It's quite hard to keep up with Teamfight Tactics updates, because we never really know whether changes will be implemented with the next patch or with the micro patch that usually follows. However, it's not confirmed: Pantheon joined the Convergence with Patch 9.17!
Get ready for Patch 9.17 and all the following changes that it brings!
Patch 9.17 Summary
New Champion
Dragon / Guardian — 5 gold
• Health: 1000 / 1800 / 3600
• Attack Damage: 80 / 144 / 288
• Attack Speed: 0.75
• Armor: 120
• Magical Resistance: 20
Ability:
Mana: 75/150
Pantheon leaps into the air, becomes untargetable, and crashes down towards the furthest enemy, stunning them for 4/6/8 seconds. As he lands, Pantheon deals magic damage to all enemies in his path equal to 30/40/50% of their Maximum Health..
System Changes
- The first carousel now has all 2 cost units.
- Ghost armies now benefit from Trait bonuses.
- Attack Speed cap has been increased from 2.5 to 5.0.
- Tooltips have been updated to be more clear, and numbers scale with Ability Power.
Champion & Trait Balance Changes
- Trait: Assassin, Hextech, Noble, Ranger, Shapeshifter, Yordle
- Champions: Graves, Warwick, Lissandra, Lucian, Gangplank, Leona
Healing Changes
- Effects: Grievous Wounds
- Items: Bloodthirster, Hextech Gunblade, Redemption
Teamfight Tactics Patch 9.17 looks like it's bring a huge load of changes to Shapeshifters and healing mechanics, meaning the current Noble/Void/Brawler-centered meta will probably be disrupted. What's next though?
