TFT 12.17 brings Uncharted Realms mid-set update with new Dragons, traits, and major Dragon mechanic overhaul
Release Date and Global Rollout Schedule
Teamfight Tactics enthusiasts should mark their calendars for Thursday, September 8, 2022, when patch 12.17 officially deploys across all regions. This update represents the highly anticipated mid-set refresh for Dragonlands, bringing the Uncharted Realms expansion to the autobattler.
Server maintenance typically begins around 5 AM local time, with complete downtime lasting approximately three hours before servers reopen at 8 AM. The exact timing may vary slightly depending on your specific region and server infrastructure requirements.
Oceania servers traditionally receive the update first, with patch notes becoming available as the deployment commences in Australia. The global rollout then progresses systematically over the following 24 hours, ensuring all players worldwide can access the new content within a day of the initial release.
Pro Tip: Plan your practice sessions accordingly – the meta will evolve rapidly during the first 48 hours post-release as players experiment with the new units and mechanics.
Major Gameplay Evolution in Uncharted Realms
The Uncharted Realms mid-set update represents one of the most substantial gameplay shifts in recent TFT history. Riot Games has implemented sweeping changes that fundamentally alter how players approach team composition and strategy.
More than twenty new champions join the roster, including five additional Dragons that expand the namesake category from seven to twelve total options. Several problematic traits like Legend and Revel have been completely removed and replaced with innovative new mechanics including Darkflight and Lagoon. Additionally, over thirty new Draconic Augments provide fresh strategic pathways.
The most transformative change involves a complete overhaul of the Dragon mechanic. Instead of restricting players to a single Dragon per board, the system now encourages vertical Dragon compositions as a dedicated trait. The Dragon trait scales up to five activations, with each tier providing increasingly powerful bonuses to both your Dragons and entire team composition.
Treasure Dragon encounters have also received significant innovation. While the original Treasure Dragon remains available 40% of the time, two new variants now appear in the remaining games. The Order Treasure Dragon guarantees premium loot including Radiant items and substantial gold reserves, while the Chaos Treasure Dragon offers more variable outcomes that can range from exceptional to mediocre rewards.
Strategic Insight: The new Dragon trait scaling means committing to multiple Dragons early can yield massive late-game power spikes, but requires careful economic management to afford the expensive units.
Champion Balance Adjustments and Updates
Patch 12.17 introduces comprehensive balance changes affecting champions across all cost tiers and stages of the game. These adjustments aim to create healthier power progression and more diverse viable compositions.
Early Game Adjustments: Several one and two-cost units receive targeted buffs to improve their early game viability. Ezreal’s Mystic Shot damage increases at two and three-star levels (250/325 → 275/375), while multiple champions including Senna and Sett receive Attack Damage increases to strengthen their early board presence.
Mid-Game Refinements: Three and four-cost units see nuanced changes to improve balance. Gnar gains bonus Attack Damage in Mega form (50/80/150 → 60/90/150), while Lee Sin receives mechanical adjustments including Magic Resist shred on Dragon’s Rage and reduced stun duration but lower damage.
Dragon Champion Overhauls: Multiple Dragon units undergo significant changes. Daeja receives a complete rework removing physical damage from auto-attacks while increasing magic damage from passive barrages. Shyvana transforms from a three-cost to four-cost Dragon with substantially reworked abilities. Ao Shin and Aurelion Sol see notable stat reductions to balance their late-game impact.
