Teamfight Tactics (TFT) Set 4.5 Revival has officially gone live as of January 23, 2025, bringing back the beloved "Festival of Beasts" set from four years ago. Riot Games has reintroduced this iconic set with a mix of nostalgia and new features, making it a fresh experience for both veteran and new players. Here's a detailed breakdown of the patch notes and everything new in TFT Set 4.5 Revival.
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Release Date
TFT Set 4.5 Revival launched on Thursday, January 23, 2025, as part of the Lunar Festival celebrations.
Lunar Festival 2025
The TFT Lunar Festival 2025 Event brings back the Festival of Beasts set with updates like Chase Traits, Augments, and the Chosen Mechanic. Players can compete on the Revival Leaderboard for Strategy Points.
Here's a quick rundown:
- Lunar Festival Pass & Pass Rewards: Available for 1,900 RP, it includes rewards like Chibi Seraphine, Lantern Snek, Treasure Tokens, and Star Shards.
- New Cosmetics: Features the Divine Serpent Realm Arena, Chibi champions (e.g., K/DA Seraphine), and new Little Legends like Snek variants.
Celebrate the Lunar New Year with fresh content, fun rewards, and nostalgic gameplay!
Chase Traits
Chase Traits in TFT Set 4.5 Revival provide powerful bonuses that can significantly impact gameplay but require considerable effort and luck to achieve:
- Cultist: At the Prismatic level, players can summon Galio, the Endbringer.
- Warlord: Grants Azir's formidable soldier wall.
- Mages: Benefit from increased ability power (AP) and casting frequency.
- Fortune: Offers abundant loot opportunities.
Achieving these traits demands strategic planning and can turn the tide of battle when successfully executed13.
New Anomalies
Patch TFT 13.4 introduces several exciting new Anomalies that enhance gameplay variety. Here’s a quick overview:
Carry-Focused Anomalies
Brutal Claws: Grants 40% Critical Strike chance; critical strikes cause enemies to bleed for 40% of damage over 3 seconds.
- Cultivating Magic: Provides 30 Ability Power (AP) and gains 5 AP permanently for every 10,000 damage dealt.
- Power Up: Grants 20% Attack Damage (AD) and increases by 5% permanently for every 10,000 damage dealt.
- Vampiric Affinity: Offers 20% Omnivamp, increasing to 40% when below 75% health.
- Voracious Appetite: Grants 300 Health and a 15% Damage Amp, plus a consumable each round for additional health and damage amp.
Team-oriented and Situational Anomalies
- Cybernetic Empowerment: Provides 8% Attack Speed (AS) and an extra 2% AS for each component item held by your team.
- Hivemind: Copies the first enemy killed in combat and grants a permanent 25% Damage Amplification.
- Infectious Anomaly: Starts with 15% AD and 15 AP, passing to a random ally each round, with bonuses if they already have it.
- Titan of Teamwork: Grants 1% durability for each star level on your board, with three-star champions counting as four-star units.
These Anomalies add strategic depth to team-building in TFT Patch 13.4, encouraging players to adapt their strategies for maximum effectiveness!
Augments
The revival also brings a selection of new Augments tailored specifically for this mode:
- Cult’s Offerings: Galio gains health based on excess gold.
- Divine Zeal: Divine units receive attack speed boosts when Ascended.
- Mother Dragon Breath: A dragon deals damage to enemies while boosting allies' attack speed after a short delay.
- Money Sprout: Fortune generates combat bonuses or gold drops based on positioning.
- The Tyrannical Warlord: The most damaging Warlord becomes a Tyrant with increased damage.
- Executioner's Cut: Executes enemies below 10% health.
These Augments add layers of strategy and customization to player builds, encouraging diverse gameplay styles
Leaderboard and Strategy Points
While there is no ranked mode for this revival set, players can track their performance through a leaderboard based on accumulated Strategy Points.
Strategy Points are tied to a skill tree system that provides additional objectives beyond winning lobbies.
Lucky Lanterns
Lucky Lanterns make their return as part of the start-of-game Encounter mechanic. These lanterns provide random bonuses and add an extra layer of strategy to gameplay.
System Changes
- The revival set introduces several quality-of-life improvements and tweaks to enhance gameplay while maintaining the core essence of Set 4.5.
- Riot has hinted that some features from this revival may influence future live sets.
TFT Set 4.5 Revival combines nostalgia with modern mechanics, offering a unique experience that celebrates one of the game's most iconic sets while incorporating contemporary updates like Augments and leaderboards. Whether you're reliving memories or exploring this set for the first time, there's plenty to enjoy in this Lunar Festival celebration!
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