TFT 13.3 Balance Patch Notes – Into The Arcane

We’ve got a fresh patch dropping, and it’s not just a few stray number changes—traits, items, augments, anomalies, and even bug fixes are all getting some attention.
Whether you’re in the mood to try out the newly buffed 1-costs, see if Warwick can dethrone Viktor, or experiment with the updated Artifacts, there’s plenty to dig into.
Here’s the breakdown of everything that’s changed.

🔻 : Nerfed

✅ : Buffed

⚙️ : Adjusted

Opening Encounters ⚙️

Faster Opening Encounters:
- The first fight kicks off quicker, so you’ll know how your luck’s looking right out of the gate.
Stage 3 Carousel Consistency:
- This carousel now always has one of each component unless you stumble upon a carousel full of Spatulas.

Traits

We’ve got a bunch of changes in Patch 13.3, focusing on trimming down some overperforming traits and items—especially Automata and Chem-Baron. Below you’ll find all the details straight from the official notes:

Automata 🔻

Automata has been one of our strongest Gold-tiered traits, largely thanks to its Emblem, which stacks hefty defensive stats on practically any champion—even 6-cost units—for some downright unfair survivability. (Looking at you, Ambessa or Warwick with a Bloodthirster!)

Armor/MR: 25/60/140 ⇒ 25/55/100
Base Damage: 150/400/1100 ⇒ 150/400/1200

Chem-Baron 🔻

Chem-Baron’s been reaping big wins lately, so we’re scaling back rewards for its 400 and 500 gold cashouts. On top of that, each Perfected Item is getting toned down—less damage, lower stats, longer cooldowns, and so on.

Chem-Baron 400 Cashout Value Reduced by 8%
- Gold Value: 70g ⇒ 65g
Chem-Baron 500 Cashout Value Reduced by 15%
- Gold Value: 105g ⇒ 90g

Perfected Items

Perfected Destabilized Chemtank
- HP: 999 ⇒ 700
- Armor/MR: 45 ⇒ 30
Perfected Executioner’s Chainblade
- AD: 75% ⇒ 50%
- On-Kill Durability & Damage Amp: 20% ⇒ 15%
Perfected Piltover Hexarmor
- Armor/MR: 75 ⇒ 50
- Perfected Bonus Cooldown: 2 ⇒ 4 seconds
Perfected Shimmer Bloom
- Heal/Shield Increase: 50% ⇒ 40%
- Perfected Bonus Cooldown: 1 ⇒ 2 seconds
Perfected Unleashed Toxins
- AP: 45 ⇒ 30
- Perfected Bonus Stun Duration: 1 ⇒ 0.5 seconds
- Perfected Bonus Damage: 200 ⇒ 150
Perfected Virulent Virus
- AP: 50 ⇒ 40
- True Damage: 45% ⇒ 35%
- Perfected Bonus Damage Reduction: 20% ⇒ 15%
- Perfected Bonus HP: 1200 ⇒ 800
Perfected Voltaic Saber
- Omnivamp: 60% ⇒ 45%
- Instances of Damage to Proc: 4 ⇒ 6

Artillerist (6) ✅

We’re reducing the attacks needed for Artillerist’s big moment, so you’ll see the barrage pop a bit more often.

Attacks Per Proc: 4 ⇒ 3

Scrap ✅

Scrap’s shield is now lasting longer, and the 9-piece version packs more punch per component.

Shield Duration: 20 ⇒ 24 seconds
9-Piece Shield per Component: 60 ⇒ 65

Sorcerer ✅

A slight buff to keep Sorcerer feeling relevant in later stages of the match.

AP: 20/50/95/125 ⇒ 20/55/105/150

Units Balancing

1-COST UNITS

The little guys are seeing some adjustments this patch—most notably a small boost for Powder and a few other buffs to help 1-costs hold their own. Singed however is getting a nerf to address the Renata reroll going out of hands.

