Champion (Teamfight Tactics)

This article is about the unit-type. For the full list of available champions, see: List of champions.

Champion known as Garen being controlled by a Little Legend.

Champions are units in the Teamfight Tactics game mode that fight in arenas to protect the Little Legend. Players can buy, sell, reposition, and equip items on champions.

Stats and Mechanics

• Health - Champions are removed from combat when their health reaches 0. Slain champions will respawn next round. Health is shown above a unit's heads as a green bar that is separated once for every 300 health the unit has.
• Basic attacks - Each champion has a basic attack. Basic attacks deal physical damage.
  • Attack damage is the amount of damage a champion will do with each basic attack.
  • Attack speed is measured in attacks per second. All attack speed increases are percentage-based, and affect each champion based on their base attack speed. Attack speed slows are based on total attack speed. Attack speed is capped at 5.0 attacks per second.
  • Attack range is measured in hexes. - 1 Attack range means a champion can only attack enemies in adjacent hexes.
  • Armor reduces the damage taken from physical damage. Armor works in exactly the same as it works in the main game, using this formula:
    $\pagecolor{Black}\color{White}{\rm Damage\ multiplier}= {100 \over 100+{\it Armor}}$
  • Basic attacks have a chance to critically strike to deal 50% bonus damage, determined by critical strike chance. Every champion starts with 25% critical strike chance. The bonus damage is further increased by critical strike damage.
• Special Ability - Each champion has one ability. Active abilities require mana to cast, and automatically cast when a champion reaches maximum mana. Special abilities deal magic damage, with the exceptions of attack-modifiers.
  • Mana is generated by basic attacking and taking damage. Basic attacks generate mana on-attack, even if the triggering attack misses or is parried. Both abilities and basic attacks cause the damaged champion to generate mana.
  • Ability power increases the power of a champion's Special Ability by a percentage. Ability power affects magic damage, true damage, shielding and healing.
  • Magic resistance reduces the damage taken from magic damage. Magic Resistance works in exactly the same as it works in the main game, using this formula:
    $\pagecolor{Black}\color{White}{\rm Damage\ multiplier}= {100 \over 100+{\it MR}}$
• Other mechanics:
  • Banish temporarily removes the target from the battlefield. The target is unable to do anything, and cannot be attacked by enemy team during this duration.
    • Zephyr.
  • Grievous Wounds is a damage over time that also reduces healing.
  • Disarm prevents the target using basic attacks.
    • Sword Breaker.
  • Dodge causes incoming attacks to miss (deal no damage and do not apply spell or item effects).
  • True damage is a rarely-used damage type that bypasses resistances.
    • Void
    • Ahri
    • Pantheon
    • Vayne
    • Giant Slayer
    • Ionic Spark
    • Morellonomicon
    • Red Buff
  • Stealth temporarily makes the target invisible and untargetable.
  • Mana-lock prevents the target from gaining mana.
    • Hush.
  • Stun prevents the target from moving, attacking and activating their Special Ability.
  • Root prevents the target from moving.
  • Airborne moves in a specified direction or to a specific point. For the duration the target is unable to move, declare attacks or cast their Special Ability.

Calculations

Critical strike damage

• Formula to calculate the value of critical strike damage:
  • Critical strike damage = 150% +  Assassin + ( Number of IEs × 125%).
  • Example: With 1 Infinity Edge and  6 Assassins = 150% + 150% + (1 ×  125%) = 425% critical strike damage.

Ability Power

• Formula to calculate the amount of ability power:
  • Ability Power = (AP from items + Ninja bonus + Sorcerer bonus) × (1 + ( Number of Rabadons × 0.75)).
  • Example: With 2 Rabadon's Deathcaps and  3 Sorcerers = ( 80 + 40) × (1 + (2 × 0.75)) = 300 AP = 300% increased ability effects.

Resources

The two main resources of any champion is health and mana.

Health

• A champion begins combat with full health. If health is reduced to 0, the champion is removed from the current round. However, if equipped with Guardian Angel, the champion will be revived after its first death.
• A champion can be healed by items like Bloodthirster or Redemption, or by ally abilities, such as Nidalee.
• The maximum health of a champion can be increased through equipped items built from Giant's Belt. Currently, the only champion that can increase maximum health is Lulu.
• Many origins and classes interact with health.
  • Exile's shield scales with maximum health.
  • Brawlers and Shapeshifters gain maximum health by meeting certain conditions.
  • Nobles grant on-hit healing.
  • Phantom reduces an enemy champion's current health at the start of each fight.

