Full TFT Patch 16.3 Patch Notes | First Unlock Changes!

Teamfight Tactics is well into the middle of Set 16, yet we are only looking at the second patch since its release. The first Unlock changes are here and should make some early comps a bit more interesting. Check out the Full TFT Patch 16.3 Patch Notes below.

TFT Patch 16.3 Patch Notes

You can see everything that has been changed in the TFT Patch 16.3 Patch Notes listed below.

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System Changes

Leveling

• XP from Level 8 → 9: 68 XP → 76 XP

Encounters

• Gwen’s Gifts: Crafted Crafting disabled
• Emblem Ensemble:
  • Coronation disabled
  • Cursed Crown disabled
  • Flexible disabled
  • Legion of Three’s disabled
  • Tactician’s Kitchen disabled
  • U.R.F disabled

Auras

• The following champion auras now persist even if the champion dies: Shyvana, Skarner, Taric

Unlock Rules Update

• Unlockable 4 and 5-costs are now harder to hit if uncontested
• When contested, it’s a bit easier to two-star your unit, yet still harder to three-star them

Unlock Conditions

• Kai’Sa Level Requirement: 8 → 7
• Orianna: 3 Piltover → 2 items on a Piltover Champion
• Tryndamere item requirement: 2 → 1
• Yorick item requirement: 2 → 1
• Warwick: 2-star Vi and 1-star Jinx → 1 item on Vi AND Jinx (no 2-star requirement)

Large Changes

Traits

• Bilgewater Free AD/AP: 20% → 15%
• Bilgewater 2-Cost Serpent Cost: 30 → 35
• Bilgewater Serpents Per Takedown: 2 → 1
• Bilgewater (10) Cannon Damage: 500 → 300
• Bilgewater (10) Gold Per Kill: 5 → 2
• Darkin (3) Piece Damage: 100 → 333
• Ixtal Quest Small Reroll Quest (Stage 2-6): 5/6/8/8/8 → 3/4/7/7/7
• Ixtal Quest Medium Reroll Quest (Stage 2-6): 10/12/16/16/16 → 6/9/15/15/15
• Ixtal Quest Hard Reroll Quest (Stage 2-6): 15/18/24/24/24 → 10/12/20/20/20
• Ixtal Quest Earn Interest Quest: 6/14/20/20/20 → 5/12/16/16/16
• Ixtal Quest Qiyana Takedown, Sunshards Given: 20/30/40/50/50 → 30/50/80/80/80
• Ixtal Quest Alternate Win/Loss, Sunshards Given: 200/280/360/450/600 → 200/280/400/500/700
• Ixtal Cashout (700 Sunshards)
  • Cashout A: Artifact Anvil → Completed Item Anvil + 1 Greater Duplicator
  • Cashout B: 30g → 2 Greater Duplicators
• Ixtal Cashout (800 Sunshards)
  • Cashout A: 50g → 30g + 2 Brocks
  • Cashout B: 145g → 120g + 2 Greater Duplicators
  • Cashout C: 5 cost unit → 2 Brocks
• Ixtal Cashout (900 Sunshards)
  • Cashout A: 180g → 160g + 2 Greater Duplicators
  • Cashout B: 60g → 40g + 2 Greater Duplicators
• Piltover (2) Continuum Cogs AP: 12 → 15
• Piltover (4) Acceleration Gate Mana Restore: 35% → 40%
• Piltover (4) Magnetron Coil Base Amp: 18% → 16%
• Piltover (6) Armor Nullifier Tank Amp: 35% → 45%
• Piltover (6) Upgrade! Attack Speed: 15% → 25%
• Void will always offer an offensive mutation first
• Void Spitter Spines Damage: 111 → 100
• Void Royal Husk Summon HP: 25% → 30%
• Void Summon Base Resists: 30 → 40

Units: Tier 1

• Anivia Attack Speed: .70 → .75
• Blitzcrank Mana: 60/120 → 60/105
• Briar Decaying Attack Speed: 300%/300%/300% → 300%/300%/350%
• Jhin [NEW] Ability sets Jhin’s Attack Speed to a fixed 1.0 AS
• Jhin Base AD: 48 → 44
• Jhin Spell Damage: 125/190/280/370 AD → 135/200/300/400 AD
• Qiyana Ability Damage: 160/240/360/480 AD → 160/240/400/560 AD