Powder ✅
- Ability Fall Off: 30/30/25% ⇒ 25/25/25%
Singed 🔻
- Ability Damage Reduction: 50/50/55/60% ⇒ 45/45/50/50%
Steb ✅
- Mana: 30/90 ⇒ 25/75
Trundle ✅
- Mana: 30/90 ⇒ 30/80
Zyra ✅
- Primary Ability Damage: 260/390/585 ⇒ 280/420/630

2-COST UNITS

Camille and Zeri get a bump, while Renata’s shield and Ziggs’ splash damage take a hit.

Camille ✅
- Ability Damage AD%: 230/230/260% ⇒ 245/245/265%
Leona ✅
- Mana: 50/90 ⇒ 30/75
Renata Glasc 🔻
- Ability Shield: 95/120/150 ⇒ 95/115/135
Zeri ✅
- AD: 48 ⇒ 51
Ziggs 🔻
- Splash Bomb Damage: 90/135/200 ⇒ 80/120/180

3-COST UNITS

Cassiopeia gets an overall boost to her cast frequency and item scaling. Melee Gangplank is also on the rise, with extra healing and more punch on his AOE. Meanwhile, Smeech gets a welcome mana adjustment, and Twisted Fate’s cards pack a bit more heat.

Cassiopeia ✅
- Attack Speed: 0.7 ⇒ 0.75
- Mana: 10/40 ⇒ 0/40
Gangplank (Melee) ✅
- Ability Heal: 100/125/150 ⇒ 120/140/160
- Ability AD%: 340/340/340% ⇒ 360/360/375%
Loris ✅
- Ability Shield: 525/600/700 ⇒ 600/700/800
Smeech ✅
- Mana: 20/80 ⇒ 20/70
Twisted Fate ✅
- Yellow Card: 230/345/535 ⇒ 240/360/560
- Red Card: 110/165/255 ⇒ 120/180/275

4-COST UNITS

Ekko’s had a tough time as an AP-melee carry, so this patch gives him more reliable casts. That makes Omnivamp items on him that much stronger. Meanwhile, Elise (Ranged) and Twitch get a boost to keep up with heavy hitters like Silco, Ambessa, and Heimerdinger—so you won’t need a perfect setup to make them shine.

Ekko ✅
- Mana: 0/60 ⇒ 0/50
Elise (Ranged) ✅
- Spell Damage: 200/300/900 ⇒ 220/330/1000
Twitch ✅
- Mana: 0/60 ⇒ 0/40

5-COST UNITS

Jayce’s Hextech Forge was firing off too easily by casting on revive, effectively doubling as both a frontline and damage engine. Now, the Forge only triggers if Jayce is alive when he casts. Some other 5-costs, like Malzahar (post-Automata nerfs) and LeBlanc, are getting buffs to stay competitive with the top-tier threats.

Jayce
- Hextech Forge no longer triggers automatically when revived—Jayce must be alive for the Forge to activate. 🔻
- Melee Ability AD%: 500/500/2000% ⇒ 600/600/3000% ✅
- Melee Ability Secondary AD%: 225/225/1500% ⇒ 250/250/2000% ✅
LeBlanc ✅
- Attack Speed: 0.8 ⇒ 0.85
Malzahar ✅
- Ability Wave Damage: 80/120/1000 ⇒ 100/150/1000
- Damage Per Tick: 15/22/400 ⇒ 16/24/400

6-COST UNITS

Viktor’s been hogging the limelight for too long. Now Warwick and Mel get a shot at the top, with buffs that should put them on more equal footing.

Mel ✅
- Ability Damage: 180/450/2700 ⇒ 200/500/2700
- Unleash Damage: 1390/3475/99999 ⇒ 1600/4000/99999
Warwick ✅
- Experiment Bonus Stun Duration: 1 ⇒ 1.5 seconds
- Blood Hunter Heal: 400 ⇒ 500
- Blood Frenzy AD%: 200/375/2500% ⇒ 240/400/2500%

AUGMENTS

Below are all the Augment changes and notes from Patch 13.3. A handful of Augments have been disabled (Lone Hero, Arcane Retribution, Artifactory, Dark Alley Dealings, and more) due to balance concerns or awkward design issues. Several others got buffed or tweaked to make them more rewarding—or less broken.

