TFT 13.13 patch notes: Runeterra Reforged balance changes, reworks & more

TFT Runeterra Reforged is underway, and the TFT patch 13.13 notes are here to change some of the more unbalanced traits or champions. This is a big patch with a lot of changes, so strap in for our full patch rundown.

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TFT Patch 13.13 notes: The short version

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The TFT patch 13.13 notes are introducing a rework for Shurima, nerfs for some of the biggest summons in the game like Baron and T-Hex, and a huge number of Augment changes.

A few champions are getting some major buffs, while others have been toned down. Player damage earlier in the game has been decreased too, and a few traits have been altered.

In addition, this patch will last three weeks as the team recharges following the release of Set 9.

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TFT Patch 13.13 notes: Full patch rundown

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Player Damage

•     Base Stage 4 Damage: 5 ⇒ 4

Region Portals

House Lightshield

•     Tick Rate for all stats: 1 ⇒ 2 seconds
•     Health per Tick: 1% ⇒ 2% max Health

Traits

• Bastion Armor & MR: 20/60/120/250 ⇒ 20/50/100/240
• Challenger Attack Speed: 30/60/90/125% ⇒ 30/60/95/140%
• Ionia Bonus Stats: 100/200/300% ⇒ 100/200/325%
• Gunner AD Per Stack 7/12/20 ⇒ 6/11/20
• Piltover T-Hex Health per Power: 80 ⇒ 65
• T-Hex Base Armor and MR: 20 ⇒ 15
• T-Hex now gains a heap of bonus stats at 100 power (14 loss streak) rather than 70 (11-12 loss streak)
• Buffed the following cashouts: 9-12 Energy: 8g ⇒ 10g, 13-17 Energy: 13g ⇒ 15g, 18-23 Energy: 19g ⇒ 22g, 24-29 Energy: 27g ⇒ 30g, 30-36 Energy: 38g ⇒ 42g, 37-44 Energy: 51g ⇒ 55g, 45-51 Energy: 65g ⇒ 70g
• Piltover (Double Up): If both you and your partner lose, gain Charges as you would normally do
• Piltover (Double Up): If you lose and your partner wins, gain 50% progress towards gaining Charges. When this happens twice, gain Charges.
• Shurima: The Sun Disc no longer replaces the 2nd heal pulse with the Ascension pulse at Shurima (3) and (5). The heal pulse and Ascension now happen together.
• Shurima (7): Now also boosts Ascension bonuses by +20%
• Shurima (9): Now additionally Ascends a second time after 8 seconds
• Shurima (9): Ascension bonuses: +125% ⇒ +25%
• Shurima (9): Total Ascension Power: 225% ⇒ 130%+130%=260%
• Slayer Health Threshold for Double bonus Damage: 60% ⇒ 75%
• Strategist Shield: 200/350/500/700 ⇒ 200/350/500/800
• Strategist AP: 20/30/45/60 ⇒ 20/30/50/70
• Targon Healing & Shielding Increase: 18/30/50% ⇒ 20/40/70%
• Void Rift Herald Void Charge Base Damage: 180 ⇒ 225
• Baron Nashor Base Health: 1050 ⇒ 1000
• Baron Nashor Voracious Bite Damage: 1000 ⇒ 666
• Zaun, Adaptive Implant Overcharge Stat Increase: 100% ⇒ 60%
• Zaun, Hextech Exoskeleton Armor & MR: 33 ⇒ 30
• Zaun, Robotic Arm Chance to Proc: 33% ⇒ 60%
• Zaun, Robotic ArmOvercharged True Damage: 40% ⇒ 50%
• Zaun, Virulent Bioware Damage Increase: 25% ⇒ 20%

Units

Tier 1

• Kayle Divine Ascent On Hit Damage: 28/40/60 ⇒ 33/44/66
• Orianna Command: Protect Shield Power: 225/250/275 ⇒ 225/250/325
• Orianna Command: Protect Damage: 180/270/405 ⇒ 190/285/430
• Tristana 4-Star Attacks per Mega Shot: 8 ⇒ 10

