Summary
- TFT patch 14.7 emphasizes competitive balance for Cyber City, nerfing some dominant strategies like Cypher and Exotech.
- Double Up receives major changes, reducing three-star 4-cost frequency, with Teamwork Cannon restrictions and removal of key augments.
- Multiple game modes receive updates including Pengu’s Party buffs and Revival: Remix Rumble champion adjustments.
Riot Games introduced a new patch for Teamfight Tactics players, challenging their adaptability. TFT patch 14.7 arrives with balance changes to Cyber City and updates to Double Up, Pengu’s Party, and Revival: Remix Rumble. Here’s everything you should know about the recent patch 14.7 in TFT.
Major Trait and Champion Balance Changes
Trait Adjustments
Biggest changes for TFT patch 14.7 involve adjustments to overperforming traits in high-skill environments. They significantly nerfed Cypher, losing its base value to 13/18/23/28. Alongside, they reduced Exotech (7) HP bonus down to 270 while buffing Holobow with additional 10% AD for increased flexibility.
On the other hand, they also decreased Vanguard (6) shield strength to 45% max health. Previously, they buffed this trait making it too powerful for matches instead. Meanwhile, Executioner gets a slight boost with bonus crit chance increasing to 25/35/50/55%. Lastly, the Nitro receives a small HP per stack increase from 11 to now 12.
Champion Rebalancing
Among their 1-cost champions, Dr. Mundo earned a massive nerf on his healing HP ratio to 2%. They hope this reduction addresses the overwhelming power of this champion in reroll compositions. Also, they decreased shield base at early levels for Vi while buffing damages of Zyra’s vine abilities.
For 2-cost tier champions, Shyvana seeks to shine with its HP gain rations buff of 210/285/360%. They hope this will make her more viable in Nitro-based compositions. Meanwhile, Graves goes through big changes after the new patch limits his Wit’s End and Titanic Hydra. It is now limited to trigger once per attack instead of five times and a slight reduction to his projectile damage.
4-Cost and 5-Cost Champion Updates
4-Cost Adjustments
More champions received nerfs for this update including Annie, decreasing her Mini-Fireball damage. Following this, it dropped down her power ceiling, especially for A.M.P compositions at level 9. Riot is also hoping to encourage more diverse unit selection after this recent patch.
They intend to change players’ reliance on champions like single-star 5-costs champions like Zac. So, they improved the late-game viability of some 4-cost characters like Cho’Gath, Neeko, Ziggs, and Vex. Some of them received increases in HP and shield AP ratios while others enhanced their damages.
5-Cost Meta Shifts
A potential shift in meta may happen following the nerfs on currently dominating champions. Riot addresses “Blobpocalypse” dominance of Zac, dropping his AP per Blob to 2. However, they also increased his ability AP ratio to 140/210/1000%.
With this, he remained a viable selection for Trojan Carry once equipped with the necessary AP items. Meanwhile, Samira shines better after they adjust her base bullets to 22. Yet, they also reduced her bullets per Amp to 1, challenging players to strategize their itemization decisions.
Augment Changes and Competitive Adjustments
Disabled Augments
TFT patch 14.7 seeks to ensure its competitive integrity, further disabling three augments in the list. They removed Think Fast due to its dependency on network connection quality, giving unfair advantages across global play. Moreover, they disabled Overclocked which encourages non-vertical A.M.P. play while Turret-related bug for Spare Parts II.
Augment Balance Updates
Even the augments were not safe from the nerf included in this patch update. Last Stand HP lowered to 150, while they raised Luden’s Echo damage to 110-300. For the Thorn Plated Armor, the healing reduces to 30%. Then, they made Memory Bank unavailable on stages 3-2, preventing late-game disadvantages.
Double Up and Alternative Mode Updates
Double Up Overhaul
Beyond the official gameplay in TFT, other alternative modes also received massive adjustments. In Double Up, Riot targets the prevalence of three-star 4-costs such as Teamwork Cannon, Duplicator, and ReinFOURcements. They scaled cooldown alongside unit costs for Teamwork Cannon to 1/2/3/4/5-costs). Moreover, it can now only send one-star units as part of the changes.
Meanwhile, they replaced the Duplicator Gift Armory option with 3 Lesser Duplicators. However, they completely removed the ReinFOURcements to some players’ disappointments.
Pengu’s Party Final Updates
This 14.7 update counts as the final patch for Pengu’s Party before the arrival of Choncc’s Treasure in 14.8. So, they buffed several traits to enhance the current mode’s balance. Champions like Dragonlord, Jazz, Pyro, and Rebel received their improvements. Conqueror, on the other hand, had its base AD grants nerfed instead.
Conclusion
A bit different type of play comes to players after TFT introduced patch 14.7. It featured buffs to many champions while nerfing some of the favorite ones in the current meta. This will significantly change the dominating strategies for Cyber City alongside modes like Double Up and Pengu’s Party. For now, players can enjoy the rework as they wait for the upcoming major patch 14.8.
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