TFT Set 7 Patch 12.13: Full notes and updates

A large number of balance changes are taking place in Teamfight Tactics Patch 12.13, improving the playability of ability power units while toning down overperformers.

Patch 12.13 hotfix

One day into Patch 12.13 and the TFT team pushed a much-needed hotfix for a mana bug on Vladimir, a Nami revert, and a Ryze nerf. A second bug was also resolved that allowed players to get two picks from an Armory under certain circumstances.

Nami: Mana buff reverted back to 50/90
Ryze: Spell damage nerfed from 200/300/500 to 180/260/420 percent
Vladimir bug no longer has the champion gain 20 mana per attack
Fixed a bug that allowed players to get two picks from an Armory under specific circumstances.

Patch 12.13 system changes

Shaving time off each Set Seven Dragonlands game, the TFT balance team has reduced round times during Draconic Augment armories, the Treasure Dragon round, and Stage 5-1. And for games that run exceptionally long, the damage taken by Tacticians was increased at Stage eight in both Standard and Double Up.

Draconic Augment rounds at Stages 2-1, 3-2, and 4-2 were reduced in time by 10 seconds
Treasure Dragon at Stage 4-7 had its round time decreased by 10 seconds
Stage 5-1 after the Treasure Dragon also shortened by 10 seconds
Player damage increased to 150 at Stage eight in Standard and Double Up

Patch 12.13 trait changes

A large number of significant trait changes are taking place in TFT Set Seven Patch 12.13. Players can no longer cheat out Astral shops while the Assassin trait was hit with another nerf. Guild is getting a new seven breakpoint, Nomsy was adjusted via her Fireball and health, and Shimmerscale items were each hit with a buff or nerf.

Assassin: Critical Strike damage nerfed from 15/30/50 to 5/25/45 percent
Astral: Astral shops and orbs will only appear if players field the Astral units
Astral: A refresh button with a counter has been added to help players know when an Astral shop and orb will appear
Astral: Ability damage buffed from 5/30/70 to 10/40/80
Cannoneer: AD damage explosion adjusted from 150/210/280/350 to 125/225/325/425 percent
Evoker: Mana adjusted from 3/6/10 to 3/7/12
Guild: New seven Guild trait added with a 250 percent Guild bonus
Mirage Dawnbringers Determination: Maximum health heal percentage adjusted from 40/70/70 (heals twice 125) to 40/65/65 (heals twice 110)
Ragewing: Omnivamp adjusted from 30/50/70 to 25/50/75 percent
Ragewing: Attack speed adjusted from 50/125/225 to 50/135/250 percent
Revel: Firework damage nerfed from 140/170/225/300 to 130/160/210/280
Shapeshifter: Health on transforming adjusted from 45/90/135 to 40/90/145 percent

Shimmerscale: Multiple items buffed and nerfed
Starcaller: Hyper Roll health heal buffed from 1/2/15 to 1/2/20
Trainer: Nomsy base health reduced from 500 to 400
Trainer: Nomsy Fireball damage adjusted from 100/125/150/175 to 100/130/160/200
Trainer: Fireball from Nomsy causes burned enemies to have 50 percent reduced healing for the duration of the burn, which is eight seconds
Trainer: Hyper Roll chance to double snack reduced from 65 to 50 percent
Warrior: Damage on enhanced attack adjusted from 120/200/350 to 120/220/420 percent

Shimmerscale item nerfs and buffs

Crown of Champions: Health reduced from 200 to 100
Determined Investor: Health reduced from 300 to 150
Diamond Hands: Health reduced from 300 to 200
Diamond Hands: Immunity per proc reduced from two to one second
Draven’s Axe: Base attack damage and attack speed reduced from 20 to 10
Gambler’s Blade: Base ability power and attack speed increased from 20 to 30
Goldmancer Staff: Base ability power increased from 20 to 30
Needlessly Big Gem: Health increased from 300 to 500
Mogul’s Mail: Stack cap increased from 30 to 40
Mogul’s Mail: Armor and magic resistance per stack reduced from 1.5 to one
Mogul’s Mail: Health per stack decreased from 15 to five