Mana

• Most champions use mana as resource for their Special Ability. Mana is generated by basic attacking and when taking damage.
  • Basic attacks can generate up to 12 mana per attack.
    • 1-Star units generate 8 mana per attack.
    • 2-Star units generate 10 mana per attack.
    • 3-Star units generate 12 mana per attack.
    • Sorcerers and Elementalists generate twice as much mana per basic attack, and double the cap to 20 per attack.
  • Mana from taking damage is pre-mitigated damage, capped at 50 per damage source.
  • Champions with mana automatically use their Special Abilities when their mana bar is full.
  • Some champions do not utilize mana, or use it in a different way:
    • Draven charges his axes with mana and can keep using them even without it.
    • Graves, Jinx, Kassadin and Vayne have no mana.
  • After casting their Special Ability, champions can't accumulate mana for the second thereafter. Some champions are mana-locked for longer (e.g.  Kindred and  Varus).
  • Five out of six Shapeshifter champions are locked from mana gain permanently after using abilities. This is because their abilities lasts longer than a round, making mana on them useless once transformed. However, Shapeshifters using Guardian Angel revive in their original form. They need to refill their mana after revival.
• Mana generation can be prevented with the mana-lock effect.
• There is a stat called Starting Mana. Champions using mana have that amount of mana at the start of the game. Higher starting mana allows champion to cast their first special ability sooner, but does not effect on later usages.
• Some champions interact with mana in even more ways. This is partially why monsters have mana without any Special Abilities.
  • Kassadin basic attacks consume enemy mana and convert it into a shield.
  • Twisted Fate has a chance to grant mana to himself and allies.
  • Demon units gain the chance to burn enemy mana and fill up some of their own.

Special Abilities

• Almost all Special Abilities deal magic damage, with some exceptions:
  • Ashe, Kha'Zix, Renekton, Sivir, and Twitch, which deal physical damage.
  • Rek'Sai and Vayne - it deals true damage.
• A Special Ability's effect can be increased using Ability Power.
  • There are some exceptions. These champion abilities does not have any benefit from Ability Power: Braum, Draven, Elise, Graves, Kayle, Kindred, Rengar, Shen and Volibear.
• On patch V9.15, it was indicated that most ability cast are 0.5 seconds.

Trivia

• There are Teamfight Tactics champions that are manaless in League of Legends, However, they do use mana in Teamfight Tactics. Those champions are: Aatrox, Akali, Dr. Mundo, Garen, Gnar, Kennen, Katarina, Mordekaiser, Rek'Sai, Shen, Shyvana, Yasuo, and Zed.
• The Brawler icon takes after the logo for Riot Games Inc.
• In Set 1, most champions use their default skin. Some champions use one of their skins, and cannot be seen without that skin. This is presumably in order for champions to better fit their given Origins.
  • Draven appears as Gladiator Draven.
  • Gangplank appears as Captain Gangplank.
  • Graves appears as Cutthroat Graves.
  • Jayce appears as Original Jayce in his normal form and Full Metal Jayce in his transformation.
  • Katarina appears as High Command Katarina, however, her shop card uses Original Katarina splash art instead.
  • Miss Fortune appears as Captain Fortune.
  • Pantheon appears as Dragonslayer Pantheon.
  • Twisted Fate appears as Cutpurse Twisted Fate.
  • Vayne appears as Arclight Vayne.
• Unlike in Set 1, the champion pool in Set 2 has more champions in one of their custom skins than in their default skin, and cannot be seen without that skin. This is presumably in order for champions to better fit their given Elements.
  • Aatrox appears as Justicar Aatrox.
  • Ashe appears as Amethyst Ashe.
  • Diana appears as Infernal Diana.
  • Dr. Mundo appears as Toxic Dr. Mundo.
  • Ezreal appears as Frosted Ezreal.
  • Jax appears as God Staff Jax.
  • Kha'Zix appears as Guardian of the Sands Kha'Zix.
  • Kindred appear as Shadowfire Kindred.
  • Kog'Maw appears as Caterpillar Kog'Maw.
  • LeBlanc appears as Elderwood LeBlanc.
  • Lux appears as Elementalist Lux.
  • Malzahar appears as Overlord Malzahar.
  • Master Yi appears as Assassin Master Yi.
  • Nami appears as Deep Sea Nami.
  • Nasus appears as Lunar Guardian Nasus.
  • Nocturne appears as Eternum Nocturne.
  • Olaf appears as Glacial Olaf.
  • Ornn appears as Thunder Lord Ornn.
  • Rek'Sai appears as Eternum Rek'Sai.
  • Sion appears as Warmonger Sion.
  • Soraka appears as Celestine Soraka.
  • Syndra appears as Atlantean Syndra.
  • Thresh appears as Deep Terror Thresh.
  • Varus appears as Infernal Varus.
  • Vayne appears as Arclight Vayne.
  • Vladimir appears as Dark Waters Vladimir.
  • Warwick appears as Tundra Hunter Warwick.
  • Yorick appears as Arclight Yorick.
  • Zed appears as Shockblade Zed.
  • Zyra appears as Wildfire Zyra.

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