Patch 14.4, the penultimate patch of set 10 of Teamfight Tactics, is now live. Although patch 14.5 will follow, the championship will be played on 14.4. Thus, Patch 14.4 is the last serious patch of the set. According to Mortdog’s patch rundown, this is the smallest patch in Teamfight Tactics history. The previous patch, patch 14.3, looks massive by comparison. Therefore, there is not much to cover for this patch. There are two item changes that highlight this patch. A rework of the Radiant Adaptive Helm is perhaps the biggest change. In addition, there is a slight change to the Dragon’s Claw. These are the biggest changes of patch 14.4.
Radiant Adaptive Helm
One item change on patch 14.4 is a rework to the Radiant Adaptive Helm. The item no longer grants both positional effects. Instead, each of the positional bonuses are stronger. Thus, players must now position champions according to which bonus they want to receive. The stronger individual bonuses could feel better than having both of the previous bonuses. The Fully Adapted augment will still grant both bonuses, however.
Dragon’s Claw
The other item change on patch 14.4 is to the Dragon’s Claw item. The magic resist (MR) granted by the Dragon’s Claw is now higher. As a result, Dragon’s Claw grants less hit points (HP). According to Mortdog, Dragon’s Claw should be the premier MR item. Previously, Dragon’s Claw gave less MR than Adaptive Helm. Patch 14.4 fixes this, with what should be a small buff to Dragon’s Claw.
Patch Summary
As noted, this is the smallest patch in Teamfight Tactics history. The item changes are thus the most significant changes on the patch. They are not the only changes, however. This patch also buffs several traits and champions. The full patch notes can be found here, and are summarized below:
Buffs
Traits
- Country 7’s Hecarim attack damage (AD) ratio increased from 200 to 210.
- Rapidfire’s attack speed (AS) per attack increased from 4/8/14% to 4/9/16%.
- Spellweavers’ base ability power (AP) increased from 20/35/70/120 to 20/35/80/130.
- Spellweavers’ AP per cast increased from 1/2/3/4 to 1/2/4/6.
Champions
- Lillia’s spell’s mana cost reduced from 120 to 110.
- Lillia’s starting mana reduced from 70 to 60. This is not a nerf as the mana needed for the first cast is unchanged.
- Karthus’ superfan item changed from Archangel’s Staff to Adaptive Helm.
- This was accidently shipped early so it was already live.
- Poppy’s AS increased from .65 to .7.
- This is due to a bug fix and is intended to be functionally neutral.
Headliners
- There are no buffs to headliners in this patch.
Items
- Dragon’s Claw’s MR increased from 55 to 65.
- Radiant Adaptive Helm’s front 2 rows armor and MR bonus increased from 60 to 80.
- Radiant Adaptive Helm’s front 2 rows mana on being hit increased from 1 to 2.
- Radiant Adaptive Helm’s back 2 rows bonus AP increased from 45 to 55.
- Radiant Adaptive Helm’s back 2 rows bonus mana per 3 seconds increased from 15 to 20.
Augments
- There are no buffs to augments in this patch.
Nerfs
Traits
- There are no nerfs to traits in this patch.
Champions
- There are no nerfs to champions in this patch.
Headliners
- There are no nerfs to headliners in this patch.
Items
- Radiant Adaptive Helm no longer grants both effects.
Augments
- There are no nerfs to augments in this patch.