Guild stats at Guild seven

Sejuani: 500 bonus health
Twitch: 50 percent bonus attack speed
Ryze: 50 percent bonus ability power
Talon: 50 bonus attack damage
Bard: 10 bonus mana per basic attack
Emblem: 15 percent bonus Ominivamp to the holder

Patch 12.13 item changes

Similar to adjustments applied to Shimmerscale items, several Ornn items were adjusted.

Infinity Force: Removed the 30 percent crit chance
Manazane: Mana granted after each cast buffed from 150 over four seconds to 200 over five seconds
Obsidian Cleaver: Attack damage reduced from 30 to 20
Rocket Propelled Fist: Health reduced from 500 to 400

Archangel’s Staff and the Radiant version both have stack counters starting in TFT Patch 12.13, along with Guinsoo’s Rageblade and its Radiant version. And Zz’Rot was tweaked to reliably deal with Assassin units.

Astral Emblem: Removed
Bramble Vest: Armor increased from 60 to 80
Radiant Bramble Vest: Armor increased from 100 to 130
Jeweled Gauntlet: AP increased from 20 to 40
Jeweled Gauntlet: Critical strike damage reduced from 30 to 10 percent
Radiant Jeweled Gauntlet: AP increased from 20 to 60
Radiant Jeweled Gauntlet: Critical strike damage reduced from 75 to 40 percent

Patch 12.3 Draconic Augment changes

Attempting to improve the Cannoneer trait, the TFT balance team buffed the Draconic Augment Ricochet, causing the bounce to hit targets that are further away. Living Forge will no longer grant duplicate Ornn Artifacts and players should avoid crafting Blue Buff with the Blue Battery Augment.

Best Friends: Attack speed nerfed from 15/25/35 to 10/20/30
Blue Battery: Will no longer stack with Blue Buff
Blue Battery: Augment sets a unit’s mana to 20 after casting instead of granting 20 mana after casting
Cluttered Mind: XP from a full bench increased from three to four
Combat Training: Starting attack damage increased from five to eight
Cybernetic Implants: Attack damage nerfed from 10/20/30 to 8/15/25

Double Trouble: Grants a two-star copy of units that have been three-starred before acquiring the Draconic Augment
Double Trouble: Armor, magic resistance, attack damage, and ability power nerfed from 30/40/50 to 22/33/44
Hallucinate: Damage reduction buff duration increased from five to six seconds
Living Forge: Will no longer grant Ornn Artifacts that it already granted
Makeshift Armor three: Armor and magic resistance increased from 60 to 65
March of Progress: XP each round increased from four to five
Ricochet (Cannoneer): Direction of bounce will prefer farther targets rather than nearby ones

Patch 12.3 champion changes

A major rework was applied to Aurelion Sol, creating “cosmic” size black holes, according to Riot, while having the power of a 10-cost dragon. Yasuo will now properly execute the last enemy, even if the health pool is large. Damage stats were buffed on Vladimir and Lillia. Shyvanna had her fire breath buffed, Soraka heals more, and Zoe got a mana buff.

One-cost

Nidalee: Spells bonus attack speed reduced from 45 to 40 percent
Vladimir: Mana buffed from 0/80 to 0/70

Two-cost

Braum: Tooltip will now specify that Braum raises his shield toward the largest group of enemies
Lillia: Spell bonus damage buffed from 150/225/350 to 215/275/350
Lillia: Health buffed from 700 to 750
Lillia: Attack damage reduced from 50 to 40
Lillia: Attack speed increased from 0.65 to 0.7
Nami: Mana adjusted from 50/90 to 25/75
Tristana: Attack speed reduced from 0.75 to 0.7

