With “Teamfight Tactics: K.O. Coliseum” the 15th set of the “League of Legends” spinoff will be released soon. In addition to a new look and uniquely strong attributes, there will also be fundamental changes that will likely affect all upcoming sets.
What is the new set about? Thematically, “Teamfight Tactics: K.O. Coliseum” revolves around anime. We encounter skin series like Star Guardian and Soul Fighter, empower our champions to become overpowered heroes, and listen to music worthy of an anime intro. Additionally, all champions have been visually adjusted to provide a true anime look.
When is the new set coming out? The new TFT Set 15 will be released on Wednesday, July 30, 2025.
Powerful Heroes and a Better Future
What are the highlights? As a new mechanic, Set 15 features so-called power-ups, which allow you to make any champion the superstar of your team.
- Twice during the game, you will receive a “power-snax” that you can apply to any champion. A selection with three upgrades will open, from which you can choose one.
- The upgrades are individually tailored to the champions and support them in their respective play styles.
Unlike, for example, the anomalies in Set 13, you can even remove power-ups. This makes them an important tool throughout the game. Early in the game, you can boost units fairly carelessly and later move the power-snax to stronger champions.
Theoretically, you can also use the removers to reroll the upgrade selection for a champion. But beware: each upgrade only appears once in a game. So think carefully about whether you really want to give up the current bonus.
What permanent changes are there? Also new in the set is a reworking of the roles system. At first glance, this might not sound very exciting, but it could have a significant impact on the game in the future.
- Each champion is now assigned to a fixed role. This assignment resembles the familiar item recommendations but now has a direct impact on the game.
The currently most important consequence of this change is a new mana system. Units now receive mana based on the role they belong to.
- Tanks, for instance, receive mana when they are attacked. Ranged champions, on the other hand, when they attack themselves.
Additionally, stats and abilities can now also refer to specific roles.
- Darius, for example, deals additional damage against tanks.
Overall, this clear role assignment is intended to ensure greater accessibility, versatility, and better balancing. Champions no longer need to be overloaded with abilities to function, as the basic mechanics are already anchored in the role. In the future, this classification will likely have further effects in the game – at least that’s the rough plan.
With this combo, you finish the game
Along with 120 new augments and powerful 5-gold champions, there are, of course, special attributes again. A special highlight: with a set, you can end the game immediately and win!
How does that work? To bring the game to an early end, you need to rely on the attribute “The Crew”. Here, you receive extra bonuses for each crew member that has a star rating of 3. If you get all five crew members to three stars, you launch the planet splitter and win the game immediately.
Of course, this end is not really “early” since it will be extremely difficult to get a 5-gold champion to 3 stars. So you don’t have to worry that this combo will dominate the meta and end every third game. Only in approximately one in 6,000 games should there be an immediate victory through the planet splitter.
Are there more such victory conditions? “The Crew” is the only attribute that allows you to force a real, automatic victory. However, there are other attributes that unlock similarly powerful capabilities in the endgame.
These abilities replace the prismatic attributes that you can currently achieve by exceeding a certain attribute with emblems. Instead, you now have to collect all units of an attribute and then complete a suitable “quest.” Once you’ve accomplished that, you are usually strong enough to win for sure – and in a particularly stylish way.
- Your “Academia Certaminis” units, for instance, need to be equipped with particularly many items to gain powerful ability upgrades.
- “Star Guardians”, on the other hand, must consume 20,000 mana to literally rain stars down on their opponents.
The Most Important Attributes at a Glance
The attributes in Set 15 include some familiar faces, such as Bastion or Duelist. Here’s an overview of the most important new attributes:
- Academia Certaminis: Units continually learn, unlock their true potential, and enhance their abilities.
- The Crew: Champions gain additional health and attack speed for each crew member. Each member with a star rating of 3 provides an extra bonus.
- Ghost: Units draw power from the shadow realm and unleash it on the next three enemies. Additionally, the unit with the lowest health is healed.
- Crystal Maneuvers: Victories and defeats grant crystal power. After 4 battles, you can choose to receive a reward or double the stake.
- Luchador: Units gain additional attack damage and a boost when they fall below 50% health.
- Powerful Mecha: Each unit strengthens the Powerful Mecha. Higher star ratings bring more power.
- Mentor: If you manage to have all 4 mentors on your team, they receive bonuses and enhanced abilities.
- Monster Tamer: Lulu is the first champion that consists of three different units. When Lulu is placed, she jumps to the edge and summons a monster. It can be chosen from three options: Kog’Maw deals damage, Rammus is a tank, and Smolder is an AD caster.
- Soul Fighter: Units gain additional health. Additionally, their attack damage and ability power increase every second up to a maximum of 8. They then deal additional, true damage.
- Star Guardians: Units have a unique team spirit bonus, which all Star Guardians receive. Each Star Guardian on the board increases the bonus!
- Super Cells: All cells gain bonus damage. The unit with the highest damage becomes the Super Cell, receives even more damage, and executes enemies below 10% health.
Are you excited about the new TFT Set? What do you think will be the most powerful attribute? Let us know in the comments! If you can’t wait until the end of the month, there’s already a big update in League of Legends on July 16, namely the new ADC champion Yunara. My colleague Niko Hernes got to test the hyper-carry in advance and reports here on his first impressions: With the new ADC champion, LoL feels better than it has in a long time
