Three days of intense competition will showcase 32 of the best North American Teamfight Tactics players competing at the Mid-Set Finale, with the winner of the tournament earning a direct invite to Worlds.
All players who qualified for the Runeterra Reforged NA Mid-Set Finale did so through the Set Nine Freljord and Shurima Cups. The top four from each tournament earned an invite, along with the 24 highest qualifier point earners from competing in either of the two tournaments. Day one and two of the competition cut the field in half, with the top eight facing off on day three.
Aug. 25 TFT Set 9 NA Mid-Set Finale standings and scores
Day one featured a total of six games, with players separated across four lobbies. All lobbies were reseeded after two rounds and only the top 16 advanced to day two. Bonus points were awarded to players who finished in the top six for the day.
Subzeroark, Milk, Velayy, and Wasianiverson started the day off with lobby wins. And players like sètsuko, Milala, Broccoli, TL Liquid Kurumx, and TL Robinsongz also had solid game-one finishes.
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After three games played Lab 013 Vanilla was at the top of the leaderboard with 19 points. Also sitting toward the top were TFT veterans Milk and Dishsoap, along with Tleyds, Velayy, Presitvent, TSM Kiyoon, and Milala.
With one game left to play, the cut to the top 16 was tight, with at least a dozen players sitting on the bubble. Safe in the top four were TFT World Champion Rereplay, IM Jack, Lab 013 Vanilla, and Dishsoap.
A third-place lobby finish was enough to push Milk into the top 16 after sitting on the bubble after five games with 23 points. Just missing the cut was OPS Appies at 27 points, losing the tie-breaker to Guubums. A game six lobby win propelled TL Robinsongz to third place overall with 34 points, one point behind Rereplay in second, and three points behind Tleyds who finished the day in first. The top six players earned bonus points heading into day two of the TFT Set Nine NA Mid-Set Finale.
- Tleyds: 37 total points and three bonus points for day two
- Rereplay: 35 total points and three bonus points for day two
- TL Robinsongz: 34 total points and two bonus points for day two
- Dishsoap: 34 total points and two bonus points for day two
- TL Kurumx: 33 total points and one bonus point for day two
- Lab 013 Vanilla: 33 total points and one bonus point for day two
Aug. 26, TFT Set 9 NA Mid-Set Finale standings
All points were reset for day two of the NA Mid-Set Finale, and then bonus points were applied to the players who finished in the top six on day one. The 16 players were split into two lobbies, with lobbies getting reseeded after every two rounds of gameplay. Bonus points were once again rewarded to the top finishing players on day two with only eight Tacticians advancing to the final day of the tournament.
After three games and halfway through day two, C9 k3soju, Tleyds, and TL Kurumx were tied for first place overall at 18 points. And right behind them was the TFT Set Eight World Champion, Rereplay.
Just missing the top eight cut due to a tie-breaker was Velayy with 28 points. Also missing the cut by two points was C9 k3soju. Earning bonus points were Lab 013 Vanilla (three), TL Kurumx (two), and Dishsoap (one).
Aug. 27, TFT Set 9 NA Mid-Set Finale standings
The final eight Tacticians entered on Aug. 27 and with the first four games won by different players, the final day of the Mid-Set Finale would be won by who would be consistent across the six games.
Milk swiftly followed up a second-place finish in game one with a win in game two, but was overtaken by Kurumx, who was standing head and shoulders above the field when it mattered most. Consistent across the opening four games, Kurumx’s’ lead became insurmountable after a second in game five and he claimed the Runeterra Reforged Championship spot a match early.
The reigning world champion rereplay nabbed the round five win but fell just shy of the automatic invite to the NA Regional Finals, with Dishsoap, Darth Nub, prestivent, and tleyds joining Kurumx in the October qualifier.
- Kurumx: 38 total points inc. two bonus points for day three.
- Dishsoap: 30 total points inc. one bonus point for day three.
- Darth Nub: 29 total points inc. zero bonus points for day three.
- prestivent: 28 total points inc. zero bonus points for day three.
- tleyds: 27 total points inc. zero bonus points for day three.
- Rereplay: 25 total points inc. zero bonus points for day three.
- milk: 25 total points inc. zero bonus points for day three.
- Lab 013 Vanilla: 20 total points inc. three bonus points for day three.
