New LoL mode Swarm is the most fun you can have dying to a beach ball

Three or four games into Swarm, League of Legends’ new PvE bullet heaven riff on games like Vampire Survivors, I could feel myself getting the hang of the controls, the characters, and the items I most liked to use—but I was sick of dying to those damn beach balls.

Riot Games turned a large group of media members loose on the very chaotic, extremely fun game mode at an event on Riot’s campus, and the yelps of frustration and glee from teams trying to coordinate against the unstoppable waves of enemies were quick to follow. While the mode couldn’t be more different from a standard game of League—WASD movement, constant auto-attacks, trying to figure out where Yuumi is instead of just banning her before the game starts—it still manages to retain the elements that make individual champions shine while throwing an ungodly amount of enemies at them.

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