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TFT Patch 13.1 notes: All nerfs, buffs, system changes, and more

Huge shifts are expected in the TFT Set Eight meta.

Danny Forster

Published: Jan 10, 2023 02:00 pm

A large number of major changes are taking place within Teamfight Tactics Patch 13.1, from Augment distribution and carousel adjustments to Krug item drops and champion star level spell scaling.

Set Eight Augment Distribution

Responding to TFT community feedback, the balance team has adjusted the distribution of Hero and regular Set Eight Augments. All Set Eight Augment odds can be found here.

Hero Augments that appear at Stage 4-2 have a five percent chance to include five-cost champions
The chance of a Silver-tier Augment appearing was reduced from 52 to 37 percent
The chance of a Gold-tier Augment appearing was increased from 71 to 92 percent
The chance of a Prismatic-tier Augment appearing was reduced from 35 to 20 percent
The chance of a Hero Augment appearing was reduced from 95 to 92 percent
The Hero/Prismatic/Silver distribution was changed to Hero/Prismatic/Gold
The Prismatic/Hero/Prismatic distribution was changed to Prismatic/Hero/Gold
The Prismatic/Prismatic/Hero distribution was changed to Gold/Prismatic/Hero

Patch 13.1 trait changes

Brawlers took a hit for supporting Jax while Supers also were nerfed. An “On Kill” effect was reactivated to ADMIN. The Mascot trait had its health regeneration nerfed, along with Duelist attack speed.

Ace: Execution threshold increased from 12/30 to 15/30 percent
ADMIN: Six-piece bonus increased from 80 to 100 percent
ADMIN: “On Kill” effect re-enabled
Anima Squad: Attack damage and ability power adjusted from 10/30/50 to 10/30/55
Brawler: Maximum health bonus adjusted from 20/40/70/111 to 20/40/65/90 percent
Duelist: Attack speed per auto nerfed from 6/12/20/30 to 5/10/16/24 percent
Duelist: Maximum stacks increased from 10 to 12
LaserCorps: Damage increased from 60/150/150 to 65/165/200
Mascot: Health regeneration per two seconds adjusted from 1.5/3.25/6.5/12 to 1.5/2.5/4.5/10 percent
Mecha Prime: attack damage and ability power changed from 60/45 to 70/50 percent
Recon: Dash AI updated to better avoid crowds
Renegade: Bonus damage adjusted from 40/80 to 40/70 percent
Supers: Base damage reduced from 20 to 18 percent
Supers: Bonus damage per three-star reduced from five to three percent
Spellslinger: Ability power adjusted from 25/60/100/150 to 25/55/85/125
Spellslinger: Meteor ability power ratio adjusted from 50/50/50/200 to 50/50/50/150 percent
Spellslinger: Spellslinger units no longer launch meteors as their first attack in combat
Ox Force: Maximum attack speed adjusted from 30/70/140/250 to 30/80/150/300 percent

Patch 13.1 TFT item changes

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Blue Buff received an ability power nerf while bonus damage to giants from Giant Slayer was also slightly nerfed.

Blue Buff: Bonus ability power reduced from 15 to 10
Dragon’s Claw: Bonus magic resistance increased from 20 to 30 for a total of 70 magic resistance
Giant Slayer: Bonus damage reduced from 30 to 25 percent
Hextech Gunblade: Omnivamp increased from 20 to 25 percent
Infinity Edge: Bonus attack damage increased from 15 to 20 percent for a total of 30 percent
Radiant Giant Slayer: Bonus attack damage and ability power increased from 30 to 40
Radiant Protector’s Vow: Shield duration increased from five to 10 seconds

Patch 13.1 TFT champion changes

Patch 13.1 will introduce a reduced spell scaling for three-star two and three-cost TFT Set Eight champions, reducing Reroll comps as a win condition. The nerf will reduce the power levels of two and three-cost three-star units, allowing players who choose to roll down during the later stages of a game more opportunities while also slowing down the overall meta heading into the late game stages.

Three-star two-cost champion spell scaling reduced from 60 to 55 percent
Three-star three-cost champion spell scaling reduced from 75 to 65 percent

In addition to the three-star champion nerfs, Yuumi had her attack range nerfed. Other Set Eight champion nerfs include Jax, Galio, Annie, and Vel’Koz, while buffs were applied to Bel’Veth (bug fix), Aphelios weapons, and Vayne.

