Compete in Enchanted Wilds!

A competitive space where anyone can play. Time to carve your path through the Wilds!
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TFT Esports Staff

Heeelllooo, tacticians! A new competitive season is about to take root, and the Wilds are calling everyone. During Space Gods, AUR Huanmie returned to claim his second Tactician's Crown, twelve sets after his first. The trail is long, but it never closes, and anyone willing to walk it can carve a path to greatness.

The journey into the Wilds begins, and anyone can be part of it! Get ready to sharpen your knowledge and your strategy, because here's the full guide to Enchanted Wilds' competitive ecosystem.

How to Participate

As we head into Enchanted Wilds, all tournaments will continue to be hosted on our official platform, https://competetft.com. Players across all regions should ensure their Compete Cards are set up and ready. With this, they will be able to register for events, access Tournament Realm credentials, and showcase their journey as TFT competitors.

Make sure your Compete Card is set up by September 5. It only takes a few minutes, and having it ready means you won't miss a beat once the season starts rolling. After that, the snapshot and Trials schedule is all you need to keep track of!

Competition Structure

The new competitive structure, along with all specific format details, will be updated on https://competetft.com on August 26th.

The competitive structure carries over from Space Gods, so what you learned last set still applies. The one addition is the Tactician's Superbrawl, a 4v4 tournament in November we recently announced, covered further down.

Most of the structure carries over from last set!

  • Qualifier Points: Players can earn Qualifier Points from their performance in Tactician’s Trials 1 and 2, allowing them to qualify to the Regional Finals’ Play-Ins if they don’t quite manage to make Top 8 at one of the tournaments.
  • Ladder Snapshot: Each server’s Ranking Ladder qualifies the top players based on their performance during the set. The best performers advance directly to the Regional Finals.
  • Sub-regional Tournaments: Local events offering prizes and qualifying spots for the Tactician's Trials. These vary by region, and where sub-regionals aren't held (like EMEA), Organized Play tournaments run throughout Set 18 instead. There are ways to compete even after being eliminated from Trials. 

And for the four stages of competition:

  • Tactician’s Trials: The first official tournament of the cycle in each region. 256 players begin their competitive journey after earning spots from Trials Snapshots (AMER/EMEA/APAC) and Sub-regional Tournaments (AMER/APAC).
  • TFT Pro Circuit: The 32 top players from the previous set compete in a closed, elite tournament. Three weekends of competition determine direct qualifiers for the Tactician’s Crown, while others may advance to Regional Finals Week 1 or 2 based on results.
  • Regional Finals: 64 top tacticians from previous stages compete during two weekends to determine the best players in each region, their representatives at the Tactician’s Crown, and define slots for the Set 18 TFT Pro Circuit.
  • Tactician’s Crown: The global finals, where the 40 best tacticians from around the globe compete for the world championship—the highest stage and ultimate achievement in competitive TFT.

The Prizes

Beyond recognition of being the top tacticians in their region, players are also competing for cash prizes:

  • Tactician’s Trials: $12,500 USD per event
  • Regional Finals: $50,000 USD per event
  • TFT Pro Circuit: $30,200 USD per event
  • Tactician’s Crown: $470,000 USD 

In total, prizes exceed $150,000 per region, with an additional $470,000 at the Tactician’s Crown.

4v4 Format arrives to Compete TFT

As we had announced last week: we have another tournament coming to keep creating opportunities for new types of competition across multiple formats and skill levels.

On November 6-8, we'll have a 4v4 tournament that players can qualify for through a snapshot on November 2. This tournament will also have implications for Tier 2 players in Set 19! We've already broken down a few details in our initial announcement, so [read all about it here] and start thinking about who your teammates will be.

The Dates

Make sure to review the Competitive Roadmap closely! Important event dates are coming up, and you won’t want to miss a single one!

This set was designed to minimize overlap between events, with just one exception: the weekend of September 19–20, when the Elderwood Cup overlaps with Trials 1. Everything else has its own dedicated space.

To make the full schedule easier to follow, you can add the complete roadmap to your own Google Calendar: riot.com/S18CompeteCalendar, or check https://competetft.com/schedule.

