TFT Patch 12.5: Full notes and updates

The first Teamfight Tactics patch after the launch of Neon Nights is packed with balance changes that will likely shake up the meta.

TFT Tome of Traits system change

Another nerf to Tome of Traits was put in place to prevent the early combination of traits, allowing players to cheat out a tailored Emblem.

No tailored Emblems: Changed from zero to four to zero to five active traits
One tailored Emblem: Changed from five to six to five to seven active traits
Two tailored Emblems: Changed form seven to eight to eight to nine active traits
Three tailored Emblems: Changed from nine to 10 to 10 to 11 active traits
Four tailored Emblems: Changed from 11 or more to 12 or more active traits

Set 6.5 Hextech Augments

A number of combat-focused TFT Set 6.5 Hextech Augments are getting an overall reduction in power. High Five has returned as an option within the Prismatic tier while Second Wind (two) has been removed as an option.

Battle Mage: Bonus ability power nerfed from 30/45/60 to 25/35/50
Cybernetic Implants (Prismatic): Health reduced from 450 to 350
Disintegrator: Bonus magic damage equal to target’s maximum health percentage reduced from 2/3/4 to 1.5/2.5/4 percent
Electrocharge: Magic damage nerfed from 90/135/180 to 60/100/160
Future Sight (Prismatic): Radiant Zephyr option banish duration reduced from 10 to eight seconds
Future Sight (Prismatic): Radiant Sunfire Cape option maximum health burn reduced from 120 to 90 percent over the duration of 30 seconds

Luden’s Echo: Bonus magic damage nerfed from 135/200/275 to 100/150/200
Chemtech Unity: Moved from Silver to Gold tier
Concussive Blows: Moved from Silver to Gold tier
Concussive Blows: Cooldown reduced from seven to six seconds
Four Score: The number of random four-cost champions gained was increased from three to four
High Five: Can only appear as a third Hextech Augment option at Stage 4-6
High Five: Gain five random five-cost champions
Second Wind (Prismatic): Removed
Woodland Trinket: Clone health buffed from 250 to 300
Battlemage: No longer an option offered if you are playing two Sniper units
Dominance: Dominance may appear if you are on a two or more win streak as opposed to you won the previous round
Double Trouble: bonus attack damage, ability power, armor, and magic resistance nerfed from 40/50/65 to 30/40/50

Golden Egg: The Radiant Relics option with Radiant Ionic Spark damage nerfed from 300 to 275 percent of maximum mana
Golden Egg: The Radiant Relics option with Radiant Edge of Night second stealth health threshold increased from 25 to 30 percent
Golden Gifts: Can now only appear as a second Hextech Augment choice
Knife’s Edge: Players will no longer get offered the Knife’s Edge option if playing two more of the traits Arcanist, Scholar, Sniper, or Enchanter
Portable Forge: The Collector Armory option chance to drop Gold was increased from 50 to 60 percent
Swift Justice: Renamed to True Justice
Treasure Trove: Silver and Gold Treasure Trove can only appear as the first Hextech Augment option from now on
Tri Force: Can only get offered if a player has two or more three-cost units in play
Tri Force: Health reduced from 233/333/433 to 133/233/333

Portable Forge Armory options

Zhonya’s Paradox: Ability power increased from 45 to 50
Zhonya’s Paradox: Armor and magic resistance increased from 35 to 50
Zhonya’s Paradox: Ivnulnerablilty duration increased from 2.5 to three seconds

Set 6.5 Traits

The Enforcer trait is on the TFT hot seat due to the trait’s ease in disrupting gameplay at all stages of Set 6.5 Neon NIghts, with changes coming in Patch 12.6. Players can rely more upon the Bodyguard trait to protect backline units via Patch 12.5. The Innovator dragon was hit with a number of changes and the Enchanter trait is getting a nice buff in shield and resistance, along with the Hextech trait getting a shield buff.

Bodyguard: Starting shield buffed from 150/350/700/1200 to 200/400/800/2000
Enchanter: Heal and shield boost adjusted from 25/40/60/100 to 25/45/70/100 percent
Enchanter: Magic resistance buffed from 20/35/50/75 to 25/45/70/100
Enforcer: Stun duration reduced from four to three seconds.
Hextech: Shield buffed from 100/150/300/600 to 120/170/340/600
Twinshot: Bonus attack damage adjusted from 10/25/40/60 to 10/25/45/80

Innovator Hextech dragon

The dragon will no longer grant a 75 percent critical strike chance
Units buffed by the dragon roar will always critically strike if able
Electrifying Roar critical strike damage increased from 10 to 25 percent
Lightning damage increased from 500 to 600

Set 6.5 Champions

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A major rework was applied to Rek’Sai within TFT Patch 12.5, while buffs are coming to Neon Nights champions like Brand, Draven, Lucian, and Braum. Ashe and Ahri were booth given boosts that should improve their playability, and Nocturne’s three-star scaling has been fixed.