One-cost Set Eight champions

Ashe: Mana buffed from 0/60 to 0/50
Blitzcrank: Damage reduction increased from 45/55/65 to 55/60/65 percent
Galio: Mana nerfed from 60/120 to 70/140
Galio: Shield reduced from 250/300/375 to 200/240/280
Lux: Spell damage buffed from 190/285/425 to 200/300/450
Poppy: Spell shield buffed from 250/300/375 to 300/350/425
Sylas: Heath increased to 700
Sylas: Spell heal amount increased from 130/150/170 to 150/170/190
Talon: Attack speed increased to 0.7
Talon: Spell damage increased from 160/240/360 to 170/250/370

Two-cost Set Eight champions

Annie: Mana nerfed from 20/80 tro 30/90
Annie: Shield reduced from 325/400/500 to 300/350/425
Annie: Three-star shield damage nerfed from 335 to 325
Camile: Spell attack damage ratio buffed from 180/200/225 to 190/200/215 percent
Draven: Attack speed increased to 0.75
Draven: Three-star spell damage nerfed from 175 to 150
Ezreal: Spell damage buffed from 215/320/510 to 230/345/535
Fiora: Three-star spell attack damage ratio nerfed from 250 to 235 percent
Jinx: Attack damage increased from 45 to 50
Jinx: Spell damage buffed from 200/300/480 to 225/335/525
Malphite: Three-star spell damage nerfed from 335 to 325
Rell: Three-star spell damage nerfed from 335 to 325
Sivir: Three-star spell attack damage ratio nerfed from 425 to 410 percent
Vi: Armor shred adjusted from 40/50/70 percent to 50 percent across the board
Yasuo: Three-star spell damage nerfed from 500 to 485
Yuumi: Range reduced from five to four Hexes
Yuumi: Spell damage nerfed from 255/385/600 to 220/330/510

Three-cost Set Eight champions

Alistar: Three-star damage nerfed from 375 to 350
Cho’Gath: Magic resistance ratio adjusted from 150/200/250 to 150/190/240 percent
Jax: Attack damage reduced from 50 to 45
Jax: Spell damage nerfed slightly from 110/165/285 to 100/150/250
Jax: Spell damage per stack nerfed from 30/45/75 to 20/30/50
Jax: Spell damage at full stacks nerfed from 320/480/810 to 240/360/600
Kai’Sa: Attack speed reduced from 40/50/65 to 40/45/55 percent
Kai’Sa: Three-star spell damage nerfed from 385 to 370
LeBlanc: Spell damage adjusted from 80/1001130 to 85/105/130
Nilah: Spell heal reduced from 275/325/400 to 250/300/350

Nilah: Three-star spell start and end damage nerfed from 235 to 225
Rammus: Spell armor ratio adjusted from 130/175/225 to 150/175/205 percent
Riven: Three-star spell damage nerfed from 235 to 225
Senna: Spell attack damage ratio adjusted from 170/180/190 to 175/185/190 percent
Senna: Spell base damage adjusted from 45/65/120 to 45/65/125
Sona: Three-star first cast spell damage nerfed from 450 to 430
Sona: Three-star third cast damage and stun nerfed from 315 to 300
Vayne: Spell attack damage ratio buffed from 120/120/130 to 130/130/140 percent
Vayne: Spell base damage adjusted from 18/25/40 to 18/25/45
Vel’Koz: Mana nerfed from 0/60 to 0/70
Vel’Koz: Spell damage nerfed from 300/450/775 to 275/415/680
Zoe: Three-star spell damage nerfed from 1,000 to 925

Four-cost Set Eight champions

Aurelion Sol: Spell damage adjusted from 135/200/450 to 135/200/400
Bel’Veth: A bug was fixed that was preventing Bel’Velth from scaling with attack damage granted by items, resulting in some of her stats getting nerfed as the bug fix is a major buff.
Bel’Veth: Attack damage reduced from 85 to 80
Bel’Veth: Attack speed per cast reduced from 30 to 25 percent
Bel’Veth: Spell damage reduced from 25/40/160 to 20/30/150
Miss Fortune: Miss Fortune will now cast toward the largest clump of enemies and will turn slightly faster when there are no enemies in her cone.
Miss Fortune: First bullet damage reduced from 50/70/250 to 45/65/210
Samira: Spell attack damage ratio adjusted from 500/525/1000 to 500/525/1500 percent
Sett: Health increased to 1,000
Sett: Mecha Slam channel time reduced from 2.5 to two seconds

