INTRODUCTION
If this is your first time reading, welcome to the Hyper Roll. 👋

This is the only TFT Newsletter dedicated to giving you all the TFT resources you’ll need to improve your game, climb the ladder, and stay up to date on all things competitive TFT.

In this email…

• 📚 Learn the 14.1 meta

• 🚨 K/DA Cup Recap

• 🧑‍🏫 1st Edition of the Set 10 NA Power Rankings

• 😈 How to reroll Olaf

LEARN
📚 Learn the 14.1 Meta!

TFT 2 is out! Or at least, that’s how it feels as Patch 14.1 brought a near infinite number of changes to champions, items, augments, and even systems of TFT. If you haven’t paid close attention to the patch notes, you’ll definitely want to watch through some of these videos to get a jump on the patch.

• Guubum’s How the New Economy System Is Changing the Game | TFT Guide

• Frodan’s Ultimate Top Comps Guide for Patch 14.1 | TFT Set 10

• GM Blue’s Rank 433's Guide to Climbing on Patch 14.1 | TFT Set 10

• Keima’s Ultimate Challenger Flex Guide for 14.1 | TFT Set 10 Comps

• FITGMR’s TFT Masterclass | 3 Off-Meta Comps to Play on Patch 14.1 | Upsetmax | January 15, 2023

For something more digestible, here are the 7 most played compositions this patch in Masters+. It’s looking groovy out there with Twisted Fate appearing to be the strongest 4 Cost carry.

We spoke with EMEA Caster ImpetuousPanda to get his read on the current state of the meta.

LEARN
🧑‍🏫 Tip of the Week: How to Read Data ft. Aesah

We spoke with Aesah, the brain behind TFT-Coaching.com to get some insight on how to use data from websites like MetaTFT.com or Tactics.Tools. Here’s what he had to say.

Be careful of using data mindlessly. If you pop an item anvil and are offered Spear of Shojin and Adaptive Helm for Twisted Fate, Karthus, or Vex, you should almost always take Shojin.

However, it has worse delta because it uses a Sword while Adaptive uses a Cloak (Sword tends to be worth ~1.1 components while Cloak is worth ~0.9 components).

What the Forge is a very strong generic augment on 4-2 especially if you have even one additional item from other augments, the portal, or Heartsteel. 

However, it has a bad average placement in data because people who already have strong boards will not take it. Similarly, the highest average placing prismatic is The Golden Egg, which people will only take if they are in a position to win.

NEWS
🚨Milala Wins the K/DA Cup

Milala has become the first North American TFT player to win back-to-back Major Events. After his win at the Vegas Open, Milala picked up exactly where he left off in the K/DA Cup, taking a first place victory in a tiebreaker against Pockygom.

Milala entered the tournament recently power ranked #10 in North America. After finishing 7th in Day 3 and 1st in Day 4, Milala has almost certainly secured his spot as a top 5 player in North America.

I (Gangly) also had the opportunity to commentate my first North American Cup! Getting to see Milala make history in North America was an honor. And this was just the first cup of the set! Scroll down to learn more about the Heartsteel Cup.

NEWS
🚨Petikk Wins GSC#1

EMEA opened its first of two GSCs for Remix Rumble with a huge number of notable TFT players in attendance, so expectations were very high heading in.

The EMEA meta was more or less what you might expect, though many a brave soul was willing to try out the higher risk paths like Yasuo with wildly differing results.

Standout games included Skarambez’s ludicrous god-killing game on day 1 with a surprise Sona 3, Cynar’s Pentakill emblem printer on day 2, and on the final day Vomendeth’s live demonstration of destruction with his Olaf reroll kept us warm heading into the final game.

This was the first time that EMEA tournaments had tried out a seventh game on the final day, and it didn’t disappoint, granting us a final showdown between Spain’s Safo and the Czech Republic’s Petikk that left Safo with the lobby win but Petikk with enough points to claim the #1 spot.

With two Czech players in the top 3 we send massive respect to the players from the Czech Republic for showing that the EMEA player pool continues to develop, and congratulate Petikk on an incredibly hard-fought win.

-Peter “Counterfeit” Hartnell

PODCAST
🎙️ Don’t Talk If You Don’t Know - K/DA Cup Preview

DTIYDK returned to preview the K/DA Cup, featuring top NA talents Milala and Wasianiverson. If you’ve never listened before, this podcast covers the “official unofficial” power rankings of North American TFT featuring Frodan and Bryce Blum. Also in this episode:

• First Power Rankings for TFT Set 10

• K/DA Cup Weekend 1 Discussion

• What are the major storylines of North American TFT?

• TFT Fantasy Draft

PODCAST
🎙️ High Roll Radio - Episode 20

In High Roll Radio Episode 20, SpicyAppies and I (still Gangly) recapped the K/DA Cup, including SpicyAppies 10th place finish at the event!

Here’s a TL;DR:

• K/DA Cup Recap

• North American Storylines of Set 10

• Study Group Clash Tournament

PLAYER SPOTLIGHT
💡 Player Spotlight - Pockygom

Pockygom has been known as one TFT’s most creative minds. Back in Set 5, he was a favorite to advance to the World Championship, ultimately coming up just short with a 4th place finish, losing on tiebreakers.

Since then, Pockygom has failed to return to his same level of dominance, despite a strong Set 7.0 run. However, Set 10 is proving to be a set that speaks to Pocky’s strengths, enabling him to play around 3-cost champions and flexible level 8 boards.

At the K/DA Cup, Pockygom lost the tiebreaker to Milala for the crown, landing a 2nd place finish and an automatic qualification to the Regional Finals.

DARK TECH
😈 Olaf Reroll

Olaf Reroll is certainly an underrated composition that has come to light in patch 14.1.

At the K/DA Cup, we saw multiple top 4’s come through for the 3* Bruiser, with Kiyoon even utilizing it to go 1st on Day 1.

This composition spikes extremely hard on 6 Bruiser. Through sheer volume of HP, this board will punish most lowrollers who try to play on levels 7 and 8 and miss.

Titans Resolve is a key component of this composition, but playing around augments such as Too Big to Fail and Heavy Hitters are what elevate this comp to be extremely powerful.

UPCOMING EVENTS
📆 February Events

• Heartsteel Cup (Official NA Riot Circuit Event)

  • February 3-4, 10-11

  • 160 Players qualify via ladder

  • Top 32 signups from ladder auto-qualify into the second weekend of play

  • Snapshot is on January 31st at 12:01AM PST

• Golden Spatula Cup #2 (Official EMEA Riot Circuit Event)

  • February 7-11

  • 32 players qualify through the open qualifier held on February 3-5

  • 61 players qualify from the top of the ladder across the 4 regions.

  • 35 players qualify from the TRC’s (TFT Regional Competitions)

  • Snapshot is on January 24th at 1AM PST

MISC
💼 Big Grab Bag

• First North American Power Rankings for Set 10 are out!

• Set 3.5 is back on PBE! Me mech, no scout, no pivot.

• TVO 2nd place standout, Kevin Parker and his partner, signed 8 German players to a new TFT Org, HIGHROLLERS.

• The Study Group Clash is happening on January 17th-18th, featuring The Lab, Summer Camp, JDCord, HighRoll Radio and more!

• The Lab is hosting their first tournament raising money for charity. The $1000 competition will be January 20-21.

• Dancing crabs have killed more tacticians this patch then we have. Check out this Crab Rave Compilation!

• Aegis Esports kicked off their leagues this last weekend, headlined by the challenger league each friday.

• EMEA has released their top 20 All-Time Ranking!