Teamfight Tactics patch 13.6 notes: Mid Set changes arrive as TFT Glitches Out

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Teamfight Tactics mid-set changes are arriving in Patch 13.6, shaking up the game and introducing new systems as TFT ‘Glitches Out’.

Monsters have been on the attack for quite some time in Teamfight Tactics. So much so that it appears to have messed up the game a fair bit, as the mid-set arriving with Patch 13.6 has “Glitched Out”.

There are plenty of changes coming with the new mid-set, with both traits and units being removed and introduced to spice up the meta. In order to catch up early with all the changes, here are the patch notes for Teamfight Tactics Set 8.5: Glitched Out.

When is TFT Patch 13.6?

Patch 13.6 of TFT is expected to roll out with the main League patch on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. As per usual Oceanic servers will be the first to receive the patch, with others slowly receiving it throughout the day.

The servers will go down as the Patch is moved to the live servers, so expect some amount of downtime before 13.6 hits.

What’s changing in TFT Patch 13.6?

TFT: Glitched Out goes live

Glitched Out will be making a few key changes to the current set as we know it. These include a new form of glitched-out carousel, new traits, and units. Alongside this, we’ll be saying goodbye to about 15 units and a few traits that will be leaving Set 8 altogether.

TFT Set 8.5 Glitched Out Carousel Mechanic
Glitched Out Carousels look to offer players even more wacky variation from game to game.

TFT Patch 13.6 Notes

New Units and Set Mechanic

Several units and traits have been removed and replaced by newer ones, including traits such as Civilian, and units like Galio.

Alongside this, Glitched Out Carousels will be appearing randomly throughout TFT lobbies, these new carousels can offer various items, including champion duplicators, tome of traits and more.

For an in-depth look at all the units and traits coming in Patch 13.6, you can check out our more detailed guide here.

HERO AUGMENT REWORKS

Several hero augments will be receiving changes, and many carry augments have been shifted towards a more supportive role. Other less successful augments have been completely replaced with new ones.

  • Annie – Reflector Shield ⇒ Pyromania: Gain an Annie. Her spell is larger, and every cast, she stuns all targets hit for 1.5 seconds.
  • Fiora – Frontline Fencing ⇒ Grand Challenge: Gain a Fiora. Every 4 attacks on the same champion, she deals 20% of her maximum health as magic damage, and heals for 9% of her maximum health.
  • Fiora – Vitality of the Ox ⇒ Vitality of the Ox (no name change): Gain a Fiora. When you field her, your team heals 25% of their maximum Health every 10 attacks.
  • Yasuo – Siphoning Winds ⇒ Winds of the Wanderer: Gain a Yasuo. His spell is larger and deals 20% damage.
  • Alistar – Smash! ⇒ Stubborn: Gain an Alistar. Combat start: He 50% Shreds (MR reduction) all enemy units for 1.5 seconds.
  • Alistar – Behemoth ⇒ Behemoth (no name change): Gain an Alistar. He gains 350 maximum health. His ability hits all adjacent enemies, and deals bonus damage to his primary target equal to 25% of his maximum health.
  • Jax – Evasion ⇒ Grandmaster’s Training: Gain a Jax. When you field him, your team gains 20 Armor and 15% Attack Speed. These bonuses are doubled when your strongest Jax dies.
  • Kai’Sa – Star-Crossed ⇒ Reconnaissance Team: Gain a Kai’Sa. At the start of combat, Kai’Sa and her two closest allied champions gain 40% Critical Strike Chance and their spells can crit.
  • Fiddlesticks – Traumatic Memories ⇒ Scarier-crow: Gain a Fiddlesticks. Fiddlesticks continues absorbing Corrupted Souls even while no longer dormant. If he is still dormant after 8 seconds, he immediately casts.
  • Ekko – Resonance ⇒ Destructive Resonance: Gain an Ekko. Ekko’s spell hits all enemies within 2 hexes, and deals 220% bonus damage, but no longer slows enemies’ Attack Speed.
  • Syndra – Power Overwhelming ⇒ Not In Vain: Gain a Syndra. Your strongest Syndra gains 30 starting Mana, and 30% Attack Speed every time an ally dies.

