Riot Games has released Teamfight Tactics for iOS and Android

Teamfight Tactics mobile autobattler launched today. The novelty has become available all over the world, except for the countries of Southeast Asia.

What is Teamfight Tactics

Initially, it was a mode that appeared inside League of Legends in June last year. Riot Games introduced it shortly after the ancestor of the genre, Auto Chess, shot on the market. Moreover, he shot as a mod for Dota 2, the main competitor of League of Legends.

The PC version of Teamfight Tactics is launched through the League of Legends client, which means it is available only to players of this MOBA. Despite this, the mode quickly became the most popular autobattler on the market (according to Newzoo). By August, its MAU had grown to 33 million.

The main competitors of the game — Auto Chess itself, Dota Underlords (Valve) and Chess Rush (Tencent) — came out as separate mobile applications last year. Riot Games delayed with a similar announcement until October. The other day she announced that the title will be released on March 19 in the App Store and Google Play. In Southeast Asia, the game will launch in the fall.

What is known about mobile Teamfight Tactics

• Gameplay, it is not much different from the “League of Legends” mode and Auto Chess. The title is an eight-player strategy. They fight in pairs on chess arenas, and pairs for each round are made randomly.
• The content of the game belongs to the League of Legends universe. In it, you can play characters from the popular MOBA.
• Matches in Teamfight Tactics on mobile last from 30 minutes. On average, it will take about 40 minutes to identify the only winner of the match. The same number of matches in Auto Chess and Dota Underlords are going on. In Chess Rush from Tencent, the session lasts 10 minutes.
• The game is cross-platform. Progress in it is transferred between the PC client and the mobile. But you can run the application at the same time only on one of the platforms.
• The game is free-play. It is monetized through cosmetics and a battle pass. In the first case, players will be able to buy avatars, skins and animations for real currency. Purchases will not affect the gameplay. Note that the full in-game store will not be immediately available on mobile.
• In the second case, players pay for a “combat pass” — Pass+. Cosmetic rewards are available on free and premium shooting ranges. The battle pass costs $10. You need to pay for it once a season, which lasts about three months.

We also remind that Riot Games plans to make Teamfight Tactics a full-fledged esports discipline.

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