TFT Patch 11.4: balancing, nerfs, buffs, new features of the update

TFT patch 11.4 is out today and big changes are in store. Some very, very heavy stuff is coming to the game and the current meta will be shaken up! In particular, you will say goodbye to the compositions reroll which will be much less efficient and you will notice that the mechanics of the elected champions have changed.
Discover right now the patch note 11.4 of Teamfight Tactics: balancing, nerfs, buffs and new features of this big update, we detail everything! ⬇️

Patch 11.4 TFT: Overhaul of the elected champions' mechanics

The chances of getting a champion elected in your shop are increased. They increase from 33% to 50%.

Also, the rates for achieving a champion elected at tier 4 have been changed. They have been changed from 60% to 80% for Tier 1 champions and from 40% to 20% for Tier 2 champions.

Note that the additional statistics for elected champions have also been changed:

Spell power: from 30 to 15.
Attack damage: from 20 to 10.
Mana reduction: from 25% to 15%.
Life points: from 400 to 300.

Patch 11.4 TFT: Nerves

This new TFT patch changes the game completely, many champions and synergies are heavily impacted, in a bad way.

Traits nerfs

Assassins :

Critical chance reduced from 55% to 50%.
Critical damage bonus reduced from 25, 60 and 100% to 25, 55 and 90%.

Brawler :

Attack damage bonus reduced from 60 to 40.
Decrease in bonus hit points and attack damage: from 1600 and 120 to 1400 and 80.

Duelist :

Reduction of attack speed per hit: from 15, 25, 40 and 60% to 12, 20, 35 and 60%.

Divine being :

Damage reduction and pure damage adjustment: from 35, 45, 55 and 65% to 25, 40, 55 and 70%.

Sylvestre :

Reduction of armour and magic resistance bonus from 15, 25 and 40 to 15, 20 and 30.
Attack damage and magic power reduced from 5, 10 and 20 to 5, 10 and 15.

Master of War :

Decrease of the bonus of life points and magic power: from 850 and 85 to 700 and 70.

Champions Nerfs

13 champions are nerfed with this 11.4 patch.

	Champion	Patch 11.4 Nerves
	Fiora	Mana cost increase: from 0 / 75 to 0 / 95
	Diana	Reduction of his orbs' damage: from 90, 100 and 110 to 80, 85 and 90 Reduction of his spell's shield: from 200, 300 and 450 to 175, 250 and 350 Reduction of his attack speed: from 0.7 to 0.65
	Wukong	Reduction in damage from his spell based on AD: from 250, 265 and 280% to 240, 250 and 260
	Nasus	Increase in mana cost: from 0 / 60 to 0 / 80 Reduction in magic resistance: from 50 to 40
	Yasuo	Decreases the damage of its spell depending on the AD: from 180, 200 and 225% to 180, 185 and 190%.
	Zed	Reduction of its attack speed: from 0.8 to 0.75
	Teemo	Change of targeting of his spell: one passes from the enemy which has the most speed of attack to the enemy which the champion is attacking
	Shyvana	Decrease in his hit points: from 750 to 700 Decrease in his spell's burn damage: from 150, 300 and 600 to 150, 250 and 500 Decrease in his magic resistance: from 80 to 60
	Katarina	Reduction of the damage of his spell: from 600, 900 and 1650 to 600, 900 and 1500 Reduction of the number of targets affected by his spell: from 4, 6 and 8 to 4, 5 and 6
	Kayle	Decrease in bonus damage of his spell: from 100, 180 and 500 to 100, 140 and 400
	Aurelion Sol	Reduction of his spell damage from 325, 500 and 1750 to 325, 500 and 1400
	Morgana	Reduction of his spell damage: from 250, 400 and 2,000 to 250, 400 and 1,600
	Samira	Reduction of its attack range: from 3 squares to 2 squares.

Item Nerfs

Only one item is nerfed in this TFT 11.4 patch. This is the Solar Cloak, which will see its delay between 2 burns increase from 2 seconds to 2.5 seconds.