Tier 2

• Ashe Volley AD Percent: 110% ⇒ 125/125/130%
• Galio Shield of Durand Damage Reduction: 20% ⇒ 20/20/25%
• Kled Skaaaaaaarl! Self Shield: 40% ⇒ 30% max HP
• Sett Ionia Bonus: 180 HP ⇒ 200 HP
• Taliyah Base Seismic Shove Damage: 160/240/375 ⇒ 150/225/350
• Taliyah Seismic Shove Boulder Damage: 125/190/300 ⇒ 125/190/290
• Teemo Noxious Trap Damage: 210/315/485/485 ⇒ 200/300/465/465

Tier 3

• Ekko Phase Dive Heal Percent: 30% ⇒ 20%
• Garen Judgement Base attacks per spin 2 ⇒ 1.8
• Garen Judgement Attack speed per spin 0.5 ⇒ 0.55
• Garen Judgement Spin AD Ratio 70/75/80 ⇒ 70/72/75
• Sona Crescendo Damage: 115/175/285 ⇒ 105/155/255
• Sona Crescendo Attack Speed Granted: 25/30/40% ⇒ 30/35/40%
• Taric max Mana buff: 40/100 ⇒ 40/90

Tier 4

• Aphelios Chakram AD ratio: 10/10/40% ⇒ 8/8/40%
• Gwen HP: 900 ⇒ 1000
• Gwen Snip! Snip! Damage: 95/140/400 ⇒ 100/150/500
• Kai’Sa Fixed a bug where Kai’Sa could gain mana during her spellcast.
• Kai’Sa max Mana buff: 50/120 ⇒ 40/110
• Sejuani Passive True Damage: 1.5/1.5/5% ⇒ 1.5/1.5/10%
• Sejuani Fury of the North Damage: 150/225/1000 ⇒ 160/240/1200
• Shen Ki Barrier Damage: 225/355/1600 ⇒ 240/360/2000
• Shen Ki Barrier Ally Shield Damage: 250/350/1500 ⇒ 275/350/1800
• Urgot Mana nerf: 0/70 ⇒ 0/100
• Zeri Surge Overcharge AD ratio: 65/65/100% ⇒ 50/50/100%
• Zeri Surge Overcharge Kills no longer reset the duration of Surge
• Zeri Surge Overcharge duration: 5 ⇒ 6 seconds

Tier 5

• Aatrox HP: 1000 ⇒ 1100
• Bel’Veth HP: 1000 ⇒ 1100
• Bel’Veth max Mana buff: 0/70 ⇒ 0/55
• Heimerdinger’s Technogenius (Apex Turret) Self-Repair upgrade duration 7/5/2 ⇒ 9/7/5
• Ryze Realm Warp (Piltover) max Mana buff: 40/110 ⇒ 30/100
• Ryze Realm Warp (Piltover) targets his current target ⇒ targets largest clump
• Ryze Realm Warp (Shadow Isles) REWORK: Now marks the strongest 1/1/10 ally's soul(s) to be reclaimed by the Shadow Isles. After they die, they return to the battlefield with 40/60/100% of their maximum Health. If all living allies are already marked, Ryze instead resurrects a deceased ally. Ryze cannot resurrect himself.
• Ryze Realm Warp Ryze (Targon) 1.5/2/15s stun removed and replaced with a brief (0.25s) knockup.
• Ryze Realm Warp Ryze (Bandle City) Mana: 40/90 ⇒ 50/75
• Ryze Realm Warp Ryze (Bandle City) NEW: If there are no units left on your bench, Ryze summons a random high-cost unit from the shop.

