How to Unlock Ty Lee in Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game

TL;DR

Ty Lee is a Year 1 Pass DLC character — she is not in the base game.
To get her, you need the Year 1 Pass, which comes with the Deluxe Edition ($49.99) or can be bought separately.
She is one of four confirmed Year 1 characters alongside Uncle Iroh, Lin Beifong, and Bolin.
No exact release date has been confirmed — DLC characters roll out across the first competitive season.
Ty Lee is the fastest non-bender on the roster, built entirely around acrobatics and chi-blocking.
Her signature mechanic temporarily disables opponent special moves by striking pressure points.
She is a high-mobility rushdown character with anti-air tools and frame traps — very different from Sokka.

How to Unlock Ty Lee in Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game is a question a lot of fans are asking — especially those who loved her role in Avatar: The Last Airbender as Azula’s acrobatic sidekick-turned-Kyoshi Warrior. The answer is straightforward: Ty Lee is not in the base game. She is a paid DLC character available through the Year 1 Pass. This guide explains exactly how to get her, what edition to buy, when she is coming, and everything confirmed about how she plays.

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Is Ty Lee in the Base Game?

No. Ty Lee is not part of the 12-character base roster. The game launched on July 23, 2026 with Aang, Korra, Zuko, Katara, Toph, Sokka, Azula, Zaheer, Kyoshi, Fire Lord Ozai, Avatar State Aang, and Nightmare Korra. Ty Lee is not among them.

There is no story mode path, cheat code, or in-game unlock method to get her for free. The only way to play as Ty Lee is through the Year 1 Pass. Of the base roster, two characters require unlocking through story mode — Avatar State Aang and Nightmare Korra — but Ty Lee is an entirely separate category: paid post-launch DLC.

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How to Unlock Ty Lee — The Year 1 Pass

There are two ways to get access to the Year 1 Pass and unlock Ty Lee when she releases:

Option 1 — Buy the Deluxe Edition

The Deluxe Edition is priced at $49.99 and includes the full base game, the Year 1 Pass, a digital art book, the game’s soundtrack, and unique HUDs. If you are buying the game new and you want Ty Lee, this is the best value — everything in one purchase for $20 more than Standard.

Option 2 — Buy the Year 1 Pass Separately

If you already own the Standard Edition, you can purchase the Year 1 Pass on its own through the in-game store or your platform’s digital storefront. The pass covers all five Year 1 characters — Iroh, Ty Lee, Lin Beifong, Bolin, and the fan-voted fifth character — as they release throughout the season.

Here is where to find the game and editions on each platform:

PC (Steam): Steam store page
PlayStation 5: PlayStation Store
Xbox Series X|S: Xbox Store (game available September 3, 2026)
Official site: avatarfighters.com

When Is Ty Lee Coming?

No specific release date has been announced for Ty Lee yet. The developers confirmed at EVO 2026 that all four Year 1 Pass characters will roll out across the game’s first competitive season, but individual drop dates for each fighter have not been revealed. Uncle Iroh leads the Year 1 Pass as the first to release, with Ty Lee, Lin Beifong, and Bolin following in sequence after him.

That means Ty Lee is the second Year 1 Pass character to drop, after Iroh. Keep an eye on the official Avatar Legends website and the game’s social channels for her release window announcement. If you have the Year 1 Pass already, she will be available to download the moment she launches.

What Is the Full Year 1 Pass Lineup?

The Year 1 Pass adds five total characters to Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game. Four are confirmed, one is decided by fan vote:

Uncle Iroh — Dragon of the West, technical patient firebender with lightning specials. From Avatar: The Last Airbender. Releases first.
Ty Lee — Acrobatic chi-blocker, fastest non-bender on the roster, can temporarily disable opponent special moves. From Avatar: The Last Airbender. Releases second.
Lin Beifong — Chief of Police, metalbender with cables and whips for mid-range zoning and grappling. From The Legend of Korra.
Bolin — Lavabender with pro-bending boxing style and area-of-effect terrain hazards. From The Legend of Korra.
Fan-voted character — One of five candidates: Tenzin, Kuvira, Amon, King Bumi, or Asami Sato. Voting was exclusive to pre-order holders.

Buying the Year 1 Pass gives you access to all five as they release. For a full breakdown of how to get Iroh specifically, see our guide on how to unlock Uncle Iroh in Avatar Legends.

Who Is Ty Lee in the Game?

In Avatar: The Last Airbender, Ty Lee is one of Azula’s childhood friends and a skilled circus performer. Despite having no bending ability, she can take down powerful benders — including Katara and groups of earthbenders — by striking pressure points to temporarily block their chi and shut down their bending. She later has a change of heart and joins the Kyoshi Warriors, leaving Azula’s side for good.

