Overview
After a month long patch, we're sure most of you have been on the receiving end of some dinosaur lasers, and you've almost certainly also been the dinosaur at some point. Most metas become fairly solved at some point, and a prolonged month truly highlights that. Here's the TLDR:
T-Hex, Diana, and Graves dead
Loss streak Ixtal will be much weaker
Yunara weaker
Kalista and Zaun much stronger
Noxus stronger
Be sure to check out Riot's offical notes here, and otherwise keep up with the latest data on comps and units on our TFT hub here.
Buffs
Traits
Juggernaut (6) damage reduction increased
Noxus (5) and (7) both stronger
Shadow Isles AD and AP increased at higher tiers
Zaun durability increases from 10% to 15% and Zaun (5) heal increased
Champions
Teemo
Damage increased at 3-stars
Twisted Fate
Passive damage increased
Darius
Mana and heal buffed
Jinx
Spell rewritten to work better now
Spell damage increased
LeBlanc
Spell damage and secondary damage both increased
Ambessa
Slam damage increased
Kalista
Spell damage, AS, and mana all buffed
Miss Fortune
Base spell damage increased
Seraphine
Damage increased
Healing decreased
Singed
Reworked to Magic Tank
Nerfs
Traits
Bilgewater
2-costs purchase increased from 30 serpents to 35
Captains Brew nerfed
Deadman's Dagger nerfed
Ionia
Multiple variations nerfed
Ixtal
550 big nerf (no longer grants two champion duplicators)
10 loss only grants 500 shards now
Piltover
Electrical Overload damage decreased
Ziggs
AS increased
Mana cost decreased
Passive damage increased
Champions
Bard
Rerolls on loss only grant 1 on Stage-3 and 2 on Stage-4 now
Spell damage increased to compensate
Graves
HP and base AD decreased
Tryndamere
Durability and damage decreased
Draven
Base AD increased but spell damage decreased
Kobuko
Bug fixed to heal properly
Diana
Base AD decreased
Shield decreased
Yunara
Spell damage decreased
Veigar
Spell damage decreased
Baron Nashor
Acid damage decreased
Kindred
Passive damage decreased
Spell duration decreased
Senna and Lucian
Black Mist duration cut from 15s to 8s
T-Hex
Huge nerfs to consuming casters
Huge nerfs to damage
Items
Kraken's Fury AS at max stacks decreased from 30% to 15%
Emblems all provide more stats across the board
Notable Augment Adjustments
Growth Mindset removed
Hexgate Travel removed
Soul Awakening damage decreased
Trials of Twilight now grants 2 Xin Zhaos immediately
World Runes now grants 30g instead of 40g
Conclusions
T-Hex and Diana should be dead this patch. It is not worth playing it anymore, or at least it's not worth opening your early game for it. Yunara also took a significant hit, and you should be wary of playing her, though I suspect the default board that wants to unlock Ryze will still be pretty strong. Bilgewater also took a lot of nerfs -- it should be played more as a tempo comp to get to Miss Fortune and Tahm Kench now instead of digging around for Graves.
Keep an eye out on Jinx and Zaun comps as they received multiple buffs. Likewise, Noxus received multiple buffs and should feel strong in the mid game especially. Lastly, Shadow Isles should be much stronger. Kalista received a lot of major buffs, but unfortunately it is still not a comp you can really play without having Viego ready to unlock Yorick on 2-1.