Inkborn Fables has received its first update! Read on to learn about all the changes that have gone live yesterday in Teamfight Tactics.
In a Nutshell
One of the biggest system changes involves the inclusion of "Sentinels'' which function similarly to Wandering Traders and Wandering Vendors. In terms of Traits and Units, the Inkshadow items have all been buffed, as well as the bonus damage and damage reduction benefits from the Inkshadow traits. Kai'Sa has also received a small AD buff - so be sure to try the trait out now if you haven't already.
Fortune and Ghostly Traits have been slightly nerfed. Bard, who you may have been seeing in just about every game, now has less attack speed. In general, attack speed is being somewhat nerfed across the board - with Sivir's ultimate now having a shorter duration, and Kayle and Kayle's AS buff being hit as well.
Everything Must Go - seen on PBE - has been re-enabled, and several unit-centric Augments like Drop Blossom! and Midnight Siphon have been improved. The prismatic Augment, At What Cost, has been removed for this patch while Riot finds a way to make it more fair.
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System Changes
Portals
Sentinels have been added! “The Wandering Trainers” and “Wandering Vendors” portals have now been replaced with "Trainer Sentinels" and "Vendor Sentinels" respectively. Sentinels are slightly stronger than dummies, and will move around, attack, and be able to cast an ability - Sentinel Smash - to deal magic damage to enemies.
Encounters
Certain Encounters will now be seen less often:
Bard Opening - players start at level three
Lillia Augments Shuffled Opening - Lillia moves Augments to random stages and rounds
Cho'Gath's Shop Slot - Cho'Gath permanently eats one of your five shop slots, but you gain item components
Rakan's Recombobulate - your board is upgraded but randomised
Sett's BIGGER Carousel - your Little Legend gets swole
Sett's controversial encounter will benefit from two more Encounter changes in Patch 14.7. Little Legends will now not get quite as swole as before, and, more importantly, the duration of Encounters where no interaction is necessary - such as Sett's, but also Sivir's and Tristanas - has been lowered. Other Encounters that are getting some changes are:
Aatrox's Encounter - Aatrox offers you a Component Anvil, Player Health, or Gold. The amount of gold has been decreased from 10 to 8.
Alune's Encounter - Alune permanently empowered one tier of champions. Two Cost buffs have been lowered, while Four Cost buffs have been buffed. Two Cost champions now gain 180 health (down from 200) and 18% attack speed (down from 20%). Four Costs now gain 120 health (up from 100) and 12% attack speed (up from 10%).
Irelia's Free Carousel - Irelia lets players move freely around the carousel. There is now a longer delay before the players are allowed to freely roam.
Tahm Kench's Encounter - Tahm Kench offers you a Component Anvil or Gold. The amount of gold has been decreased from 10 to 8.
Teemo's Win or Lose Prediction - Teemo asks you to predict your next match, and offers gold if you're correct. The reward for a win has been decreased from 14g to 10g.
Wukong's Radiant Items - Wukong offers you 6 temporary Radiant Items. Rascal's Glove has now been excluded from the list of potential items.
Loot
Prismatic Orbs were added to the game just before Inkborn Fables launched to ensure that everyone in the lobby would get loot of similar quality and level. However, Riot has determined that Prismatic Orbs are a bit more powerful than anticipated.
As such, Prismatic Orb Masterwork Upgrades can no longer drop at Stage 2. At Stage 2, Prismatic Orbs will contain 1 extra gold than before. At Stage 3 or 4, Prismatic Orbs will not include gold alongside Masterwork Upgrades.
Significant Changes
Traits
FORTUNE - Fortune 7 Piece Luck Bonus has been lowered from 30 to 25. The value of the 7 Fortune Orbs has been lowered a bit as well.
GHOSTLY - Ghostly damage per spectre has been decreased from 5/12/20/35% to 5/10/16/32%.
HEAVENLY - Wukong's Heavenly bonus Attack Speed has been decreased from 12% to 10%. However, the Heavenly Emblem's bonus Omnivamo has been increased to 6% from 3%.
INKSHADOW - Inkshadow's damage amplification and damage reduction has been increased at higher levels, from 5/10/10% to 5/10/20%. Additionally, every single Inkshadow Tattoo item has been buffed.
