TFT patch 14.9 preview: New artifacts and support items

Teamfight Tactics (TFT) designer Riot Wittrock, alongside senior game designer on TFT, Riot Truexy, worked on 20 new artifacts and five new support items. These will be released with patch 14.9 on May 1. Let's take a look at all the mostly new items in this TFT patch 14.9 preview, shall we?

Twenty new artifacts will be joining the convergence to be equipped on your champions for combat. Here's what we know about all of them.

"Attacks reduce the target's maximum health by 2%. A unit hit by this effect 13 times has their star level reduced by one."

"Doubles the holder's attack range and causes each of their attacks to target a random enemy."

"Shields have 50% of their value converted to max health instead."

"Stunning an enemy causes lightning to strike them, dealing an additional 20% of their max health as magic damage."

"The holder gains 2% of their total mana whenever they're hit by an attack. Each cast restores 20% of the holder's max health over 3 seconds."

"The holder's first attack after each cast deals 150 bonus magic damage. (Damage increases based on Stage)."

"Every 3 seconds, shields the lowest percent health ally for 50% of the holder's combined Armor and Magic Resistance. On death, grants this shield to all allies."

"100% of overkill damage plus 100 is dealt as magic damage to 3 enemies nearest to the target."

"Shrinks the holder, granting them increased movement speed, 20% damage reduction, and immunity to Chill. (Chill: Attack speed reduction)."

"After killing a target, shed negative effects and dash to the farthest target within 4 hexes. The next 2 critical attacks deal 60% bonus critical strike damage."

"Gain +1 Attack Range, increased by 1 whenever the holder kills an enemy."

Red Buff replaced this item as the combination for 2 Recurve Bows. Rapid Firecannon is being re-introduced as an artifact and will allow melee carries to attack from a safe distance and start combats from range again.

"Takedowns increase the holder's Armor, Magic Resistance, and Ability Power by 10, increased to 15 if they score the kill."

"The holder's attack speed is locked at 0.5. Grants immunity to stuns and the holder's attacks stun the target for 0.5 seconds."

"Combat Start: Teleports the holder to the mirrored hex on the enemy's side of the board. After 6 seconds, the holder returns to their original location."

"Once per combat at 50% health, the holder splits into 3 copies of himself each with 25% of their max health. (Unique - only one per champion)."

"After 20 seconds, gain 100% max health and 100% increased damage for the rest of combat."

"Whenever a shield on the holder breaks, 50% of that shield's initial value is dealt to the nearest enemy as magic damage."

"Attacks deal 42 bonus magic damage. Heals the holder for 35% of all magic damage dealt."

In addition to introducing 20 new artifacts to TFT, patch 14.9 removes Goldmancer's Staff and Mogul's Mail from the artifact pool.

In addition to the 20 new artifacts, there will also be 5 new support items added into the mix.

"Combat Start: Grant 100 health and 15% Omnivamp to the holder and allies within 1 hex in the same row."

"Every 4 seconds, shield the 2 lowest percent health allies for 100-400 health (based on stage) for 4 seconds."

"When this unit dies, reduce the Attack Damage and Ability Power of enemy units within 2 hexes by 40% for 10 seconds. Allies within the explosion range gain 20% Attack Damage and Ability Power for the same duration."

"Every 5 seconds, all enemies are 33% Wounded and all allies deal 7% more damage for 5 seconds. (Wound: Reduces healing received)."

"When the holder dies, grant 3 completed items to nearby allies."

All of the changes with the new artifacts and support items will be available to play on PBE servers starting April 17, as patch 14.8 releases on live servers.

For details on how to create a PBE account, click here. If you need help recovering your current PBE account, click here instead.

That's all for this TFT patch 14.9 preview. Stay tuned on esports.gg for more news, guides, and updates.