TFT Patch 13.5 notes: System, Hero Augments, and balance changes

Riot Games is paving the way in Teamfight Tactics for the Set 8.5 update, with Patch 13.5 containing significant system and Hero Augment changes, along with item and champion balance adjustments.

A TFT team planner for PC

Mobile TFT players are used to the team planner, a system that lets competitors craft a team comp prior to starting a game as a reference tool. PC players will now have access to the team planner, starting with Patch 13.5.

How to use the team planner

The team planner is opened through the TFT home tab or in the player lobby. An icon showcasing a guy in a helmet to the right of “Find Match” gives players access to the planner. Once in the TFT team planner, players can craft and save their ideal team comp that can get reviewed during gameplay.

Patch 13.5 TFT item distribution system change

The item distribution overhaul taking place in Patch 13.5 is a permanent change that builds upon adjustments that were made during Patch 9.18, which transformed Neeko’s Help into the Champion Duplicator. Items are still randomly selected for players in a lobby with each receiving different loot. The item distribution change, however, increases the fairness of the loot which was obtained.

Players will no longer find themselves in a lobby where they are down three to four components from other competitors. And this includes loot from orbs, too. Players who are down one or two components from competitors in a lobby will have that difference made up through bonus orbs.

Players will always get a bonus orb on Stage 1-2, providing enough gold for a player to purchase the Stage 1-3 shop.
Players will never find themselves down more than one or two components compared to the other competitors in their lobby.
Bonus orbs account for value instead of only quantity.
The TFT team has included unique variants of loot throughout the PvE stages.

TFT Patch 13.5 Hero Augment distribution changes

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Hero Augments are carrying over from TFT Set Eight to Set 8.5. Patch 13.3 introduced the four reroll options for Hero Augments while Patch 13.5 is slated to simplify and create an accurate distribution through those rerolls to ensure players are getting offered the most ideal options that can be applied to their team comp.

How TFT Hero Augments will work going forward

To make this happen, the TFT team has created tailored Hero Augments for Armories at Stages 3-2 and 4-2. Stage 2-1 will still offer players random Hero Augments. Similar to Tome of Traits, the more traits a player has active heading into the Stage 3-2 or Stage 4-2 Hero Augment Armory will reduce the randomness of options offered.

Active traits will include unique traits like Corrupt, along with other traits like Threat and Ace. The number of tailored Hero Augments per reroll is determined by the number of active traits a player has heading into the Armory.

Zero active traits: Zero tailored slots
One active trait: One tailored slot
Two active traits: Two tailored slots
Three active traits: Three tailored slots
The third slot is no longer locked for a support Hero Augment
Threat Augments are more likely to appear when running a Threat unit
Hero Augments at Stages 3-2 and 4-2 will no longer show all units of the same tier
The chance of seeing a three-cost Hero Augment at Stage 4-2 has been lowered
The Stage 4-2 Hero Augment odds have been changed from 65/30/5 to 40/55/5
The chance of two-cost Hero Augments upgrading to three-cost at Stage 2-1 was reduced from 15 to five percent

TFT Patch 13.5 item balance changes

A large number of Radiant items are getting adjusted in Patch 13.5, along with a couple of regular items like Quicksilver and Archangel’s Staff.

Archangel’s Staff: Starting mana changed from 15 to 30
Quicksilver: Crowd control immunity duration increased from 15 to 18 seconds
Rapid Firecannon: Attack speed increased from 50 to 55 percent
Infinity Force: Critical chance reduced from 25 to zero percent
Chainsword Bloodthirster: Attack damage increased from 10 to 30 percent
Chainsword Bloodthirster: Omnivamp increased from 20 to 25 percent
Radiant Archangel’s Staff: Starting mana increased from 15 to 30
Radiant Archangel’s Staff: Starting ability power increased from 40 to 50
Radiant Bloodthirster: Attack damage increased from 30 to 40
Radiant Bloodthirster: Omnivamp increased from 35 to 40 percent
Radiant Bloodthirster: Health shield increased from 35 to 40 percent
Radiant Bramble Vest: Armor reduced from 160 to 120

Radiant Guardbreaker: Attack damage and ability power increased from 30 to 40
Radiant Hand of Justice: Attack damage and ability power increased from 40 to 50
Radiant Infinity Edge: Attack damage increased from 50 to 55
Radiant Locket of the Iron Solari: Bonus health reduced from 200 to 125
Radiant Rapid Firecannon: Attack speed increased from 75 to 99 percent
Radiant Titan’s Resolve: Base armor increased from 20 to 30
Radiant Titan’s Resolve: Base attack speed increased from 10 to 30 percent
Radiant Zz’Rot Portal: Health multiplier reduced from 200 to 180 percent

TFT Patch 13.5 trait changes

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The new Underground trait changes are slated to drop in Patch 13.5 and will carry over into TFT Set 8.5.