Mystic Shot Damage: 200/250/325 ⇒ 200/275/375
Attack Damage: 55 ⇒ 60
Primal Surge Attack Speed: 40% ⇒ 40/45/50%
Last Embrace Attack Damage ratio: 200% ⇒ 200/240/300%
Last Embrace Magic Damage: 300/500/700 ⇒ 300/450/600
Attack Damage: 65 ⇒ 60
Knuckle Down Attack Damage ratio: 160% ⇒ 150/155/160%
Attack Damage: 55 ⇒ 60
Crystalline Exoskeleton Shield: 300/360/420 ⇒ 300/375/450
Transfusion Heal: 270/300/330 ⇒ 275/325/375
Unbreakable Damage Reduction: 75/80/90% ⇒ 65/70/80%
Mega Gnar bonus Attack Damage: 50/80/150 ⇒ 60/90/150
Armor & Magic Resist: 30 ⇒ 35
Elemental Blade Damage: 200/275/375 ⇒ 225/300/450
Way of the Hunter Bonus Attack Damage ratio: 33% ⇒ 30/35/40%
Dragon’s Rage damage is now applied after the unit is knocked back
Units hit by Dragon’s Rage now have their Magic Resist reduced by 40% for 5 seconds
Dragon’s Rage Stun Duration: 1.5 ⇒ 1.25
Dragon’s Rage Damage: 295/375/495 ⇒ 230/300/385
Recklessness Attack Damage Ratio: 200% ⇒ 220/230/240%
Recklessness Attack Speed: 35/50/75% ⇒ 35/45/60%
Reworked into Tier 4 Dragon
Chain of Constellations Attack Damage ratio: 250% ⇒ 300%
Chain of Constellations bonus Magic Damage: 100/180/300 ⇒ 150/250/400
Armor & Magic Resist: 45 ⇒ 50
Relentless Storm bonus Health: 375/650/1200 ⇒ 400/700/1200
Tooltip now specifies that she targets the most enemies in a line, not the largest group of enemies
Windblast Damage: 275/375/1800 ⇒ 250/335/1550
Daeja’s auto-attacks no longer deal physical damage
Attack Damage: 20 ⇒ 0
Windblast Passive Barrage magic Damage: 20/35/150 ⇒ 40/55/180
If Daeja tries to equip Deathblade or Runaan’s Hurricane, the item will pop off with an error message
Attack Damage: 100 ⇒ 90
Golden Scales Damage Reduction: 35/55/300 ⇒ 30/50/300
Golden Scales Ally Shield: 180/275/2000 ⇒ 150/250/1200
Attack Damage: 90 ⇒ 75
Jade Form Attack Damage ratio: 250/275/1000 ⇒ 230/250/1000%
Attack Damage: 100 ⇒ 90
Mana: 120/175 ⇒ 100/175
Rampage Bite Attack Damage ratio: 500/600/3000% ⇒ 475/550/2500%
Rampage Bite Armor Ignore: 50% ⇒ 25%
Armor & Magic Resist: 50 ⇒ 35
Lightning Rain Damage: 225/400/2500 ⇒ 195/305/2000
Armor & Magic Resist: 50 ⇒ 35
Black Hole Damage: 375/625/5000 ⇒ 325/550/4000
Attack Damage: 140 ⇒ 120
Dragon’s Descent Initial Impact Damage: 100/175/500 ⇒ 80/150/500
Dragon’s Descent Flame Breathe Damage: 1050/1650/30000 ⇒ 700/1200/20000
Starfall Healing: 120/180/1000 ⇒ 105/165/1000
Trait System Evolution and Breakpoint Changes
The trait ecosystem undergoes substantial restructuring in Set 7.5, with multiple traits receiving revised breakpoints, new mechanics, and complete reworks to foster fresh strategic approaches.
Completely Reworked Traits: Astral receives a fundamental redesign, now granting Ability Power to all Astral champions and providing Astral Orbs after combat with quality scaling based on total star level. The trait breakpoints shift from 3/6/9 to 3/5/8, creating more accessible power spikes.
Breakpoint Adjustments: Multiple traits see revised activation requirements. Cannoneer transitions from 2/3/4/5 to 2/4/6 breakpoints while gaining a 6-chase trait. Guardian shifts from 2/4/6 to 2/3/4 with adjusted armor and magic resist values. Mage and Warrior traits receive updated breakpoints that change their power curve throughout the game.
New Strategic Opportunities: The Guild trait expands with Zippy providing armor and magic resist bonuses, while Jayce offers attack damage and ability power. The Jade trait receives significant adjustments to statue generation and stat bonuses, creating new composition possibilities.
Astral has been fully reworked. Now after every combat, players will gain an Astral Orb. The quality of the contents in the orb increases with the total star level of all your Astral Champions. Also all Astral champions gain AP.