Sett: Mecha Slam attack damage ratio buffed from 280/300/600 to 300/320/800 percent
Soraka: Third cast stars adjusted from 3/3/5 to 3/3/4
Soraka: Self-maximum healing reduced from 10 to eight percent
Viego: Health increased to 950
Viego: Spell damage adjusted from 250/375/850 to 260/390/850
Zac: Heath damage ratio increased from 18 to 25 percent
Zac: Missing health percent heal increased from 20 to 30 percent
Zac: Passive Zac blobs spawn 100 percent faster when his passive is triggered
Zed: Kill mode duration changed from 6/6/15 to 7/7/7 seconds
Zed: Third attack base bonus damage buffed from 30/45/200 to 40/60/300

Five-cost Set Eight champions

Aphelios: Gravitum (Purple weapon) attack damage ratio reduced from 160/160/800 to 150/150/1500 percent
Aphelios: Infernum (Blue weapon) attack damage ratio increased from 200/200//800 to 225/225/1500 percent
Aphelios: Severum (Red weapon) attack damage ratio increased from 270/270/800 to 300/300/2000 percent
Fiddlesticks: Mana buffed from 90/90 to 66/66
Fiddlesticks: Armor and magic resistance buffed from 60 to 70
Fiddlesticks: Spell damage increased from 100/150/900 to 111/166/1000
Fiddlesticks: Maximum health threshold increased from 60 to 70 percent
Mordekaiser: Mana buffed from 50/150 to 60/150
Mordekaiser: Spell damage increased from 400/600/3000 to 420/630/5555
Nunu: Spell damage adjusted from 135/205/2000 to 125/190/2000
Syndra: Mana buffed from 90/140 to 70/125
Urgot: Undertow passive auto attack damage ratio increased from 30 to 40 percent
Urgot: Undertow passive auto attack speed ratio increased from 10 to 20 percent
Urgot: Treasure chest chance buffed from 12/15/100 to 15/25/100 percent
Urgot: Treasure chest chance for an item component reduced from 20/30/90 to 15/25/75 percent

Patch 13.1 Hero Augment changes

A rework was applied to the Lee Sin carry Augment. And Yuumi had her carry Augment ability power nerfed while maintaining the critical strike. All Hero Augments for TFT Set Eight can be found here.

One-cost Hero Augments

Ashe: Laser Focus (carry) bonus attack speed increased from 40 to 45 percent
Gangplank: Flaming Ricochet (carry) bonus damage increased from 75 to 90 percent
Lulu: Growth Spurt (carry) bonus ability power per cast reduced from 25 to 20
Lulu: Foster Growth (support) bonus ability power for allies holding items increased from 35 to 40
Lux: Illuminating Singularity (carry) second cast damage reduced from 180 to 150 percent
Lux: Lucent Barrier (support) health shield reduced from 400 to 350 and ability power reduced from 40 to 35
Renekton: Reign of Anger (carry) bonus attack speed increased from 40 to 60 percent
Sylas: Kingslayer (carry) bonus maximum health increased from 20 to 30 percent
Wukong: Re-Energize (support) team mana restore reduced from 75 to 60 percent

Two-cost Hero Augments

Annie: Reflector Shield (carry) damage proc internal cooldown reduced from 0.5 to 0.2 seconds
Ezreal: Rising Spell Force (carry) attack speed and ability power reduced from 25 to 20 percent
Ezreal: Raider’s Spoils (support) gold received reduced from one to zero. Tooltip won’t say zero until Patch 13.2.
Lee Sin: Flurry carry Augment reworked to Cleansing Safeguard
Lee Sin: Cleansing Safeguard has a player gain a Lee Sin. His ability costs 30 less mana to cast. Upon casting, Lee Sin shreds all negative effects and heals 18 percent of his missing health.
Vi: Boxing Lessons (support) health reduced from 200 to 180
Yasuo: Siphoning Winds (carry) Omnivamp reduced from 66 to 50 percent
Yuumi: Predatory Precision (carry) bonus ability power nerfed from 30 to five

Three-cost Hero Augments

Alistar: Behemoth Bonus (carry) health increased from 300 to 450
Alistar: Smash! (support) mana regeneration increased from 10 to 15
Cho’Gath: Cosmic Barrier (support) barrier magic resistance reduced from 40 to 35
Rammus: Spiked Shell (carry) armor damage ratio reduced from 180 to 150 percent
Rammus: Armored-dillo (support) armor reduced from 40 to 35
Sona: Power Grid (carry) bonus ability power reduced from 30 to 10
Vayne: Spread Shot (carry) extra shot damage increased from 50 to 75 percent
Vel’Koz: Frozen Tundra (support) chill duration increased from six to eight seconds

