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League of Legends’ New PvE Game Mode Available Now in “Anima Squad” Summer Event!

Starting today, League of Legends players can immerse themselves in the world of Anima Squad, an alternate universe where cybernetic, animal-themed warriors serve as humanity’s last hope against the nefarious Primordian forces, through an all-new PvE game mode, Swarm | Operation: Swarm.



Swarm | Operation: Anima Squad
 
Swarm | Operation: Anima Squad is a deeply replayable, bullet heaven survivor PvE game mode set within the world of Anima Squad. Swarm | Operation: Anima Squad parties of up to four players to battle waves upon waves of Primordian forces. Win or lose, each run will help players become stronger the next time they hit the battlefield.
  • Players can grab up to three of their friends and choose from a roster of elite Anima Squad members and fight together as humanity’s last hope against the Primordians. 
  • With a WASD control scheme, players will run around in a brand new map of Final City, mowing down enemies, completing missions, and surviving as long as they possibly can.
  • As the battle unfolds, players can unlock and upgrade powerful weapons and new Anima Squad members to help defeat the swarms of enemies coming to take over and mix up their strategy. 
  • Players can work to permanently strengthen themselves, match over match, by purchasing Power Ups with gold earned in each game. These Power Ups grant permanent buffs to give the team an edge in future field operations, so players can progress further and further in each match.
 
From the rising seas, ancient life emerges. Primordians–the planet’s white blood cells–harbingers of the next evolution event. Their prime directive: extinguish humanity. The Primordian threat has pushed civilization to the brink. For years, tribes of survivors hid in the darkness, resigned to annihilation. Out of the ashes of our world, Final City was born and Anima Squad, Final City’s elite task force of superpowered warriors armed with re-engineered Primordian technology, leads the dawn of a new human resistance, fighting for organic life.
 
The Anima Squad summer event is available from Wednesday, July 17 through Monday, August 19. 
 
Skins
 
From the youthful commander, Battle Dove Seraphine, to the monstrous Primordian Aatrox, a series of new skins is arriving with the event, expanding the Anima Squad universe with offerings for several characters. 
 
The following skins are available now: 
  • Battle Dove Seraphine (Legendary)
  • Prestige Cyber Cat Yuumi (Prestige)
  • Cyber Cat Yuumi
  • Battle Bunny Aurora
  • Battle Bat Xayah
  • Primordian Rek’Sai
  • Primordian Bel’Veth
  • Admiral Battle Bunny Miss Fortune (Mythic Variant)
 
Players can look forward to a second round of Anima Squad skins dropping during the next patch, midway through the event: 
  • Primordian Aatrox (Legendary)
  • Prestige Battle Lion Leona (Prestige)
  • Battle Lion Leona
  • Battle Wolf Yasuo
  • Primordian Briar
  • Battle Bear Illaoi
 
Aurora
 
League of Legends also welcomes a brand new champion this summer, Aurora the Witch Between Worlds! Born to a Freljordian tribe of vastayan bunnies, Aurora grew up with the ability to see the veil between the spirit and material realms. In-game, Aurora is a solo laner and skirmisher mage with the ability to travel between the spirit and material realms.

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