The release of Set 7: Dragonlands for Riot’s popular autobattler game, Teamfight Tactics (TFT), is set to mark the first instance of a mechanic carrying over between two sets. The Hextech Augment system introduced in Set 6: Gizmos & Gadgets has proven to be such a smash hit with the players, that it will see reiteration and return with the game’s newest expansion.
What are Hextech Augments?
Introduced as part of Gizmos & Gadgets expansion, Hextech Augments represented a choice on how to empower and boost your board. There were three choices for players to pick from on three separate occasions during the game, with boosts that varied from straight-up battle power-ups, to economy boosts, and some whacky choices sprinkled in for good measure.
The Augments came in three rarities: Silver, Gold, and Prismatic. All three Augments presented to the players would be of the same rarity, and the rarities represented the balance of power between the buffs. All players were given the Augment choices of the same rarity during Hextech Augment shopping rounds.
Changes to Hextech Augments in Dragonlands
Though the Hextech Augment mechanic is carrying over to Set 7, there are going to be some changes to how they work in the new set.
The first major change is going to be the addition of Augment rerolls. Though the Augments in Set 6 were often useful in broad terms, from time to time you would encounter the major misfortune of being offered three completely useless augments for your team’s strategy. Now with a single reroll, you can try to avoid the bad luck of having to pick an Augment that’s dead on arrival. But you’ll have to be careful — you only get a single reroll per game.
Another change is the way rarity priorities work. Before, the Silver Augments were the default and considered the weakest among them. With Set 7, the balance is shifting to where the Gold Augments will be considered the default ones. That means that for overall balancing, the Silver ones can be slightly worse and Prismatics slightly better, without the huge power spikes.
And finally, the last change is in the way that the Hextech Augment shopping rounds are spaced out. In Set 7, new Augments will be offered on rounds 2-1, 3-2, and 4-2. That means that your starting Augment will be slightly less random now that it comes two rounds later, as well as that the third Augment might help players in a downward spiral sooner than the previous round 4-6.
Full list of new Hextech Augments
The following table lists all of the new Hextech Augments coming with Dragonlands. It’s important to note that more Augments will be transferring from Set 6 as well, but there’s still no conclusive information on which ones will make the jump. All of the below-listed Augments, however, are brand new ones designed with Set 7 in mind.
Silver Hextech Augments
Gold Hextech Augments
Prismatic Hextech Augments
When is Set 7: Dragonlands releasing?
It was confirmed by Riot that the new expansion for TFT will be released with Patch 12.11 on June 8, with the new Set first dropping on PBE two weeks earlier, on May 24.
