Teamfight Tactics (TFT) Magic N' Mayhem Tactician's Crown: Results, Prizes, and More

Three days of magic and mayhem in the Convergence has crowned a new champion Tactician! Teamfight Tactics’ (TFT) new brand of global championship has now had its second tournament with the successful run of Magic N’ Mayhem Tactician’s Crown from November 8-10, 2024. We’ll bring you the results, prizes, and more details about the recently concluded event.

Intense Battles on the Boards: Tournament Format

40 top players globally battled it out for the global championship of Riot Games’ strategic auto battler game. Three intense days that kept the action and excitement going were played in two stages: the Swiss Stage and the Grand Final.

In the Swiss Stage, all 40 players were divided into five starting lobbies with eight players each, as per the normal TFT mechanics. The players for each lobby were selected via the Snake Draft format.

After every two games in a total of six, the lobbies were shuffled. After Game 6, the top 32 players were selected to advance to Day 2, while the bottom eight were eliminated. Their standings were based on their total points accumulated during the six games. Rank 1 meant being awarded eight points, while a single point was given to the players that placed eight for each game.

Day 2 had the 32 remaining players divided into four lobbies and played two games each. After two games, the bottom eight players were eliminated. The process continued with smaller lobbies and fewer participants after every two games. By the end of the day, only eight players remained and advanced to the Grand Final.

Checkmate: TFT Tactician’s Crown Grand Finale

The third and most crucial day in the Magic N’ Mayhem Tactician’s Crown tournament also turned out to be a nail-biting finale. The Checkmate format, which crowned whoever could reach 20 points first and then secure a first-place finish, kept the stakes high and the battle thrilling.

The lead changed hands throughout the final round, but eventually, the title was claimed by a worthy owner. In the end, ZETA DIVISION’s “title” emerged victorious with 31 points after placing first in Game 6. The Japanese pro-player scored 5-2-8-5-3-8 points across all six games, taking viewers on a rollercoaster ride before securing the Crown with a clutch performance.

Full List of Top 8 Finishers

Joining “title” on the podium were All Gamers Global’s “RiYue” in second place and Lenovo legion’s YBY1 with the bronze medal.

The tournament featured 9 representatives each for the Americas (AMER) and EMEA regions and the 11 each for APAC and China (CN). The rise of APAC talents, however, was undeniable as the region had 5 representatives among the top 8 winners, on top of the tournament champion himself hailing from Japan.

Here’s the full list of the Top 8 finishers in the tournament:

Champion: title
2nd place: RiYue
3rd place: YBY1
4th place: Midfeed
5th place: Balmyeong
6th place: GearPiyanMe
7th place: darkest
8th place: Voltariux

Prize Pool

The second tournament of the rebranded TFT global championship circuit, Magic N’ Mayhem Tactician’s Crown offered a grand prize of $150,000 USD for the championship winner out of the total prize pool of $470,000 USD.

Here’s the prize pool distribution among all 40 participants:

Champion: $150,000
2nd place: $50,000
3rd place: $25,000
4th place: $20,000
5th place: $17,000
6th place: $15,000
7th place: $13,000
8th place: $12,000

The 9th and 10th placers each received $11,000, and the succeeding placers took home substantial amounts, with the 37th to 40th placers all receiving the lowest grant of $1,500.

Conclusion

Riot Games’ TFT continues to see more success after its release in 2019. The game has since its third set, Galaxies, held a global championship based on the ever-changing mechanics and twists for each succeeding sets. After the rebrand from “Global Championship” starting Set 11, Magic N’ Mayhem maintains the level of thrill and prestige of the new TFT “Tactician’s Crown” tournaments.