TFT Set 18.1

Trait Count

How many units on your board count toward a trait. Every trait bonus turns on at a unit count, so the whole game is about pushing counts over the next line, and a family of effects plays with the number directly instead of with the units. Some raise it. An emblem hands a champion a trait it was not born with, so it counts for that trait too. An Avatar's chosen trait is counted twice. Apex Predator grants two to the Riftbeast trait, and Master of All Origins gives you a Lux worth two of her chosen trait. Phantom Splash goes further and switches on up to two traits you do not have enough units for at all, at their lowest level. Others read the number and pay you for it: Stand United and Diversified pay per non-unique trait you have active, Bronze for Life pays per trait sitting at its bronze tier, and Trait Ladder hands out rewards for fielding a rising number of them. "Non-unique" is the wording that excludes traits only one champion can ever have, so those effects reward a wide board rather than a stacked one.

What benefits from Trait Count (9)

Traits (2)

  • Apex Predator 
    Elder Dragon takes up 2 team slots and grants +2 to the Riftbeast trait.
  • Avatar 
    Having an Avatar on your bench or board transforms all other Avatars in your shop to the Trait of that Avatar.

An Avatar's chosen Trait is counted twice for Trait bonuses.

Augments (5)

Prismatic (3)

  • Bronze for Life II Prismatic 
    Your team gains 2.5% Damage Amp and 4 Armor and Magic Resist for each Bronze-tier trait.
  • Master of All Origins Prismatic 
    Open an armory and choose one of 3 traits. Gain a Lux with that trait and a Spear of Shojin.

Traits on your board are more likely to appear in the armory. Lux provides +2 to her chosen trait
  • Trait Ladder Prismatic 
    Gain a random emblem. After fielding 2 non-unique traits in a player combat, gain a reward. Then increase the number of traits needed and the size of the reward.

Gold (1)

Silver (1)

  • Stand United Silver 
    Your units gain 1.5% Attack Damage and 1.5% Ability Power for each non-unique Trait active across your team.

Wisps (2)

  • Diversified Combat 
    Your team gains 30 Health for each active non-unique trait.
  • Phantom Splash Combat 
    Combat start: Up to 2 inactive traits activate at the lowest level.

See also