TFT: New Arena Skins

Riot·10/25/2019, 4:00:03 PM·1 votes·56,289 views

In the quest to continue expanding the number of ways you can personalize your Teamfight Tactics experience, we created three new Freljord-themed arena skins. These skins distinctly represent the factions from the coldest region in Runeterra: Avarosa, Winter's Claw, Frostguard.

To get a sense of what they entail, we figured a picture is worth a thousand words, so here's three thousand words:

Avarosa



Winter's Claw



Frostguard

These skins come with some serious modifications to your arena that are visible to you and your opponents that come visit. Note that in addition to the new frozen geography and lighting. The gold indicators have also been reworked with new models, colors, animations, and SFX!

We started with the Freljord since it’s an area of Runeterra we know pretty well, and we wanted to test what it takes to actually build a skin like this. If the Freljord thematic doesn’t strike your fancy, never fear! We’ve got tons of additional arenas planned both inside and outside of Runeterra. To give you an idea of what we’re thinking, I want to share some very early concepts to show what future arena skins could look like. Note that final execution can and will look far different from the concepts.

Like champion skins on Summoner's Rift, the Freljord arenas will be available for purchase in the store. If you have a favorite, one arena will cost 1380 RP or, if Freljord is really your thing, you can purchase all three for 2900 RP.

Additionally we're going to sell a few arena chromas. Specifically, the Arrowhead, Verdant, and Runic Arena's will be available for 450 RP each.

The set is going to PBE today and should be available on patch 9.22.

80 Comments

Moonboy6510/25/2019, 4:30:08 PM23 votes

yo that looks really cool

Cynart10/25/2019, 6:08:00 PM18 votes

yo put these people to work on the victorious skin, they seem promising

thievius10/25/2019, 5:58:17 PM15 votes

10 dollars for an arena skin ok riot lmao

Savvyal10/25/2019, 6:04:13 PM10 votes

I'll buy the star guardian map skin for sure

HiemDall10/25/2019, 6:44:40 PM8 votes

I won't buy these, but they are pretty cool

Flauto Amoroso10/25/2019, 6:34:32 PM8 votes

Honestly, it feels like far too much money for some side mode arena skins. I'd feel better about it if they were half the price.

Shieda Kayn10/25/2019, 5:24:21 PM7 votes

You can produce such an amount of arena skins for TFT but won't even bother with skins for the Rift?

RavenHusky10/25/2019, 4:26:11 PM6 votes

Can we get a five-pointed star on the Valoran City Park skin instead of a four pointed star?

warpenguin55510/25/2019, 6:29:23 PM5 votes

Wow. These look amazing. Will they be available in hextech crafting too?

Roselot10/25/2019, 10:39:21 PM4 votes

I'd love to see those Bilgewater and Ionia ones in action. They're absolutely gorgeous, especially the brighter Ionia one.

Mistiya10/25/2019, 5:43:51 PM4 votes

First, I'll say I have no interest in purchasing arenas. Second I'll say I think several of these are 100% fine but the blood moon and star guardians concepts are not because the field of play is too distracting on the blood moon arena and the skin itself is too dark on the star guardian one.

Players who don't plan to purchase these skins will still have to play in games with players who do, so please, don't obscure the field of play or make the field too dark to see clearly. I'm all for cool arena skins but keep the flashy stuff OFF the field.

lookinggoodlarry10/25/2019, 10:28:11 PM4 votes

That Ionia and Blood Moon look slick!

4sh Ketchup10/26/2019, 3:36:28 AM4 votes

People here complaining about Rift’s skin, but that would be too big of a change imo, some champion skins are called "pay2win" skin because their visuals are not loyal to their default skin which sometime gives a (very very very) slight advantage to the skin owner because the opponent is not used to the particular skin visual (looking at you darkstar karma, I can't tell the difference between her Q and her RQ 😅) I guess it would be okay if you can only use the map skin on normals. Like we already get some event themed maps and minions. Maybe Riot could try with ARAM first? Swapping between the Howling Abyss and the Butchers Bridge M A Y B E. Happy birthday btw <3

father of gaben10/25/2019, 8:28:56 PM3 votes

take my money

Agent Corgi10/25/2019, 6:43:19 PM3 votes

So a single arena, each with a fully fleshed out theme (not a chroma), will cost just as much as a Epic-Tier skin & be purchasable in packs of 3?

That honestly sounds pretty good.

Thighonia10/25/2019, 5:50:40 PM3 votes

these are awesome I know mobile shares inventory with PC but will these work on mobile from the get go when that launches?

27snowball10/25/2019, 5:13:51 PM3 votes

Finally, some good arenas

La Bello10/25/2019, 8:16:08 PM2 votes

2900 RP

I think the price kinda jumps the shark ngl. 800 EA would be more in a reasonable ball park imo.

50CaliberHecate10/26/2019, 1:17:27 AM2 votes

Don’t forget to try out a PROJECT themed map guys! And maybe a Battle Academy and Arcade themed one!

Chikapu10/26/2019, 8:26:09 AM2 votes

Can you make sure that none of the game boards have any gameplay advantages? It sounds silly, but if one map lets you run further away from the board to delay death, I'd feel bad about using a different board that I prefer visually.

imortalone10/26/2019, 8:40:35 AM1 votes

awww no Halloween theme :/

Tonyvision10/26/2019, 9:10:07 AM1 votes

THE VALORAN CITY ARENA [sg-syndra]

1kb10/26/2019, 11:40:44 AM1 votes

Can't wait to get them!

Lofticries10/26/2019, 4:31:49 PM1 votes

Beautiful skins. Definitely getting the Lissandra (Frostguard) one. Thanks Riot! [slayer-jinx-catface]

Nishta10/27/2019, 2:46:02 AM1 votes

did you guys consider merging the LoL character skins with TFT? so that the characters played on the board in TFT would have the skins that you have from LoL? you would re-use current assets and generate another revenue stream.

and it would further allow to personalize the playing experience. i would love my ultimate/legendary skins to be on the board :)

Safe Coconut10/28/2019, 10:41:15 AM1 votes

Skins look great, though price point feels a little too high. At the same time, 975 would be a bit too much cheaper IMO Interested in future for TFT specific things not tied to Little Legends or arenas

WatchDogs Legion11/5/2019, 2:06:34 AM1 votes

Yeah Give RiotGames your MONEYYYYYYYY BOISSSSSSS

Helcaraxë11/6/2019, 4:36:58 PM1 votes

Maaaan I’m excited for arena skins. Imagine coordinating it to the champs you buy!

Stexe11/9/2019, 4:38:27 PM1 votes

Wait, are the old chromas coming back? I really only grinded for them because I thought they wouldn't be available in the future... =/

RIP Helicopter 11/18/2019, 6:28:51 PM1 votes

that bilgewater skin is a must please make it an unlockable arena and be locked behind a paywall

Mid Lane Annie11/19/2019, 7:28:27 PM1 votes

What about the old map you guys used for 1v1's. The Lava map from back in s4 would be dope as a board, or the destruction of ryzes home as a board with the red tendrils goin around :D.

Ephensta11/19/2019, 4:23:58 PM1 votes

Honestly, is that a sharingan? I do like the two on the right though. The moonlit one that reminds me of the star guardians invasion mode and the (I'm guessing) Ionian one. Lovely, peaceful visuals. Akali Ashe