This TFT patch changes up some Opening Encounter frequencies, removes Chem-Baron Emblems, and features balance updates such as Ekko nerfs and Ambessa buffs.
Riot Games has posted the Teamfight Tactics (TFT) patch 13.5 notes ahead of their release date. Read on for all of the TFT patch 13.5 notes and details.
TFT patch 13.5 release date
Another TFT update draws near. This time, it’s TFT patch 13.5 slated for Feb. 5. According to Riot Games, this patch features changes to Opening Encounter frequencies, removes Chem-Baron Emblems, and includes some balance adjustments.
TFT patch 13.5 notes
In terms of the unit buffs, they’re going to Draven, Cassiopeia, Ambessa, Heimerdinger, and Viktor. Meanwhile, nerfs are going to Urgot, Steb, Ekko, Elise, Caitlyn, and LeBlanc. As for Mundo, he’s being adjusted to scale less with maximum health and to become a stronger pick without the Bruiser Emblem. Below are all of the TFT patch notes for the 13.5 update, as provided by Riot Games.
Opening Encounters
Caitlyn (Gold Subscription): 4% ⇒ 8%
Heimerdinger (Prismatic First): 6% ⇒ 8%
Mel (Radiant Blessing): 8% ⇒ 4%
Powder (Wind Up Monkey): 5% ⇒ 8%
Sevika (Loot Subscription): 4% ⇒ 7%
Viktor (6 Costs): 8% ⇒ 5%
Warwick (Loot on Kill): 8% ⇒ 3%
Augment Tailoring
Augments that require a certain breakpoint of Traits to appear will require more units in that trait to appear on 4-2.
Chem-Baron (7) has been removed
Chem-Baron Emblem has been removed
Chem-Baron (3): 15/35, 20 HP (No change)
Chem-Baron (4): 20/45, 60 HP ⇒ 15/45, 60 HP
Chem-Baron (5): 20/55, 110 HP ⇒ 20/60, 100 HP
Chem-Baron (6): 25/70, 160 HP ⇒ 20/90, 150 HP
Chem-Baron DOUBLE UP: now has separate Shimmer tuning values, all of which are approximately 25-33% lower than standard mode. (3): 15/35 ⇒ 10/25, (4): 15/45 ⇒ 10/35, (5): 20/60 ⇒ 15/50, (6): 25/90 ⇒ 20/70
Chem-Baron, Perfected Piltoven Hexarmor Proc Cooldown: 4 ⇒ 3 seconds
Chem-Baron, Perfected Unleashed Toxins no longer Stuns. Missiles Fired: 5 ⇒ 4
Chem-Baron, Perfected Virulent Virus True Damage: 35% ⇒ 25%
Dominator HP Shield: 350/500/700 ⇒ 350/550/800
Enforcer HP Shield: 12/20/30/40 ⇒ 12/22/33/40
Enforcer Damage Amp: 12/20/33/50 ⇒ 12/20/33/48
Emissary (4) Bonus HP: 200 ⇒ 250
Experiment Emblem Clone HP: 50% ⇒ 40%
Pit Fighter Heal Amount: 10/25/40/80% ⇒ 10/25/45/80%
Pit Fighter True Damage: 6/12/20/40% ⇒ 6/12/22/45%
Rebel Baseline HP%: 12% ⇒ 15%
Visionary Mana Gain: 25/50/80% ⇒ 25/50/75%
Draven Axe AD%: 140/140/140/140% ⇒ 140/140/150/150%
Steb Ability Heal: 270/310/360/410 ⇒ 260/290/360/430
Urgot Ability AD%: 300/300/333% ⇒ 300/300/310%
Urgot Secondary Damage: 150/150/165% ⇒ 150/150/155%
Cassiopeia Primary Ability Damage: 230/345/550 ⇒ 240/360/580
Cassiopeia Miasma Damage: 160/240/385 ⇒ 180/270/430
Ambessa AD: 65 ⇒ 68
Ambessa three-star Chain AD%: 350% ⇒ 400%
Ambessa three-star Strike AD%: 500% ⇒ 600%
Ambessa three-star Slam AD%: 1200% ⇒ 1500%
Dr. Mundo Armor/MR: 60 ⇒ 66
Dr. Mundo Ability Heal: 18% ⇒ 15%
Ekko Ability Damage: 300/450/1200 ⇒ 285/430/1200
Ekko Secondary Damage: 150/225/450 ⇒ 145/215/400
Elise (Melee) Mana: 50/160 ⇒ 60/170
Heimerdinger Missile Damage: 50/75/225 ⇒ 52/78/275
Caitlyn AD: 82 ⇒ 80
BUGFIX: Fixed several rare cases where Caitlyn could miss and/or fizzle parts of her Ability.