HOW TO WATCH & FOLLOW

Drop a follow on the  CompeteTFT X Account to stay updated with the latest news from TFT Esports. We will be announcing co-streamers and broadcast channels for all our tournaments there!

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Below, you can check out the full details around qualifying spot allocations for our tournaments:

FORMAT DETAILS BY TOURNAMENT

1. Ladder Snapshot

If climbing the ladder is your specialty, this is your moment to earn a spot in our competitions! During Enchanted Wilds, five Ladder Snapshots will be captured on select Tuesdays at 9PM PT for AMER / 9PM CET for EMEA / 9pm SGT for APAC. These snapshots grant Ranked Ladder Points to the top 30 players in each region, points that play a key role in qualifying for the Regional Finals.

For this set, the snapshots will be taken on the following dates:

  • September 8th, 15th, 22nd
  • October 6th, 13th

2. Tactician’s Trials

Held twice per set as two back-to-back weekends spanning five days of competition, Tactician's Trials serve as the primary entry and return point for all tacticians, who earn their places through the Trials Snapshots for EMEA and the Trials Snapshots + Sub-regionals for AMER and APAC. Players will be battling for their share of prize money and spots in the Regional Finals.

If you’re wondering what a Trials Snapshot is, it’s a way to capture the current order of the Ranked Leaderboard at the moment the snapshot is taken. This will be the order and rank that players will have for the next tournament. They are usually shot the Tuesday before each Tactician’s Trials and they are different from the Ladder Snapshots. These snapshots qualify players to either Day 1 or Day 3 of Tactician’s Trials, depending where on the leaderboard they are.

  • Previous Trials: The Top 9-16 tacticians of the Tactician’s Trials 1 will qualify to Day 3 of the Tactician’s Trials 2.
  • Trials Snapshot 1:
    • AMER:
      • Day 1: 62 from BR, 26 from LAN, 31 from LAS & 125 from NA
      • Day 3: 15 from BR, 5 from LAN, 6 from LAS & 26 from NA
    • EMEA:
      • Day 1: 202 from EUW, 40 from EUNE, 14 from TR
      • Day 3: 46 from EUW, 11 from EUNE & 7 from TR
    • APAC:
      • Day 1: 34 from TW, 17 from OCE, 19 from JP, 42 from SEA, 112 from KR*
      • Day 3: 11 from VN, 10 from KR, 6 from TW, 4 from OC, 4 from JP &  5 from SEA
  • Trials Snapshot 2:
    • AMER:
      • Day 1: 62 from BR, 26 from LAN, 31 from LAS & 125 from NA
      • Day 3: 13 from BR, 4 from LAN, 5 from LAS, 22 from NA
    • EMEA:
      • Day 1: 202 from EUW, 40 from EUNE, 14 from TR
      • Day 3: 41 from EUW, 9 from EUNE & 6 from TR
    • APAC:
      • Day 1: 34 from TW, 17 from OCE, 19 from JP, 42 from SEA, 112 from KR*
      • Day 3: 9 from VN, 8 from KR, 4 from TW, 2 from OC,  2 from JP &  4 from SEA
  • Sub-regionals:
    • AMER:
      • Day 1: 4 from BR, 4 from LATAM & 4 from NA
      • Day 3: 4 from BR, 4 from LATAM & 4 from NA
    • APAC:
      • Tactician’s Trials 1: 30 from VN,  2 from KR
      • Tactician’s Trials 2: 30 from VN, 2 from KR, 1 from TW, 1 from TH & 1 from SEA

There will be two Tactician’s Trials in Enchanted Wilds, happening on these dates:

  • Tactician’s Trials 1:  Sep 19 - 20 & Sep 25 - 27
  • Tactician’s Trials 2: Oct 10 - 11 & Oct 16 - 18
     

Day 1 kicks off with 256 players battling through 4 games. Lobbies will be reseeded every two games based on players’ points. The Top 32 will qualify for Day 2 immediately while the bottom 32 will be eliminated. Afterwards, the remaining 192 players will play two more games. Then, the Top 96 of those players will join the 32 from before to make it into the second day.