In the game, her design pulls directly from those abilities. Ty Lee is a non-bender who utilizes her background as an acrobat to zip around and deliver chi-blocking Pressure Points. She is the second non-bender on the roster after Sokka, but plays completely differently from him.

Ty Lee’s Playstyle in Avatar Legends

Ty Lee is the roster’s fastest non-bender, built on acrobatics and chi blocking. Where Sokka relies on weapons, boomerangs, traps, and deceptive mix-ups, Ty Lee is a pure speed character. She closes distance fast, applies constant pressure, and uses her chi-blocking strikes as a unique disruptive mechanic that no other character on the roster can replicate.

Her gameplay revolves around extreme agility, rapid gymnastic movement options, and her signature chi-blocking strikes to temporarily disable her opponent’s special moves. That last part is the key thing that makes her stand out. She can shut down what other characters rely on most — their specials, their bending tools, their damage dealers — just by landing the right hits at the right moment.

She is the acrobatic chi-blocker who fights without bending by striking pressure points to temporarily disable an opponent’s bending — a mechanic that should translate into a distinct and disruptive playstyle on the fighting game stage.

The developers have also noted she is a high-mobility rushdown character with anti-air tools and frame traps. She is designed to be constantly in motion, hard to pin down, and dangerous up close where her chi-blocking strikes have the most impact.

Ty Lee vs. Sokka — The Two Non-Benders Compared

Ty Lee is the only other non-bender on the roster besides Sokka, but they play nothing alike. Here is how they differ:

Sokka — Weapon-focused, using his boomerang, club, and meteorite sword. His boomerang must be retrieved after each throw. He relies on deceptive mix-ups, traps, and unpredictable spacing to keep benders guessing. Faster chi recovery than benders to help him stay in Flow Stance more readily.
Ty Lee — Pure acrobatics and speed, no weapons. She closes distance aggressively and targets the opponent’s ability to fight back by disabling their special moves with chi-blocking. Anti-air tools and frame traps make her hard to challenge in the air or on wake-up.

Sokka is the trickster. Ty Lee is the assassin. Both are non-benders, but the way they neutralise benders is completely different. Sokka disrupts with positioning and gadgets. Ty Lee disrupts by taking away your tools at the source.

For more on the other non-bender, see our guide on how to unlock Sokka in Avatar Legends.

Is the Year 1 Pass Worth Buying for Ty Lee?

If Ty Lee is your main reason for buying the pass, here is the honest breakdown:

You cannot buy Ty Lee individually. The Year 1 Pass is the only option — there is no single-character purchase path confirmed for Year 1 DLC fighters.
The pass includes four other characters alongside her — Iroh, Lin Beifong, Bolin, and the fan-voted fifth. If any of those appeal to you too, the pass becomes even easier to justify.
The Deluxe Edition is the cleanest buy if you are starting from scratch. For $20 more than Standard you get the game, the full pass, an art book, the soundtrack, and unique HUDs.
Ty Lee is the pure gameplay wild card of the Year 1 Pass. She fills a role no launch character covers — an extremely fast, acrobatics-based rushdown fighter who can shut down opponent tools mid-match. If that style appeals to you, she is worth the pass on her own.

Other Characters to Play While Waiting for Ty Lee

Since Ty Lee’s exact release date has not been confirmed, here are guides for characters you can play right now:

How to Unlock Azula in Avatar Legends — Ty Lee’s former ally, aggressive and explosive
How to Unlock Katara in Avatar Legends — one of the benders Ty Lee famously took down in the show
How to Unlock Zuko in Avatar Legends
How to Unlock Toph in Avatar Legends
How to Unlock Zaheer in Avatar Legends
How to Unlock Kyoshi in Avatar Legends
How to Unlock Fire Lord Ozai in Avatar Legends
How to Play Korra in Avatar Legends
How to Unlock Aang in Avatar Legends
All Characters in Avatar Legends — How to Unlock Them

Also useful while you build out your roster:

Note

Ty Lee cannot be unlocked through gameplay, story mode, or a cheat code. She is a Year 1 Pass DLC character — the second to release after Uncle Iroh — and the only way to get her is through the Deluxe Edition or a standalone Year 1 Pass purchase. No individual character purchases are available for Year 1 DLC fighters.

What makes Ty Lee genuinely exciting as an addition is how different she is from every other character in the game. She is the fastest non-bender on the roster, and her chi-blocking mechanic — temporarily shutting down an opponent’s special moves by striking pressure points — has no equivalent anywhere else in the lineup. She will reward players who like speed, aggression, and the satisfaction of taking away exactly what your opponent wants to use. If that sounds like your style, the Year 1 Pass is worth it.