Augments

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Legend Augments

• Buried Treasure I/II/III: All Tiers grant 1 gold with each item.
• Buried Treasure I/II/III: Now starts granting items the round the augment is selected.
• Teaming Up I/II/III: Replaced with Seeing Double I/II/III
• Seeing Double I: Gain a random item made from 2 of the same component and 5 gold.
• Seeing Double II: Gain a random item made from 2 of the same component and 8 gold.
• Seeing Double III: Gain 2 random items made from 2 of the same component and 3 gold.
• Balanced Budget I Gold per turn: 4 ⇒ 5
• Balanced Budget II Gold Per Turn: 6 ⇒ 8
• Balanced Budget III Gold Per Turn: 10 ⇒ 12
• Battle Ready I Damage & Damage Reduction: 4% ⇒ 3%
• Battle Ready II Damage & Damage Reduction: 7% ⇒ 6%
• Battle Ready III Damage & Damage Reduction: 10% ⇒ 8%
• Final Ascension Base Damage: 18% ⇒ 15%
• Giant Grab Bag Gold: 18 ⇒ 15
• Knowledge Download I XP: 12 ⇒ 16
• Knowledge Download II XP: 22 ⇒ 24
• Knowledge Download III XP: 36 ⇒ 40
• It Pays to Learn II XP & Gold: 14 ⇒ 18
• It Pays to Learn III XP & Gold: 20 ⇒ 24
• Medium Forge Gold: 12 ⇒ 10
• Money!: Gold 9 ⇒ 12
• Money Money! Gold: 16 ⇒ 20
• Money Money Money! Gold: 22 ⇒ 30
• Partial Ascension Damage Increase: 33% ⇒ 30%
• Rolling For Days I Free Rerolls: 10 ⇒ 14
• Rolling For Days II Free Rerolls: 18 ⇒ 21
• Rolling For Days III Free Rerolls: 25 ⇒ 35
• Small Forge Gold: 8 ⇒ 6
• Tiny Power I AP/AD/AS: 5 ⇒ 8
• Tiny Power II AD/AP/AS: 8 ⇒ 11
• Tiny Power III AD/AP/AS: 11 ⇒ 18
• Training Reward I Gold: 5 ⇒ 7
• Training Reward II Gold: 13 ⇒ 15
• Training Reward III Gold: 18 ⇒ 24
• Well Earned Comforts II HP Per Item: 90 ⇒ 111
• Well Earned Comforts III AS per Item: 10% ⇒ 8%

