Teamfight Tactics 12.12 Patch Notes

The Teamfight Tactics patch 12.12 is the latest update to the LoL spin-off, balancing a lot of the overperforming and underperforming characters, and increasing the general speed of combat with durability reductions for traits and units. So read on for a full breakdown of the Teamfight Tactics patch 12.12.

Teamfight Tactics Patch 12.12: Release Date 

Teamfight Tactics patch 12.12 is set to release on June 23, which is a day away as of writing this. Players won't need to wait long for the patch, but we're unsure of the exact release times. 

Teamfight Tactics Patch 12.12: Patch Notes, Big Changes

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There are a tonne of different changes in this patch, such as alterations made to the Treasure Dragon, combat pace changes, traits, units, items, and more. 

Treasure Dragon

• Start of round gold and an automatic shop refresh is no longer triggered at the start of stage 5-1. 
• Removed the three-second transition phase between stage 4-7 and stage 5-1. 
• Treasure Dragon is no longer automatically selected two seconds before 4-7's 60-second round ends. 

Pace of Combat

• Bruiser health has been lowered.
• Dragon health has been lowered.
• Guardian max health percentage shield has been nerfed slightly in its middle tier.
• Mirage, Dawnbringer's determination max health heal percentage has been lowered. 
• Shapeshifter health percentage has been increased.

Traits

• Assassin bonus crit damage lowered.
• Cannoneer attack scaling on fifth shot has been increased in the later tiers.
• Legend ability power steal increased.
• Ragewing attack speed lowered in later tiers. 
• Ragewing omnivamp lowered in last tier.
• Shimmerscale exclusive items granted, third tier increased.
• Shimmer item, Draven's Axe gold per cash out lowered.
• Shimmerscale item, Gambler's Blade chance to proc on attack increased.
• Shimmerscale item, Heart of Gold units per gold increased.
• Swiftshot attack speed per hex has been lowered in the first tiers. 

Units: Tier 1

• Ezreal Mystic Shot damage nerfed.
• Heimerdinger mana nerfed.
• Heimerdinger Egg Toss damage lowered.
• Heimerdinger Egg Toss stun duration nerfed to just first tier.
• Karma Inner Flame damage nerfed
• Karma Inner Flame explosion now centres on the target rather than just in front.
• Sett Knuckle Down attack damage ratio reduced.
• Tahm Kench reworked, now deals damage based on the next three attacks that hit him, rather than based on an internal cooldown.
• Tahm Kench has had tooltips corrected.
• Tahm Kench Thick Skin shield lowered in final tier.

Units: Tier 2

• Shen max mana nerfed.
• Shen attack speed increased.

Units: Tier 3

• Anivia Prismatic Storm damage increased.
• Diana's shield no longer stacks on itself once all the orbs burst and refreshes as intended. 
• Diana Pale Cascade orb damage lowered.
• Illaoi Cosmic Smash armour and magic resist steal reduced.
• Lee Sin Dragon's Rage damage increased.
• Lee Sin mana nerfed.
• Olaf attack damage reduced.
• Sylas reworked, no longer Mana-Reaves on first spell cast when casting Petricite Burst.
• Sylas now shields on first spell cast.
• If Sylas has shielded himself, the spell hits two hexes and Mana-Reaves any targets hit.
• Sylas's shield now stacks.
• Sylas Petricite Burst shield amount lowered.
• Sylas Petricite Burst damage lowered.
• Sylas mana nerfed.
• Ryze health nerfed.
• Volibear attack speed increased.
• Volibear Relentless Storm bonus health on activation increased.
• Volibear Relentless Storm third auto bonus magic damage lowered in first tiers. 

Units: Tier 4

• Corki Missile Barrage final missile will always explode at target location.
• Daeja rework, Daeja's triple missile barrage is now an always-on part of her passive.
• Daeja max mana buffed.
• Daeja attack speed lowered.
• Daeja Windblast passive on-hit magic damage increased.
• Daeja Windblast passive magic resist reduction on attack increased.
• Daeja Windblast wave damage increased.
• Daeja Windblast impact timing has been adjusted to better match visuals. 
• Talon no longer casts his spell if no units are in range of the blade ring. 
• Talon bugfix, upon recalling Shadow Assault blades, damage will correctly apply to targets if they pass through.
• Talon Shadow Assault blade ring attack damage scaling increased. 

