As mentioned last week, our shop odds were unintentionally changed when we shipped patch 14.24. We’re correcting them here to be as they’ve been for the couple sets.

We’re happy with the power of 6-costs making them desirable (too desirable in Viktor’s case) to slot into just about any comp if you have the room, but we are seeing them a bit too often for their power budget.

Over the weekend we saw some quick use of Reforgers to access one of our more hidden secrets (Spoiler: it’s equipping all three unique Tactician items) during Mel’s Encounter. We want that mega-powerful moment (infinite gold) to be mega-hard to get, but we also believe that 3 Tactician’s Crowns is too warping for an encounter regardless of the secret.

Most of the changes below ensures that no Chem-Baron item is too illegal nor too legal, but the rest of the changes are making sure our chase traits are worthy of the chase.

You’ll notice a few Chem-Baron changes here and above in traits. Chem-Baron’s had a particularly strong ceiling with some of its Perfected cashout items, but also a strong floor with the base power of its units able to scale into the late game regardless of your Shimmer collection. We’re reeling back on letting the monster out with nerfs to the strongest barons (Singed and Silco) here. Violet and Viktor’s nerfs here are the two biggest of the patch. Both carries had a large impact in the Macao Open and ranked ladders around the world, so we’re punching them down to 1-cost or 6-cost size. Barring rare high-rolls, Camille carry was all but removed with our 14.24 nerfs. We’re returning a small slice of damage to the scissors-running Enforcer to help her find her edge.The Enforcer line is a bit weaker than we’d like it to be and much of that is due to two of its units being in a fairly dismal state. So in addition to Camille, we’re giving the lovable Loris a buff to match his Bulwark wielding bulk. Malzahar’s quietly become our weakest 5-cost after his 14.24 nerfs, so we’re giving him a dot of damage not because he’s Mort’s favorite champion, but genuinely because he’s our worst performing 5-cost by a significant margin (and Mort couldn’t cope with that).

With the release of our evolved set we inadvertently shifted the shop odds at level 6 and 7. Since our Macao Open players have been practicing with these odds on PBE, and micropatching has the potential to introduce new bugs without proper QA time, these odds will remain the same until we follow up with a B-patch next week. Expect to see that update here next week as well as our social channels.

This one is a pre (A) patch update that we’re getting in as early as possible before the TFT Macao Open begins. This patch is meant to be small in scope and impact as we’re not trying to shake things up any more than 14.24 already has.

Starting after the Anomaly, 6-costs have a chance to appear in your shop. That chance increases each round and is further increased when you reach level 10.

New units are here to introduce you to new encounters. We also have some quality of life (and odds) adjustments for existing encounters.

Flexibility and adaptability are core components of skill expression in TFT. Being able to make the best of a pretty good Anomaly is something we’d like to see rather than rolling for a specific Anomaly, which results in less game-to-game variance and feels bad when you don’t hit within the amount of gold you have or barely manage to hit after spending all the gold that you were saving for going Level 9. As a reminder, Anomalies are slightly optimized to fit your current board state, so you will still see ones that make sense early in your rolls.

This one is for my fellow Family rerollers with shiny orbs stuck on their board that they can’t pick up because of their lack of bench spaces.

With the Anomaly rule changes, we’re taking an extensive pass on Anomaly options, changing 28 of them. We’ve disabled Cosmic Rhythm once again, this time to make space for Viktor’s arrival who, if you are lucky enough to combo with the Anomaly, will inevitably cause the end of humanity - or just the game. Power Absorption previously contributed a portion of AD from non-champion sources like Deathblade, or, in some cases, multiple Deathblades held by one Sett. We’re fixing that overflow source of AD, but giving the Anomaly a compensation buff, meaning it will be better than before in cases where it was not optimized around Deathblade stacking. Scuttle Familiar is getting a similar treatment but in the other direction. Its 14.23 version had Shred and Sunder hinder the Familiar’s stats, but with that no longer an issue, we’ve added a small compensation nerf to the stat percentage.Ultimate Hero had a certain someone punching far above the rest, but while that someone (rhymes with Violet and is Violet) was the most visibly strong user of the Anomaly, our other four-star 1-costs have also been performing far above the allotted power for an Anomaly. Instead of nerfing four-stars across the board, we’re adding a nifty power lever that will delay when the Anomaly takes effect. Can you survive another 3 turns before starring up to become the Ultimate Hero?

