TFT Patch 18.4b Notes
Patch 18.4b is a mid-patch update that went live on PC first, with mobile to follow. It buffs several 1-cost to 3-cost units, adjusts eight Wisps and ten augments, and fixes a handful of bugs. Heart of Steel and three arenas are temporarily disabled.
- Unit buffs: Camille, Varus, Alistar, Gromp (both forms), Murkwolf, Warwick and Mama Beak. No unit is nerfed.
- Alistar gets the largest change: heal 200/260/320 AP to 230/300/400 AP and ability damage 100/150/225 AP to 180/270/420 AP.
- Wisps: Stat Boosters, Mana-Rich Soil and Three Me are nerfed; Combust and Search Party are buffed; Abandon Ship and Healing Pool get new offer conditions.
- Augments: seven buffed (Challenger's Grace, Giant and Mighty, Group Hug I and II, Heroic Grab Bag, Hold the Line, Spirit of Redemption) and three nerfed.
- Heart of Steel is temporarily disabled, and three arenas are turned off for performance.
Did the changes work?
Results appear once enough games have been played on Patch 18.4b.
Each changed champion and item will show its average placement next to the patch before.
Champions
Buffs 8
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- Ability damage: 150/225/375 AD to 150/225/400 AD
Only the 3-star value changes. The 18.4 notes listed the same 3-star change.
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- Mana: 30/120 to 20/110
The first cast still needs 90 mana. Later casts need 10 less.
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- Heal: 200/260/320 AP to 230/300/400 AP
- Ability damage: 100/150/225 AP to 180/270/420 AP
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Gromp
AP form
- Splash damage: 160/240/375 AP to 180/270/435 AP
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Gromp
AD form
- Base AD: 45 to 50
- Attack speed: 0.7 to 0.75
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- Empowered attack damage: 60/90/135 AD to 65/100/160 AD
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- Ability damage: 215/325/500 AD to 230/345/535 AD
- Ability healing: 20% to 25%
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- Base AD: 55 to 60
Fixes 1
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Armor penetration now matches the tooltip, restoring a fix from 18.3. No numbers are listed.
Augments
Buffs 7
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- Buff duration: 3s to 4s
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- Health: 200 to 225
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- Resists: 6 to 7
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- Resists: 9 to 10
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- Initial gold: 4g to 6g
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- AD: 9% to 11%
- AP: 10% to 11%
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- Heal: 7.5% to 9%
Nerfs 3
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- Baseline AD/AP: 5% to 3%
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- Damage by stage: 30/50/70/90 to 25/40/60/80
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- Gold: 8 to 5
Adjusted 1
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- Availability: Temporarily disabled
Turned off while Riot addresses a bug. Riot lists this under bug fixes.
Systems
Buffs 2
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- Explosion damage: 12% to 15%
Wisp.
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- Cost: 3/1g to 1/0g
Wisp.
Nerfs 3
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Stat Boosters
- Armor and Magic Resist boost: 10 to 8
- Attack speed boost: 8% to 6%
Wisp.
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- Mana reduction: 25/18% to 20/15%
Wisp. Both listed values go down.
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- Cost: 9g to 10g
Wisp.
Adjusted 4
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- Offer window: Only appears in the first 2 seconds of Planning Phase
Wisp.
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Healing Pool
- Offer condition: Requires at least 10 missing Health to appear
Wisp.
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Thingamajig Wisps
- Rewards: Less likely to grant Mana Regen Boosters
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Arenas
- Temporarily disabled: Choncc’s Splash Party, Night Versus Dawn, Bridge of Progress
Turned off for now to help game performance.
Bug fixes 5
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Could spawn copies of the Golden Egg.
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Champion abilities
Some abilities could disappear before dealing damage.
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The Golden Magnetic Remover is no longer missing.
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Coven Acolyte and Dark Ritual
Now limited to 1 per lobby between the two of them.
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Now limited to 1 per lobby.
Source: Riot Games patch notes. This page is our summary of the official notes, plus our own match data.