Season 12 is here and what better way to make it than a patch with huge changes and updates? The TFT Patch 12.1 features lots of buffs and nerfs to both champions, items, and traits. As usual, the changes are categorized under the large and small sections but make no mistake; they are all quite impactful on the game.
For champions, Swain and Seraphine took a hit while Galio, Kai’Sa, Urgot, Tahm Kench, and Caitlyn all got buffed. Imperial, Innovator, and Yordle got nerfed while Socialite received a buff.
You will League of Legends patch notes here.
TFT Patch 12.1 – Large Changes
Augments
- Arcanist Heart now also grants a Swain
- Challenger Heart now also grants a Warwick ⇒ Quinn
- Protector Heart no longer grants a Blitzcrank
- Scholar Heart now also grants a Lissandra ⇒ Zyra
- Scrap Heart now also grants an Ekko ⇒ Blitzcrank
- Twinshot Heart now also grants a Graves ⇒ Kog’Maw
- Assassin Crest now also grants a Ekko ⇒ Talon
- Arcanist Crest now also grants a Twisted Fate ⇒ Swain
- Challenger Crest now also grants a Warwick ⇒ Quinn
- Chemtech Crest now also grants a Zac ⇒ Warwick
- Imperial Crest now also grants a Talon ⇒ Swain
- Mutant Crest no longer grants a Kog’Maw
- Scrap Crest now also grants an Ekko ⇒ Blitzcrank
- Ardent Censer (Enchanter) bonus Attack Speed: 40% ⇒ 50%
- Ascension Damage amplification after 15 seconds: 65% ⇒ 50%
- Cybernetic Implants bonus Health for equipped units: 200/300/400 ⇒ 150/250/350
- Duet bonus Health: 500 ⇒ 400
- Lifelong Learning (Scholar) REWORKED now guaranteed grants Scholars 2 Ability Power after each combat and an additional 2 Ability Power if they survive combat
- Makeshift Armor bonus Armor & Magic Resist: 30/45/60 ⇒ 35/55/75
- Portable Forge Armory option, Death’s Defiance now grants 20% Omnivamp
- Spellblade empowered attack Ability Power scaling after casting: 200% ⇒ 225%
- Stand United Attack Damage and Ability Power per active trait: 3/4/5 ⇒ 2/3/5
- Sunfire Board max Health burn: 20% ⇒ 16%
- Woodland Charm copy Health: 1500 ⇒ 1600
Traits
- Chemtech Damage Reduction percentage: 25 ⇒ 20
- Max Health regen: 3/4/7/12 ⇒ 3/5/8/15%
- Chemtech Attack Speed: 20/50/80/125% ⇒ 15/50/90/135%
- Imperial Tyrant Bonus Damage: 75/125 ⇒ 80/150%
- Imperial Units Bonus Damage: 0/75% ⇒ 0/80%
- Innovator Mechanical Bear base Health: 750 ⇒ 850
- Innovator Mechanical Bear Armor & Magic Resist: 60 ⇒ 70
- Socialite 2 Mana regen per second: 5 ⇒ 3
- Syndicate 7 bonus amplification: 33% ⇒ 50%
- Yordle, 1-cost spawn odds: 60% ⇒ 70%
- 2-cost spawn odds: 25% ⇒ 20%
- Yordle, 3-cost spawn odds: 15% ⇒ 10%
- Yordle (6) Mana reduction: 20% ⇒ 25%
Champions: Tier 1
- Caitlyn Ace in the Hole Damage: 800/1400/2250 ⇒ 800/1400/2000
Champions: Tier 2
- Swain max Mana buff: 40/80 ⇒ 40/75
- Swain Death’s Hand Healing per enemy hit: 200/230/300 ⇒ 225/250/350
Champions: Tier 3
- Heimerdinger Attack Range: 3 ⇒ 4
- Malzahar Spell Damage: 700/850/1000 ⇒ 650/850/1100
Champions: Tier 4
- Seraphine max Mana buff: 80/160 ⇒ 80/150
- Seraphine Encore Damage & Healing: 250/400/1000 ⇒ 275/450/1200
- Urgot Purge now counts as a basic attack every: 2nd shot ⇒ 3rd shot
Champions: Tier 5
- Galio critical strike Slam Bonus Damage: 80/125/1999 ⇒ 70/100/1999
- Galio Colossal Entrance base Stun Duration: 1.25/1.75/9.5 ⇒ 1.5/1.75/9.5 sec
- Kai’Sa Health: 900 ⇒ 850
- Icathian Monsoon Damage per missile: 80/100/180 ⇒ 70/90/180
- Kai’Sa starting Mana nerf: 90/150 ⇒ 75/150
- Tahm Kench Devour Damage Reduction: 40% ⇒ 30%
- Tahm Kench at 3-stars will now gain twenty times the usual stats when fed an allied unit.
