Lead Designer Mortdog announced the next champion for Teamfight Tactics in the forum. This champion is set to be introduced with Patch 9.19.
Who is the new champion? Joining the game is Kai’Sa, another Void creature. She represents the two classes of Marksman and Assassin, which complement the True Damage of her origin particularly well.
Kai’Sa will cost 5 Gold and significantly shake up the meta. She has a very low attack damage but simultaneously the highest attack speed in the game, which is quite suitable for a Marksman.
Kai’Sa’s special ability allows her to hop across the map and escape from tricky situations. The positioning on the field is especially exciting for her. As an Assassin, she pounces on enemies, while as a Marksman she prefers to stay at range.
The Void creatures are getting a rework
Is Kai’Sa too strong? At first glance, the combination of the classes with the Void creature origin seems very dangerous. Assassins and especially Marksmen are naturally pleased with True Damage that cannot be reduced by armor.
Additionally, there is already a Void creature in Kha’Zix that is also an Assassin. Similar to Cho’Gath and Rek’Sai, they buff each other.
Accordingly, the developers plan adjustments to the Void creature origin to slightly weaken Kai’Sa. In the last Patch 9.18, there were nerfs for Kha’Zix and Kassadin.
What is changing for the Void? The new changes will slightly weaken Void creatures in the early game but still allow them to scale into the late game:
- (2) – A Void creature deals True Damage
- (4) – All Void creatures deal True Damage
In total, you have Kassadin and the previously mentioned 5 champions of this origin available in the game.
Patch 9.19 could be huge
What can we expect in Patch 9.19? Along with the new champion Kai’Sa, a new basic item, the Combat Gloves, is also coming to the game.
This will then evolve into 9 additional items. Additionally, the Sword of the Divine is set to be replaced by the Last Breath item.
Furthermore, players are anticipating the release of the Spectator Mode, which is already in development and has the highest priority.
When will Patch 9.19 be released? According to current plans, the new patch for TFT is set to be released on Wednesday, September 25.
Significant changes to item distribution were already made with the last patch. We will tell you what they are:
