Schedule, format, gamers to observe

Riot Video games has unveiled the main points for its newest Teamfight Ways Tier 1 event collection, the TFT Professional Circuit (TPC).

The highest 32 gamers throughout the 4 areas (APAC, America, China, and EMEA) will compete throughout three main occasions, with gamers from every area competing for a share of the $30,200 (~£22,430) prize pool.

The competitors for this 12 months’s version will see professionals compete throughout the Shurima Cup, the Bilgewater Cup, and the Demacia Cup within the coming two months.

Winners of every Cup event, in addition to the participant with essentially the most factors accrued, will acquire direct qualification to the Lore & Legends Tactician’s Crown on the finish of March.

Moreover, the format will see all gamers on Day 3 of TPC acquire 4 Professional Factors, reasonably than incomes extra for every particular person placement. These factors will now additionally give extra prize cash to the highest 4, as an alternative of simply the first-place finisher.

Every Cup can have a complete of 12 video games throughout the primary two days and a most of eight video games on the ultimate day. Initially, the 32 gamers will probably be break up throughout 4 teams of eight, and will probably be reshuffled utilizing snake-seeding each two video games.

Gamers will advance primarily based on factors earned by every match, with eight factors given to first place and one level to final. The highest 24 level earners will advance to Day 2.

On the next day, the gamers can have factors carry over, with eight extra gamers being eradicated.

Nonetheless on day two, the 16 remaining gamers will then have two extra video games earlier than figuring out the highest 4 eligible for Professional Factors, whereas the underside 4 will probably be eradicated. Gamers ranked fifth to twelfth will then play two further video games to determine the extra 4 to type the highest eight on Day 3.

Factors on the ultimate day will probably be reset, and the eight gamers will play utilizing a checkmate format. When the primary participant earns 20 factors, they are going to put all the opposite gamers “in examine”. The participant then must win one foyer to win the event.

The Shurima Cup will probably be held from January ninth to January eleventh, with schedules as follows, relying on the area:

Following the most recent Regional Finals, the 32 gamers from every area have already been chosen. A few of them, similar to Vietnamese participant Bui ‘YBY1‘ Tuan Kien, retained their slots from the Okay.O. Coliseum Tactician’s Crown occasion that passed off in 2025. The now RRQ participant completed third general on the occasion.

A few of the must-watch gamers for this occasion, although, are those that certified for the Okay.O. Coliseum Tactician’s Crown with out going by the TPC final 12 months, similar to Brazilian gamers Matheus ‘cmbQAQ‘ Contro and Shaco. These two have been the perfect gamers from the Americas area on the event, ending ninth and eleventh, respectively.

From the APAC area, other than YBY1, the highest contenders are anticipated to be Korean participant Web optimization ‘Ssang Yeop‘ Seong-won and CantWithoutYou (不能沒有妳), the winner of the Okay.O. Coliseum.

For EMEA, the eye will doubtless go to the French professionals, similar to Gabriel ‘Gobosteur‘ Brault and Emre ‘Double‘ Demirtas, who performs for Karmine Corp.

Among the many Chinese language gamers, keep watch over Xie ‘Wmeng‘ Fuchao and weimuluoqiu. Particularly, the latter appears to be one of many rising stars from the area, having lately completed runner-up on the Tactician’s Crown with no earlier main world occasion participations.

To look at all of the motion of the TPC, followers should watch professionals and co-streamers because the competitors won’t have a devoted broadcast. The total roster of co-streamers will probably be revealed at a later date.