

Death’s Defiance: Attack speed reduced from 30 to 25 percent and bleed no longer gets cleansed by the item Edge of Night
Draven’s Axe: Cashout gold reduced from 10 to nine
Gambler’s Blade: Attack speed reduced from 20 to 15 percent
Gambler’s Blade: Chance for gold reduced from seven to six percent
Goldmancer’s Staff: Ability power reduced from 25 to 20
Goldmancer’s Staff: Mana reduced from 20 to zero
Needlessly Big Gem: Health reduced from 600 to 500
Mogul’s Mail: Health reduced from 350 to 150
Trickster’s Glass: Armor, magic resistance, and attack speed reduced from 15 to 10
Trickerster’s Glass: Mana increased from 20 to 30 percent
Zhonya’s Paradox: Ability power increased from 30 to 45

Patch 13.16 TFT champion balance changes

Yasuo Ionia Teamfight Tactics League of Legends — Yasuo *TFT* Set Nine | Image via Riot Games

A large number of levers were shifted for TFT Set Nine champions. Most are minor tweaks, while some significant balance changes were applied to four and five-cost units.

One-cost champions

Kayle: Spell on-hit damage increased from 33/44/66 to 35/50/75 percent ability power
Kayle: Spell ascended wave damage reduced from 33/44/66 to 20/25/40 percent ability power
Poppy: Four-star Stadfast Hammer should now consistently hit large clumps of units
Samira: Spell attack damage ratio adjusted from 175 to 200/200/210 percent
Samira: Spell armor reduction changed from 20/25/30 to 10/15/20
Samira: Flair can no longer reduce armor below zero
Viego: Armor and magic resistance reduced from 25 to 20

Two-cost champions

Ashe: Attack speed increased from 0.7 to 0.75
Ashe: Mana nerfed from 30/60 to 20/70
Ashe: Spell attack damage ratio adjusted from 150/150/160 to 160/160/170 percent
Galio: Spell damage reduction increased from 20/20/30 to 25/25/35 percent
Kled: Spell stacking attack speed buffed from 60/65/70/75 to 65/70/75/80 percent
Swain: Mana nerfed from 30/70 to 20/70
Swain: Spell transform health adjusted from 450/500/550 to 375/450/650
Swain: Swain is classified as a Magic Tank through the Inspect Panel
Taliyah: Spell damage buffed from 150/225/350 to 160/240/370
Teemo: Mushroom bounce change from Patch 13.14 reverted—mushrooms will now bounce to a random target after the first
Teemo: Spell damage buffed from 230/350/535/535 to 260/390/858/585

Three-cost champions

Garen: Spell attack damage percent adjusted from 75/75/85 to 80/82/85 percent
Kalista: Spell spear damage buffed from 16/24/40 to 18/27/45
Sona: Spell bonus attack speed buffed from 30/35/40 to 35/40/45 percent
Vel’Koz: Sepll damage buffed from 210/315/520 to 230/345/560
Vel’Koz: Missile will now follow the initial target and if the target perishes while the missile is on its way, the missile will still travel to that location before splitting.

Four-cost champions

Aphelios: Chakram attack damage ratio adjusted from 8/8/30 to 10/10/30 percent
Aphelios: Speed of Moonlight Sigil’s moon blast was increased
Azir: Spell damage adjusted from 100/150/550 to 105/160/550
Lux: Sepll can no longer reduce magic resistance below zero
Shen: Ionia bonus damage reduction reduced from 10 to nine percent
Shen: Shield adjusted from 350/450/2000 to 400/500/2000

Yasuo: Last Breath range no longer scales with attack range
Yasuo: Health increased from 950 to 1000
Yasuo: Spell attack damage ratio adjusted from 475/475/1500 to 500/500/1500 percent
Yasuo: Spell ability power ratio adjusted from 50/75300 to 55/85/300 percent
Urgot: Shield adjusted from 400/500/1200 to 375/450/1200
Urgot: Spell attack damage ratio reduced from 250 to 225 percent
Zeri: Surge spell duration adjusted from 9/9/15 to 8/8/15
Zeri: Spell attack damage ratio reduced from 50 to 45 percent

Five-cost champions

Aatrox: World Ender duration increased from 10 to 12 seconds
Aatrox: Darkin health reduced from 400 to 350
Aatrox: Immune to damage and untargetable when respawning
Ahri: Spell Mana Reave reduced from 30 to 20 percent

Ahri: Spell damage adjusted from 100/150/1000 to 90/135/1000
Ahri: Spell wave damage nerfed from 250/375/3000 to 230/350/1888
Bel’Veth: Spell bonus damage per strike adjusted from 20/30/50 to 15/25/50
Bel’Veth: Spell number of strikes changed from six per 100 percent total attack speed to six plus five per 100 percent bonus attack speed
Ryze Bandle City: Ryze will start up pulled units to at least Ryze’s star level
Ryze Ionia: Mana nerfed from 60/120 to 50/125
Ryze Ionia: Damage adjusted from 175/275/3500 to 175/275/1500
Ryze Ionia: Heal adjusted from 400/600/3000 to 400/500/3000
Ryze Piltover: Damage share when within the enforcer zone adjusted from 15/20/500 to 15/30/500 percent
Ryze Targon: Starting mana adjusted from 10/100 to 30/100
Ryze Tagon: Maximum health percent damage adjusted from 18/25/100 to 18/30/100 percent
Ryze Zaun: Mana changed from 50/90 to 40/100

Senna: Spell attack speed per shield reduced from eight to six percent
Sion: Reanimation maximum health percent decay per second adjusted from 15/10/0 to 20/13/0 percent

Patch 13.16 bug fixes

Resolved an issue where Recombobulator could cause odd strongest unit calculations.
Resolved a bug where Rek’Sai’s spell was scaling twice as much as intended from damage amplification.
Yorick’s Graveyard no longer grants an item when a player triggers Last Stand or Final Reserves
Resolved an issue where champions weren’t properly starred up in Ghost armies through Stars Are Born.
Players will no longer encounter a Rolling for Days Augment bug where the first reroll after a carousel round was supposed to be free.
Shimmer Injector now correctly prevents being executed before it procs.
Resolved an issue where Rek’Sai attempted to execute Taric where he is shielding her target.
Thresh’s Sanctum now works in Hyper Roll mode.
Players can no longer reforge Crown of Demacia in Double Up mode.
Players can no longer use Crown of Demacia on benched units in Double Up mode.

A bug preventing Zed from getting the correct bonus from Ionia nine has been resolved.
Senna and Sion can now apply the burn from Morellonomicon with their abilities.
Bonus health on Chem Modded from Chemtech Enhancements Augment will now be updated immediately when a Chem Mod is removed.
Damage from Teemo one-star is now correct.
Glasc Industries will now grant the correct amount of gold when players build a craftable emblem on a unit of the same trait.
Dedication will no longer break if you field four units of a trait that has no emblem.
Players can no longer field a four-star Yordle if three three-star units aren’t on the battlefield.
If multiple Blacksmith’s Gloves roll Trickster’s Glass, they will now all clone the correct unit.

Update: Aug. 24, 8:15am CT: All balance changes from the 13.16 B-patch were added to the patch notes.