Four-cost Hero Augments

Aurelion Sol: Impact Velocity (support) stun duration reduced from two to 1.75 seconds
Bel’Veth: Voidmother (support) voiding health percent reduced from 75 to 60 percent
Samira: Daredevil (support) attack speed per 10 missing Tactician health reduced from 4.5 to 3.5 percent
Taliyah: Stoneweaver (carry) bonus ability power reduced from 25 to 20
Taliyah: Stoneweaver (carry) bonus damage to enemies above 1,600 maximum health reduced from 30 to 20 percent
Zed: Contempt for the Weak (support) attack speed reduced from nine to seven percent

Five-cost Hero Augments

Aphelios: Locked and Loaded (support) bonus attack damage reduced from 15 to 10 percent
Aphelios: Locked and Loaded (support) attack damage per five seconds reduced from 10 to five percent
Aphelios: Armor Piercing Rounds (carry) armor sunder increased from 10 to 20 percent
Fiddlesticks: Traumatic Memories (carry) health gained per ally death increased from 200 to 350
Nunu: They See Me Rolling (support) bonus ability power reduced from 30 to 10
Syndra: Empowered Reserves (support) bonus ability power per champion on the bench reduced from six to five

Patch 13.1 regular TFT Augment changes

Four popular Augments have been disabled for Patch 13.1: Blue Battery, Build Different Silver-tier, Double Trouble Silver-tier, and Pandora’s Items.

Built Different Gold-tier: Health nerfed from 250/275/300/350 to 175/225/275/325
Built Different Prismatic-tier: Health nerfed from 300/350/400/450 to 225/300/375/450
Double Trouble Gold-tier: AD, AP, armor, and magic resistance reduced from 35 to 30
Double Trouble Prismatic-tier: AD, AP, armor, and magic resistance reduced from 45 to 40
Electrocharge Silver-tier: Damage adjusted from 35/55/70/90 to 30/50/70/90
Electrocharge Gold-tier: Damage adjusted from 60/80/100/120 to 50/70/90/110
Electrocharge Prismatic-tier: Damage adjusted from 105/140/175/210 to 95/125/155/185
High Roller: Gold reduced from six to three
Jeweled Lotus: Bonus critical chance reduced from 25 to 20 percent
Luden’s Echo Silver tier: Damage adjusted from 35/55/70/90 to 35/50/65/80
Luden’s Echo Gold-tier: Damage adjusted from 50/80/110/140 to 50/70/90/110
Luden’s Echo Prismatic-tier: Damage adjusted from 80/125/170/215 to 80/110/150/185
Thrill of the Hunt Silver-tier: Heal increased from 300 to 350
Trade Sector Plus: Gold reduced from 12 to 10

Patch 13.1 bug fixes

The tooltip for Lee Sin Invigorate Hero Augment now correctly states that your units gain attack speed when receiving any shield
Blue Buff can no longer refund mana multiple times under specific circumstances
The Taliyah Stone Augment now works on ghost armies
The Viego Partners in Crime Augment now works on ghost armies
Defender units will no longer taunt enemies that are already attacking Defender champions at the start of combat
Lee Sin will no longer pose if he dies while casting
The Clear Mind Augment will no longer treat an Anvil as a champion
Hacker riders won’t switch targets anymore if the target is alive
ADMIN tooltip was updated for “On Kill” effects
Having two Vel’Koz casting should no longer cause the cast to fizzle from the first

The Urgot tooltip was updated to clarify the attack speed modifier
Lucky Gloves will now grant Nilah tank items
Lucky Gloves will no longer grant Fiddlesticks mana items
Lucky Gloves will no longer grant Kai’Sa AD items
The Bloodthirster shield will properly proc when multiple Bloodthirster items are equipped as the triggered shields still stack
Sivir will no longer pause while waiting for her pizzas to get delivered to her allies
LaserCorp drones will no longer benefit from damage-increasing items like Giant Slayer
The Underground bug that created an unfair advantage has been resolved, along with a Heist four payout that was paying out less than intended
A bug that had Bel’Veth visually register attacks as critical strikes when they weren’t has been resolved

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Danny Forster

Staff writer, lead beat writer for MTG and TFT

Danny has been writing for Dot Esports for over five years, first as a freelancer and now as a staff writer. He is the lead beat writer for Magic: The Gathering and Teamfight Tactics. Danny is also a solid Monopoly GO player, having beaten every main event without spending a dime. When Danny isn't writing or gaming, he's chilling by the water in Spacecoast Florida with his family and friends. He's always got a tan, because touching grass is important, and loves playing strategic digital and tabletop games. Past outlets Danny has written for include TheGamer and ScreenRant.