TRAITS

The following traits have been removed: Civilian and Recon

  • A.D.M.I.N. Now gives 4 choices each activation
  • A.D.M.I.N. 4 Piece Multiplier: 30% ⇒ 25%
  • A.D.M.I.N. On Cast AP: 10 ⇒ 25
  • A.D.M.I.N. On Cast AD: Enabled and set to 25%
  • A.D.M.I.N. On Cast Chance to Drop Gold: 20% ⇒ 33%
  • A.D.M.I.N. On Cast Flat Heal: 200 ⇒ 250
  • A.D.M.I.N. On Cast Permanent HP: 10 ⇒ 18
  • A.D.M.I.N. On Kill, Unit who killed gains
  • A.D.M.I.N. On Kill, Unit who killed gains Mana: Disabled
  • A.D.M.I.N. On Kill, Unit who killed Heals: 350 ⇒ 400
  • A.D.M.I.N. On Kill, Unit who killed gains Permanent HP: 20 ⇒ 18
  • A.D.M.I.N. on dropping below 66% HP, A.D.M.I.N. gains AP: 75 ⇒ 60
  • A.D.M.I.N. on dropping below 66% HP, A.D.M.I.N. gains AD: 75 ⇒ 60
  • A.D.M.I.N. on dropping below 66% HP, A.D.M.I.N. gains AS: 75 ⇒ 60
  • A.D.M.I.N. on dropping below 66% HP, A.D.M.I.N. gains Shield,d: 10 ⇒ 15 sec
  • A.D.M.I.N. on dropping below 66% HP, A.D.M.I.N. gains Permanent HP: 60 ⇒ 50
  • A.D.M.I.N. on Ally Death AP: 20 ⇒ 18
  • A.D.M.I.N. on Ally Death AD: 20 ⇒ 18
  • A.D.M.I.N. on Ally Death AS: 20 ⇒ 18
  • A.D.M.I.N. on Ally Death Gain Mana: Disabled
  • A.D.M.I.N. on Ally Death flat Heal: 350 ⇒ 250
  • A.D.M.I.N. on Ally Death Gold Chance: 25% ⇒ 20%
  • A.D.M.I.N. on Ally Death Permanent HP: 15 ⇒ 12
  • A.D.M.I.N. Combat Start, A.D.M.I.N. gains Mana: Disabled
  • A.D.M.I.N. Combat Start chance to drop Gold: 40% ⇒ 50%
  • A.D.M.I.N. Combat Start permanent HP: 50 ⇒ 40
  • A.D.M.I.N. Every 5 sec, A.D.M.I.N. gains AP: 18 ⇒ 20
  • A.D.M.I.N. Every 5 sec, A.D.M.I.N. gains Mana: 30 ⇒ 40
  • A.D.M.I.N. Every 5 sec, A.D.M.I.N. chance to drop Gold: 20% ⇒ 25%
  • A.D.M.I.N. Every 5 sec, permanent HP: 15 ⇒ 12
  • A.D.M.I.N. Combat Start, Team gains Mana: Disabled
  • A.D.M.I.N. Combat Start, Team gains permanent HP: 15 ⇒ 20
  • A.D.M.I.N. Combat Start, Team gains chance to drop Gold: 20% ⇒ 25%
  • A.D.M.I.N. Combat Start, Team gains max HP Shield: 20% ⇒ 25%
  • A.D.M.I.N. every 5 sec, Team gains Mana: 12 ⇒ 20
  • A.D.M.I.N. every 5 sec, Team chance to drop Gold: 10% ⇒ 15%
  • A.D.M.I.N. every 5 sec, Team gains permanent HP: 5 ⇒ 7
  • A.D.M.I.N. every 5 sec, Team heals: 150 ⇒ 200
  • Brawler HP: 20/45/75/110% ⇒ 20/45/70/100%
  • Defender no longer has a built in Taunt
  • Defender Armor: 30/80/200 ⇒ 25/75/200
  • Duelist Attack Speed per stack: 5/9/15/24 ⇒ 5/9/13/20%
  • Duelist now gives 0/0/10/20% Damage Reduction.
  • Gadgeteen Damage & Damage Reduction: 3/10% ⇒ 3/9%
  • Hacker added a 5 piece
  • Hacker Omnivamp: 15/40/70% ⇒ 20/30/40/50%%
  • Hacker now gives the rider of H4ck3r!m bonus Omnivamp (0/10/20/30%)
  • LaserCorps is now a 3/4/5/6 trait
  • LaserCorps 5 and 6 now grant drones to your whole team
  • LaserCorps Drone Damage is now 30/50/65/99
  • Mascot has had Mascot 8 removed
  • Mascot bonus per cheering Mascot: 1% ⇒ 1.5%
  • Mecha PRIME HP Share: 100% ⇒ 90%
  • Mecha PRIME fixed a bug where 5 Mech was lower HP share than 3 Mech
  • Ox Force now gives (10/40/90) Armor & MR instead of Attack Speed
  • Prankster added a 4 piece that spawns a 250 Health dummy and 2 second stun
  • Renegade is now a 3/5/7 trait
  • Renegade gives (25/40/65%) extra damage, and an additional (20/25/35%) to the last Renegade standing.
  • Star Guardian is now a 2/4/6/8 Trait
  • Star Guardian additional Mana Gain: 40/70/120/200% ⇒ 35/70/120/175%
  • Spellslinger Ability Power: 25/60/95/140 & 150% ⇒ 25/50/80/120 & 100%
  • Sureshot is now a 2/3/4/5 trait
  • Sureshot grants 6/11/16/24% bonus AD at start of combat and each 4 sec
  • Underground: added a Reforger to the Heist 1 cash out of 1x Item Component
  • Underground: added a Reforger to the Heist 2 cash out of 1x Ornn Item
  • Underground: increased Heist 2 value by 1g on the 18g options