LeBlanc Empowered Auto Damage: 160/240/900 ⇒ 150/225/900
Viktor Laser Damage: 60/240/2400 ⇒ 75/300/2400
Viktor Ability Damage: 150/500/9999 ⇒ 160/600/9999
Blade Dance (Irelia Carry Augment) Ability AD%: 335/335/345/345% ⇒ 350/350/350/350%
Diversified Portfolio & Diversified Portfolio + Gold per Traits: 1 per 3 ⇒ 2 per 4
Eye for an Eye+ Ally Deaths per component: 13 ⇒ 16
Mad Chemist (Singed Carry Augment) Ability Omnivamp: 20% ⇒ 30%
Mentorship I HP: 150 ⇒ 120
Survivor Gold: 88 ⇒ 92
NEW: Table Scraps: After the next 4 carousels, gian one unit that was not taken and their item
Chem Baron Crest has been Removed
Glass Cannon II Damage Amp: 20% ⇒ 25%
BUGFIX: Item Collector II now correctly gives 20 base health rather than 10
Moonlight AD/AP Bonus: 35% ⇒ 45%
Team Up: Martial Law – Caitlyn Shot Damage: 225% ⇒ 200%
Team Up: Reunion – Vi Damage: 120% ⇒ 110%
Team Up: Sisters – Vi AD Buff: 60% ⇒ 80%
Team Up: Sisters – Jinx AS Buff Duration: 5 ⇒ 7 sec
Training Arc (Pitfighter) HP Per Win: 45 ⇒ 50
Trifecta I AS: 18% ⇒ 23%
Why Not Both (Shapeshifter) Bonus Stats: 24 ⇒ 30
Anger Issues Armor/MR: 50 ⇒ 45
Belt Overflow Belts Given: 4 ⇒ 5
Belt Bonus HP: 90 ⇒ 60
Chem Baron Crown has been Removed
Exalted Adventure Duplicators: Next 3 stages ⇒ Next 2 stages
Exalted Adventure Rewards reduced ~10%
Glorious Evolution (Viktor) Upgrades Required: 9 ⇒ 6
Immovable Object Power Increase: 60% ⇒ 50%
Lucky Gloves turns before 3rd Glove: 5 ⇒ 7
Pumping Up III Base AS: 12% ⇒ 16%
Spoils of War III Loot Drop Chance 40% ⇒ 45%
Team Up: Geniuses – Heimerdinger Missile Damage: 120% ⇒ 150%
BUGFIX: Teamup: Geniuses Ekko images no longer do less damage than intended
Trifecta II AS: 24% ⇒ 33%
Blue Buff and Nashor’s Tooth can now be equipped on manaless champions. Not saying it’s a good idea, but they technically give you some usable stats, so go wild.
Chem Baron Emblem has been removed
Gold Collector Chance for Gold: 40% ⇒ 33%
Mogul’s Mail Base HP: 50 ⇒ 100
Center of the Universe Star Damage: 85 ⇒ 80
Diving In Omnivamp: 20% ⇒ 15%
Infectious Anomaly Starting AD/AP: 15 ⇒ 12
Last Chance Bonus Attack Speed: 50% ⇒ 33%
Titan of Teamwork three-star count: 4 ⇒ 6
Touch of Frost Stun Duration: 1 ⇒ 1.5 sec
Vampiric Affinity Amped Omnivamp: 40% ⇒ 50%
Voracious Appetite HP Per Stack: 150 ⇒ 100
Voracious Appetite Damage Amp per stack: 3% ⇒ 2%
Traits
Conqueror (9) base AD/AP: 100% ⇒ 120%
Scrap (9) Piece Shield per Item: 65 ⇒ 60
Champions
Garen three-star Spell AD%: 1500 ⇒ 1800%
Garen three-star Secondary AD%: 750% ⇒ 1200%
Twitch three-star Spell AD%: 300% ⇒ 400%
Twitch three-star damage fall off: 20% ⇒ 10%
Traits
Cultist (11) The Endbringer will no longer be kicked off the board by Lee Sin.
