TFT Patch 18.5 Notes

Set 18 Published Updated

Patch 18.5 is a smaller follow-up to 18.4. It trims the Azir and Rammus super-tank lines through Blackthorn, Flora Fatalis and a direct Azir nerf, buffs several AP carries such as Soraka, Morgana and Taric, and nerfs Rapidfire, Riftbeast (7) and Elderwood (9). Econ augments lose gold, Hand of Baron and Abandon Ship are toned down, and Wisp filtering gets simpler.

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Champions

Buffs 11

  • Caitlyn
    • Empowered attack damage: 190/285/470 AD 200/300/490 AD
  • Master Yi AD form
    • Starting attack damage: 60 63
  • Master Yi AP form
    • Ability damage: 125/190/285 AP 135/200/320 AP
  • Tristana
    • Mana: 0/60 0/50
    • Damage per attack while casting: 10/15/25 AD 12/18/28 AD
  • Brambleback
    • Alpha mark heal: 4% 5%
    • Armor ignore: 20% + 25% AP 25% + 25% AP
  • Malphite
    • Shield: 700/850 AP 735/885 AP
  • Morgana
    • Initial curse damage: 60/90 AP 70/105 AP
    • Bonus damage per curse: 22/33 AP 25/38 AP
  • Sett
    • Heal: 225/275 AP 250/300 AP
  • Soraka
    • First star damage: 225/335 AP 235/355 AP
    • Additional star damage: 100/150 AP 110/165 AP
  • Ashe
    • Damage over time: 9/14 AD 11/16 AD
  • Taric
    • Armor and Magic Resist: 65 70
    • Empowered attack damage (two attacks): 100/150 AP 130/200 AP

Nerfs 2

  • Azir
    • Ability damage: 46/69/110 AP 43/65/105 AP
  • Kha’Zix
    • Damage to non-isolated targets: 255/360/515 AP 250/345/500 AP
    • Damage to isolated targets: 285/410/605 AP 280/390/590 AP

Adjusted 4

  • Mama Beak
    • Mana lock: Ends when the Tiny Beaks begin to despawn, about 1 second sooner
    • Ability attack damage: 22/33/52 AD 20/30/50 AD

    Shorter mana lock but lower damage. Riot expects a small net buff.

  • Sentinel
    • Stun duration: 1s 0.5s
    • Shield: 350/450 AP 375/475 AP

    Shorter stun but a bigger AP shield. Weaker without items, slightly better with AP items.

  • Sivir
    • Ability damage: 200/300 AD 220/330 AD
    • Bounce damage: 20% of initial 18% of initial

    More damage on the main target, a smaller share on each bounce.

  • Alune
    • Moonshard damage: 55/83 AP 58/88 AP
    • Attack speed: 0.8 0.85
    • Attuned durability: 7% 5%

    More damage and attack speed, less built-in durability.

Traits

Buffs 1

  • Fae
    • (2/4) Heal: 2.5/4% 3/5%
    • 4th Pixie threshold: 30000 25,000
    • 5th Pixie threshold: 70000 60,000
    • 6th Pixie threshold: 110000 100,000

    Lower thresholds mean the later Golden Pixies arrive sooner.

Nerfs 5

  • Blackthorn
    • (6) Enhanced bonus: 60% 50%
    • Base AP sacrifice: 12% Damage Amp + 2 Mana Regen 10% Damage Amp + 2 Mana Regen
  • Elderwood
    • (9) Summon bonus health: 140% 125%
  • Flora Fatalis
    • Max health healing: 8% 7%
  • Rapidfire
    • Attack speed per attack: 3/5/8/12% 3/5/7/10%

    Only the two highest breakpoints change.

  • Riftbeast
    • (7) AD/AP: 6% 5%

Items

Nerfs 2

  • Adaptive Helm Radiant
    • Mana Regen: 7 6
    • AD/AP for roles other than Tank and Fighter: 40 35
  • Blue Buff Radiant
    • Base AD/AP: 30% 25%

Augments

Buffs 8

Nerfs 12

Adjusted 4

  • Expected Unexpectedness
    • Stage 3 gold: 18 15
    • Stage 4 gold: 20 18
    • Stage 4 5-costs granted: 3 2
    • 5-cost roll reward: Also grants 3 gold

    Riot calls this a nerf. Most rewards drop, but the 5-cost roll now adds 3 gold.

