What's New in Teamfight Tactics 9.14b Update?

This update brings about several changes to Teamfight Tactics, but nothing too drastic. The main focus seems to be Riot nerfing Assassins, affecting only the (3) Assassin synergy along with reduced attack speed and armor for Volibear.

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Exploring the Changes in Teamfight Tactics 9.14b Update

1. System
- Critical Damage: Critical damage is now accumulated instead of multiplied. In this update, when players combine Assassins with Infinity Edge, Assassins will now inflict approximately 25% less damage.

2. Tribe/Class
- Assassins
+ Assassin's critical damage reduced from 150%/350% to 125%/350%.
- Sorcerers
+ Magic damage scaling increased from 35/100 to 45/100.
- Wild
+ Attack speed now accumulates with each hit, from 8% to 10%.
- Elementalists
+ Golem health reduced from 2500 to 2200.

3. Champions
- Ahri
+ Skill damage increased from 100/175/250 to 100/200/300.
- Akali
+ Base health reduced from 700 to 650.
+ Base attack speed reduced from 0.75 to 0.7.
- Evelynn
+ Ability damage increased from 50 to 60.
+ Base health reduced from 600 to 550.
- Kennen
+ Base ability power reduced from 70 to 65.
- Mordekaiser
+ Initial HP increased from 500 to 550.
- Poppy
+ Skill damage increased from 300/400/500 to 300/500/700.
- Rengar
+ Physical damage increased from 55 to 65.
- Tristana
+ Attack speed reduced: 0.7 ⇒ 0.65
- Volibear
+ Initial armor reduced from 35 to 30.
+ Attack speed reduced from 0.65 to 0.55.

4. Equipment
- Cursed Blade
+ Activation rate reduced from 25% to 20%.
+ Now has a 25% activation rate and a 50% chance to silence the opponent.
- Infinity Edge
+ Critical damage increased from 100% to 150%.
- Iron Solari
+ Team shield buff reduced from 300 to 200.
+ This change has been updated from the previous version.
- Morellonomicon
+ Percentage health damage increased: 3% ⇒ 5%

5. Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where Raptors always drop a random item box.
- Fixed an issue where Guardians disappear and buffed units die.
- Fixed an issue where Redemption heals for 1000 HP.
- Fixed an issue where Redemption Guardian Angel is activated in all cases.

We hope that our detailed article on the content of the Teamfight Tactics 9.14b update will help you understand some of Riot's changes. With Assassins receiving a significant nerf, players need to rethink their strategies, especially when facing three early-game assassins. You can combine them with strong early-game TFT team compositions to overcome the early phase, waiting until you have 6 assassins. This is a feasible approach that many players may adopt in the current meta.