During the night, a major update was released for Auto Chess Teamfight Tactics on the LoL PBE. This update introduced a Ranked mode and the new champion Twisted Fate.
How does the Ranked mode work in TFT? Unlike in League of Legends, you only have to play five rounds instead of ten to receive a placement.
A matchmaking rating, or MMR, is used to determine this. Your rating increases if you finish among the top four players in a round.
If you finish in the bottom half, you lose rating. Apparently, the amount of rating also depends on how high or low your placement is. For example, finishing fourth gives you significantly less rating than the first place.
When will the Ranked mode go live? You can already test it on the PBE, but the new Ranked mode will be available on the live servers much later.
A release is planned with Patch 9.14. Typically, updates in League of Legends are released two weeks after the patch goes to the PBE. A release on Wednesday, July 17, is likely.
Teamfight Tactics gets its first new champion
Who is the new champion? As many players have already speculated after the teaser image, the new champion in TFT is Twisted Fate. He is a pirate and a spellcaster, costing two gold.
He comes into play with 450 health and 50 mana at the first level. His special ability is “Pick a Card”. He chooses one of three random cards, which have one of these effects:
- Red Card deals additional damage (200/300/400)
- Yellow Card stuns the target for 2/3/4 seconds
- Blue Card restores 20/35/50 mana to himself and surrounding units
Twisted Fate can play an important role, especially for a spellcaster combo, as he can generate mana with “Pick a Card”. Also, as a pirate, he provides extra gold in the early game.
He is the 51st champion in TFT, with a total of 60 champions planned. These will rotate in the future to keep the meta from becoming stale.
What else has changed? We have already reported that the item system in TFT has been adjusted. Additionally, there were balance changes to demons, who now deal true damage when they burn mana.
Also, the Frozen Heart has been strengthened (now reduces enemy attack speed by 25% instead of 20%), and the Hextech Gunblade now heals for 33% instead of 25%.
The UI has also been tweaked. Winning streaks are now displayed more clearly in the UI, and there is finally the desired overview of the damage dealt by your units. This overview resets at the start of each round.
What does Riot Games plan for the future? Currently, there is no connection between Teamfight Tactics and the other game modes of League of Legends. Thus, no XP can be earned through playing.
While the beta pass fulfills its purpose of distributing rewards like new game boards or small legends, Riot Games is now considering a connection to the other game modes based on player feedback.
Additionally, further balance adjustments are already in the planning stage.
