TFT Set 17.4

Anti-tank toolkit

Red Buff, a TFT completed item

Red Buff

completed

Attacks and Abilities 1% Burn and 33% Wound enemies for 5 seconds.

Burn: Deals a percent of the target's max Health as true damage every second
Wound: Reduces healing received

Recipe

Red Buff enables

  • Burn

    Deals a percent of the target's maximum Health as true damage every second. Most burn sources also apply Wound, which reduces healing received — together they form the standard answer to high-Health frontlines. Standard craftable burn items in Set 17: Morellonomicon (on hit), Red Buff (on hit), and Sunfire Cape (passive AoE every 2s). Searing Shortbow (per 20 mana spent) is a trait-exclusive Anima Squad Anima Weapon, not a craftable.

  • Wound

    Reduces healing the target receives by 33% for a duration.

  • True Damage

    Damage that bypasses Armor and Magic Resist — the damage number on the source is applied directly to current Health. Shields still absorb true damage like any other damage type.

Red Buff counters

  • 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 Yasuo's Golden Hex or Giant and Mighty, or play Cho'Gath, whose cast permanently raises his own max Health every time he eats an enemy. For the cross-round permanent stat-stacks angle specifically, see the dedicated permanent stat-stacks page.