Units: Tier 2

• Ashe Spell Damage: 120/180/285 AD → 135/195/300 AD
• Ashe Spell Damage: 15/25/35 AP → 20/30/40
• Ekko Resists: 50 → 45
• Orianna Mana: 20/60 → 20/50
• Tryndamere Ability Damage: 100/150/225 → 110/160/235

Units: Tier 3

• Draven Base AD: 50 → 53
• Leona [NEW] While surviving, your strongest Leona grants your strongest Diana 3/4/5/10 Ability Power each second
• Malzahar Ability Damage: 27/40/65 AP → 29/43/68 AP
• Sejuani Shield amount: 475/525/625 AP → 525/575/675 AP
• Zoe Ability Damage: 300/450/700 AP → 330/500/770 AP

Units: Tier 4

• Braum Mana: 60/120 → 60/105
• Diana Shield Duration: 2s with no Mana Lock → Shield and Mana Lock end when Diana’s dashes end
• Diana Shield Amount: 80/120/200 AP → 100/175/300 AP
• Diana Target Damage: 165/250/500 AP → 125/190/600 AP
• Diana Secondary Damage: 150/225/1350 AP → 140/210/1350 AP
• Fizz fixed a bug where Fizz targeting was inconsistent among backliners
• Fizz Splash Damage: 110/165/450 AP → 75/115/450 AP
• Fizz Empowered Attack Damage: 80/120/600 AP → 50/75/600 AP
• Fizz Spell AS: 50% → 100%
• Garen Heal: 300/350/1200 AP → 250/300/1200 AP
• Kai’sa (1-star) AD Kai’sa Spell Damage: 42/63/150 AD → 39/63/150 AD
• Kai’sa (1-star) Kai’sa Spell Damage: 265/400/1600 AP → 250/400/1600 AP
• Taric [Adjusted] At 35% health: Gain 90% Durability for 2 seconds → Heal for 300/700/2500 Health over 2 seconds

Units: Tier 5

• Aatrox Spell cast Animation no longer scales with Attack Speed
• Aatrox Spell Damage: 85/170/2400 AD → 95/200/2400 AD
• Annie Mana: 0/170 → 0/160
• Annie Post-Cast Mana Reduction: 150 → 140 (Annie is still 20 Mana)
• Aurelion Sol Mana: 20/90 → 25/75
• Aurelion Sol Spell Damage: 450/800 AP → 480/800 AP
• Aurelion Sol Shockwave Damage: 50/75/1000 AP → 100/150/1000 AP
• Aurelion Sol Stardust Rework: No longer gains 1 Stardust for each time an enemy is damaged by an ability. 1 Stardust is now gained for every 250 Ability damage dealt to enemies this combat
• Aurelion Sol Star Forger Bonus Stardust: 20/60% → 20/33%
• Aurelion Sol Upgrade Breakpoints:
  • Upgrade 1: 15 → 25
  • Upgrade 2: 60 → 60
  • Upgrade 3: 100 → 140
  • Upgrade 4: 175 → 200, Knockup Duration: 2s → 1.5s
  • Upgrade 5: 250 → 300
  • Upgrade 6: 400 → 475
  • Upgrade 7: 700 → 675
  • Upgrade 8: 1988 → 1543
• Galio Crash Damage: 400/675/5000% MR → 150/225/1000% Armor + 350/525/5000% MR
• Kindred [REWORK] Spell no longer prevents allies from dying. Now shields allies for 350/750/10000% AP for the zone’s duration
• Kindred Eternal Passive Damage: 300% AD → 325% AD
• Kindred Zone Duration: 2s → 2.5s
• Lucian & Senna Soulbound tooltip clarifies that Damage Amp and Durability only persist while they survive
• Senna no longer applies Black Mist to enemies
• Lucian no longer consumes Black Mist
• Senna Spell Damage: 170/255/2000 AD → 230/350/2000 AD
• Senna spell does 8% less damage for each target hit, up to a maximum of 40% reduction
• Mel Primary Target Damage: 900/1500 AP → 1000/1500 AP
• Shyvana Passive Ability Damage Reduction: 10% → 8%
• Shyvana Mana: 0/40 → 0/30
• Shyvana Spell Duration: 3.5s → 3s
• Shyvana Spell Damage Per Second: 165/250 AD → 185/275 AD
• Sylas Resists: 70 → 80
• T-Hex Resists: 70 → 80
• T-Hex Base AD: 75 → 85
• T-Hex Spell Damage: 125/200 AD → 145/250 AD
• T-Hex Missile Damage: 30% of base → 25% of base
• Thresh Passive Damage: 30/50 AP + 1 per 20 Souls → 30/50 + 1 per 15 Souls
• Thresh Passive Healing: 50% damage dealt → 75% damage dealt
• Xerath Ascendent Charms:
  • Desert Golem renamed to Desert Golems
  • Desert Golem Cost: 6g → 8g
  • Desert Golem Golem Count: 1 → 2
  • Desert Golem Bonus Attack Damage: 60% → 40%
  • Desert Golem Bonus Ability Power: 60% → 40%
  • Persistent Arcanery now grants Xerath 3 mana regen
  • Persistent Arcanery Extra blast: 4 → 2
  • Rite of Negation no longer grants Durability
  • Rite of Negation now grants 15% Damage Amp
  • Sacrificial Guard removed
• Ziggs Passive Damage: 45/80 AP → 40/65 AP

