Patch 14.3 for Teamfight Tactics brings more changes to the auto battler, including nerfs to Heartsteel and major changes to item drop variance to improve competitiveness.
Riot is looking to shift upTeamfight Tacticsonce more with Patch 14.3. This new patch brings a bunch of changes to the auto battler, including a nerf to Heartsteel winning and major changes that will see all players receive the same number of items at each stage.
When is TFT Patch 14.3 going live?
Teamfight Tactics’ new patch will be released at the same time asLeague of Legends Patch 14.3onWednesday, February 7. As per usual, expect a brief period of server downtime before the patch goes live.
Heartsteel has proven to be one of the most popular traits released with Set 10. The boyband is the stand-in for the gambling/ economy trait of the set, with the members collecting hearts that they can eventually cash out for big rewards. Riot has deemed that players are winning a tad too much after they cash out, so they’re nerfing the trait slightly.
While TFT is a mostly skill-representative game, there is certainly a level of variance from game to game. Riot is looking to balance out the title a bit more byreducing the varianceof the number of items players receive in each stage. Now players will always receive the same amount of items per stage.
Lead developer Mortdog hasannounced that a B-patchwill be arriving for Patch 14.3 as soon as possible. According to the dev, some bug fixes and very light balance changes are aimed for the patch, with more details being released sometime soon.
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For the last patch of the Set 3.5 revival, Riot’s doing a balance pass for the old-school set to try and rein in some of the strongest low-cost units while buffing up some underused traits.
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