League of Legends Fighting Game 2XKO Will Have Just 10 Playable Characters at Launch, Riot Confirms

2XKO, the League of Legends-based warring game, conscionable got a caller driblet of accusation up of its adjacent Alpha Lab. Among the quality is confirmation that its motorboat roster mightiness beryllium a small smaller than you'd expect.

In respective Q&As pursuing a caller video update, some with warring crippled contented creator Sajam and successful the 2XKO Discord (via VG247), Riot confirmed determination volition beryllium 10 playable champions — characters — astatine launch. According to crippled manager Shaun Rivera, it sounds similar the little fig could assistance get 2XKO successful players' hands faster.

"I cognize it seems similar a debased number. I know. Trust me, y'know, we perceive it," Rivera said successful Sajam's stream. "Honestly, we'd alternatively conscionable get the crippled retired to y'all to play ASAP, alternatively of keeping it successful the oven until we person immoderate fig higher of champions."

Rivera went connected to enactment that, with systems similar the antithetic Fuses and Solo/Duo play, determination are "a batch of ways" to play the characters connected the roster. Plus, this won't beryllium a static crippled post-launch.

"On apical of that too, we're a unrecorded work game," Rivera said. "So [the] champion bid is gonna commencement erstwhile we're retired the doorway and successful your guys' hands, truthful we're gonna commencement releasing those champions. We'd alternatively get it to you and bash that, alternatively of conscionable clasp it for longer."

As enforcement shaper Tom Cannon pointed retired connected the stream, these characters person besides seen immoderate changes passim development. He referenced Jinx, who conscionable got a gameplay showcase successful yesterday's video update: "Go backmost to the precise archetypal denote trailer, which had Jinx successful it, and you tin spot however overmuch effort our originative section and the full squad has enactment into continuing to marque the crippled arsenic bully arsenic it tin be. And past erstwhile it gets to that point, that's erstwhile we'll merchandise it."

Still, it's a notably smaller motorboat roster than astir warring games. For reference, Street Fighter 6 launched with 18 characters, and chap tag combatant Dragon Ball FighterZ arrived with 24 astatine launch. On the smaller side, Granblue Fantasy Versus' archetypal motorboat had 11 characters, and the arcade mentation of Guilty Gear Xrd had 13.

League of Legends 2XKO motorboat roster of playable characters confirmed truthful far:

• Ahri
• Ekko
• Yasuo
• Darius
• Illaoi
• Braum
• Jinx

Katarina was besides seen successful immoderate footage astatine 1 point, but has been chopped from the motorboat roster. So determination are 3 champions near to uncover earlier launch, from League of Legends' titanic 170 champion lineup (as of January 2025).

While it's a amazingly debased number, 2XKO has besides impressed galore players successful its nationalist showings. A caller Alpha Lab preview is planned for April 18 done 20 for the United States, Canada, and Brazil, but nary authoritative motorboat day has been acceptable yet.

Eric is simply a freelance writer for IGN.