TFT: Monsters Attack! Set Overview
Monsters Attack!, the latest TFT set, brings in new units, and traits, with some additional tweaks to the Augment system which is going to be evergreen according to Riot.
The world of Monsters Attack!
According to Riot's dev post, being sleepless in Spatulopolis doesn’t bother the local Spatulopolites much—in fact, monster attacks are their largest economic driving force. The attacks fuel the industries of construction, Kaiju-food processing (the Crabgot Rangoon is a must), therapy, and of course, heroes.
This city is chock-full of heroes: robotic programs, animal-dress-up-vigilantes, straight-up-thieves, heck, even angsty-techy-tweens are heroes. Thankfully it’s not all heroics. The monstrous Threat trait (more of an anti-trait, really) adds a unique and flexible twist to Monsters Attack!
Star Guardian
The Star Guardians (3/5/7/9) of Spatulopolis believe that the city revolves around them. They’re well-dressed, graceful, and without a doubt, the most loved super squad in the city.
When together their arrogance compounds. Together, their teamwork and encouraging remarks spiral out of control, allowing Star Guardians to gain additional Mana that increases at trait breakpoints. A full field of Star Guardians can take advantage of Mana-generating Augments and items to spam spells faster than a Squink’s tentacle wriggle emote.
Gadgeteen
Too young to be Star Guardians, and too apathetic to join their apprenticeship program, Gadgeteens (3/5) generate a random modified weapon every round that can be equipped by any unit. These weapons are powerful (like preteen emotions) but not durable (also like preteen emotions) lasting only two rounds.
Nunu and Willump slowly roll a ball around the board, dealing magic damage to all enemies it passes through, and gaining Mana each second. Upon reaching enough Mana, Nunu and Willump will grow the ball, increasing their speed, radius, and damage of the ball. Nunu and Willump’s second trait, Mascot (2/4/6/8) allows the pair to support your squad even after death. When Mascots die, they retreat to the sidelines to cheer on their team, granting Health regeneration that increases with each cheering Mascot! Being the cheerful representatives that they are, Mascots regenerate double.
LaserCorps
Not all heroes are upbeat youths in bright colors. But, what the LaserCorps (3/6/9) lack in color, they make up for in drone technology and the will to stop Threats at any cost. LaserCorps agents take combat drones that deal magic damage to their agent’s target.
Make no mistake, these drones aren’t loyal or beloved to any agent—they belong to the LaserCorps and will become re-assigned to the nearest LaserCorps agent upon the death of their owner. When the LaserCorps aren’t fighting monsters in the interest of Spatulopolis’s protection, the company has a vested interest in surveillance technology… also for Spatulopolis’s protection.
Monsters Attack! Pass
Players will be able to earn various rewards such as Little Legend eggs and emotes just by playing, however, if anyone wants additional goodies, they'll have to acquire the Pass+.
Monsters Attack! arrives with Patch 12.23 with the ranked rewards for the 7.5 set being distributed throughout the release patch. If the Monsters Attack! set follows the same timeline as the previous ones, fans can expect the 7.5 set to arrive in around three to four months.