TFT Set 18.1

Anti-tank toolkit

Aegis of Dawn, a TFT Set 18 Artifact item

Aegis of Dawn

artifact

Every 2.5 seconds, steal 3 Armor from enemies within 1-hex and heal a Stage-scaled amount of the holder's Armor.

If Aegis of Dusk is also equipped, trigger this item's effect every 1.25 seconds instead.

Healing increases based on Stage.

Source

  • Artifact

Aegis of Dawn enables

  • Stat Steal

    Drains a stat (Armor, Magic Resist, Attack Damage, Ability Power) from enemies and grants it to the source or an ally. Distinct from Shred and Sunder (one-way debuffs that only reduce the enemy stat) because the holder gains what the enemy loses.

  • Heal

    Restores Health to a unit, capped at maximum HP.

  • Max Health

    Grants the unit additional maximum HP, either flat (like +150 Health) or percentage (like +6% max Health). It comes up whenever you stack Giant's Belt items, pick health-boost augments such as Giant and Mighty, or run the Old Growth trait, which permanently raises your strongest Old Growth champion's max Health every time an enemy dies near it. That last kind is the one that never resets: Permanent Takedown Stacks is the page for stats that ratchet up round after round, Old Growth's Health included.

Aegis of Dawn counters

  • Armor

    The physical-defense stat that reduces incoming AD damage. Tank items, the Defender trait, and champions or items that grant flat Armor all feed into this mechanic, alongside the handful of effects that scale a bonus off a unit's Armor value. Sunder is its inverse — a debuff that reduces enemy Armor.