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Riot Games is introducing a Dota Auto Chess-inspired game mode by the name of Teamfight Tactics. Once again, players will be asked to put together the strongest team composition to win the fight.
TeamfightTactics Arrives for Riot’s League of Legends
MOBAgames are known to copy from one another and Riot Games‘League of Legends is no exception. The company has revealed that itwill release a new game mode for its flagship title under the name of“Teamfight Tactics” (TFT).
Themode is inspired by Dota 2’s Dota Auto Chess which has beenboosting the game’s popularity and helping players convert into Dota2 players over the past few months. As to Teamfight Tactics, the modewill be based on a hex grid and asks of players to come up withintricate team compositions.
League of Legends’ new Teamfight Tactics mode. Photo Credit: Riot Games
As to the actual fighting, it’s all automated, with players having time to build their armies and then let them clash in mid-field. Riot didn’t hide the source of their inspiration either, and the official announcement of the game mode came with an open admiration for Dota’s own innovativeness.
“We’vealways loved strategy games, and recently we’ve gotten into the newauto-battler genre—folks around the office have been playing aninsane amount of Dota Auto Chess in particular. We love it, and itactually got us inspired to create something new as a mode inLeague.”
A closer look at Dota’s Auto Chess, though, would reveal that the game strikes more as a version of mahjong rather than the classic chess game as you understand it. Yet, the modification pioneered by Drodo Studio has been a huge hit since it was introduced in January.
In just over a month since my original tweet back in January, Dota Auto Chess today achieved a new record milestone of over 300k concurrent players and 4,000,000+ subscribed users. Insane! #DotaAutoChess https://t.co/QZbth2iYK2
— Matthew Bailey (@Cyborgmatt) February 15, 2019
In a sense, the mode is a throwback to a time when Warcraft III maps were modified to create new games altogether to the point where Dota was born. Since its release date, Dota Auto Chess has hit 300 concurrent players and now has 4.13 million subscribers to its name.
The modification has been a far better arrival to the Valve-powered Dota 2 platform than the botched card game attempt with “Artifact,” a game far too complicated to appeal to the larger crowd.
TFT seems to be a nice power-up from Dota Auto Chess, introducing a more pleasantly animated terrain and possibly a slightly altered gameplay that would land the game a distinct feel from Dota’s own variation.
Enter theLittle Legends
Little Legends by Riot Games
As if TFT hasn’t had you soldalready, but League of Legends is adding new avatars that will becalled “Little Legends” and will be granted for free atfirst. However, to pick a different species of critter, you will needto pay up 750 RP. There are all sorts of cute little mascots to pickfrom and Riot Games know how to leverage people’s natural affinityfor small balls of furry fluff.