Day 2 follows the same structure: 4 games with reseeding. By the end of the fourth game, the Top 16 will qualify for Day 3 and the bottom 24 will be eliminated. The other 88 tacticians will advance and play two more rounds. All in all, 64 players will qualify to Day 3.

On Day 3, 128 tacticians compete across 4 games. Then, the Top 16 will qualify for Day 4 and the Bottom 24 are eliminated. Then, the remaining 88 will advance and play two more rounds. Once the dust settles, the 64 players will advance to Day 4 in total.

On Day 4, we’ll follow a similar structure. After four games, the Top 8 will qualify for Day 5 and the bottom 8 will be eliminated. Afterwards, the remaining 48 tacticians will play two more games. By the end of the day, only the Top 32 will remain.

On Day 5, this will get serious. The day will split into four stages:

  • 32 tacticians play 4 games, with reseeds after every 2.
  • Next, Top 24 then play 1 more game.
  • Then, Top 16 will play 1 more game.
  • Finally, the Top 8 face off in a last game with, again, no reset. All 8 of these players qualify to Week 1 of the Regional Finals. The tactician with the highest total points after all four stages wins the tournament.

* Please refer to CompeteTFT.com for competition details!

Qualifier Points

Players will earn Qualifier Points for their performances on Days 4 and 5 of Tactician’s Trials. The 4 players with the most Qualifier Points after Tactician’s Trials 2 will qualify for the Regional Finals Play-Ins.

3. TFT Pro Circuit

The TFT Pro Circuit is the Tier 1 competitive ecosystem where the Top 32 players from each region fight for Pro Points, a juicy prize pool and spots in the Regional Finals. These will be the dates of the 3 TPC Cups in Enchanted Wilds:

  • Riftbeast Cup: September 4-6
  • Elderwood Cup: September 18-20
  • Blossom Cup: October 2-4

*The Elderwood Cup will be played between paired regions, creating a cross-region showdown throughout the event. The #1 Pro Point player of each region will be placed in their region’s Home Cup. Each subsequent 2 players will be paired (#2 and #3, #4 and #5, and so on) and randomly split between their Home Cup and the opposing region’s Home Cup. #32 competes in the opposing region’s Home Cup.

On Day 1, 32 tacticians will play 6 games, with Snake Reseeding every two. After them, the Top 24 will advance to Day 2.

Day 2 will split into three stages:

  • First, 24 tacticians will play 3 games (up from 2).
  • Then, the Top 16 will advance and play two more games.
  • After those games, the Top 4 will advance to Day 3 and the middle 8 will play two last games. The Top 4 after them, will also qualify for Day 3.

On Day 3, the 8 remaining tacticians will play with a checkmate format, where the first player who achieves 20 points and wins one more game will be crowned the winner of the tournament and qualify directly for the Tactician’s Crown.

Pro Points:

We’re continuing our Pro Points system into Set 18, and here’s a quick refresher:

  • Pro Points are designed to reward the most consistent performers across each region throughout the TPC. At the end of the set, the top 1 Pro Point earner from APAC, EMEA, and AMER will each qualify directly to the Tactician’s Crown.
  • Additionally, the Top 4 Pro Point earners will receive additional prize money at the end of the set.
  • Lastly, to maintain competitive integrity within the Checkmate format, all players competing on Day 3 of the third TFT Pro Circuit Cup will earn 4 Pro Points, rather than receiving different values based on final placement. Pro Point standings will be finalized at the conclusion of Day 2 of the Blossom Cup.

All details about schedule, participants and more information will be announced in upcoming articles.

4. Regional Finals

The Regional Finals span six intense days, bringing together the region’s 64 best tacticians to battle for the championship title.

  • Week 1

Day 1 begins with the Play-ins Phase, where 16 tacticians compete for the final 8 slots in the tournament. The participants are:

  •  Bottom 4 Pro Points
  •  Ranked Ladder Points earners.
    • AMER: Top 3-7 NA, Top 2-3 BR & Top 1 LAN
    • EMEA: Top 5-10 EUW, Top 1 EUNE & Top 1 TR
    • APAC: 2nd from VN, KR, TW & SEA, Top 2 OCE & JP
  • Top 4 Qualifier Points

These 16 tacticians will compete in 5 games. After which:

  • Top 4 will qualify for Day 2.
  • Bottom 4 will be eliminated.
  • Middle 8 will play 2 more games. The Top 4 of those two final games will also qualify for Day 2.

