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TFT patch notes - 12.4 update

Get up to date on all the changes to challengers, augments, and traits with our guide to the TFT patch notes from the latest version

Official artwork for PROJECT Abyssia little legend

The universe of League of Legends just keeps getting bigger, and one of its brightest shining stars is Teamfight Tactics. This tactical auto-battler takes franchise favourite champions and puts them in the heat of a new kind of battle. As is the case in LoL, TFT receives frequent updates to mix up the meta, as well as offering prolific players a challenge with new augments, items, and character buffs.

Can’t keep up with the updates? Don’t fret. Our TFT patch notes guide is all you need to catch up with the important information, so you can concentrate on strategising for the arena. Even if you think you’re well acquainted with all things Teamfight Tactics, it’s worth checking the patch notes for each update, as they often drastically shift the meta from previous incarnations.

Once you’ve digested the latest Teamfight Tactics patch notes, be sure to check out our TFT tier list, and our guide to TFT comps fit for the 6.5 set. If you’d rather dabble in another LoL world, see our League of Legends: Wild Rift guide, as well as our detailed League of Legends: Wild Rift champions lineup.

TFT version 12.4 patch notes

Riot Games tends to launch substantial updates for TFT, so we’ve highlighted the most important information from the latest version. If you want to read the patch notes in full, hit this link to get the full listings. 

New Little Legends

PROJECT Abyssia is the brand new cyber-infused Little Legend arriving in 12.4. You have a 2% chance of finding Abyssia in a Neon Nights egg, so if you want to add this sword-wielding mini-robot to your armoury, you need both luck and currency on your side. As well as the new addition, Little Legends Fenroar, QiQi, and Hot Rod all receive a new cyber-sleek look and get a bunch of trait variants to exploit their potential. 

Hextech Battle Arena 

A new arena arrives as part of the latest update, complete with its own robo-nouncer. The Hextech Battle Arena is the perfect place for some of your more technologically advanced challengers to do battle. You’ll know just how you’re getting on as the new AI robo-nouncer has over 50 lines of dialogue to celebrate your victories and criticise your losses. 

New Bundles 

As ever, a new update to TFT means new bundles. If you’re one of many desperately seeking PROJECT Abyssia, the Neon Nights egg bundle is a must. 

Bundle Contents RP / TFT Coins
Five Neon Nights eggs Five Neon Nights eggs containing little legends 2,450
Eleven Neon Nights eggs Eleven Neon Nights eggs containing little legends 4,900
Neon Nights pass+ arena bundle  Hextech battle arena and Neon Nights pass+  2,595
Progress day celebration bundle Hextech battle arena, 12 Neon Nights eggs, Neon Nights pass+ 7,395
Neon Nights megabundle Hextech battle arena, 23 Neon Nights eggs, Neon Nights pass+ 11,020

Augments

TFT’s 12.4 update changes the effects and potency of some augments to suit the shift in meta for the 6.5 Set. See the full list below. 