Getting incredibly lucky isn’t the only way to get our new 6-costs. We’ve added a Prismatic Augment that’ll grant you early access to an ultra-powerful 6-cost IF you have what it takes. Each will challenge you differently, either from being smart with your econ, lucky with your rolls, or just straight-up bloodthirsty.

I know we asked for no Arcane spoilers earlier, but seriously, if you haven’t finished watching the last episode yet, stop here because there is a new Augment that might make you clench your fists.

We’re nerfing Mad Chemist before I’ve even had the chance to try it out, which may make me, the mad chemist in question—well, maybe just the mad part. Two of our other Champion Augments made it to the buff list including Irelia’s Blade Dance and Trundle’s Trolling—we’re hoping that this’ll boost 1-cost reroll comps aside from the go-tos in Violet and the dads (Draven, Darius, and of course, Vander). Finally in the Champion Augment space, we’re removing Powder’s I Hope This Works Augments because yeah… it didn’t work. We’ve also got two new Augments that are sure to shake things up. Table Scraps will give a piece of what’s left on the Carousel as an extra treat, while Delayed Star will sell your board and bench, give you a starter team of random two-star 1-costs, and disable your shop for the next 3 rounds—that’s one way to force yourself to build econ.

While our release patch had many of the traits feeling relatively balanced, one obvious offender (Black Rose) shaped the meta. We’re taking a pass on lifting the traits that have had the hardest time taking out Sion, while pruning some of the power out of Black Rose’s summon. Academy has made it to the buff list, which may be a surprise to a few, but we’ve only buffed its higher trait breakpoints, which are often entirely neglected after just getting one or two items out of the trait. A nerf to the trait’s most powerful carry, Heimerdinger, will ensure this buff doesn’t go too far and will make taking advantage of building the sponsored items to excess pays off! Our Ambusher changes bring a small nerf to the trait, that should be most felt at Ambusher 5, and with our Camille nerf later on. Chem-Baron’s been performing really well during my lunch breaks—it often allows me to squeeze two TFT games into a single lunch! We’re giving it a buff that’ll reward you with more HP for Chem-Barons for passing up black market shimmer trades, but we’re also making those breakpoints easier to hit when sustaining a loss streak.

Behold as the following units become good early-game item holders or maybe even reroll carries!?

Camille has won the 2-cost lottery, excelling as if the rest of the board was made of scissors. We’re giving her a substantial nerf to her healing and damage at three stars, while her damage at one and two stars is being bumped down slightly. Tristana has been so close to finding success in Emissary comps but often relies on high-roll scenarios and a secondary carry to bail her out in the late game when she should be scaled up with her stacking AD. By boosting her base AS, we can better her scaling with her go-to items, so expect your Rageblades to stack faster and your Hurricanes to get stormier. Nocturne is another champion who’s been almost good in some high-roll Akali comps. Even when the stars align, Nocturne is never the terror of the comp. We’re hoping a higher base AS opens him up as a secondary reroll carry in situations where you’ve starred him up faster than Akali.

Scar’s emerged as the best of the 3-cost tanks, so it’s time we bring Blitzcrank and Loris up to his level. Who knows, maybe this will open up more emphasis on Automata in Kog’Maw Scar comps?

4-Cost melee carries have had difficulty getting over their breakups, betrayals, family drama, and enemy frontlines—but mostly that last part in TFT. Ambessa is getting a nice buff that’ll have her casting faster and benefitting more from AD—Conqueror vertical buff! Vi on the other hand, or fist, will be getting a series of buffs from her shield to both parts of her ability.

Caitlyn needs specific items to find success, so we’re giving her a bit of base AD and increasing her Airship’s bombardment damage. She’ll make even better use of Swords with this buff, so if you’ve got ’em send ’em her way.

Malzahar has the exact opposite problem as Caitlyn, making use of an AP or utility item that comes his way and pumping out damage.

While Jayce has had a grand ol’ time boosting allied attack speed and throwing explosives, his melee form has suffered from a lack of damage. A large buff to the single target knock of his melee ability should have both forms on a more even footing.

Suspicious Trenchcoat is a suspiciously good item. What other item gets a free Edge of Night built into it? We’re tweaking some popular melee Artifacts to keep them from dominating games, especially now that an Artifact loving unit has made his return (Warwick).

Fully embracing what drama means.

Econ Augments can get a little tricky with their interactions.

If you have been non-stop spamming Rebel 10, my only question for you is: how?