Then, the Battle Stage will start. On Day 2, these 32 tacticians will join the ones coming from the Play-ins Phase:

  • Top 17-28 Pro Points
  • Ranked Ladder Points earners.
    • AMER: Top 2 NA, Top 1 LAS & Top 1 BR
    • EMEA: Top 4 EUW
    • APAC: Top 1 from VN, KR, TW & SEA
  • Top 8 of each Tactician’s Trials

They will play 6 games. After that, the Top 32 will advance to the next day with points carrying over to the Elimination Stage.

Next, on the Elimination Stage, on Day 3, 16 players reach Week 2 after fighting through these four phases:

  • Tacticians will play 2 games, where the Top 4 will advance to Week 2 and the Bottom 4 gets eliminated.
  • Then, they will play 2 more games after which the Top 4 will make it into Week 2 and the Bottom 4 will get eliminated.
  • After that, the remaining 16 tacticians will play 1 game. Then, the Top 4 will advance again and the Bottom 4 will be out.
  • Finally, one last game will decide the final 4 tacticians who qualify for the second week of the Regional Finals. 
  • Week 2

We’ll start the second week with the Battle Stage. On Day 4, the 16 players who qualified from the first week will be joined by the Top 16 from the TFT Pro Circuit.

Then, the initial lobbies will be determined by a draft, with the Top 4 Pro Point earners making all of the selections. After 6 games, the Top 24 tacticians will advance to Day 5 with their points carrying over.

Next, coming back to the Elimination Stage, on Day 5 we’ll have three phases too:

  • First, 24 tacticians will play 3 games (up from 2).
  • Then, the Top 16 will play two more.
  • Next, the Top 4 will qualify for Day 6, the bottom 4 will be eliminated and the middle 8 will play 2 more games. The Top 4 players of these last two games will participate on Day 6.

Finally, on the Grand Finals, on Day 6, if all the players have already qualified for the Tactician's Crown, the 8 remaining tacticians will play with a checkmate format, where the first player who achieves 20 points and wins will be crowned the champion of the region. If not, the 8 tacticians will play 6 games and the one with the most points after that will win. Each region will also have Tactician’s Crown slots up for grabs for the best performers, keep an eye out for more information on those!

5. Tactician’s Crown

Only one tactician will rise above the rest to claim the $150K grand prize, the Tactician’s Crown, and the title of Enchanted Wilds Champion. We will have three days of legendary combats and the grand reveal of what’s next for TFT.

Day 1 begins with the 40 best players from all over the world.

  • Round 1
    • 40 players will be drawn into their 5 starting lobbies and play 6 games total
    • The lobbies will shuffle after every 2 games; lobbies will be shuffled based on the total points earned throughout the day
    • After Game 6, the top 32 players will advance to Day 2, and the bottom 8 players will be eliminated

Day 2 continues with a high stakes day where players will be eliminated more frequently.

  • Round 2
    • Players retain their points from Day 1
    • 32 players will be split into 4 lobbies and play 2 games
    • After Game 2, the top 24 players will advance and the bottom 8 players will be eliminated
  • Round 3
    • 24 players will be split into 3 lobbies and play 2 games
    • After Game 4, the top 16 players will advance and the bottom 8 players will be eliminated
  • Round 4
    • 16 players will be split into 2 lobbies and play 2 games
    • After Round 4, the top 4 players in Total Points across Day 1 & 2 will advance to the Finals and the bottom 4 Players will be eliminated
    • The 5th-12th place players in Total Points across Day 1 2 will advance to Round 5
  • Round 5
    • 8 players will play 1 game
    • The top 4 players in Total Points across Day 1 & 2 will advance to the Grand Final

On Day 3, we will have the Finals with the 8 best players of the tournament

  • Checkmate Format
    • The first player to hit 20 points AND then secure a first-place finish will be crowned the Enchanted Wilds Champion!

All details about schedule, participants and more information will be announced as we get closer to the event.