TFT patch 18.5: what moved

Diamond+ games from 22 Oct (patch 18.5, 26,878 boards) against 8 Oct to 19 Oct (patch 18.4b, 3,534,959 boards). The days each patch was rolling out are left out of both, and a lower placement is a better one.

Patch day 20 Oct 2026 · 26,878 Diamond+ boards so far · Updated 22 Oct 2026, 06:19 UTC

What the patch changed

Riot’s data files for 18.5 against 18.4b: 7 champions, 9 traits, 23 items and 31 augments changed. Champions’ cost, stats and ability values, trait breakpoints and effects, item effects and augment text; the largest change in each list first.

Champions (7)

Hecarim: starting mana 30 → 50
Varus: attack speed 0.7 → 0.75, starting mana 30 → 20, mana 120 → 110
Tristana: mana 60 → 50
Mama Beak: attack damage 55 → 60
Taric: magic resist 65 → 70, mana 65 → 70
Alune: attack speed 0.8 → 0.85
Master Yi: attack damage 60 → 63

Traits (9)

Attuned: (1) durability 0.07 → 0.05
Fae: (2) heal 2.5 → 3, (4) heal 4 → 5
Sprykin: (7) attack speed increase 0.45 → 0.55, (7) health increase 0.45 → 0.55
Blackthorn: (6) stat multiplier 0.6 → 0.5
Lunar: (3) ability power 0.1 → 0.12, (3) attack speed 0.12 → 0.1, (4) ability power 0.14 → 0.16, (4) attack speed 0.16 → 0.14, (5) ability power 0.18 → 0.2, (5) attack speed 0.2 → 0.18
Rapidfire: (4) a sper attack 0.08 → 0.07, (5) a sper attack 0.12 → 0.1
Solar: (3) num three star threshold3 7 → 8
Flora Fatalis: (2) percent heal 0.08 → 0.07
Juggernaut: (4) juggernaut durability 0.33 → 0.3

Items (23)

Drizzle: new
Drizzle: removed
Grove Armor: new
Grove Armor: removed
Returning Friend: removed
Returning Friend: removed
Returning Friend: new
Returning Friend: new
Room for a Shroom: new
Room for a Shroom: new
True Friendship: removed
True Friendship: removed
Killing Frenzy: on kill atk spd amount 0.15 → 0.3
Killing Frenzy: on kill atk spd amount upgrade 0.4 → 0.6
Stealthy: untargetable duration 6 → 8
Combust: max health explosion damage 0.12 → 0.15
Mana-Rich Soil: max mana multiplier upgrade 0.25 → 0.2
Mana-Rich Soil: max mana multiplier 0.18 → 0.15
Stealthy: untargetable duration upgrade 10 → 12
Backrow Star: as multiplier 0.85 → 1
Backrow Star: as multiplier upgrade 1.15 → 1.3
Giant Growth: hp gain 750 → 800
Giant Growth: hp gain upgrade 750 → 800

Augments (31)

Construct a Companion: new
Double Trouble: removed
Forge A Friend: new
Pandora's Items II: new
Pandora's Items II: removed
Pandora's Items II+: new
Pandora's Items II++: new
Component Quest: completion gold 5 → 1
Early Learnings: initial stacks 5 → 3
Level Up!: instant xp 6 → 10
Luxury Subscription: gold 3 → 5
Retribution: critical strike chance 0.25 → 0.15
Future Focused: reward gold 8 → 5
Heroic Grab Bag: gold 4 → 6
Investment Strategy I: instant gold 4 → 6, max health per interest 8 → 9
Jeweled Lotus I: crit chance i 10 → 15
Bronze For Life II: armor 4 → 3
Challenger's Grace: buff duration 3 → 4
Electrocharge I: damage i 30 → 25, damage i 2 80 (new), damage i 4 90 (removed), text changed
Item Extraction: text changed
We Stick Together: text changed
Verticality II: adap 0.02 → 0.025
Investment Strategy II: instant gold 8 → 10, max health per interest 10 → 12
Hold the Line: ability power pcnt per front liner 0.1 → 0.11, attack damage pcnt per front liner 0.09 → 0.11
Spirit Of Redemption: percent missing health 0.075 → 0.09

6 more

Group Hug I: armor silver 6 → 7
Verticality III: adap 0.035 → 0.04
Giant and Mighty: flat health 200 → 225
Heart of Steel: max health gain 16 → 18
Explosive Growth+: xp per round plus 10 → 9
Group Hug II: armor gold 9 → 10

Rising

Comps whose average placement improved from 18.4b to 18.5, the biggest change first.

No comp with enough games in both patches moved by more than 0.08 places and its own noise.

Falling

Comps that place worse in 18.5 than they did in 18.4b.