  • Chemical Overload max Health percentage explosion damage: 20/30/40 ⇒ 20/30/removed
  • Runic Shield I now also grants a Swain
  • Runic Shield II now also grants a Vex
  • Runic Shield III has been removed
  • Ardent Censer bonus Attack Speed: 50% ⇒ 45%
  • Ardent Censer now also grants a Lulu
  • Cutthroat Mana reave: 65% ⇒ 50%
  • Cutthroat now also grants a Talon
  • Duet Health bonus: 400 ⇒ 200
  • Duet now also grants a Senna
  • En Garde disarm duration: 3 ⇒ 2.5sec
  • En Garde now also grants a Warwick
  • Lifelong Learning now also grants a Syndra
  • Lifelong Learning no longer works on PVE rounds
  • One for All now also grants an Ashe
  • Payday now also grants an Ashe
  • Portable Forge option, Obsidian Cleaver Armor & Magic Resist shred: 70% ⇒ 60%
  • Pirates now also grant a Quinn
  • Self-Repair repair time: 6 ⇒ 7 seconds
  • Self-Repair now also grants a Zilean
  • Shrug it Off now also grants a Sejuani
  • Sniper Heart now also grants an Ashe instead of a Tristana
  • So Small now also grants a Corki
  • Stand Behind Me now also grants a Blitzcrank
  • Twinshot Heart now also grants a Corki instead of a Kog’Maw
  • Unstable Evolution: fixed a bug where 3-star champs with items were getting more stacks than intended.
  • Unstable Evolution now also grants a Rek’sai
  • Armor Plating now proc’s one time at 50% Health, giving 3 seconds of Invulnerability
  • Armor Plating now also grants a Cho’gath
  • Broken Stopwatch now also grants a Zilean
  • Broken Stopwatch will never appear in 1-4
  • Clear Mind can only appear on 1-4
  • Gold Reserves max damage: 60% ⇒ 50%
  • Gold Reserves now also grants a Quinn
  • Instant Injection now also grants a Warwick
  • Junkyard now also grants an Ezreal
  • Scholar Crest now grants a Zyra instead of a Heimerdinger
  • Sharpshooter damage reduction: 45% ⇒ 50%
  • Sharpshooter now also grants a Corki
  • Smoke Bomb now also grants a Talon
  • Spellblade Ability Power scaling on next basic attack after cast: 225% ⇒ 200%
  • Spellblade now also grants a Swain
  • Titanic Force will rarely appear as the 1st Augment option
  • Celestial Blessing III Omnivamp: 25% ⇒ 35%
  • Cybernetic Implants III Health: 350 ⇒ 450
  • Enforcer Soul has been removed
  • High End Shopping now also grants 5 gold
  • High End Shopping will never appear as the 1st augment
  • Makeshift Armor III Armor & Magic Resist: 75 ⇒ 80
  • Socialite Soul now also grants 8 gold
  • Weakspot: You can no longer be offered other levels of Weakspot after choosing any tier of Weakspot
  • Woodland Charm will never appear as the 3rd Augment
  • Share the Spotlight: Tier 2 (Gold) ⇒ Tier 3 (Prismatic)
  • Share the Spotlight shared bonus: 100% ⇒ 125%
  • Share the Spotlight now also grants a Senna

Traits 

Like augments, traits are routinely modified to keep the meta fresh, and this update is no different. Again, check below for the complete tally. 

  • Bruiser bonus health: 125/225/400/700 ⇒ 125/225/450/800
  • Challenger attack speed: 30/55/80/130 ⇒ 25/55/90/150%
  • Chemtech bonus attack speed: 15/50/90/135 ⇒ 15/40/80/150%
  • Chemtech max health regen per second: 3/5/8/15% ⇒ 4/7/10/18%
  • Clockwork base attack speed: 10/35/70% ⇒ 10/40/80%
  • Enforcer Stun duration: 5 sec ⇒ 4 sec
  • Colossus now also grants an innate bonus 800 health
  • Cho’gath base health: 1300 ⇒ 700
  • Galio base health: 1800 ⇒ 1200
  • Innovator Mechanical Bear base health: 850 ⇒ 775
  • Innovator Hextech Dragon base health: 1250 ⇒ 1125
  • Innovator Hextech Dragon fear duration: 3 ⇒ 2 sec
  • Innovator Hextech Dragon Critical Strike bonus damage: 30% ⇒ 10%
  • Mutant new 7 piece chase trait has been added for each variation
  • Mutant Adrenaline Rush (7): 100% chance to proc and 40 attack damage
  • Mutant Bio Leeching (7): 80% Omnivamp
  • Mutant Cybernetic (7): 1,500 health and 100 attack damage
  • Mutant Cybernetic (5) health: 1,000 ⇒ 900
  • Mutant Metamorphosis (7): 35 armor & magic resist, 7 attack damage & ability power every two seconds (stacks up to five times)
  • Mutant Synaptic Web (7): 40 Mana & 50 Ability Power
  • Mutant Voidborne (7): 80% of their damage is true damage
  • Mutant Voracious Appetite (7): gain 40 attack damage & ability power each time an ally dies
  • Scrap is now smarter! Units like Ezreal and Irelia will no longer roll Hextech Gunblade or Morellonomicon
  • Socialite is now a 1/2/3/5 Trait
  • Socialite (1): Bonus damage: 20% ⇒ 15%
  • Socialite (5): All bonuses are doubled
  • Twinshot is now a 2/3/4/5 Trait
  • Twinshot chance to proc twice: 40/55/70/100%
  • Twinshot attack damage: 10/25/40/60
  • Twinshot tooltip now specifies that it works with ability casts as well

With that, you should be up-to-date on the latest TFT patch notes. If you’re looking for another online battler with some friendly faces, why not transfer your LoL skills over to Pokémon Unite with our guides to Pokémon Unite held items, and Pokémon Unite skins, as well as a Pokémon Unite tier list to help you decide which ‘mon to main.