One-cost

Brand: base spell damage buffed from 120/160/210 to 135/175/235
Brand: Bonus spell damage adjusted from 150/225/300 to 165/225/300
Jarvan IV: Attack speed reduced from 0.65 to 0.6
Jarvan IV: Starting mana nerfed from 60/100 to 50/100
Nocturne: Unspeakable Horror stun duration nerfed at three-star from 3.5 to three seconds
Twitch: Piercing Bolt attack damage scaling percent adjusted from 125/135/150 to 125/130/140 percent
Twitch: Spell base damage adjusted from 25/50/75 to 30/50/70
Ezreal: Attack damage reduced from 50 to 45

Two-cost

Ashe: Number of arrows from spell increased from 6/7/8 to eight across the board
Ashe: Volley spell range increased by one Hex
Rek’Sai: Base spell damage will no longer scale with ability power and her resist steal percentage was removed
Rek’Sai: Armor and magic resistance increased from 40 to 45
Rek’Sai: Heal without ability power scaling at 150/250/400 changed to 150/200/350 with ability power scaling
Rek’Sai: Heals for 250/350/500 health that scales with ability power if she has already bit her target
Corki: Bombardment damage adjusted from 200/260/333 to 220/275/350
Lulu: Wild Growth bonus health buffed from 325/350/375 to 350/370/390

Three-cost

Ekko: Starting mana nerfed from 80/120 to 60/120
Gnar: Range of Mega Gnar’s boulder increased by one Hex
Lucian: Relentless Pursuit damage buffed from 175/275/300 to 185/295/315
Lucian: Armor and magic resistance increased from 25 to 30
Malzahar: Malefic Visions damage nerfed from 625/875/1050 to 600/825/950
Morgana: Soul Shackles shield adjusted from 425/550/750 to 475/575/675
Senna: Piercing Darkness attack damage percentage reduced from 160 to 150 percent
Senna: Piercing Darkness base damage adjusted from 80/125/200 to 80/120/180
Tryndamere: Spinning Slash base spin damage nerfed from 60/90/150 to 50/75/100

Four-cost

Ahri: Starting mana buffed from 0/50 to 30/50
Ahri: Angle between each Orb buffed from 20 to 10
Alistar: Pulverize damage nerfed from 200/350/1200 to 150/250/1000
Braum: Vault Breaker stun duration adjusted from 1.75/2.25/8 to 2/2.75/8 seconds
Draven: Range increased from three to four
Draven: Now has innate 25 percent armor penetration

Draven: VIP bonus armor penetration nerfed from 50 to 25 percent
Draven: Spinning Axes attack damage percentage adjusted from 150/160/400 to 170/180/400 percent
Draven: Spinning Axes base damage nerfed from 150/200/500 to 120/150/400
Vi: Piltover Pulverizer damage adjusted from 150/225/450 to 125/200/450
Vi: Spells third cast damage adjusted from 300/400/900 to 250/350/900
Renata: Toxic Poison damage nerfed from 45/70/240 to 40/65/220
Jhin: Curtain Call attack damage scaling adjusted from 150/200/300 to 175/200/300 percent
Kha’Zix: Arid Assault was renamed Void Assault
Irelia: Attack damge reduced from 90 to 85
Sivir: Attack speed increased from 0.7 to 0.8

Five-cost

Tahm Kench: Devour damage on crowd control immune targets increased from 35 to 50 percent
Galio: Colossal Entrance maximum health scaling increased from five to six percent
Zeri: Attack damage increased from 80 to 85
Jinx: Armor and magic resistance increased from 40 to 45
Kai’Sa: Attack speed increased from 1.1 to 1.2

Set 6.5 Items

Bramble Vest is the only major TFT Set 6.5 item getting a balance change within the 12.5 Neon Nights patch. The defensive item was too hard of a counter against critical damage, resulting in it getting toned down some.

Bramble Vest: Critical strike bonus damage reduction reduced from 100 to 75 percent
Bramble Vest: Reflect damage buffed from 60/80/120 to 75/100/150
Mistral: Banish duration reduced from 10 to eight seconds
Sunlight Cape: Burn reduced from 120 to 90 percent of 30 seconds
Edge of Night: Health threshold for stealth increased from 50 to 60 percent
Stattik Shiv: Lightning damage reduced from 70 to 60

TFT Set 6.5 bug fixes

Players in Hyper Roll will no longer end up with less than the minimum intended item components from PvE rounds
Players who stack Tri Force one and two will now gain the proper amount of mana
Recombobulator will correctly spawn Magnetic Removers in the top left like other Set 6.5 loot Augments
Archangel’s Embrace is now only available in one Hextech Augment tier as opposed to multiple
The tooltip for Radiant Banshee’s Claw will now specify that it blocks up to 600 ability damage
Tahm Kench will no longer deal damage to a unit affected by Silco’s spell without consuming and disabling them first
Units with the Enforcer trait can no longer detain a unit that has a Radiant Quicksilver or untis affected by a Radiant Zephyr
Warwick with a Mutant Emblem will no longer deal more damage than intended
Yordle mana costs will update immediately now when switching between the breakpoints of three and six
Tahm Kinch will no longer stun and deal damage to enemies who escaped his stomach with Edge of Night
Cho’Gath’s health bonus will now activate as intended when first placed on the battlefield
Silco can no longer cast his spell on a target that is inside the belly of Tahm Kench

The Hextech Augment Luden’s Echo will no longer deal zero damage the first time a unit is put onto the battlefield
Players will no longer get offered the Set 6.5 trait Augments for Hextech, Debonair, or Striker upon choosing the Hextech Augment Built Different