Buckle up, Teamfight Tactics fans – there’s a hefty batch of changes across the autobattler’s Champion and trait rosters on the way. TFT patch 10.15, which has just gone live alongside the equivalent patch for its sister MOBA game League of Legends’ LoL patch 10.15, wasn’t especially jam-packed, bringing just a handful of key changes. But that’s not the case this time – TFT patch 10.16 has landed on the mutliplayer game’s PBE for testing, and oh boy, is it a big ‘un.
First up, there’s a raft of Champion balance changes across the various tiers, many of them buffs for three-star Champs, with a whopping 22 characters in the TFT roster adjusted. Illaoi, Poppy, Annie, Nautilus, Shen, Vi, and Riven, in particular, are getting multiple changes this cycle based on what’s currently on the PBE, though bear in mind this can – and likely will – change by the time the patch launch rolls around in a fortnight.
In addition, a bunch of TFT traits are also seeing some buffs this round, with a couple of nerfs thrown in, which you can check out in detail below.
Last but not least, there are some adorable Spirit Blossom Little Legends and a new item feature on the way too. You can check these out in-game as they currently appear on the PBE below.
Without further ado, let’s take a gander at those TFT patch 10.16 notes, shall we?
Teamfight Tactics Patch 10.16 Champion CHanges
Tier One
Illaoi – buffed
- Illaoi’s ability damage has changed to 125/200/400 from 125/200/325
- Illaoi’s MR and armour steal effect has increased to 30/40/80 from 30/40/60
Leona – buffed
- Leona’s ability damage reduction effect has changed to 40/80/400 from 40/80/200
Malphite – buffed
- Malphite’s shield has changed to 40/45/70% from 40/45/60%
Poppy – buffed
- Value of Poppy’s shield has changed to 200/300/450 from 200/300/400
- Poppy’s ability damage has changed to 100/150/225 from 100/150/200
Ziggs – buffed
- Ziggs’ ability damage dealt has changed to 300/400/600 from 300/400/550
Tier Two
Ahri – buffed
- Ahri’s ability damage has changed to 175/250/425 from 175/250/375
Annie – buffed
- Value of Annie’s shield has increased to 400/500/800 from 400/500/700
- Annie’s ability damage has changed to 300/400/700 from 300/400/600
Blitzcrank – buffed
- Blitzcrank’s ability damage has changed to 200/350/1337
from 200/350/850
Darius – buffed
- Darius’ ability damage has changed to 400/550/888 from 400/550/800
Lucian – buffed
- Lucian’s damage dealt by ability has changed to 175/250/625 from 175/250/550
Mordekaiser – buffed
- Value of Mordekaiser’s shield has changed to 350/500/875 from 350/500/800
Nautilus – buffed
- Nautilus’ ability damage has changed to 100/200/500 from 100/200/400
- Duration of Nautilus’ stun effect has changed to 3/3/6 seconds from 3/3/5 seconds
Shen – buffed
- Duration of Shen’s ability has changed to 2.5/3/6 seconds from 2.5/3/5 seconds
- Shen’s MR has changed to 15/30/90 from 15/30/45
Zed – buffed
- Zed’s AD steal effect has changed to 20/33/50% from 20/25/40%
Tier Three
Bard – nerfed
- Bard’s mana gain from ability decreased to 5/20/90 from 8/20/90
Ezreal – buffed
- Ezreal’s ability damage has changed to 100/150/800 from 100/150/400
Rumble – buffed
- Rumble’s ability damage has changed to 500/750/1650 from 500/750/1500
Vayne – buffed
- Vayne’s ability ADA has changed to 175/200/275% from 175/200/225%
Vi – buffed
- Vi’s AD has changed to 350/550/1350 from 350/550/1100
- Vi’s damage from knock up has changed to 150/200/600 from 150/200/500
Tier Four
Fizz – nerfed
- Fizz’s damage dealt from ability has decreased to 350/550/4000 from 400/550/4000
Gnar – buffed
- Mega Gnar’s health has changed to 750/1250/5000 from 750/1250/4000
Jhin – nerfed
- Jhin’s attack speed has decreased to 0.85/0.9/1.2 from 0.9/0.95/1.2
Riven – buffed
- Riven’s AD has changed to 100/150/600 from 100/150/450
- Value of Riven’s shield has changed to 200/350/1200 from 200/350/1000
Soraka – nerfed
- Soraka’s healing effect has decreased to 325/500/20000 from 375/550/20000
Tier Five
Gangplank – buffed
- Gangplank’s ability damage dealt increased to 550/700/9001 from 450/600/9001
Janna – buffed
- Duration of Janna’s stun effect has changed to 1.5/1.5/8 from 1.5/1.5/1.5
TEAMFIGHT TACTICS PATCH 10.16 Trait CHANGES
Battlecast – buffed
- Healing and damage (eight-unit) increased to 1000 from 880
Celestial – nerfed
- Helaing (two-unit) decreased to 15% from 15%
Chrono – buffed
- Cooldown for attack speed (four-unit) decreased to 3 from 3.5
- Cooldown for attack speed (six-unit) decreased to 1 from 1.5
- Cooldown for attack speed (eight-unit) decreased to 0.5 from 0.75
Dark Star – buffed
- AD and spell power (eight-unit) increased to 48 from 38
Infiltrator – buffed
- Attack speed (six-unit) increased to 150% from 120%
Rebel – buffed
- Value of shield (six-unit) increased to 225 from 210
- Value of shield (nine-unit) increased to 400 from 330
- AD (nine-unit) AD increased to 20 from 15
Space Pirate – buffed
- Chance of component item (four-unit) increased to 33% from 25%
Star Guardian – buffed
- Mana (nine-unit) increased to 60 from 45
Vanguard – nerfed
- Armour (six-unit) decreased to 900 from 1000
SPIRIT BLOSSOM LITTLE LEGENDS
NEW ITEM FEATURE
Teamfight Tactics lead designer Stephen ‘Mortdog’ Mortimer has posted about a new, upcoming feature on the way to the game with the 10.16 patch:
Shout out to the team for putting together this sick new feature coming to 10.16:
You'll be able to right click any item component and see what it can build into. It even highlights what you can make based on what items you have ready to go! pic.twitter.com/oHxLPwwaSj
— Riot Mort (@Mortdog) July 29, 2020
That’s all we’ve got for the upcoming TFT patch 10.16 notes for now, but do keep checking back as more changes, tweaks, and various other tinkerings could well appear before the update goes live. According to the 2020 League of Legends patch schedule, this round o’ changes is due to land on live servers on Wednesday, August 5, 2020.
Be sure to take a look at the latest batch of changes, too, with the TFT patch 10.15 notes, to find out what’s just arrived in the live game. It was a chunky update, so it’s worth checking out if you haven’t already.