Augments

• All Natural I HP: 75 ⇒ 120
• Army Building Turns before 2nd Duplicator: 8 ⇒ 7
• Bronze Ticket Rolls per free roll: 5 ⇒ 4
• Built Different and Double Trouble are now mutually exclusive.
• Component Buffet: Now also grants a random component.
• Jeweled Lotus I Crit Chance: 25% ⇒ 50%
• Latent Forge Rounds until Ornn Anvil: 7 ⇒ 8
• On a Roll: Limited to 2 free rolls per round.
• Red Buff Burn Duration: 8 sec ⇒ 5 sec
• Spoils of War I Drop Chance: 20% ⇒ 25%
• Unburdened I Attack Speed: 35% ⇒ 30%
• Unified Resistance I Armor & MR: 25 ⇒ 20
• A Cut Above Chance to Drop Gold: 50% ⇒ 40%
• Adrenaline Rush Max Damage: 30% ⇒ 25%
• Ancient Archives I Gold: 2 ⇒ 3
• Built Different II AS: 35/45/55/65 ⇒ 30/35/40/50%
• Caretaker’s Favor: Gain a component anvil when you reach level 5, 6, 7, and 8.
• Combat Caster Shield Value: 100/130/160/190 ⇒ 90/115/145/170
• Dueling Gunners (Gunner): Base AS: 15% ⇒ 10%
• Dueling Gunners (Gunner) AS per stack: 3% ⇒ 2%
• Early Education Starting AP: 10 ⇒ 15
• Frequent Flier Rerolls: 14 ⇒ 10
• Gifts from the Fallen Stats Given: 5 ⇒ 4
• Glacial Breeze (Freljord) HP Shield: 20% ⇒ 15%
• Idealism Bonus Damage: 18% ⇒ 13%
• Infusion Mana per 5 sec: 15 ⇒ 20   
• Jeweled Lotus II Crit chance: 10% ⇒ 15%
• Long Distance Pals Stat Share: 35% ⇒ 30%
• Loving Invocation (Invoker) AP per cast: 3 ⇒ 2.5
• Martyr HP Heal: 12% ⇒ 10%
• Medium-End Shopping: Now grants 3 gold.
• Morning Light (Bastion) Heal: 60% ⇒ 40%
• Overcharged Mana (Sorcerer) Starting Bonus Mana: 20 ⇒ 10
• Overcharged Mana (Sorcerer) Takedown Bonus Mana: 30 ⇒ 20
• Pandora’s Items II: Grants 2 Item Components ⇒ Grants 1 completed item
• Ravenous Hunter AP & AD per stack: 3 ⇒ 6
• Ravenous Hunter Max Stacks: 25 ⇒ 50
• Return on Investment Rerolls to activate: 25 ⇒ 22
• Sentinel’s Spirit (Ionia) Attack Speed: 20% ⇒ 15%
• Scrappy Inventions: Now converts a maximum of 4 components to temporary items.
• Scoped Weapons Attack Speed: 12% ⇒ 15%
• Shimmer Inventors AS per 10 gold: 5% ⇒ 8%
• Shimmer Inventors Max AS: 50% ⇒ 40%
• Stable Evolution (Void) Bonus HP per star level: 100 ⇒ 80
• Stable Evolution (Void) Bonus AD/AP per star level: 10 ⇒ 8
• Stars are Born: Additionally grants 3 gold.
• Stellacorn’s Blessing Attack Speed: 30% ⇒ 45%
• Spoils of War II Drop chance 33% ⇒ 35%
• The Boss Attack Speed & AP Per Sit Up: 20 ⇒ 30
• Tons of Stats HP & Stats: 66 & 6 ⇒ 55 & 5
• Total Domination (Noxus) Base Execute: 6% ⇒ 8%
• Total Domination (Noxus) Execute per stack: 2% ⇒ 1%
• Two Healthy HP Per Unit: 125 ⇒ 111
• Trade Sector: Grants 2 gold.
• Unified Resistance II Armor & MR: 35 ⇒ 30
• Ancient Archives II Gold: 3 ⇒ 5
• Birthday Presents: Additionally grants 1 gold when you level up
• Built Different III Attack Speed: 40/50/65/75% ⇒ 35/40/45/55%
• (Reworked) Caretaker’s Chosen: As you level, gain more powerful items. At level 4 - gain a Component Anvil, at level 6 - gain a Completed Item Anvil, at level 8 - open a radiant item armory.
• (NEW) Endless Hordes: Gain +3 maximum team size, but your units can only hold 1 item and their total health is reduced by 40%. Gain 2 gold.
• Final Reserves Gold: 25 ⇒ 40
• Hedge Fund Gold: 18 ⇒ 22
• Hedge Fund+ Gold: 27 ⇒ 32
• Hedge Fund++ Gold: 40 ⇒ 44
• Living Forge: Gives Ornn Item Anvil instead of a random Ornn Artifact.
• Lucky Gloves: Reduced some of the less desirable combinations from Lucky Gloves rolls.
• March of Progress Starting XP: 10 ⇒ 3
• Spoils of War III Drop Chance: 40% ⇒ 45%
• Spoils of War III: Major loot drops occur slightly faster.
• Starter Kit: No longer grants a component.
• Wandering Trainer Gold: 1 ⇒ 4
• What the Forge HP Per Artifact: 100 ⇒ 160

