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Riot aim to get Teamfight Tactics on phones in mid-MarchPhoning it in
Phoning it in
We always knew the wizards ofTeamfight Tacticswere too powerful to be contained on personal computers. Riot are planning on spreading League’s autobattler to mobile telephones in mid-March, and will include cross-platform multiplayer. That’s also when they’ll kick off Set 3, and they’ve hinted at what that big update will include through the unholy medium of over-stressed puns.
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As the two wizard managers managing wizard management mention above, they’re planning on jumping to mobile “in a way that feels intentionally built for the platform”, rather than a hasty port.
They also mention the next couple of months will still see updates to Set 2, bringing “new champions and origins” as well as “some pretty key item reworks”. (If you’re new here - Origins are one of TFT’s words for unit types that share buffs when fielded together. Here’sa handy primer, while we’re at it.)
Those refer to skins for four League characters: Project Fiora, Odyssey Jinx, Star Guardian Poppy, and Pulsefire Shen. Chances are those characters will be added alongside appropriately named Origins.
Considering we’re talking about the fate of a genre invented twelve months ago, it’s interesting that TFT is running away with this autobattling malarky while Valve’s rivalDota Underlordsseems to languish. Riot don’t regularly release player numbers, which leaves Twitch viewers as the best way of gauging success. As I write this on a Tuesday morning, TFT is on 14.8k viewers, whileDota Underlordsonly has 287. I’m looking into why, so look out for a piece on that this week.
Ubisoftannounced an autobattle royalebased on Might and Magic yesterday, so it will be interesting to see if that can make a dent.
