TFT Tip Tuesday: Learning the New Artifacts

TFT (Teamfight Tactics) Tip Tuesday is doing a bit of a deeper dive into the new artifacts. Nineteen artifacts were added to TFT in Patch 14.9. Cursed Blade, the 20th artifact, is currently disabled due to unwanted interactions.

However, there are many new items that may be overwhelming for a lot of players. For this week's TFT Tip, we teach what every item does, and how to use stats to pick the best items in your games.

Read on to learn how you can utilize this tip in your own ranked climb!

When comparing the general strength of the artifacts before factoring in your composition direction or the type of item you need (offense, defense, utility), these are the steps you should take:

This will give a broad picture of what the best-performing artifacts are in the current meta.

If you already have a carry in mind or are curious about how artifacts perform on specific units, take advantage of the explorer tool.

Artifacts are powerful items "crafted by Ornn" that are available mainly via augments and encounters. Patch 14.9 increased the amount of artifacts in the game by 17. Nineteen new artifacts made it to the live patch, while two were removed. Here's a list of all of the artifacts, what they do, and their best users. Users are listed in alphabetical order. Some units will be bolded, indicating they are the best user by a significant margin.

"Doubles the holder's attack range and causes each of their attacks to target a random enemy."

"Shields have 50% of their value converted to max health instead."

"Stunning an enemy causes lightning to strike them, dealing an additional 20% of their max health as magic damage."

"The holder gains 2% of their total mana whenever they're hit by an attack. Each cast restores 20% of the holder's max health over 3 seconds."

"The holder's first attack after each cast deals 150 bonus magic damage. (Damage increases based on Stage)."

"Every 3 seconds, shields the lowest percent health ally for 50% of the holder's combined Armor and Magic Resistance. On death, grants this shield to all allies."

This is not an item you want to be picking much, if at all, on this patch.

"100% of overkill damage plus 100 is dealt as magic damage to 3 enemies nearest to the target."

"Shrinks the holder, granting them increased movement speed, 20% damage reduction, and immunity to Chill. (Chill: Attack speed reduction)."

Another item that is not ideal on Patch 14.9. It may be optimal to avoid if possible.

"After killing a target, shed negative effects and dash to the farthest target within 4 hexes. The next 2 critical attacks deal 60% bonus critical strike damage."

RFC is another hard to use artifact in the current meta. Try to look for better options.

"Gain +1 Attack Range, increased by 1 whenever the holder kills an enemy."

To call these the "best" users really just means you have a strong board with legendary units and are in the position to slap RFC on as a leftover item.

"Takedowns increase the holder's Armor, Magic Resistance, and Ability Power by 10, increased to 15 if they score the kill."

"The holder's attack speed is locked at 0.5. Grants immunity to stuns and the holder's attacks stun the target for 0.5 seconds."

"Combat Start: Teleports the holder to the mirrored hex on the enemy's side of the board. After 6 seconds, the holder returns to their original location."

"Once per combat at 50% health, the holder splits into 3 copies of himself each with 25% of their max health. (Unique - only one per champion)."

"After 20 seconds, gain 100% max health and 100% increased damage for the rest of combat."

"Whenever a shield on the holder breaks, 50% of that shield's initial value is dealt to the nearest enemy as magic damage."

"Attacks deal 42 bonus magic damage. Heals the holder for 35% of all magic damage dealt."

Although reroll compositions are less prevalent in the meta, it is still important to know the unit pool size and reroll odds. To understand how to utilize this knowledge in your own games, check out this guide from last week!

That's all for this week's TFT Tip Tuesday! Stay tuned to esports.gg for the latest TFT news and updates.