Disabled

Lone Hero: Disabled because it basically turned into a Lux/Vladimir stallfest, often dragging fights into late overtimes.
Arcane Retribution (Sorcerer): Disabled. It demanded your Sorcerers die to deal an AOE burst, but Sorcerers already struggle without a solid frontline.
Artifactory: Disabled. It could roll high-value Artifact combos that felt unstoppable. A few Artifact nerfs are on the way, so for now, it’s benched.
Dark Alley Dealings: Disabled. It was slated for a huge nerf, so it would’ve ended up overshadowed by other Prismatics.

Highlighted Buffs & Nerfs

Dummify: ✅
- Has been underperforming—risking the chance of dummifying your own team for a flimsy extra frontline. Now you get far more HP scaling per stage.
- HP per Stage: 250 ⇒ 1000
Golemify (Gold): ✅
- Similar low-value issue as Dummify, but less severe.
- HP per Stage: 150 ⇒ 500
Suspicious Trenchcoat (Artifact): ⚙️
- Combined with Edge of Night or other Artifacts, it grants too much untargetability. Disabling Artifactory helps curb this for now.

Specific Changes

Blade Dance (Irelia) Attack Speed: 40% ⇒ 60% ✅
Glass Cannon I Starting HP: 80% ⇒ 90% ✅
Kingslayer Gold on Win from Behind: 4 ⇒ 5 ✅
Survivor Gold Granted: 60 ⇒ 70 ✅
Team Building Turn Delay: 7 ⇒ 5 ✅
Trolling (Trundle) Attack Speed Granted: 140% ⇒ 160% ✅
Another Anomaly: Item Base Stats 250 HP / 20 AD / 25 AP ⇒ 350 HP / 25 AD / 30 AP ✅
Cloning Facility ✅
- Clone HP: 70% ⇒ 80%
- Clone Mana Increase: 20% ⇒ 10%
Contested: Disabled
Crimson Pact (Vladimir) Mana Per Auto: 3 ⇒ 5 ✅
Family Crest: No longer grants a Violet 🔻
Forward Thinking Gold: 70 ⇒ 80 ✅
Glass Cannon II Starting HP: 80% ⇒ 90% ✅
Moonlight (AP & AD Bonus): 25% ⇒ 35% ✅
One for All II Damage Amp: 2.5% ⇒ 2% 🔻
Overheal Bonus Damage: 115% ⇒ 125% ✅
Paint the Town Blue (Rebel): Rebels Cloned 5 ⇒ 4 🔻
Superstars II Damage Increase Per 3 Star: 5% ⇒ 4% 🔻
Two Much Value: Two Costs Granted 2 ⇒ 4 ✅
Warpath: 🔻
- 1-star 5-costs granted: 4 ⇒ 3
- Completed Anvils granted: 1 ⇒ 2
An Exalted Adventure: 🔻
- Lesser Champion Duplicators: Now appear at the start of the next 3 stages, rather than now and at every stage
Anger Issues: ✅
- AD & AP Per Stack: 1 ⇒ 1.5
- Armor/MR per item: 45 ⇒ 50
Belt Overflow Bonus HP per Belt: 75 ⇒ 90 ✅
Bronze For Life II Durability per Trait: 1.5% ⇒ 1% 🔻
Build A Bud Gold Granted: 8 ⇒ 10 ✅
Calculated Enhancement: ✅
- AD: 35% ⇒ 40%
- AP: 40% ⇒ 50%
Expected Unexpectedness ✅
- Stage 2 Low Roll: 7 Rerolls ⇒ 10 Rerolls
- Stage 3 Mid Roll: 2x 4-costs ⇒ 3x 4-costs
- Stage 4 Mid Roll: 2x 5-costs ⇒ 3x 5-costs
Family Crown: No longer grants a Violet and a Vander 🔻
Flurry of Blows Bonus Crit Chance: 35% ⇒ 45% ✅
Ghosts of Units Past: ✅
- HP Per Stack: 5 ⇒ 6
- AD Per Stack: 0.8% ⇒ 1%
Subscription Service Gold Granted: 6 ⇒ 8 ✅
Sword Overflow Attack Speed Per Sword: 2.5% ⇒ 3% ✅
Trait: Geniuses (Ekko Clone Damage): 33% ⇒ 50% ✅
Void Swarm Turn Delay: 11 ⇒ 10 ✅
Wand Overflow Attack Speed Per Rod: 2.5% ⇒ 4% ✅