Heist one: Gold payout of around eight
Heist two: Gold payout reduced from 25 to around 18
Heist three: Gold payout reduced from 48 to around 38
Heist four: Gold payout reduced from 78 to around 76
Heist five: Gold payout increased from 100 to around 118
Heist six: Gold payout increased from 135 to around 158
Heist seven: Gold payout increased from 175 to around 220

The traits Brawler and Gadgeteen were also adjusted in Patch 13.5.

Brawler: Bonus health adjsuted from 20/45/70/99 to 20/45/75/110
Gadgeteen: Damage and damage reduction per item was adjusted from 3/12 to 3/10 percent

TFT Patch 13.5 champion balance changes

Only a small number of champions were adjusted in Patch 13.5, although the adjustments are expected to impact the meta prior to the release of TFT Set 8.5.

One-cost TFT champions

Ashe: Ranger’s Focus duration increased from four to five seconds
Blitzcrank: Attack damage increased from 50 to 65
Blitzcrank: Mana adjusted from 45/90 to 40/80

Two-cost TFT champions

Fiora: Attack damage increased from 50 to 55
Fiora: Spell attack damage percentage increased from 225/225/235 to 250/250/260 percent
Vi: Blast shield nerfed from 275/350/450 to 270/330/400
Yasuo: Mana adjusted from 0/90 to 0/80

Three-cost TFT champions

Nilah: Spell heal nerfed from 250/300/400 to 235/270/330

Four-cost TFT champions

Aurelion Sol: Attack speed increased from 0.7 to 0.75

Five-cost TFT champions

Janna: Twister damage adjusted from 50/75/1000 to 65/95/1000
Janna: Twister stun duration adjusted from 1.25/2/10 to 1.25/1.⅝
Janna Windy: Attack damage and ability power per five seconds adjusted from 10/20/99 to 8/15/99
Syndra: Force of Will damage buffed from 100/300/2000 to 250/375/2500
Syndra: Stun duration adjusted from 1/1/8 to 1/1.5/8 seconds
Urgot: Attack damage nerfed from 70 to 65
Urgot: Mana adjusted from 100/175 to 75/175

TFT Patch 13.5 Hero Augment changes

Similar to the champion balance changes, only five Hero Augments were adjusted in Patch 13.5.

Camille Adaptive Defenses (carry): Attack damage shield reduced from 600 to 500 percent
Draven League of Draven (carry): Bonus attack damage reduced from 35 to 25 percent
Soraka Infuse (support): Mana per five seconds increased from 15 to 20
Zac Elastic Slingshot (support): Stun duration increased from three to four seconds
Nunu They See Me Coming (support): Starting ability power reduced from 20 to 15

TFT Patch 13.5 regular Augment changes

Emblem Augments are getting a reduction in power through Patch 13.5 that will carry over into Set 8.5. Several multi-tier Augments were adjusted as well.

AFK: Gold granted reduced from 20 to 18
Built Different (Gold-tier): Health adjusted from 175/225/275/325 to 190/245/300/355
Built Different (Prismatic-tier): Health adjusted from 250/350/450/550 to 270/380/490/600
Cybernetic Shell: Armor buffed at all three tiers from 20/30/50 to 30/40/60
Electrocharge (Prismatic-tier): Damage increased from 100/135/170/205 to 115/155/195/235
High Roller: Gold increased from three to five

Luden’s Echo (Prismatic-tier): Damage increased from 80/115/150/185 to 90/130/170/210
The Golden Egg: Turns to hatch increased from 10 to 11
Anima Squad Crown: Item changed from Protector’s Vow to Tear
Prankster Crown: Item changed from Morellonomicon to Belt
Gadgeteen Crown: Item changed from Ionic Spark to Cloak
Recon Crown: Item changed from Hand of Justice to Bow
Spellslinger Crown: Item changed from Hand of Justice to Tear

TFT Patch 13.5 bug fixes

The Hacker H4ckerrim horse is no longer targetable on away boards
Hacker units can no longer target untargetable units
Giving Jax a Spellslinger emblem will now allow him to have empowered attacks
Players can no longer equip items to cheering Mascot units
Players will no longer get offered Gadgeteen Crest or Crown after Stage 2-1 if they aren’t playing the trait

The Nunu Hero Augment They See Me Rolling (support) now grants the correct amount of ability power
Melee Prankster units will no longer move towards corner Hexes when Prankster is triggered and they are surrounded by other units
Three-star Urgot now has the correct Undertow magic damage at 75 percent
Gold drops from ADMIN will no longer produce extra gold
Rascal Gloves can no longer get equipped to a unit that already has items
Vi’s armor shred numbers will now show up in tooltip
Tooltip text for Ekko, Lux, and Lulu was updated to show the correct damage type
Two-star Leona now deals the correct damage to secondary targets
Nunu can’t be targeted by a Zephyr anymore
Jinx will no longer fail to stun adjacent targets if her primary target is too large
A visual bug from Miss Fortune’s Bunny Mercenary Hero Augment was fixed
Urgot will now benefit from Fiora’s Vitality of the Ox Hero Augment

Extinction Event will no longer visually show the wrong size for Aurelion Sol’s meteors
The Gadgeteen item, Shroud of Even-Stillness, now grants 250 health as intended