Comp	Avg place, 18.4b	Avg place, 18.5	Change	Play Rate	Games
Sprykin Rammus & Azir	4.21	4.42	▼ 0.21	5.7% → 2.8%	200,949 → 745
Primal Aphelios & Nidalee	4.39	4.59	▼ 0.20	8.3% → 6.4%	293,488 → 1,712
Elderwood Veigar	4.29	4.44	▼ 0.15	5.1% → 5.1%	179,003 → 1,382

New in 18.5

Comps with 400 games or more in 18.5 that had fewer in 18.4b, or none, best placement first.

No comp reached 400 games in 18.5 without having them in 18.4b.

Too early to tell

Comps with 400 games or more in 18.4b and fewer in 18.5 so far: the count only, most games first, and no placement until a comp has its 400 games.

Executioner Sett & Ezreal: 339 games, too early
Solar Kayle with Aphelios: 330 games, too early
Sprykin Teemo & Alistar: 290 games, too early
Solar Kayle: 270 games, too early
Riftbeast Nidalee & Malphite: 248 games, too early
Riftbeast Warwick & Malphite: 225 games, too early
Primal Sivir & Ashe: 200 games, too early
Coven Morgana & Elise: 193 games, too early
Rapidfire Aphelios & Brambleback: 185 games, too early
Blossom Ahri & Zyra with Lillia: 182 games, too early
Riftbeast Aphelios & Brambleback: 156 games, too early
Invoker Morgana & Sentinel: 139 games, too early
Blossom Ahri & Sett: 134 games, too early
Lunar Alune: 113 games, too early
Vanguard Alune: 101 games, too early
Blossom Ahri & Sett with Master Yi: 93 games, too early
Juggernaut Ashe: 92 games, too early
Elderwood Kha'Zix & Rengar: 90 games, too early
Blossom Ahri & Zyra: 75 games, too early
Executioner Yunara & Ezreal: 71 games, too early
Solar Aphelios: 67 games, too early
Solar Aphelios & Amumu: 59 games, too early
Blossom Ahri & Sett with Alune: 54 games, too early
Defender Rengar & Cassiopeia: 54 games, too early
Fae Aphelios & Kha'Zix: 54 games, too early

100 more

Blackthorn Malphite: 53 games, too early
Primal Sivir: 51 games, too early
Blackthorn Malphite with Sett: 49 games, too early
Sprykin Veigar: 47 games, too early
Juggernaut: 43 games, too early
Spellweaver Ahri with Alune: 43 games, too early
Brawler Master Yi: 40 games, too early
Juggernaut Vanguard: 40 games, too early
Ravager Elise: 39 games, too early
Rapidfire Juggernaut: 36 games, too early
Invoker Teemo: 35 games, too early
Lunar Aphelios with Maokai: 34 games, too early
Vanguard Elise: 33 games, too early
Primal Nidalee & Sivir: 30 games, too early
Ravager Brambleback: 30 games, too early
Brawler Veigar: 29 games, too early
Summoner Executioner: 28 games, too early
Sprykin Rammus & Tristana: 27 games, too early
Executioner Malphite with Ahri: 26 games, too early
Summoner Zyra: 24 games, too early
Executioner Azir & Vi: 22 games, too early
Flora Fatalis Kha'Zix with Azir: 20 games, too early
Sprykin Azir & Rammus with Malphite: 20 games, too early
Blossom Elder Dragon & Ashe: 19 games, too early
Invoker Nidalee & Morgana: 19 games, too early
Blossom Ahri & Alune: 18 games, too early
Brawler Ashe: 18 games, too early
Brawler Ezreal: 18 games, too early
Flora Fatalis Kha'Zix: 17 games, too early
Fae Aphelios: 16 games, too early
Rapidfire Aphelios: 15 games, too early
Elderwood Xayah: 13 games, too early
Vanguard Alune & Morgana: 13 games, too early
Blossom Ahri & Ezreal: 12 games, too early
Coven Morgana & Cassiopeia: 12 games, too early
Elderwood Ezreal & Sett: 12 games, too early
Executioner Ezreal: 12 games, too early
Primal Sivir with Ashe: 12 games, too early
Primal Nidalee with Diana: 11 games, too early
Solar Teemo & Gromp: 11 games, too early
Sprykin Tristana & Rammus with Sivir: 11 games, too early
Adaptor Master Yi & Nidalee: 9 games, too early
Vanguard Kha'Zix: 9 games, too early
Coven Morgana without Hecarim: 8 games, too early
Inferno Draven: 8 games, too early
Juggernaut Vanguard with Diana: 8 games, too early
Primal Nidalee & Sivir with Lillia: 8 games, too early
Primal Sivir with Amumu: 8 games, too early
Riftbeast Mama Beak & Zyra: 8 games, too early
Riftbeast Nidalee & Brambleback: 8 games, too early
Executioner Ezreal with Soraka: 7 games, too early
Inferno Aphelios: 7 games, too early
Inferno Elder Dragon: 7 games, too early
Inferno Lux: 7 games, too early
Invoker Morgana & Sentinel with Gnar: 7 games, too early
Juggernaut Alune & Ahri: 7 games, too early
Juggernaut Sivir & Amumu: 7 games, too early
Primal Aphelios & Nidalee with Lux: 7 games, too early
Spellweaver Ahri & Morgana: 7 games, too early
Vanguard Kha'Zix with Azir: 7 games, too early
Adaptor Rengar & Master Yi: 6 games, too early
Blackthorn Malphite & Warwick: 6 games, too early
Brawler Ahri & Sett: 6 games, too early
Elderwood Aphelios: 6 games, too early
Juggernaut Alune: 6 games, too early
Riftbeast Elder Dragon: 6 games, too early
Vanguard Kha'Zix with Aphelios: 6 games, too early
Blackthorn Lux & Malphite: 5 games, too early
Blossom Ahri & Morgana: 5 games, too early
Executioner Aphelios: 5 games, too early
Primal Ashe & Sivir with Lillia: 5 games, too early
Primal Nidalee & Sivir with Ashe: 5 games, too early
Primal Nidalee with Kog'Maw: 5 games, too early
Ravager Elise with Rakan: 5 games, too early
Spellweaver Ahri with Sentinel: 5 games, too early
Elderwood Ezreal with Lillia: 4 games, too early
Fae Aphelios with Sentinel: 4 games, too early
Juggernaut Draven with Ashe: 4 games, too early
Juggernaut Ezreal & Kennen: 4 games, too early
Juggernaut Tristana: 4 games, too early
Primal Sivir & Nidalee with Vi: 4 games, too early
Primal Sivir with Rammus: 4 games, too early
Spellweaver Ahri & Alune: 4 games, too early
Blackthorn Malphite with Kennen: 3 games, too early
Blackthorn Malphite with Warwick: 3 games, too early
Defender Rapidfire: 3 games, too early
Inferno Draven with Taric: 3 games, too early
Juggernaut Ahri: 3 games, too early
Lunar Aphelios with Lux: 3 games, too early
Primal Nidalee & Sivir with Brambleback: 3 games, too early
Sprykin Tristana: 3 games, too early
Vanguard Ezreal: 3 games, too early
Elderwood Ezreal with Ivern: 2 games, too early
Primal Ashe & Sett: 2 games, too early
Ravager Brambleback & Aphelios: 2 games, too early
Sprykin Rengar & Tristana: 2 games, too early
Blackthorn Malphite with Gnar: 1 games, too early
Primal Nidalee & Sivir with Taric: 1 games, too early
Riftbeast Elder Dragon with Gnar: 1 games, too early
Spellweaver Ahri & Veigar: 1 games, too early