Patch 11.4 TFT: The buffs

Unlike nerfs, patch 11.4 allows fewer synergies, champions and items to benefit from buffs.

Traits buffs

Only the Fanatic trait is buffed. With 9 Fanatics, the magic resistance bonus of Galio is increased from 20 to 60.

Champion buffs

The TFT Notes 11.4 patch sent by Riot shows us that 10 champions have been given a buff.

	Champions	Patch 11.4 Buffs
	Braum	Increase in attack speed: from 0.6 to 0.75 Reduction in mana cost: from 30/70 to 30/60
	Kennen	Increases the damage of its spell from 300, 450 and 1200 to 350, 550 and 1200
	Irelia	Increased the disarming time of his spell from 2.5, 3 and 3.5 seconds to 2.5, 3 and 4 seconds
	Cho'Gath	Increase in armour: from 40 to 60 New: the choice of target for his spell has been changed. Cho'Gath now favours groups of enemies
	Talon	Increases the damage of his spell by AD: from 240, 250 and 275% to 240, 250 and 300
	Aatrox	Increases the damage of its spell from 350, 550 and 1500 to 400, 600 and 2000
	Olaf	Increased the area damage of his attacks from 40%, 45% and 50% to 50% New: Olaf's spell now blocks AD reductions
	Tryndamere	Base mana increase: from 50/100 to 60/100 New: His spell speed has been improved. In addition, the champion now seeks out the furthest targets
	Xayah	Increases the damage of his spell by AD: from 250, 275 and 325% to 250, 275 and 350
	Yone	Increase the damage of his initial spell from 600, 1200 and 999 to 800, 1200 and 20,000. Increase the damage of the^2nd part of his spell from 350, 600 and 1500 to 400, 750 and 999

Item buffs

With this patch 11.4, 2 items are buffed:

Gargoyle's Lithoplastron: Increases armour and magic resistance from 15 to 20.
The Mercury: New, the item now allows you to block AD reductions.

Patch 11.4 TFT: The adjustments

This new TFT patch will totally change the Meta. In addition to the nerfs and buffs, several adjustments have been applied.

Champion adjustments

5 champions have had their abilities adjusted:

	Champions	Patch 11.4 adjustments
	Nidalee	Reduction of his spell damage: from 225, 300 and 600 to 100, 150 and 250 Increase of his spell damage bonus per square: from 20% to 80
	Nautilus	Increased armor: from 45 to 55 Increased magic resistance: from 30 to 40 Reduced shield damage from her Fable trait: from 60 to 50
	Nunu	Adjustment of his spell damage from 450, 650 and 1800 to 150, 700 and 1500
	Neeko	Increase in attack speed: from 0.7 to 0.75 Increase in damage of her spell: from 150, 225 and 375 to 200, 300 and 400 Decrease in damage bonus on 3rd strike of her spell with the Fable trait: from 200 to 150
	Ornn	Increased the number of attacks required with his frost: from 5 to 7 Reduced the time for the champion to gain mana: from 8 to 4 seconds.

Item adjustments

With this 11.4 TFT patch, 2 items have had their characteristics adjusted:

	Items	Patch 11.4 adjustments
	The Fateful Blade	Reduction of the AD per stack: from 20 to 10 Increase of the number of basic stacks: from 1 to 4
	Statikk Shiv	Magic damage reduction: 80 to 60 Target hit reduction: 4, 5 and 6 to 4 New: The item's damage can now deal critical hits. Criticals reduce the magic resistance of affected enemies by 60% for 6 seconds. Removed: The item no longer deals additional damage to shields.

This new TFT 11.4 patch implies a lot of changes in the way of playing: the best compositions of the moment will be totally updated as the meta reroll will disappear with the nerfs of the tier 1 champions (composition nidalee reroll, yasuo, etc).

If you're just starting out in the game, to avoid being too lost, take a look at our TFT beginner's guide 😉