TFT 14.12 Patch Notes: Balance Changes, 5 Year Bash & More

This comprehensive article is going to go over the list of changes coming to Teamfight Tactics with 14.12 patch notes update!

Teamfight Tactics Patch 14.12 has arrived, bringing a bevy of balance changes, the highly anticipated 5-Year Bash event, and more. The patch, which went live on June 12th, 2024, aims to shake up the current meta with buffs to underperforming champions and traits. Let’s dive into the details.

Complete TFT 14.12 Patch Notes

Here is the breakdown of all of the changes and adjustments coming in Teamfight Tactics 14.12 Patch Notes update:

5-YEAR BASH CELEBRATION

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The highlight of Patch 14.12 is undoubtedly the 5-Year Bash event, commemorating the 5th anniversary of TFT. The event introduces a game mode called Pengu’s Party, offering players a nostalgic and chaotic experience.

A free Event Pass is available with special rewards like Treasure Tokens and a talented Pengu. There are also new Tacticians to acquire. The 5-Year Bash festivities will run until July 15th.

SYSTEMS

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One notable change in 14.12 is the reversion of the Level 7 shop odds adjustment made in Patch 14.8.

• Level 7: 20/33/36/10/1% ⇒ 19/30/40/10/1%

LARGE CHANGES

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Traits

Several traits have received balance tweaks:

• Duelist AS per stack: 5/10/14/18% ⇒ 5/9/13/18%
• Exalted 5 XP per turn: 1 ⇒ 2
• Reaper 4 Bleed duration: 3 seconds ⇒ 2 seconds
• Sniper Damage increase per hex: 8/18/35% ⇒ 8/17/33%
• Trickshot Ricochet damage: 40/60% ⇒ 45/60%

Champion Adjustments

A swathe of champions, especially 2-costs, have received buffs to their abilities and stats. Aatrox, Janna, Lux, Riven, and Senna all deal more damage now. The hope is to make 2-cost reroll strategies more viable.

• Units: Tier 1
  • Duelist AS per stack: 5/10/14/18% ⇒ 5/9/13/18%
  • Exalted 5 XP per turn: 1 ⇒ 2
  • Reaper 4 Bleed duration: 3 seconds ⇒ 2 seconds
  • Sniper Damage increase per hex: 8/18/35% ⇒ 8/17/33%
  • Trickshot Ricochet damage: 40/60% ⇒ 45/60%
• Units: Tier 2
  • Aatrox Ability damage: 260/390/600% AP ⇒ 275/415/645% AP
  • Janna Ability damage: 180/270/415% AP ⇒ 190/285/445% AP
  • Lux Ability damage: 225/340/525% AP ⇒ 240/360/560% AP
  • Riven Ability damage: 190/190/200% AD ⇒ 200/200/215% AD
  • Riven Ability 3rd cast damage: 300/300/310% AD ⇒ 310/310/325% AD
  • Senna Ability damage: 230/230/245% AD + 10/15/25% AP ⇒ 245/245/260% AD + 10/15/25% AP
• Units: Tier 3
  • Soraka Ability damage: 260/390/600% AP ⇒ 260/390/650% AP
  • Soraka Ability secondary damage: 120/180/290% AP ⇒ 120/180/305% AP
  • Yone AS: 0.85 ⇒ 0.9
• Units: Tier 4
  • Annie Mana: 70/140 ⇒ 70/120
  • Galio Mana: 70/140 ⇒ 70/120
  • Kayn AD: 75 ⇒ 80
• Units: Tier 5
  • Hwei Ability damage: 180/270/2000% AP ⇒ 195/290/2000% AP
  • Lissandra Loot chance: 40% ⇒ 45%

Augments

• Boiling Point (Porcelain) Gain a Lux ⇒ Gain a Lux and an Amumu
• Built Different II AS: 40/45/50/55% ⇒ 45/50/55/60%
• Crownguarded increased Crownguard buff effect: 75% ⇒ 100%
• Long Shot (Sniper) AS: 18% ⇒ 15%
• Wrath of the Moon (Umbral) Damage increase per second: 4% ⇒ 3.5%
• Ba-BOOM! damage increase: 75% ⇒ 90%

Artifacts, Radiant, and Support Items

• Lich Bane Damage: 180/240/300/360/420 ⇒ 200/270/340/410/480
• Suspicious Trench Coat Health: 250 ⇒ 100
• Aegis of the Legion now displays VFX during planning phase of affected hexes.
• Spite effects now stack
• Spite VFX now better matches explosion range
• Spite Attack Damage/Ability Power Reduction: 40% ⇒ 25%
• Spite Attack Damage/Ability Power Increase: 50% ⇒ 40%
• Spite Duration: 10s ⇒ 15s
• Crest of Cinders (Red Buff) bonus damage: 5% ⇒ 10%
• Crest of Cinders duration: 5 seconds ⇒ 30 seconds
• More-Morellonomicon (Morellonomicon) Attack Speed: 10% ⇒ 25%

SMALL CHANGES

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Units

• Sivir Ability duration: 6 seconds ⇒ 6/7/8 seconds
• Nautilus Health: 1150 ⇒ 1100

Augments

• Risky Moves Gold: 30 ⇒ 33
• Combat Caster Shield duration: 6 seconds ⇒ 4 seconds
• Trade Sector Gold: 2 ⇒ 4
• Shopping Spree Gold: 3 ⇒ 4

BUG FIXES

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Patch 14.12 also includes a slew of important bug fixes, such as:

• In Hyper Roll, Fortune’s tooltip now correctly states that you gain Luck after every player combat, regardless of win or loss.
• Fortune’s tooltip now specifies that you gain luck only when losing player combats.
• Removing Fishbones or Rapid Firecannon now properly removes the range increase
• Behemoth’s on-death buff can now apply to allies more than 1 hex away.
• Eliminated z-fighting for new Battle Academia arena for goldmines on 4k monitors
• Fixed Battle Academia Ezreal missing VFX aura during taunt
• Fixed the mouth appearing through the mask for Inkshadow Dowsie
• We realized we never implemented the Spotlight VFX for winstreaks for Mecha Prime Zero Arena. Our bad!
• Guitar smash VFX fixed so that the black box no longer appears
• All Chibi Ahris tails no longer clip into the ground for Taunt animation
• Kindred no longer applies Lich Bane’s damage twice per cast.
• Kindred no longer benefits from Ba-BOOM!’s damage increase on every cast.

TFT Patch 14.12 is packed with exciting content and meta-shifting balance changes. The 5-Year Bash is sure to be a hit with fans, offering a fun new game mode and tempting rewards!