TFT Set 18.1

Combat Start

Effect fires once as the round's fighting begins, before any attack lands. Items and traits use it to hand out a Shield, a stat boost or a block of Mana up front, so the value is already on the unit for the whole fight instead of being earned during it. Some of them read the board at that instant — how many allies start beside the holder, which ally has the most Health — so how the team is set up decides what the effect gives.

What enables Combat Start (20)

Traits (2)

  • Riftbeast
  • Vanguard 
    At Combat Start and after dropping below 50% Health, Vanguards gain a max Health Shield for 10 seconds.

Completed items (4)

  • Archangel's Staff
    • +30% AP
    • +1 Mana Regen

    Combat start: Gain 20% Ability Power every 5 seconds in combat.

    Needlessly Large RodTear of the Goddess
  • Crownguard
    • +100 HP
    • +20 Armor
    • +20% AP

    Combat start: Gain a 25% max Health Shield for 8 seconds. When the shield expires, gain 25% Ability Power.

    Needlessly Large RodChain Vest
  • Protector's Vow
    • +25 Armor
    • +25 MR
    • +1 Mana Regen

    Combat Start: Gain 20 Mana. At 40% Health, gain 15 Mana and a Shield equal to 20% max Health.

    Chain VestTear of the Goddess
  • Quicksilver
    • +20 MR
    • +15% AS
    • +20% Crit

    Combat Start: Unstoppable for 18 seconds. Gain 3% stacking Attack Speed every second.

    Negatron CloakSparring Gloves

Emblems (1)

  • Defender Emblem
    • +30 Armor
    • +30 MR

    The holder gains the Defender trait. Combat Start: Gain 6% Attack Speed for every ally that starts in the front row.

    Your team gains 12 Armor and Magic Resist. Defenders gain more.
    2
    25
    4
    60
    6
    120

Radiant items (4)

  • Radiant Archangel's Staff
    • +60% AP
    • +2 Mana Regen

    Combat start: Gain 40% Ability Power every 5 seconds in combat.

  • Radiant Crownguard
    • +200 HP
    • +40 Armor
    • +40% AP

    Combat start: Gain a 50% max Health Shield for 8 seconds. When the shield expires, gain 50% Ability Power.

  • Radiant Protector's Vow
    • +50 Armor
    • +50 MR
    • +2 Mana Regen

    Combat Start: Gain 40 Mana. At 40% Health, gain 30 Mana and a Shield equal to 50% max Health

  • Radiant Quicksilver
    • +40 MR
    • +40% AS
    • +40% Crit

    Combat Start: Unstoppable for 45 seconds. Gain 6% stacking Attack Speed every second.

Artifacts (2)

  • Eternal Pact
    • +35% AP
    • +1 Mana Regen

    Combat start: Form a pact with the highest Health allied champion, If they die, gain 10 Mana regen and 40% Ability Power. When the ally uses their ability, gain 15 Mana. Every 6 seconds, shield your ally for 200% of the holder's Ability Power.

  • Void Gauntlet
    • +300 HP
    • +10% Durability

    Combat Start: Store 30% max Health and 2.5% more every second. On death, unleash the stored Health as magic damage split between enemies within 4 hexes. Unique - only 1 per champion

Augments (4)

Prismatic (1)

  • Soul Awakening Prismatic 
    Combat start: Your team gains 1.5% Attack Damage and Ability Power per second for 10 seconds. At max stacks, deal 12% bonus true damage.

Gold (2)

  • Challenger's Grace Gold 
    At the start of combat, allies gain 25% Attack Speed for 3 seconds. On takedown, allies dash to their next target and gain this bonus again.
  • Group Hug II Gold 
    Combat start: Champions grant other adjacent champions 9 Armor and Magic Resist. This effect stacks.

Silver (1)

  • Group Hug I Silver 
    Combat start: Champions grant other adjacent champions 6 Armor and Magic Resist. This effect stacks.

Wisps (3)

  • Phantom Splash Combat 
    Combat start: Up to 2 inactive traits activate at the lowest level.
  • Scrappy Combat 
    Combat start: 2 champions without items gain a temporary recommended item.
  • Terraforming Other 
    Gain 5 seeds at start of combat.

See also