TFT Set 17.4

Anti-tank toolkit

Searing Shortbow, a TFT Set 17 Anima cash-out item

Searing Shortbow

anima

For every 20 mana spent, fire a projectile at a nearby enemy, dealing ? + 75% of the holder's Ability Power magic damage and applying 1% Burn and 33% Wound to enemies for 3 seconds.

Damage increases based on Stage.
Burn: Deals a percent of the target's max Health as true damage every second
Wound: Reduces healing received
Recommended Role: Magic Caster

Source

Searing Shortbow 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.

  • Heal

    Restores Health to a unit, capped at maximum HP.

  • Mana

    The unit-level resource that gates ability casts — champions cast once their mana bar fills, so low-mana units cast more often than high-mana ones. Spear of Shojin (mana per attack) and Adaptive Helm (amplifies Mana from all sources) push casts faster, alongside starting-mana augments. Blue Buff is no longer a mana item in Set 17 — it's now an AD/AP amp.

Searing Shortbow scales with

  • Ability Power

    Scales with Ability Power (AP). Champions and effects flagged as AP-scaling get bigger damage, healing, or shield values when the holder stacks AP from items like Jeweled Gauntlet, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Nashor's Tooth, or from trait bonuses.

Searing Shortbow 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.