Items

• Bramble Vest Damage Cooldown: 2.5 sec ⇒ 2 sec
• Chalice of Power Starting Mana: 30 ⇒ 45
• Chalice of Power MR: 20 ⇒ 45
• Chalice of Power AP: 25 ⇒ 20
• Guinsoo’s Rageblade Base AS: 10% ⇒ 18%
• Guinsoo’s Rageblade AS Per Auto: 5% ⇒ 4%
• Ionic Spark Mana Ratio Shock: 185% ⇒ 160%
• Jeweled Gauntlet AP: 25 ⇒ 30
• Last Whisper Armor Shred Duration: 5 sec ⇒ 3 sec
• Protector’s Vow Armor & MR Granted: 35 ⇒ 25
• Spear of Shojin Starting Mana: 15 ⇒ 30
• Spear of Shojin AP: 15 ⇒ 25
• Zeke’s Herald AD to wearer: 10% ⇒ 25%
• Zeke’s Herald AS: 20% ⇒ 15%

Ornn Items

• Anima Visage HP: 250 ⇒ 500
• Deathfire Grasp Debuff Duration: 6 sec ⇒ 8 sec
• Eternal Winter Attack Slow: 30% ⇒ 20%
• Eternal Winter Health: 150 ⇒ 500
• Infinity Force HP: 25 ⇒ 250
• Sniper’s Focus Attack Speed: 40% ⇒ 15%
• Sniper’s Focus Bugfix: No longer a unique item.
• Bramble Vest (Radiant) Damage Cooldown: 1.5 sec ⇒ 2 sec
• Chalice of Power (Radiant) Starting Mana: 15 ⇒ 45
• Chalice of Power (Radiant) MR: 20 ⇒ 45
• Edge of Night (Radiant) AS on Proc: 40% ⇒ 50%
• Gargoyle Stoneplate (Radiant) Base Armor & MR: 20 ⇒ 30
• Guardbreaker (Radiant) Bonus Damage: 70% ⇒ 50%
• Guinsoo’s Rageblade (Radiant) Base AS: 25% ⇒ 30%
• Guinsoo’s Rageblade (Radiant) AS per Auto: 10% ⇒ 8%
• Jeweled Gauntlet (Radiant) AP: 50 ⇒ 55
• Locket of the Iron Solari (Radiant) Shield Value: 350/400/450 ⇒ 400/450/500
• Quicksilver (Radiant) AS: 70% ⇒ 50%
• Runaan's Hurricane (Radiant) AD: 20% ⇒ 30%
• Shroud of Stillness (Radiant) HP: 250 ⇒ 400
• Shroud of Stillness (Radiant) Team Starting Mana: 15 ⇒ 25
• Spear of Shojin (Radiant) Starting Mana: 15 ⇒ 30
• Spear of Shojin (Radiant) AD: 10% ⇒ 25%
• Titan’s Resolve (Radiant) AS: 30% ⇒ 20%
• Zeke’s Herald (Radiant) Base HP: 150 ⇒ 350
• Zeke’s Herald (Radiant) Base AD: 10% ⇒ 35%
• Zeke’s Herald (Radiant) AS: 50% ⇒ 35%
• Zephyr (Radiant) HP: 150 ⇒ 300

Small Changes

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• Bastion has a new start-of-combat VFX!
• Azir is now slightly smaller
• Akshan shots from Comeuppance are now considered attacks for items like Statikk Shiv, Guinsoo’s Rageblade, Titan’s Resolve, etc.
• Cho’Gath is now slightly larger
• Cho’Gath size growth per stack of Feast (permanent Health) has been slightly increased
• Jinx shots from her Fishbones! are now considered attacks for items like Statikk Shiv, Guinsoo’s Rageblade, Titan’s Resolve, etc.
• Nasus is now slightly larger

Augments

• All Natural text updated to specify it only works on champions (behavior unchanged).
• Gifts from Above has been renamed to Spectral Supplies
• Shoplifting: After the first shop refresh ⇒ start of each turn.
• Winds of War (Galio Carry) text updated to specify that it deals damage based on his maximum health, not his target’s.
• Lesser Jeweled Lotus now has a new indicator VFX.
• Lesser Jeweled Lotus indicator now shows up during the planning phase.

