TFT Set 17.6

Anti-tank toolkit

N.O.V.A. Emblem, a TFT Set 17 emblem granting the N.O.V.A. trait

N.O.V.A. Emblem

emblem

The holder gains the N.O.V.A. trait.

N.O.V.A. Strike: Gain 25% Attack Speed and 10 Armor and Magic Resist. Other allies gain 10% Attack Speed and 10 Armor and Magic Resist.

Recipe

Grants trait

  • N.O.V.A. 
    Aatrox: Ally Damage 30% Shred and Sunders enemies
Caitlyn: Grant allies 20% Attack Speed
Akali: Allies gain Precision
Maokai: Allies heal 12% max Health
Kindred: Shield the strongest Tank for 800
Emblem: Allies deal 10% stacking bonus true damage

N.O.V.A. Emblem enables

  • Armor

    The physical-defense stat that reduces incoming AD damage. Tank items, the Bastion trait, and champions or items that grant flat Armor all feed into this mechanic, alongside the handful of effects that scale a bonus off a unit's Armor value. Sunder is its inverse — a debuff that reduces enemy Armor.

  • Magic Resist

    The magic-defense stat that reduces incoming AP damage. Many sustain items, the Bastion frontline trait, and "Gain X Armor and Magic Resist" effects grant or scale off it; Shred is its inverse.

  • Attack Speed

    Bonus Attack Speed makes a unit attack more often per second, which means more auto-attack damage and faster mana generation toward the next ability cast. Some carries scale beyond that — their ability itself fires more hits when they have more Attack Speed (e.g., Bel'Veth's slash count, Jinx's rocket count). Stacking AS items and traits on these units compounds: faster autos, faster casts, and bigger casts.

  • Shred

    Reduces the target's Magic Resist (commonly by 30%, though the amount varies by source) for a duration, or for the rest of combat with some effects.

  • Sunder

    Reduces the target's Armor 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.

  • Shield

    Grants temporary HP that absorbs damage before the unit's real Health is touched.

  • Heal

    Restores Health to a unit, capped at maximum HP.

  • Stacking In Combat

    The carrier ramps power within a single round — Titan's Resolve gains AD/AP per attack or hit taken, and the Space Groove trait builds stacking AD/AP each second a unit spends in The Groove. All in-combat stacks reset when the round ends, unlike takedown-stacking which carries across rounds.

  • Precision

    Keyword reworked in patch 17.1. The first Precision source on a unit still flips the unlock that lets ability damage roll critical hits; every additional Precision source after that grants +10% Damage Amp instead of the +10% Critical Strike Damage it used to give pre-17.1. Sources include Infinity Edge, Jeweled Gauntlet, the Fateweaver trait innate, and a few crit-focused augments — layering them stacks Damage Amp under the new rule.