Cultist (11) The Endbringer will no longer be a primary target of 1 or 2 star Sett’s ability
Duelist Attack Speed stack: 8 ⇒ 10
Duelist Attack Speed per stack: 12%/20%/35%/60% ⇒ 10%/15%/25%/35%
Exile (2) Omnivamp: 80% ⇒ 60%
Fortune 11 and 12 Loot table has been reworked with stronger options
Sharpshooter Max Bounce: 2/3/4 ⇒ 1/2/3
Sharpshooter Damage Falloff: 65%/45%/30% ⇒ 55%/50%/45%
Champions
Nidalee three-star Spell Damage: 350 ⇒ 270
Tahm Kench damage block: 15/25/75 ⇒ 12/25/50
Twisted Fate Ability Damage: 250/350/475 ⇒ 180/270/400
Elise Health on Hit: 40/80/160 ⇒ 40/60/80
Elise Bonus Health %: 25%/30%/45% ⇒ 40%/60%/80%
Fiora Stun Duration: 2/2.5/3 ⇒ 1/1.5/2
Annie Ability Damage: 250/350/450 ⇒ 180/270/360
Annie Ability Shield: 500/700/900 ⇒ 400/600/900
Braum Damage Reduction: 80%/85%/90% ⇒ 70%/75%/85%
Janna Bonus AD: 20/30/60/90 ⇒ 15/20/25/50
Jarvan IV Ability Damage: 175/250/750 ⇒ 200/300/500
Nautilus Ability Damage: 300/450/1000 ⇒ 270/400/600
Rakan Shield: 200/400/800 ⇒ 300/400/675
Rakan Disarm Duration: 2.5/3/4 ⇒ 2/2.5/3
Teemo Ability Blind Duration: 2.5/3/4.5 ⇒ 3/3/3
Pyke is now a Magic Reaper (for itemization recommendation)
Pyke Ability Damage: 100/175/275 ⇒ 150/225/325
Pyke Ability Stun Duration: 2/2.5/4 ⇒ 1.5/2/2.75
Vi Ability Damage: 250/425/850 ⇒ 225/375/575
Vladimir Ability Damage: 400/600/1000 ⇒ 350/475/725
Irelia Ability Damage: 200/300/700 ⇒ 150/200/250
Sivir Ability AD: 100/200/350 ⇒ 100/150/200
Sivir Ability AS Buff: 40%/50%/70% ⇒ 40%/55%/90%
Yuumi Ability Healing: 30/45/90 ⇒ 30/40/50
Aatrox Ability Damage: 400/600/2500 ⇒ 250/450/1500
Cho’Gath three-star Ability Damage: 2000 ⇒ 1500
Kayle Wave damage: 110/150/350 ⇒ 75/100/230
Morgana Ability Damage: 250/400/1600 ⇒ 300/475/2000
Sejuani Ability Damage: 100/200/1600 ⇒ 150/250/1600
Sejuani Ability one-star Stun Duration: 2 ⇒ 2.5
Talon Ability Percent AD: 240%/250%/300% ⇒ 200%/200%/350%
Xayah Ability Percent AD: 250%/275%/350% ⇒ 150%/170%/225%
Azir Ability Damage: 225/375/8888 ⇒ 250/400/8888
Ornn Ability Stun Duration: 1.5/2/15 ⇒ 2/2.5/15
Ornn Ability Damage: 175/275/9999 ⇒ 225/400/9999
Sett Ability Primary % Max health Damage: 40%/60%/800% ⇒ 20%/30%/400%
Sett Ability Secondary Damage: 20%/30%/400% ⇒ 10%/15%/200%
Yone Ability Damage: 900/1300/20000 ⇒ 725/1050/150000
Yone Unforgotten Damage: 400/750/9999 ⇒ 275/600/9999
Still a dummy: Training Dummy’s inspect panel name is now “Training Dummy” instead of “Target Dummy”
Gifting a unit to your partner in Double Up during the Anomaly round will no longer cause the unit to be returned to you at the end of the round
One Thousand Cuts no longer gains two stacks on the first hit against each target
One-thousand and one: One Thousand Cuts now works correctly with Another Anomaly
Moonlight and Greater Moonlight can now correctly allow units to combine at the start of planning phase
9 Scrap no longer deletes Spatulas and Frying Pans
Killing Dragon using Center of the Universe now correctly drops an item
Center of the Universe can no longer kill units through revives
Noxian Guillotine no longer kills units through revives
Prismatic Flesh Ripper’s revive and Last Stand should now interact correctly
Quality over Quantity no longer stops working in combination with Unstable Treasure Chest or NO SCOUT NO PIVOT
Eeek: Viktor can no longer gain infinite AP with the Attack Expert anomaly
Item Collector II now correctly gives 20 base health rather than 10
Fixed a bug where Teamup: Geniuses Ekko images were doing less damage than intended
Silver Rose: Sion knockup no longer goes through Quicksilver
Sending a champion to your partner in Double Up while you have a Team Up Augment no longer lets your partner get the Team Up trait
Fixed several cases where Caitlyn could miss and/or fizzle parts of her spell
Mel now correctly procs in Double Up if your partner takes damage that would reduce you to 1 health
Festival of Beasts Revival: Xayah’s Ability will now correctly scale according to her current Attack Range
Festival of Beasts Revival: Zhonya’s Paradox will correctly protect a unit against Nunu’s Ability
Festival of Beasts Revival: Slayer’s Resolve will correctly give a Zed
Festival of Beasts Revival: Zed now correctly steals flat AD rather than base AD
Prior to the release of the above patch notes, Stephen “Mortdog” Mortimer from Riot Games shared a rundown on his YouTube channel. His patch preview went into the reasoning behind some of the updates.
However, as he mentioned at the start of the video, the preview notes “are subject to change if we find there’s a bug or if something changes after this rundown.” Nonetheless, it’s still interesting to hear what he had to say about it all.
That’s all for now. Are you ready for TFT patch 13.5? Stick around esports.gg for more news and updates.