The last mid-set of Teamfight Tactics is almost upon us. TFT Set 9.5 Horizonbound will be released on September 13, with Patch 13.18.
The Teamfight Tactics developers have been working hard on a lot of new changes for the upcoming TFT Set 9.5, Horizonbound. Throughout the past week, the TFT devs have released little bits of information each day on social media. However, leaks from third-party sources became an issue and lead designer Stephen "Mortdog" Mortimer made sure outdated and false information was corrected.
Here's everything that Riot Games has released so far about TFT Set 9.5 Horizonbound!
New Set 9.5 Champions
Here is a list of champions and their corresponding cost. You can learn more about their abilities here.
1-cost
- Graves
- Milio
2-cost
- Naafiri
- Twisted Fate
- Qiyana
3-cost
- Miss Fortune
- Nautilus
- Neeko
- Quinn
4-cost
- Fiora
- Mordekaiser
- Nilah
- Silco
- Xayah
5-cost
- Gangplank
New Set 9.5 Traits
Bilgewater
A 3/5/7/9-piece trait will introduce extra splash damage into fights as enemies will be marked for a periodic artillery barrage. Bilgewater is also coming with a new region portal, Rat Town. Rat Town will provide random lucky shops that have units tailored to your team.
Bilgewater units in Set 9.5 will include:
- Graves
- Illaoi
- Twisted Fate
- Miss Fortune
- Nautilus
- Nilah
- Gangplank
Ixtal
When active, Ixtal units will make elemental hexes appear on the board. From game to game, the element varies, and they are designed to further empower the Ixtal units! This is a trait version of the Set 2 mechanic. The introduction of Ixtal means a new region portal in Ixaocan. This portal will grant increasingly valuable loot as team star-value goes up.
Ixtal units in the upcoming set include:
- Milio
- Qiyana
- Neeko
Vanquisher
This new trait gives these units increased critical strike chance against tankier enemies. Xayah will be the premiere 4-cost carry of the trait.
New Set 9.5 Items
Craftable Items
Adaptive Helm
- Recipe: Tear + Cloak
- Stats: 15 Mana, 20 Magic Resist
- Description:
Combat Start: The holder gains bonuses based on their starting position.- Front Two Rows: 15 Ability Power + 30 Armor/Magic Resist
- Back Two Rows: 35 Ability Power + 15 Mana every three seconds
- Replaces Chalice of Power
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Evenshroud
- Recipe: Belt + Cloak
- Stats: 150 Health + 20 Magic Resist
- Description: Grant 15 Armor and Magic Resist for the first 10 seconds of combat, 30% Sunder enemies within 2 hexes (Sunder: reduce armor)
- Replaces Zephyr
Nashor's Tooth
- Recipe: Bow + Belt
- Stats: 150 Health + 30 Ability Power + 10% Attack Speed
- Description: After casting an ability, gain 40% attack speed for five seconds.
- Replaces Zz'rot Portal
Night Harvester
- Recipe: Glove + Chain Vest
- Stats: 25 AP, 25 Armor, 20% Critical Strike Chance
- Description: Deal 15% bonus damage, increased to 30% while below 60% health
- Replaces Shroud of Stillness
Support Items
Support items will be a new class of items that buff the team rather than the holder. A few items that were craftable are making an appearance here along with some new additions.
Aegis of the Legion
- Combat start: Grant 30% attack speed and 20 armor and magic resist for 10 seconds to allies in columns behind the holder
Randuin's Omen
- Combat start: Grant 33 armor and magic resistance to the holder and their allies.
Shroud of Stillness
- Combat start: 30% mana reave enemies in a beam and team gains 100 health.
Zeke's Herald
- Combat start: Grant 25% attack speed to holder and allies within two hexes in the same row
Zz'rot Portal
- Combat start: Summon a Voidspawn that taunts nearby enemies
They will be made available to players through augments, portals, rewards, etc. rather than item component combination.
Ornn Artifacts
Goldmancer's Staff and Mogul's Mail are now Ornn Artifacts instead of Shimmerscale items, which will be indicated by a red border around their item icons.
New Set 9.5 Cosmetics
Chibis
Irelia is the next champion being turned into a Chibi. Similar to previous Chibis, Irelia will have a base skin and a special skin with a cutscene animation.
Little Legends
- Knife Pup
- Knife Hound
- Scuba Sprite
- Stellacorn Lightcharger
Arenas
- Bilgewater Bay
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