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Teamfight Tactics patch 9.15b notes nerf Karthus and Kayle

Nerfs and buffs are coming with this patch, but only minimal changes, according to Riot Games.

Brittany Vincent

August 7, 2019 9:00 AM

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League of Legends' auto-battler Teamfight Tactics just received patch 9.15B, and there are plenty of changes to go through.

According to Riot Games, this week the team made "light changes" to outlier champions and items, looking for ways to see how the meta has naturally evolved over the course of two weeks with "minimal" input from them. They feel it's doing well right now, but a bit of intervention was required.

Namely, Karthus and Kayle have been nerfed a bit because they're "just too strong." Runaan's Hurricane has been buffed, however, and a few other items have been as well to offer players more choices. Here's a full breakdown of the changes.

Champions

Blitzcrank
Fixed a bug so that other allies properly prioritize the target of Blitzcrank's ability...again.

Elise
Attack Damage: 40 ⇒ 45
Spiderling Attack Damage: 40 ⇒ 50

Karthus
Ability Damage: 400/700/1000 ⇒ 350/600/850
Ability Targets: 5/9/13 ⇒ 5/7/9

Kayle
Mana required to activate ability: 100 ⇒ 125

Pyke
Stun Duration: 2/2.5/3 ⇒ 1.5/2/2.5

Rengar
Ability Attack Speed Bonus: 0.4/0.7/1.0 ⇒ 0.3/0.5/0.7

Twisted Fate
Health: 450 ⇒ 500
Attack Damage: 40 ⇒ 50

Veigar
Ability Damage: 300/500/700 ⇒ 300/550/800

Items

Guardian Angel
Health on restoration: 1000 ⇒ 800

Guinsoo's Rageblade
Attack Speed per stack: 4% ⇒ 5%

Morellonomicon
Burn Damage: 25% ⇒ 20%

Phantom Dancer
Now allows the holder to dodge critical strikes from abilities.

Runaan's Hurricane
Bonus Damage: 25% ⇒ 75%

Statikk Shiv
Fixed an issue where it would deal more damage than intended when less than four targets where available.

Sword of the Divine
Chance to activate: 5% ⇒ 7%

Bugfixes

Fixed a bug that delayed players loading in to game until after the first carousel round. This was fixed last week.

Keep it locked to Shacknews for additional updates in the Teamfight Tactics department. In the meantime, here's how you can learn to play the game. 

Brittany Vincent

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Fueled by horror, rainbow-sugar-pixel-rushes, and video games, Brittany is a Senior Editor at Shacknews who thrives on surrealism and ultraviolence. Follow her on Twitter @MolotovCupcake and check out her portfolio for more. Like a fabulous shooter once said, get psyched!