Trait breakpoints: 3/6/9 ⇒ 3/5/8
[NEW] Ability Power: 10/30/75
Critical Strike Chance: 15/30/45 ⇒ 20/40/75%
Critical Strike Damage: 5/25/45 ⇒ 10/25/75%
Health: 200/325/500/800 ⇒ 180/350/600/1000
Trait breakpoints: 2/3/4/5 ⇒ 2/4/6
AOE cannon shot Attack Damage ratio: 175/350/550%
Now has a 6 chase trait
Armor & Magic Resist: 35/55/75/100 ⇒ 30/45/60/75/110
Trait breakpoints: 3/6/9 ⇒ 2/4/6/8
Dragonmancer Blessing grants 250/600/1000/1450 bonus Health increased by 10 percent per Star level of your Dragonmancers
Dragonmancer Blessing grants 18/30/55/85 Ability Power increased by 10 percent per Star level of your Dragonmancers
Trait breakpoints 2/4/6 ⇒ 2/3/4
Gain 4/6/8 Mana per spell cast
Now has a 8 chase trait
Max Health Shield: 30/50/75% ⇒ 25/40/70/125%
Trait breakpoints: 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8
Scaling: 100/120/140/160/180/200/225 ⇒ 100/110/120/130/140/150/160/175%
Sejuani Health Bonus: 100 ⇒ 120
Twitch Attack Speed Bonus: 10 ⇒ 12
Emblem Omnivamp: 3% ⇒ 4%
Zippy grants 6 Armor & Magic Resist
- As a Dragon, Zippy counts for 3 Guild, tripling this bonus
As a Dragon, Zippy counts for 3 Guild, tripling this bonus
Jayce grants 5 Attack Damage & Ability Power
Trait breakpoints: 3/6/9/12 ⇒ 3/5/7/9
Statues summoned: 1/2/3/4
Statues grants max Health percentage regeneration per 2 seconds: 2/3/5/8%
Statues grants Attack Speed: 10/25/45/88%
Mages no longer fail to double cast if they’re stunned during their first cast
Pirate 4/6/8 trait breakpoints have added new drop possibilities including Champion Duplicators, Full Items, and Loaded Dice.
Spellsword’s Enchantment Ability Power per auto: 6/10/14/18 ⇒ 5/8/12/20
Magic Resist: 50/100/175/300 ⇒ 40/80/150/300
Trait breakpoints 3/6/9 ⇒ 2/4/6/8
Grants 50/100/175/250% total Attack speed during enrage
Grants 15/30/50/75% Omnivamp during enrage
Health Threshold: 2200 ⇒ 1900
Trait breakpoints: 2/4/6 ⇒ 2/4
Grants 50/125% bonus Health on transformation
Trait breakpoints 2/4/6 ⇒ 2/3/4/5
Attack Speed per hex: 10/15/25/35%
Lightning strike no longer grants Attack Speed for Tempest units
Lightning strike now increases Damage of Tempest units: 10/30/60/120%
Empowered attacks increased Damage: 80/175/325% ⇒ 75/150/275%
Warriors can now proc multiple empowered attacks in a row
8 trait breakpoint has been removed
Attack Damage & Ability Power per Stack: 1/3/5/8 ⇒ 1/3/7
Whispers Emblem is no longer obtainable. Removed from all tomes and augments.
Augment System and Item Evolution
The augment ecosystem and item system receive significant refinements in patch 12.17, with multiple augments rebalanced and several items undergoing complete reworks to improve game balance and strategic diversity.
Augment Adjustments: Battlemage augments now provide both armor and ability power, creating more well-rounded defensive options. Knife’s Edge receives damage reductions across all tiers (30/45/55 → 20/35/50) to balance physical damage compositions. Multiple augments see tier adjustments and component changes to improve their power level appropriateness.
Item Reworks: Frozen Heart transforms into Protector’s Vow, providing bonus starting mana and a conditional shield for nearby allies. Runaan’s Hurricane undergoes a mechanical change where bolt damage is now considered item damage, preventing critical strikes and omnivamp interactions. Multiple Radiant items receive stat adjustments to balance their power levels.
System Improvements: The Golden Egg hatch timer reduces from 11 to 10 turns, and the transition from Stage 4-7 to 5-1 no longer counts toward the timer. The Mimic’s Veil augment receives a complete rework, now spawning clones during planning phase that can be positioned strategically.
Common Mistake to Avoid: Don’t automatically prioritize Order Treasure Dragon – while it guarantees Radiant items, the Chaos Dragon can sometimes provide more flexible tools like emblems and target dummies that enable unique composition strategies.