UNITS: TIER 1

The following Tier 1 units have been removed: Galio and Talon

  • Ashe is now a LaserCorp/Sureshot
  • Ashe Ranger’s Focus AD ratio for additional AD gain: 40% ⇒ 60%
  • Ashe Ranger’s Focus base AD gain: 12/18/25% ⇒ 15/22/33%
  • Kayle AD: 50 ⇒ 55
  • Lux Lucent Singularity targeting: Random ⇒ Current Target

UNITS: TIER 2

The following Tier 2 units have been removed: Sivir (reworked) and Yuumi

  • Draven AD: 65 ⇒ 70
  • Ezreal is now Underground/Quickdraw/Parallel
  • Ezreal Sabotage Damage: 230/345/535 ⇒ 200/300/460
  • Ezreal Sabotage now has a new spell when Parallel is active that does 110/165/255 damage to all enemies in a line
  • Sivir has been reworked to be an Infiniteam/Sureshot instead of a Civilian/Sureshot
  • Yasuo max Mana buff: 0/80 ⇒ 0/70

UNITS: TIER 3

The following Tier 3 units have been removed: Cho’Gath, Senna, Vel’Koz, and Zoe

  • Kai’Sa is now Star Guardian and Quickdraw
  • Kai’Sa Mana: 0/60 ⇒ 20/105
  • Kai’Sa Starcharged Attack Speed: 45% ⇒ 75%
  • Kai’Sa Starcharged Damage: 150/225/370 ⇒ 110/150/240
  • Sona Crescendo Sequence 1st phase (Q / Blue) Damage: 175/265/430 ⇒ 190/285/470
  • Vayne is now Anima and Duelist (lost Recon)
  • Vayne AS: 0.75 ⇒ 0.8
  • Vayne Silver Bolt AD ratio: 130/130/140% ⇒ 150/150/160%

UNITS: TIER 4

The following Tier 4 units have been removed: Sejuani, Sett, Soraka, Taliyah, Zac, and Zed

  • Bel’Veth Mana: 0/30 ⇒ 0/40
  • Miss Fortune is now Anima Squad/Ace/Quickdraw
  • Miss Fortune Bullet Time Damage: 40/60/180 ⇒ 35/55/150
  • Samira Flair AD ratio: 480/490/1250% ⇒ 460/460/1200%
  • Samira Flair Base Damage: 80/100/666 ⇒ 66/99/366 Viego is now OxForce/Renegade/Heart
  • Viego max Mana buff: 0/50 ⇒ 0/45
  • Viego Attack Speed: 0.75 ⇒ 0.8
  • Viego Heartbreaker primary target Damage: 260/390/850 ⇒ 240/360/800
  • Viego Heartbreaker secondary targets AOE Damage: 130/195/425 ⇒ 120/180/400

