The evolution of Teamfight Tactics

MANILA, Philippines – Teamfight Tactics (TFT) is an eight-person, free-for-all strategy game where players combine League of Legends champions and items in different formations on a grid-shaped game board, competing in a highly social battle against seven other opponents by building a team to be the last one standing.

Since its PC launch back in 2019, the game has emerged as one of the top titles in its genre, providing a fun and chess-like gameplay experience for fans of the League of Legends universe. A mobile version was launched in 2020 in select regions, with the Philippines seeing the launch of TFT Mobile just late last year.

Looking back at the early stages of the game as it approaches its fifth anniversary, Teamfight Tactics game director Peter Whalen shared how the game has evolved since it was first conceptualized.

"It’s been an amazing journey for the team, from what was a relatively small team within League of Legends, building out this cool experimental game mode to what is now, a full-fledge game, delivering content at a quick pace, delivering three sets a year, new event modes, lots more cosmetics content, more robust sets. There’s been so much evolution overtime from that early game to where it is now. You see all of those core pieces of TFT, that balance between skill and luck, League of Legends champions fighting it out at a board that is fun and cool to watch. It’s easy to get into. It’s easy to play it with a huge amount of skill potential. And then you see the evolution over time like the portal mechanic, the augments, they way we handle items now. We continue to talk to our community, to listen to our players, and evolve TFT in ways we are excited about and we hope the players are excited about it too." shared Whalen in an exclusive interview with Philstar.com

As Whalen mentioned, one of the key features that sets TFT apart from other games in the genre is its constant innovation and variety. Every few months, the game introduces a new themed set that sees new champions, items, traits and mechanics that change the way the game is played and offer new challenges and strategies for players to enjoy. Most notable was Set 10 (which ran from