Core Items

• Edge of Night [NEW] Heals for 30% of missing health at the end of invulnerability
• Nashor’s Tooth AP: 15 → 20

Artifacts

• Darkin Scythe Health: 0 → 250
• Darkin Scythe AP: 25% → 0
• Dawncore AD/AP: 10% → 15%
• Flickerblades AS per Attack: 5% → 6%
• Gambler’s Blade Gold Chance: 5% → 6%
• The Indomitable Max HP: 12% → 15%
• Sniper’s Focus AD/AP: 20% → 25%

Radiant Items

• Radiant Nashor’s Tooth AP: 30 → 40

Augments

• NEW: Cosmic Calling (Gold, 3-2 only) — Gain a Spear of Shojin and a Leona. On Stage 3-7, gain a Taric
• Growth Mindset re-enabled
• Growth Mindset no longer reduces XP cost to 3
• Growth Mindset Initial XP: 36 → 50
• Aura Farming 2-star 5-cost now holds a recommended item
• Aura Farming Unlock Round: 4-3 → 4-5
• Bringer of Ruin AP per Takedown: 2 → 1
• Call to Chaos Melee Carry Golem reward removed
• Call to Chaos Golden Egg Reward, Initial Completed Item Anvils: 2 → 1
• Chosen Wolves Ambessa Bonus AD: 30% → 40%
• Chosen Wolves Wolf Damage: 25% → 30%
• Component Heist Turns: 5 → 4
• Crash Test Dummies Stun Duration: 1.25s → 1.75s
• Demacia Forever Health per Rally: 4 → 3
• Dragonguards Jarvan Armor/MR Damage: 185% → 100/120/155/200%
• Exiles Shield: 35% → 30%
• Going Long XP per Round: 5 → 4
• Going Long Initial Gold: 4 → 15
• Golden Egg Cashout with “Anima Visage” is replaced with “The Indomitable”
• Hard Commit Gold per Stage: 2 → 7
• Hefty Rolls Health per Roll: 8 → 9
• Hustler no longer grants 2 XP per round
• Hustler Gold per Round: 2 → 3
• Hustler Initial Gold: 1 → 6
• Know Your Enemy Damage Amp: 10/18% → 8/15%
• Pair of Fours removed
• Precision and Grace no longer dashes at the start of combat
• Precision and Grace New tooltip: At the start of combat, allies gain 25% Attack Speed for 3 seconds. On takedown, allies dash to their next target and gain this bonus again
• Preparation I AD/AP: 2 → 3
• Preparation II AD/AP: 3 → 4
• Slice of Life Unit Cost Given per Stage: 3/3/3/4/4/4/5 → 2/2/3/3/4/4/5
• Spreading Roots+ Gold: 4 → 2
• Sweet Treats Health per Item: 25 → 20
• The Trait Tree Gold: 7 → 2
• The Trait Tree+ Gold: 12 → 4
• Wild Growth Bonus AD/AP: 25% → 35%
• The World Runes temporarily removed
• Worth the Wait no longer has a 2 turn delay before granting more copies

Bug Fixes

• Darius should no longer be Mana Locked for longer than intended in some rare circumstances
• Band of Thieves I and Band of Thieves II are now mutually exclusive
• Galio no longer interacts unintentionally with other systems
• One Twos Three no longer grants an additional 1-cost champion
• Those are for cooking, not eating: Tahm Kench can no longer spit out Spatulas and Frying Pans
• Bilgewater Items no longer interact unintentionally with other systems
• Units no longer lose the Durability from Big Friend I if they separate from their ally with 1750+ Health during combat
• Void Mutations no longer persist from higher tiers when dropping to lower tiers
• Armories now last indefinitely in Tutorial Mode
• Sentinels of Light Augment disabled

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