Question 1

What does Untargetable actually do in TFT?

Accepted Answer

An untargetable unit is no longer a valid target for auras, unit-targeted, auto-targeted, direction-targeted and location-targeted effects — basic attacks, abilities, items, and runes that need to pick a target simply cannot pick the unit. The unit stays on the board, can still act, and can still benefit from its own and ally buffs; it just cannot be selected as the destination of an enemy effect. Untargetable does not, by itself, reduce damage that gets through other paths (see the AoE and DoT questions below) — it is a targeting filter, not a damage filter.

Question 2

What's the difference between Untargetable, Invulnerable, and Stealth?

Accepted Answer

Three different protection layers. Untargetable means enemy effects that need to pick a target cannot pick this unit — but the unit still takes damage from existing debuffs and from some splash. Invulnerable is a damage filter: "reduces all damage taken to 0," including true damage, but the unit can still be selected as a target and can still be CC'd. Stealth is a presentation/targeting hybrid — the unit is hidden, drops enemy aggro, and is treated as untargetable for the window's duration; in current TFT (since patch 12.6) the unit can attack and cast freely without breaking it, so Stealth is functionally synonymous with Untargetable plus the visual-hide and aggro-drop on top. A single buff can grant more than one at once: stasis-style effects, for example, apply Untargetable + Invulnerable in the same window.

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Question 3

Does Untargetable block AoE damage and persistent ground zones?

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Mostly no. Untargetable is a targeting filter — it stops effects that need to pick this unit as a target, but persistent ground zones (burn pools, searing fields, location-effects already laid down) keep ticking on whoever is standing in them, and AoE secondary damage from an ability that hit a different primary target can still splash into an untargetable unit nearby. The protective rule of thumb: if the damage source needs to acquire your unit before it fires, untargetable blocks it; if the damage source is already on the ground or already chose a different anchor, untargetable does not save you.

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Question 4

If a unit becomes Untargetable while a damage-over-time is already on it, does the DoT keep ticking?

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Yes. The wiki's rule is explicit: "Effects that have already been applied, such as buffs or debuffs, are not invalidated by untargetability," with damage-over-time called out as a notable example. A burn that landed before the untargetable window will keep ticking through the window for its full remaining duration, dealing its full true-damage payload. The same logic applies to other pre-applied debuffs — resistance shreds, healing-reduction stacks, anti-heal — they all persist. To strip a pre-applied DoT or debuff you need a cleanse, not an untargetable buff.

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Question 5

What happens to an in-flight projectile when its target becomes Untargetable?

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Most targeted projectiles are destroyed. The wiki rule: "the act of becoming untargetable will interrupt any effects that have already acquired the unit as a target, such as target commands, and most untargetabilities will additionally destroy all incoming targeted projectiles" — the listed examples include long-range targeted ultimates, bouncing-blade-style auto-attacks, single-target slow-projectiles, and turret shots. Skill-shots that travel as ground hitboxes (a line, a cone, a circle landing on a hex rather than tracking a unit) are not target-acquired projectiles and are not destroyed by the same rule — they keep traveling and can still clip a unit standing in their path.

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Question 6

Does the enemy's attack target re-pick when their current target becomes Untargetable?

Accepted Answer

Yes. "Non-champion units (e.g. turrets, minions, monsters) will lose aggro if their target becomes untargetable," and the same applies to TFT board units — once the current target is invalid, the attacker re-acquires per the standard targeting rules (closest valid enemy in range, otherwise walk toward one). This is why a brief untargetable window on a frontliner can buy a full attack-cycle reset on the enemy carry: the carry has to drop the old target, pick a new one, then start a fresh wind-up. Plan finishers around the moment the window expires — that's when targeting locks back on.

Question 7

Can a unit still be healed or buffed by allies (or itself) while Untargetable?

Accepted Answer

Yes for friendly target-acquisitions in TFT. Untargetability is described as the unit being an invalid target for effects that pick it — and TFT's untargetable buffs (item effects, trait windows, ability scripts) are applied as protective windows that explicitly let the unit keep self-healing or be repaired by trait-driven team effects. The textbook pattern is exactly that: an untargetable window paired with a heal that runs to full HP before combat resumes. The narrow caveat is the stasis-style window (Untargetable + Invulnerable + the unit's own actions paused), which is a different buff family and intentionally locks both sides out for its duration.

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Question 8

Does becoming Untargetable cleanse existing crowd control, or only block new effects?

Accepted Answer

Only blocks new target-acquisitions — it does not strip what's already on the unit. Untargetable invalidates the unit as a future target; it does not retroactively remove buffs or debuffs that landed before the window started, and a stun that was already ticking will continue to tick through the untargetable window. To clear an in-progress stun you need a cleanse-class effect (one that explicitly removes existing crowd control), not an untargetable buff. Many TFT mechanics deliberately pair the two — a one-shot cleanse plus a follow-up untargetable window — precisely because untargetability alone cannot save a unit that was already locked down.

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