TFT Set 17.4
Shepherd Emblem, a TFT Set 17 emblem granting the Shepherd trait

Shepherd Emblem

emblem

The holder gains the Shepherd trait. On cast, grant 8% of max Mana to the Bond of the Stars.

Recipe

Grants trait

  • Shepherd 
    Shepherds summon the Bond of the Stars to aid them in battle.

Bia and Bayin's power are increased by the total star level of all Shepherds.

Shepherd Emblem enables

  • On Cast

    This effect triggers the instant a unit casts its ability. Items like Lich Bane and Innervating Locket reward you for landing as many casts as possible.

  • 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.

  • Summon

    Adds a unit to the field — temporary or permanent. Covers ability summons (pets and minions like Fizz's Mega Meeps), trait-spawned minions and relics (Shepherd's Bia and Bayin, Bulwark's placeable relic, Primordian Swarmlings), resurrect/revive of fallen allies, and bench-to-field arrivals (the Thresh's Lantern artifact flings a benched unit onto the board). Summon-buff augments scale these. Bench refers to expanding bench slots, not the act of summoning; clone refers to making an exact copy of an existing unit, not summoning a new entity.