I am so excited for a new PvE mode in TFT! Check out the news from Riot Games below~
TL;DR: Teamfight Tactics’ newest limited-time PvE game mode, Ao Shin’s Ascent, arrives globally on September 24, 2025. Traditionally a PvP-centric game, this single-player game mode challenges players to take on escalating PvE battles and Bosses, with roguelite progression that grants permanent power in the mode’s Journey Track.
Date: September 6, 2025
What you need to know:
- Teamfight Tactics (TFT), the world’s largest PC strategy game, is introducing Ao Shin’s Ascent – a temporary single-player PvE mode that combines TFT’s strategy gameplay with roguelite progression. In it, players climb the Mountain, facing a sequence of PvE battles and Bosses in order to save their corrupted Little Legend friends!
- Here’s what players can expect in Ao Shin’s Ascent:
- SUMMIT THE MOUNTAIN: Climb the mountain while strengthening your board, arming yourself with powerful Augments, and preparing for an ultra-powerful Boss.
- CRAFT YOUR PATH AND CHALLENGE: Select your difficulty, your Guide, the Boss you’ll fight, and more to make every run feel and play differently!
- KEY MECHANIC; GUIDES: The odds aren’t stacked in your favor at the start – recruiting a selection of unlockable Guides can help turn the tides by giving you access to novel strategies and power! Take Zoe for random loot, or grab a bundle-exclusive Guide like Battle Queen Gwen to access powerful Items from various TFT sets!
- PROGRESS TO THE SUMMIT WIN OR LOSE: Make progress on your climb win or lose, via the Journey Track. The more runs you take on, the stronger you get!
- UNLOCK GUIDES AND POWER WITH THE FREE JOURNEY TRACK: Unlock Guides, and power through the Journey Track. Clear the summit with at least 12 Guides to claim a free Ao Shin’s Ascent Portal reward.
- PURCHASE BUNDLES: The Ao Shin’s Ascent Guide Pack (575 RP) comes with an emote and both Bundle-exclusive Guides: Truth Dragon Yasuo and Battle Queen Gwen. And the Ao Shin’s Ascent Mega Bundle (2780 RP) comes with that Emote, both Guides, Legendary Little Legend: Awakened Ao Shin, the Little Legend Sol Harbinger Ao Shin, and the second K.O. Coliseum Pass Plus!
- Teamfight Tactics: Ao Shin’s Ascent will launch on September 24th at 10 AM Pacific Time, shortly after the release of patch 15.5. The mode will be available until the end of patch 15.6 on October 8th.
Quote from Christina Jiang, Events Product Lead for Teamfight Tactics: “Ao Shin’s Ascent represents everything we love about TFT – experimentation, strategy, and a dash of chaos – while introducing a roguelite twist that challenges players to adapt and persevere. This progression-based mode is our most ambitious PvE experiment yet, building on the strong global player engagement we’ve seen with Set 15, K.O. Coliseum. It marks a major step toward giving TFT players more ways to play, more ways to test themselves, and more reasons to return for the next climb.”
Quote from Michael “Skip” Scipione, Senior Game Designer for Teamfight Tactics: “With Ao Shin’s Ascent, we wanted to push TFT forward with bold new mechanics that expand on its core gameplay. Bosses evolve with shifting modifiers, and the new progression system means each run builds toward the next, letting players experiment with different approaches against an ever-changing challenge. It’s a way to expand TFT’s core mechanics while giving players new stories to create with every climb.”
Learn more: Visit teamfighttactics.leagueoflegends.com.
About Teamfight Tactics:
- TFT is an eight person free-for-all strategy game where players combine LoL champions and items in different formations to defeat the seven other players in a match. As the leading game in the auto battler genre, players tactically place an army of characters on a grid-shaped game board for a last-player-standing automated battle. Since launching in 2019, TFT has emerged as the top contender in the genre by providing a fun and deep chess-like gameplay experience for all types of players on multiple platforms.
About Riot Games:
Riot Games was founded in 2006 to develop, publish, and support the most player-focused games in the world. In 2009, Riot released its debut title, League of Legends, which continues to be one of the most-played PC games in the world. In the years that followed, Riot released VALORANT, Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra, and League of Legends: Wild Rift. Riot’s titles have led to the creation of some of the most-watched and widely recognized esports in the world, culminating in events like the League of Legends World Championship and VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT), which are watched by millions of fans each year. Riot has also expanded its IP through multimedia projects across music, comic books, board games, and Arcane, its Emmy-winning animated series.
