Teamfight Tactics' Set 18, Enchanted Wilds, goes live with Patch 18.1 on August 26th! Learn all there is to know about the upcoming central set mechanic: Wisps.
Set Mechanic: Wisps
Set 17's set mechanic introduced Space Gods; entities that replaced the carousel and offered boons and blessings. In Set 18, we're leaving the divine behind, and returning to something more familiar in more ways than one. Not only is the carousel back, but so is a past set mechanic. Wisps, Set 18's mechanic, is an update to the Charms mechanic from Set 12, Magic N' Mayhem.
For those of you who hadn't had a chance to magic it up, Charms appeared in the fifth shop slot here and again and offered some sort of temporary benefit that cost gold.
Wisps are the same. They will appear occasionally as temporary single-use sources of power in Combat, for resources like XP or gold, or even what is described as a risky deal with the denizens of the forest. Wisps should feel a bit better than Charms overall, as Riot has applied several quality-of-life tweaks to the mechanic.
You'll be able to purchase one Wisp per round,and they will appear in every other shop. As the game progresses, Wisps become more powerful; and more costly.
Wisp Categories
Wisps will be split into 7 distinct and colour-coded categories:
Champion Wisps will grant you units or the ability to obtain, duplicate, or star-up units. Some examples of Champion Wisps are:
– Mitosis: Gain a Tiny Champion Duplicator. (1 gold)
– Lost Travelers: Gain 3 gold worth of random champions. (3 gold)
– Three Me: Gain a random 2-star 3-cost champion. (9 gold)
– Smurfing: Gain a random 5 cost champion. (7 gold)
– Circle of Elders: Gain one of each 5-cost champion. (45 gold)
Combat Wisps will positively affect your upcoming combat in some way, be it by providing shields, damage, health, and various other combat boons. Some examples of Combat Wisps are:
– Ultra Ascension: After 25 seconds, allies gain 300% Damage Amp. (1 gold)
– Bulwark: Your Tanks gain a 20% Max Health shield upon falling below 50% Health. (3 gold)
– Hero's Entrance: After 8 seconds, the leftmost benched champion joins combat and gains 2 recommended items. (4 gold)
– Treetop Archers: Archers fire from the trees, dealing 500 physical damage every 3 seconds. (5 gold)
– Hand of Baron: Your team gains Baron Buff, increasing their stats. (6 gold)
Gold / XP Wisps improve your econ. Gotta spend money to make money after all! Some examples of Gold / XP Wisps are:
– Beggar's Wisp: The wilds couldn't find a wisp for you this roll. Gain 4 gold. (1 gold)
– Barter: The next champion sold this round sells for 200% gold. (2 gold)
– Blood Money: Gain 1 gold for every champion you kill. (2 gold)
– Golden Goose: Gain 1 gold for every 1700 damage your highest damage champion deals. (1 gold)
– Grow Up: Gain 10 XP. (7 gold)
Item Wisps allow you to permanently gain items, at a cost. There are only five, so we'll list them all out:
– Curio Cart: Open an item store. Items cost 0 to 15 gold. (0 gold)
– Peddler: Open a random item store. Random items cost 0 to 14 gold. (0 gold)
– Artifactinate: Lose 3 components, including ones built into items. Gain an Artifact anvil. (2 gold)
– Blood and Iron: After 20 champion deaths, gain a component anvil. (3 gold)
– Idle Craftsman: A component on your bench turns into a completed item it builds. (4 gold)
Shop Wisps offer modifications to your shop in the form of special selections and rerolls. Some examples of Shop Wisps are:
– All Ones: Reroll your shop with all 1-cost champions. (0 gold)
– Starfall: The first 6 times you reroll your shop this round, the lowest cost champion becomes 2-star. (1 gold)
– Search Party: Each of your shops has a 4-cost in it this round until you buy one. (3 gold)
– Animate Shop: For 18 seconds, your shop rerolls for free every 2 seconds. (8 gold)
– All Fives: Reroll your shop with all 5-cost champions. (10 gold)
Risky Wisps grant unpredictable effects that can increase your econ, grant you items, or upgrade your units. Some examples of Risky Wisps are:
– Minor Polymorph: A random 1-cost you own permanently transforms into a 2-cost. (0 gold)
– Minor Gambit: If you win the next player combat, gain 2 Gold. (1 gold)
– Component Bounty: If you win the next player combat, gain a random component. (4 gold)
– Good Loss: For the next 3 player combats, gain 4 XP if you lose. (5 gold)
– Abandon Ship: Sell your board and bench, gain 6 gold and 10 rerolls. (0 gold)
The Misc category tends to provide consumables and things that affect items and player health. Some examples of Misc Wisps are:
– Early Fix: Gain 1 Item Reforger. (0 gold)
– Forest Mage: Fill your shop with Wisps. You can only buy one. (0 gold)
– Health Potion: Gain a temporary equippable Health Potion. (1 gold)
– Healing Pool: Heal 5 Player Health. (2 gold)
– Blood Ritual: Lose 10 Player Health. Gain a Champion Duplicator. (6 gold)