Items
- Guardian Angel Health on revive: 400 ⇒ 250
- Morellonomicon True Damage burn: 2.5% a sec ⇒ 2% a sec
- Rapid Firecannon total Attack Speed: 50% ⇒ 60%
- Sunfire Cape Proc Rate: 2.5 sec ⇒ 2 sec
- Sunfire Cape True Damage Burn: 2.5% a sec ⇒ 2% a sec
- Zz’Rot Portal Health in stage 2: 1500 (unchanged)
- Portal Health in stage 3: 1700 ⇒ 1800
- Zz’Rot Portal Health in stage 4: 1900 ⇒ 2100
- Zz’Rot Portal Health in stage 5: 2250 ⇒ 2500
TFT Patch 12.1 – Small Changes
Augments
- Shrug It Off max Health regen percentage: 2.5% ⇒ 3%
- Smoke Bomb (Assassin) tooltip now properly reflects the damage reduction applied to the excess damage from the instance of damage that triggers the stealth
- Smoke Bomb (Assassin) Damage Reduction: 100% ⇒ 80%
- Sunfire Board and Weakspot are no longer mutually exclusive
Traits
- Metamorphosis Attack Damage and Ability Power growth: 1/2 ⇒ 2/4
Champions: Tier 1
- Garen Attack Damage: 60 ⇒ 70
- Graves max Mana buff: 80/120 ⇒ 50/100
- Illaoi Harsh Lesson Damage: 175/300/500 ⇒ 200/325/550
- Illaoi Harsh Lesson Healing: 25/30/35% ⇒ 25/30/40%
- Kassadin Null Sphere damage reduction: 30% ⇒ 25%
- Kassadin Null Sphere damage reduction duration: 4 seconds ⇒ 5 seconds
- Twisted Fate Wild Cards damage: 145/190/255 ⇒ 155/205/275
Champions: Tier 2
- Kog’Maw BarrageDamage: 7/8/9% ⇒ 8/8/8%
- Talon Attack Speed: 0.7 ⇒ 0.75
- Zilean Time Bomb Slow Duration: 3 ⇒ 4 sec
Champions: Tier 3
- Ekko Parallel Convergence Damage: 150/200/350 ⇒ 175/225/375
- Lissandra Iron Maiden Damage: 225/300/500 ⇒ 250/325/550
- Samira Health: 650 ⇒ 700
- Vex Health: 800 ⇒ 850
Champions: Tier 4
- Orianna max Mana buff: 50/140 ⇒ 50/130
- Sion Decimating Smash Stun Duration: 2/3/6 ⇒ 2.5/3/6 sec
- Sion Decimating Smash Damage: 100/200/500 ⇒ 125/200/500
- Yone Health: 950 ⇒ 900
Champions: Tier 5
- Viktor max Mana buff: 0/150 ⇒ 0/140
Items
- Chalice of Power bonus Ability Power: 30% ⇒ 35%
- Statikk Shiv bonus Attack Speed: 15% ⇒ 10%
Hyper Roll
Items
- Zz’Rot Portal Health in stage1 through 4: 1500 (unchanged)
- Portal Health in stage 5 through 7: 1900 ⇒ 2100
- Zz’Rot Portal Health in stage 8+: 2250 ⇒ 2500
TFT Patch 12.1 – Bug Fixes
- Eternal Winter no longer applies a temporary VFX below the unit when frozen
- Fixed an issue where Garen with Blue Buff would stop gaining mana in rare situations
- Frozen Heart generated by Scrap will now properly remove its Attack Speed slow when its holder dies
- Caitlyn’s and Fiora’s abilities will now properly cast when targeting an invulnerable unit (e.g., Colossus with Armor Plating)
- Double Up: There will now always be a winning team visible during the victory sequence, even if all teams were reduced to 0 health in the final battle.
- Double Up: Players no longer continually take massive damage after surrendering.
- Seraphine’s tooltip now specifies that she casts at the largest group of enemy units
- Academy Heart’s tooltip now states that it grants a Katarina
- Jinx no longer incorrectly burns enemies for 2.5% of their max Health instead of 2% at 1-star
- Jinx’s tooltip now properly reflects that she burns 2/3/4% max health per second rather than 2/2.5/3%
- In 11.24 we intended to nerf melee Jayce’s bonus Armor & MR (40 ⇒ 30) but it never went through.
