We’ve acquired lots to speak about right now! We’re masking what to anticipate from our upcoming standalone consumer launch plus the way it will evolve over the following a number of patches, and a small sneak peek at our subsequent Set.
TL;DR:
- Our standalone TFT consumer launches with Patch 18.6. This preliminary launch lays the inspiration for enhancements we’ll roll out in 18.7 and past main as much as Set 19.
- Past Patch 18.6, we take an early have a look at Set 19, together with some particulars on compensation for all gamers in Patch 19.1.
TFT STANDALONE CLIENT
Patch 18.6 will embody TFT’s new standalone consumer, so PC gamers ought to count on a bigger obtain than ordinary. We’re saying farewell to our earlier house within the League consumer and stepping out on our personal. Being on the League consumer gave TFT a ton of benefits after we launched, and we all know lots of you get pleasure from leaping between the 2 video games. You’ll nonetheless have the ability to swap between the Rift (or ARAM) and the Convergence with the press of a button, even with TFT in its personal consumer.
That house has served TFT nicely, so why are we shifting out now?
Trying to TFT’s future – we’d like some room to construct devoted instruments and experiences tailor-made for TFT gamers. Extra strong in-client occasions, improved foyer visuals, in-client previews of Tacticians and Arenas earlier than you add them to your loadout, and extra.
We’ll get extra into that in a second, however our rapid priorities for the standalone consumer launch are centered round performance and stability. We’ll be following up in future patches, as rapidly as Patch 18.7, to proceed including options and constructing primarily based in your suggestions and recommendations.
Wanting forward, listed below are a number of of our priorities for the following a number of patches:
- Social Play & High quality of Life Enhancements:
- Patch 18.7 will reintroduce Leaderboards, make it simpler so as to add pals to lobbies, and change between solo and occasion lobbies throughout completely different queues.
- Finish-of-game screens are additionally a serious alternative house in our new consumer, with new methods to share the comps and workforce codes that took you to 1st.
- Addressing suggestions from PBE:
- Now we have quite a lot of room to play on the homescreen in our standalone consumer, and we’ve seen suggestions from gamers on the UI trying somewhat off for not using all the house enabled via bigger shows. We agree!
- We don’t have a selected patch nailed down for this, however we’re revamping the UX scaling on PC to enhance the general look, really feel, and ease of navigating via the consumer.
- Now we have quite a lot of room to play on the homescreen in our standalone consumer, and we’ve seen suggestions from gamers on the UI trying somewhat off for not using all the house enabled via bigger shows. We agree!
- In-client Occasions:
- Beginning with Patch 19.1, we’re introducing a brand new in-client expertise that evolves as you play. We’ve acquired a fast have a look at that developing proper after this!
SET 19 SNEAK PEEK
Again after we revealed our 2026 roadmap, we promised a world music occasion, however what does that truly entail? Effectively, let’s take a fast look earlier than the reveals kick off absolutely within the subsequent few weeks.
First, a fast have a look at that new in-client expertise. Introducing the Tour Assortment: a room of your individual to brighten, exhibiting off your progress via Set 19, that includes memorabilia from our favourite bands with over 70 customization choices to construct the right room devoted to your Bias and Oshi.