Three-cost

Swain: Health reduced from 650 to 600
Swain: Attack speed nerfed from 0.75 to 0.7
Varus: Attack speed reduced from 0.75 to 0.7
Volibear: Storm number of enemies changed from 3/4/5 to four across the board
Volibear: Storm damage per enemy nerfed from 160/175/190 to 110/155/215
Volibear: Storm total damage nerfed from 480/700/950 to 440/620/860

Four-cost

Corki: Attack speed nerfed from 0.75 to 0.7
Daeja: Windblast wave damage buffed from 225/350/1500 to 250/375/1800
Daeja: Windbalast passive magic damage nerfed from 30/45/200 to 25/40/150
Hecarim: Maximum mana buff from 75/120 to 60/105
Shi Oh Yu: Combo attack damage percentage nerfed from 325/350/1000 to 265/275/1000 percent
Shi Oh Yu: Stun nerfed from 1.5 to 1.25 seconds
Sy’fen: Spell charge attack damage nerfed from 225/235/500 to 150/150/300 percent
Neeko: Inherent Glamour shield buffed at three-star from 275/400/1200 to 275/400/2000
Talon: Attack damage reduced from 65 to 60
Xayah: Attack speed nerfed from 0.75 to 0.7

Five-cost

Aurelion Sol Rework: Aurelion Sol now summons an unstable black hole underneath a random enemy. After two seconds it implodes, dealing magic damage to all enemies in the area and increasing their damage taken by 20 percent for 10 seconds. Black holes generated after 20 seconds of combat are larger and deal 50 percent more damage
Aurelion Sol: Mana is 40/90
Aurelion Sol: Black Hole damage is 325/450/5000
Bard: Tempered Fate stun duration adjusted from 1.5/2/15 to 1.25/2/15
Pyke: Health increased from 800 to 900
Shyvana: Mana buffed from 45/75 to 30/60
Shyvana: Flame Breath maximum health percent burn damage buffed from 45/60/300 to 50/66/500 percent
Shyvana: Armor and magic resistance reduced from 60 to 55
Soraka: Starfall heal per star buffed from 100/150/1000 to 120/180/1000
Yasuo: Attack damage reduced from 90 to 85
Zoe: Mana buffed from 60/120 to 50/100

Patch 12.13 Double Up and Hyper Roll changes

Several Double Up quality-of-life improvements were made in Patch 12.13, specifically with Shared Draft. And Hyper Roll was adjusted for Trainer and Soraka changes.

Pick order will appear visually represented on the scoreboard
Pick order groups were updated from first to last: fourth and third, fourth and second, third and first, and second and first.
Pick order groups after the fourth place was eliminated were updated from first to last: Third and second, third and first, and second and first.
Pick order groups after the third place was eliminated were updated from first to last: Second and second and first and first.
Canceled reinforcements in the portal countdown will cancel VFX immediately
Release timers during Shared Draft have an updated VFX that is more noticeable
Hyper Roll Trainer: The chance to double-feed Nomsy decreased from 65 to 50 percent
Hyper Roll Soraka: Tactician heal adjusted from 1/2/15 to 1/2/20

Patch 12.13 bug fixes

Arrows flying from Varus’s bow are visually higher
Legend units won’t fail to acquire stat bonuses from a sacrificed unit affected by Zephyr anymore
The Legend sacrifice will now take place prior to Zephyr triggers
Banshee’s Claw will now block Tahm Kench’s ability damage
Text on Shapeshifter Soul now states it grants a Sunfire Cape and not Hand of Justice
The Augment Preparation one will no longer get offered at Stage 4-2
Ashe will now cast their spell at attack targets and not the nearest target
Ghost armies with multiple-tier Draconic Arguments will now work as intended
Hot Shot attributes burn damage at a higher accuracy rate when multiple Cannoneer shots hit the same target
Shimmerscale items should no longer pop off during combat

Update July 15 at 7:30pm CT: All adjustments from the TFT Patch 12.13 hotfix were applied.