Best comps in 18.5

The S and A tiers on the comps list today, graded on Diamond+ games, best average place first.

Comp	Tier	Avg place	Games
Elderwood Kha'Zix & Hecarim	S	4.13	19,203
Riftbeast Pebbles & Krug	S	4.19	46,993
Riftbeast Elder Dragon & Draven	S	4.22	33,653
Sprykin Rammus & Azir	A	4.26	25,013
Elderwood Draven & Maokai	A	4.26	18,777
Elderwood Veigar	A	4.36	27,226
Elderwood Ezreal & Aphelios	A	4.36	14,690
Blossom Master Yi	A	4.39	12,170
Elderwood Ezreal	A	4.39	11,195
Invoker Ahri & Morgana	A	4.43	35,650
Primal Aphelios & Nidalee	A	4.46	38,206

Earlier patches

Each patch keeps its own page with its final numbers.

Patch 18.4b 8 Oct to 19 Oct · 3,534,959 Diamond+ boards
Patch 18.3 24 Sep to 5 Oct · 3,997,061 Diamond+ boards
Patch 18.2 11 Sep to 21 Sep · 3,077,092 Diamond+ boards
Patch 18.1 27 Aug to 8 Sep · 377,269 Diamond+ boards

Questions

What is the best comp in TFT patch 18.5?

Elderwood Kha'Zix & Hecarim has the best average place of the S tier comps on our comps list today: 4.13 over 19,203 Diamond+ games.

What changed in patch 18.5?

In Riot’s data files against 18.4b, 7 champions, 9 traits, 23 items and 31 augments changed. The largest changes: Drizzle (new); Drizzle (removed); Grove Armor (new); Grove Armor (removed); Returning Friend (removed).

When was patch 18.5 released?

Riot published the patch notes for 18.5 on 20 Oct 2026. We count its games from 22 Oct 2026, once every region has it.

How this page is made

Every number here comes from ranked games at Diamond and above that we sampled from Riot’s match data. A patch’s games start 2 days after Riot publishes its notes, once every region has it, and end the day before the next patch’s notes. A comp is compared only with 400 games or more in both patches, and listed as rising or falling only when its average place moved by more than 0.08 and by more than chance. The changes list compares our copies of Riot’s data files for the two patches. This page is rebuilt every 2 hours while the patch is live; once the next patch is out it keeps its final numbers.