Tooltips

• Aatrox tooltip now more clearly explains his conversion of bonus Attack Speed to bonus Attack Damage while transformed
• Physical spells that have base damage now display that their damage scales off Ability Power as well in the upper tooltip. This impacts the following tooltips: Akshan, Bel’Veth, Darius, Jhin, Jinx, Urgot, Yasuo, Zed

Bug Fixes

• Neural pruning: Early Education stacks no longer reset when you star up a unit
• Atrophy: Endurance Training stacks no longer reset when you star up a unit
• Think slower: Think Fast can no longer appear on an augment reroll.
• Shimmerscale items now correctly track total gold generated when units are starred up.
• Anima Visage no longer heals during Planning Phase during the first turn it’s equipped
• Closing the box: Fixed a rare bug where you could be offered multiple Pandora’s Items augments.
• Fixed a bug where Salvage Bin could delete completed items rerolled by Pandora’s Items.
• Wounded tooltips: Cassiopeia, Katarina, and Teemo now display the correct amount of Healing Reduction in their tooltips.
• Fixed a bug where Kled could execute target’s outside the original threshold if the initial target died before completion.
• Baron’s bonus Health modifier in Stage 5 is now the intended 100% instead of 95%
• Fixed Pumping up I/II so output matches the tooltip
• Rooted in place: Fixed a bug with God Willow’s Grove that could cause units to become permanently unsellable and uncombinable
• Fixed an error in Final Grab Bag II’s tooltip
• Fixed a bug where Demacia couldn’t roll any item if a regular version was already equipped.
• Double Up - Piltover no longer grants Charges if you win on your partner’s board
• Broken royal lineage: Pandora’s Box will no longer reroll Crown of Demacia
• Fixed text mistake on Poppy’s ability
• Fixed a bug where a unit in the God Willow’s Grove when the player died would make that unit unmovable and uncombinable for anyone else.
• Outrageous: Fixed a bug where Two Tarics casting at same time negates all damage
• Scrapped: Selling a Zaun-modded unit no longer deletes items if your item bench is almost full.
• Augment rerolls now work in Hyper Roll.
• Shimmerscale items now work in Hyper Roll
• Empire of friendship: Shurima's Sun Disc in Double Up will now travel with you to your partner's board during reinforcement. With the Shurima's Legacy augment, the Sun Disc will help attack your partner's enemy
• Fixed a bug where 9-12 energy T-Hex would drop one less 3 cost than intended, and 13-17 energy would drop one more 3 cost than intended.
• Idealism now works with Radiant Hand of Justice
• Fixed a bug that caused your game to crash when inspecting Zeri with chem mod
• Fixed bug where Legend Augment value did not match
• Fixed bug with floating text from T-Hex and Taric spells
• Fixed bug with Ornn Legend on menu showing incorrect information
• Fixed a bug where Viego’s spell would lock out enemy units from moving or attacking.
• Wise judgment: Shurima now correctly determines strongest Shurimans
• It’s only a shadow: Fixed a bug where Shadow Isles Emblem was being deleted by Salvage Bin
• Jurassic Laboratory: Fixed a bug where Wandering Trainer Augment could cause multiple T-Hexes to spawn.
• Fixed a bug where Ionians were losing their stats when units were summoned during combat.
• URF NOISES: Fixed bug to ensure the Urf Legend makes his correct SFX
• Fixed a bug with the Samurai Duel arena where an interaction was covered/blocked by mobile UI elements.
• Gotta go faster: Fixed a bug where Gotta Go Fast was not giving the correct amount of extra mana
• Dinosaurs aren’t afraid of ghosts: T-Hex now properly casts his ability on ghost armies
• Long Distance Pals calculation no longer depends on unit size (which could cause unexpected behavior).
• Cutting Corners now displays the correct XP value at all times.
• Vladimir Legend now works correctly in Double Up
• 4-Star Yordles now gain the correct amount of bonus HP from items and augments.
• Shadows Isles now always grants a shield during combat

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