Battlemage I / II / II
Now grants Armor in addition to Ability Power
Ability Power: 25/35/50 ⇒ 10/20/30
Health threshold for damage reduction: 2000 ⇒ 1650
Components granted: 1 ⇒ 2
Blue Battery I has been added back to the augment pool. Blue Battery’s name has been updated to Blue Battery II
Blue Battery II moved from Gold tier to Prismatic tier
Now grants Ability Power in addition its existing effect
Item granted: Runaan’s Hurricane ⇒ Giant Slayer
Now grants 3 Tier 1 champions
XP at end of round: 4 ⇒ 3
Damage amplification against Mana-reaved enemies: 10% ⇒ 20%
Item granted: Giant Slayer ⇒ Protector’s Vow
Knife’s Edge I / II / III
Attack Damage: 30/45/55 ⇒ 20/35/50
Makeshift Armor I / II / III
Added: Jade Statue explosions deal 100% more damage
Jade Statue Disarm Duration: 3 ⇒ 2.5 seconds
Changed to Ragewing Soul
Item granted: Statikk Shiv ⇒ Hand of Justice
Transitioning from Stage 4-7 to 5-1 (Treasure Dragon transition) no
longer counts towards the Golden Egg’s hatch timer
Turns to hatch: 11 ⇒ 10
Some loot table adjustments
Reworked: The clone now spawns during the Planning Phase and can be moved like a standard unit. The clone has the base stats of the cloned unit, benefits from its traits, and cannot hold items
Spatula + Glove: Assassin Emblem ⇒ Lagoon Emblem
Now displays the current Ability Power bonus instead of the stack count
Banshee’s Silence (Radiant Trap Claw)
Team bonus Health: 50 ⇒ 100
Blue Blessing (Radiant Blue Buff)
Bonus Ability Power: 30 ⇒ 10
Bulwark’s Oath (Radiant Protector’s Vow)
Frozen Heart of Gold reworked to Bulwark’s Oath
Grants 30 bonus starting Mana
Once per combat at 50% Health, allies within 8 hexes gain a 20% maximum Health shield that lasts up to 6 seconds. Shielded allies gain 40 Armor and Magic Resist for the rest of combat
Chalice of Charity (Radiant Chalice of Power)
Bonus Ability Power: 50 ⇒ 45
Bonus Attack Damage: 15/30/45 ⇒ 25/45/65
Demon Slayer (Radiant Giant Slayer)
Health Threshold: 2000 ⇒ 1900
Eternal Whisper (Radiant Last Whisper)
Bonus Attack Speed: 10% ⇒ 25%
Armor shred: 50% ⇒ 60%
Frozen Heart / Protector’s Vow
Frozen Heart reworked to Protector’s Vow
Protector’s Vow grants 15 bonus starting Mana
Once per combat at 50% Health, allies within 3 hexes gain a 20% maximum Health shield that lasts up to 3 seconds. Shielded allies gain 20 Armor and Magic Resist for the rest of combat.
Health Threshold for damage amplification: 2200 ⇒ 1900
Removed the Aura item tag for clarity
Now grants 10% bonus Attack Speed
Armor shred: 50% ⇒ 60%
Luminous Deathblade (Radiant Deathblade)
Bonus Attack Damage: 35/65/95 ⇒ 40/70/100
- Total AD: 55/85/115 ⇒ 60/90/120
Total AD: 55/85/115 ⇒ 60/90/120
Mana Restore: 200 ⇒ 150
Mistral (Radiant Zephyr)
Teamwide Attack Speed: 10% ⇒ 15%
More More-ellonomicon (Radiant Morellonomicon)
Bonus Ability Power: 60 ⇒ 50
Bonus Ability Power: 55 ⇒ 60
Now always grants its 40 Armor and Magic Resist buff to the holder
Base Armor and Magic Resist: 25 ⇒ 0
Rocket-Propelled Fist
Rosethorn Vest (Radiant Bramble Vest)
Bonus Armor: 90 ⇒ 120
Damage cooldown: 2.5 ⇒ 1.5 seconds
Mini rework: Damage from Runaan’s Hurricane’s bolts are now considered item damage. This means the damage can no longer critically strike, be dodged, interact with omnivamp, etc.
Bonus Attack Damage: 10 ⇒ 20
Runaan’s Tempest (Radiant Runaan’s Hurricane)
Bolt Attack Damage ratio: 100% ⇒ 120%
Bonus Attack Damage: 10 ⇒ 20
Spear of Hirana (Radiant Spear of Shojin)
Mana per attack: 15 ⇒ 10
Ability Power: 30 ⇒ 50
Now grants 25 bonus Ability Power
Mana per attack: 8 ⇒ 5
Bonus Health: 450 ⇒ 300
Spatula + Bow: Ragewing Emblem ⇒ Swiftshot Emblem
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