  • Heart of Steel
    • Availability: Disabled again

    Turned off again because of a bug.

  • Item Extraction
    • Reward: No longer grants a Veigar
  • U.R.F
    • Exclusions: Not offered with Coronation, Spreading Roots, Spreading Roots+, The Trait Tree or The Trait Tree+

New 2

  • Pandora’s Items II+
    • Offered: Stage 3-2
    • Gold granted: 4

    New version of Pandora's Items II. Excluded from the other Pandora's Items augments.

  • Pandora’s Items II++
    • Offered: Stage 4-2
    • Gold granted: 6

    New version of Pandora's Items II. Excluded from the other Pandora's Items augments.

Fixes 2

Systems

Nerfs 4

Adjusted 6

  • Augment offers
    • Tailoring: AD-specific augments are rarer when you lean AP, and AP-specific ones rarer when you lean AD
  • Wisp filtering
    • Itemized champion count: Now includes benched champions
    • Role checks: Based on the last combat instead of the current board

    Rearranging the bench and board to steer Wisp offers matters less.

  • Hand of Baron
    • Cost: 6g 4g
    • Stats: 33/55 HP + 3/5% Resists/AD/AP/AS/Omnivamp/Durability/Damage Amp 22/33 HP + 2/3% Resists/AD/AP/AS/Omnivamp/Durability/Damage Amp
    • Crit chance: 10/15% 6/8%

    Cheaper, but every stat it grants is lower. Riot judged it too strong.

  • Returning Friend
    • Availability: Added to Stage 3
  • Grove Armor
    • Availability: Added to Stage 3
  • Cosmetics
    • Readded this patch: 52 cosmetics
    • Shipped with known visual bugs: 9 cosmetics

    Older cosmetics continue to be converted and readded in batches. Individual names are not listed here.

New 1

  • Choncc or Treat
    • Mode: Halloween version of Choncc's Treasure, live until November 17

    New encounters, including one where every player starts with an Avatar Lux.

Fixes 1

  • Life Debt

    Its missing Health requirement now works.

Bug fixes 24
  • In-game chat

    Messages no longer send on their own after reaching a certain length.

  • Taric

    Passive could fail to activate on Ghost teams.

  • Double Up

    Partners could end up with different placements.

  • Cooking Pot

    Now grants health when the holder has emblems that cannot be crafted.

  • It’s Me, Baby

    Its hex now lines up with the rest of the board grid.

  • Health Potion and Potted Lifebloom

    Typos in these Wisp descriptions are fixed.

  • Starting Town

    Buying this Wisp with Double Trouble active no longer grants an invisible unit.

  • Tocker’s Trial

    Spatulas and pans now drop as intended.

  • Taric

    Passive could fail in his first combat when he was paired with a champion automatically.

  • Recombolator

    No longer reapplies at the start of combat on Ghost army boards.

  • Feeling Lucky

    The coin no longer clips through arenas.

  • Team Planner

    The window behaved incorrectly after saving a team.

  • Trait icons

    A placeholder icon from an old set no longer flashes before the real one loads.

  • Taric

    Passive occasionally failed to activate when his pair was assigned automatically.

  • Forbidden Idol

    Equipping three on one champion could lower its max Health.

  • Forged a Friend

    The 3-star champion it grants no longer arrives as separate copies.

  • Scouting

    Players who are scouting can interact with arena features.

  • Team Planner

    Now closes properly during a Finisher.

  • Field Champion and Return to Bench hotkeys

    These hotkeys work as intended again.

  • Top 4 Ceremony

    Sometimes did not play.

  • Reconnecting

    Fixed a disconnect and reconnect issue right after accepting a game.

  • Item icons

    Could be misaligned with the champion holding them.

  • Cosmetics

    Several chibis, Unbound tacticians, arenas and Booms on PBE and live have visual fixes.

  • Server crashes

    A broad code cleanup should reduce server crashes.

Source: Riot Games patch notes. This page is our summary of the official notes, plus our own match data.

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