STORYWEAVER - Storyweaver Kayle has been nerfed in several regards. However, her Scroll of Force and Tome of Power have been buffed. This should encourage Storyweaver Players to rely less on attack speed and try out Kayle's other properties.
Units
buff / nerf / adjustment
TIER 1
Kobuko - Kobuko’s Ability now deals more damage.
Kog'Maw - Kog’Maw used to gain +1 Attack Range every other time he cast his Ability. Now, his attack range increases on every third cast.
Kha'Zix - Kha’Zix’s Ability AD ratio has been decreased.
Sivir - Sivir’s Ability duration has been shortened to 6 seconds.
Yasuo - Yasuo’s Ability now grants less armour and magic resistance.
TIER 2
Kindred - Kindred’s Ability damage and secondary damage have gone up.
Lux - Lux’s Ability damage has gone up.
Qiyana - Qiyana’s Ability AD ratio has increased by 15%.
Shen - Shen’s self damage reduction has been decreased.
TIER 3
Bard - Bard’s base Attack Speed has been lowered.
Diana - Diana now has a smaller mana pool, which lets her charge her Ability up faster.
Soraka - Soraka’s Ability damage and secondary damage has gone up.
Thresh - Thresh’s Fated bonus armour and magic resistances has decreased. His Ability’s shared armour and magic resistance buff has also been lowered.
Tristana - Tristana’s Ability AD buff has increased.
TIER 4
Ashe - Ashe’s base AD has been increased by 5.
Kai’Sa - Kai’Sa’s base AD has been increased by 5.
Morgana - Morgana’s Ability now deals more damage.
TIER 5
Hwei - Hwei’s ability now deals less damage, and his Ability end’s healing has been decreased.
Xayah - Xayah’s base AD has been increased by 5.
Augments
Drop Blossom! now has a + version available on 3-2 that gives a 2-star Neeko.
Ethereal Blades now has a + version available on 3-2 that gives a 2-star Shen.
Midnight Siphon now has a + version available on 3-2 that gives a 2-star Yorick. The augment’s max Health additional Ability damage has also been increased.
Everything Must Go has been re-enabled. With this gold augment, your units buy and sell for 0 gold. Gain 1 gold.
At What Cost has, on the other hand, been disabled. This prismatic augment would previously bring you to level six, but prevent you from choosing your future augments.
Fine Vintage no longer counts PVE rounds.
Two for One is no longer available on 2-1, and is now offered on 3-2.
Items
In terms of mundane items, Gargoyle Stoneplate, Hextech Gunblade, Ionic Spark, and Morellonomicon have all received nerfs. Sterak's Gage has been buffed, and now grants more health.
Of the support items, Aegis of the Legion has been nerfed to now grant less attack speed. Zz'Rot Portal has received a mix of changes. The Voidspawn now has less attack speed, but more armour and magic resistance. Its base AD now scales only with star level, rather than with stage. It can now become a 3 star unit on stage 5+. Its total AD value per stage has been decreased.
Many Radiant Items have been nerfed, including Covalent Spark, Crest of Cinders, Dvarpala Stoneplate, and the More-ellonomicon. Fist of Fairness, Legacy of the Colossus, Spear of Hirana, and Sterak's Mageshield have all been buffed.
Minor Changes
Traits
ALTRUIST - Now grants less armour and magic resistance to their team - from 10/25/45 to 10/20/40.
ARCANIST - Arcanists now give more AP to fellow Arcanists, from 20/45/80/125 to 20/50/85/125.
THE ARTIST - The Artist’s easter Egg is now easier to uncover.
REAPER - Reaper 4’s bleed damage amount has been decreased to 45% instead of 50%.
Recommended Items
Several champions will now be recommended different items. This will impact what items Ornn can make for the champions and what Lucky Gloves will provide for them.
Other Changes
shop.riotgames.com Depreciation
The online Riot Games store is being shut down permanently later on in the week, on the 9th of April. From now on, players will have to solely make use of the client for their Riot purchases.
DX9 Depreciation
DirectX 9 will no longer be supported for League of Legends or Teamfight Tactics, to maintain the stability and performance of the games. Riot is expecting to shut down support for DirectX 9 on Patch 14.9, about one month away. To make sure your DirectX version is up to date, Riot urges you to check out their support article - here.