All these Augment changes aim to keep the game from veering off into unfair combos—or into underpowered picks that never pay off.

ITEMS

Some items “could item a bit harder,” so they got a bit of extra punch:

Deathblade Damage Amp: 8% ⇒ 10% ✅
Evenshroud Bonus Armor/MR Duration: 10 ⇒ 15 sec ✅
Ionic Spark HP: 100 ⇒ 150 ✅
Runaan’s Hurricane Bolt Damage: 55% ⇒ 60% ✅

ARTIFACTS

Fishbones is shifting more toward Attack Speed for better AP synergy, while the rest see nerfs to keep them in line.

Fishbones ⚙️
- AD: 40% ⇒ 20%
- AS: 40% ⇒ 50%
Gambler’s Blade Base AS: 45% ⇒ 35% 🔻
Rapid Firecannon AS: 75% ⇒ 66% 🔻
Sivermere Dawn Armor/MR: 60 ⇒ 50 🔻
Suspicious Trench Coat 🔻
- Break Apart Point: 50% ⇒ 66%
- Clone HP: 30% ⇒ 25%
The Collector AD: 30% ⇒ 25% 🔻

ANOMALIES

Underperforming Anomalies get buffs, while the two best get toned down.

Arcana Overwhelming MR Granted: 65 ⇒ 80; % of MR converted to AP: 25% ⇒ 30% ✅
Avalanche of Armor Armor Granted: 50 ⇒ 70 ✅
Berserker Rage HP Threshold: 50% ⇒ 70% ✅
Center of the Universe Star Damage: 75 ⇒ 85 ✅
Energy Absorption AP Gain on ally death: 5% ⇒ 8% ✅
Defense Expert Armor/MR Gained: 66% ⇒ 75% ✅
Laser Eyes AP Damage: 100% ⇒ 133% ✅
Mini Mees Procs every 3 attacks ⇒ 2 attacks ✅
Nothing Wasted Mana Gained: 70% ⇒ 50% 🔻
Repulsor AS: 35% ⇒ 40% ✅
Slime Time AP Ratio: 130% ⇒ 160% ✅
Ultimate Hero Turns to Upgrade: 3 ⇒ 4 🔻
Wolf Familiars AD: 50% ⇒ 65% ✅

SMALL CHANGES ⚙️

A handful of clarifications, tweaks, and bug fixes round out the patch.

Augments:
- More clarity on hex positioning for Find Your Center and Cloning Facility
- Birthday Present’s tooltip now clarifies it can grant champions up to 5-cost
Bug Fixes:
- Typo fixed in Wind-Up Monkey’s outcomes
- Scavenger no longer grants Radiant items
- Hard Commit no longer gives an Emblem for a trait without valid units
- Vander Encounter appears at correct rates
- Unbound Warwick pedestal VFX fixed
- Chibi Akali noodle colors reverted to correct noodles

That’s the full scoop for this patch. Some things got buffed, others took a hit, and a few got benched altogether. If you’ve got a favorite comp or item, double-check these notes before diving back in.
We will be posting more comps similar to the conqueror comp we posted a few days ago to keep you updated on what’s relevant this patch.
Enjoy the shake-up and keep an eye out for even more tweaks in the future. Have fun out there—no matter what weird combos you end up trying.

Rotting Potato