UNITS: TIER 5

The following Tier 5 unit has been removed: Aphelios

  • Fiddlesticks HP: 1300 ⇒ 1200
  • Fiddlesticks Armor & MR: 70 ⇒ 66
  • Fiddlesticks Dark Harvest Damage: 100/150/900 ⇒ 85/130/800
  • Janna AS: 0.75 ⇒ 0.8
  • Janna Armor & MR: 35 ⇒ 45
  • Janna Mana: 70/140 ⇒ 40/120
  • Janna Twister! Damage: 195/300/3000 ⇒ 450/675/6000
  • Nunu Biggest Roboball Ever! Damage: 125/190/2000 ⇒ 120/180/2000
  • Syndra Allies thrown in by Syndra now trigger “On Ally Death” events.

USER INTERFACE CHANGES

  • Champion Duplicator is now orange to prevent confusion with the blue Lesser Duplicator (Tier 3 and below)
  • Item Remover’s color is more red so it doesn’t look like the new orange Champion Duplicator
  • ITEMS

    • Zz’Rot Portal: Added a line to the tooltip to say that summoned units will not have as much effectiveness when using Zz’Rot
    • Spatula + Sword: LaserCorps Emblem ⇒ InfiniTeam Emblem

    HERO AUGMENTS

    • Gangplank Flaming Ricochet bonus Damage: 90% ⇒ 80%
    • Kayle – Divine Ascent bonus AS: 50% ⇒ 40%
    • Lulu – Growth Spurt bonus AP per cast: 20 ⇒ 18
    • Lux – Illuminating Singularity Bonus Damage: 135% ⇒ 120%
    • Ezreal – Rising Spell Force AP & AS per cast: 20 ⇒ 16
    • Jinx – Get Excited! Bonus AS: 40% ⇒ 35%
    • Malphite – Rock Solid Armor Percent: 180% ⇒ 160%
    • Vayne – Spread Shot bonus Damage: 65% ⇒ 60%
    • Janna – Category Five bonus AP: 80 ⇒ 10

    AUGMENTS

    The following augment has been removed: High Roller.

    • Cruel Pact grants 2 HP per round ⇒ Grants 3 HP per player combat
    • Duelist Crown Item given: Edge of Night ⇒ Hand of Justice
    • LaserCorps Crown has been replaced with LaserCorps Soul, which gives 1 additional LaserCorps. Gain a Yasuo and Hand of Justice.
    • March of Progress now grants 4 XP immediately.
    • March of Progress XP per player combat: 5 ⇒ Equal to your current player level
    • Salvage Bin now only offered on 2-1. Also grants an additional item component after 7 player combats
    • Added Salvage Bin+ which is offered on 3-2 and 4-2, and grants an additional item component after 4 player combats.

    MODES

    DOUBLE UP

    Whilst Double Up has been an incredible mode allowing for cooperation between friends in a TFT game. The mode itself has found a problematic meta of one player running a tanky stall comp, whilst the other ran a high DPS carry comp. The tanky player would give all their items over to the DPS player, resulting in biased matchups which the DPS player would win.

    From there they’d be able to bail out the tanky player, as they could hop onto their board and take down the opponent in a 2v1.

    As such, Riot is looking to make changes to the way item sharing works, and have removed the ability to share items with your partner.

    • Rune of Allegiances Items now pop off of units before the unit is sent to your partner.
    • Rune of Allegiances is no longer granted at stages 4-3 and 6-1.
    • The Lesser Rune of Allegiance now regenerates itself 5 rounds after you use it.
    • After 4-1, your Lesser Rune of Allegiance upgrades to a Rune of Allegiance, and now regenerates itself 7 rounds after you use it.
    • Gift Armories now offer an additional gift of the highest tier that the gift armory offers.
    • Gift Armories chance at seeing the highest tier of gifts in the second gift armory reduced from 20% to 14%.

    HYPER ROLL

    • Hyper Roll carousels take half as long, and release the bottom half of the lobby followed by the top half.

    BUGS

    • Sharing is caring: Mecha PRIME fixed a bug where 5 Mech was lower HP share than 3 MechSpecial thanks (as always) to my editor