Units: Tier 5

• Shyvana reworked, made her smarter and angrier. 
• Shyvana Dragon's Descent damage upon crash decreased.
• Shyvana will immediately cast Flame Breath after transforming.
• Shyvana Flame Breath will followr her with her movement. 
• Shyvana will find a new target to burn if there are no current targets in range of Flame Breath.
• Shyvana is always Enraged during Flame Breath.
• Shyvana Flame Breath duration increased.
• Shyvana Flame Breath damage tick rate increased.
• Shyvana Flame Breath damage lingers for at least three ticks, up to the max damage amount. 
• Shyvana Flame Breath percent max health damage increased.
• Shyvana mana increased.

Items

• Deathblade attack damage decreased at higher tiers.
• Luminous Deathblade (Radiant Deathblade) attack damage decreased at higher tiers. 
• Sunlight Cape (Radiant) health decreased.

Augments

• Ascenion tier now gold.
• Astral Heart tier now silver.
• Binary Airdrop now grants an additional random item component.
• Built Different reworked, stats now scale with stage number from two to five.
• Built Different I health and attack speed now has tiers.
• Built Different II health and attack speed now has tiers.
• Built Different III health and attack speed now has tiers.
• Cannoneer Crown grants a Runaan's Hurricane.
• Jade Soul grants a Titan's Resolve.
• Reckless Spending damage amplification increased.
• Ricochet Cannoneer bounce damage reduced.
• Shapeshifter Soul grants a Sunfire Cape
• Titanic Strength health percentage to attack damage reduced.
• Trade Sector+, gain a free shop refresh every round, along with five gold.
• Trade Sector+ only appears on 3-2. 
• True Twos reworked, gain one random two-star tier one champion and one random two-star tier two champion.
• Essence Theft Evoker mana steal increased.
• Meditation mana for unequiped units lowered.
• Scorch fifth instance of Ragewing damage amplification lowered.
• The Golden Egg base turns to hatch increased.
• Second Wind missing health heal lowered.
• Luden's Echo I damage lowered.
• Luden's Echo II damage lowered.
• Luden's Echo III damage lowered. 

Teamfight Tactics Patch 12.12: Patch Notes, Small Changes

Traits

• Astral ability power increased in last tier.
• Astral emblem has been re-enabled but will not appear on carousels. 
• Jade tooltip has been updated.
• Scalescorn bonus magic damage lowered for first tier.

Units: Tier 1

• Leona health lowered.
• Nidalee Primal Surge bonus attack speed lowered.

Units: Tier 2

• Nami max mana nerf increased,
• Jinx mana buff lowered.
• Thresh now selects his hook target before enemy movement begins. 

Units: Tier 3

• Lulu mana increased.
• Nunu Consume damage lowered in fall tier.
• Swain Draconic Ascension damage increased.

Units: Tier 4

• Xayah Feathers FLY! Feathers fired lowered.
• Xayah Feathers FLY! Feather damage lowered.

Units: Tier 5

• Ao Shin health lowered.
• Aurelion Sol Health lowered.
• Yasuo third cast attack damage scaling lowered.
• Zoe now spawns Daisy at her target's location rather than her location.
• Zoe Janna Tornado stun duration decreased.

Augments

• Cruel Pact can only appear on 2-1.
• Double Trouble III attack damage, ability power, armour, and magic resist lowered.
• Inspire attack speed increased.
• Living Forge Orb VFX has been updates to the Ornn item orb.
• Party Time (Revel) attack speed upon scoring a takedown increased.
• Preparation can no longer appear on 4-2.
• Radiant Relics armoury choices increased.

There are also a series of bug fixes.

That's all for our rundown of the Teamfight Tactics Patch 12.12, and now you about the main changes coming on June 23.