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 14.2 meta

• 📼 Watch the worst play in TFT History

• 😈 Master the PentaKayle composition

LEARN
📈 Climb in Patch 14.2!

AD Flex is back! Well, a lot of stuff is back. TFT is feeling quite good for our flexible gamers with a wide variety of AD and AP compositions in the meta. There are also a handful of reworks (look down!) which are certainly worth noting.

Anyway, as always, we did our homework so you don’t have to. Here are the BEST resources for learning patch 14.2.

• Robinsongz’s TFT Handbook is updated with a new Tier List

• Frodan’s Ultimate Best Comps Guide for Patch 14.2

• Mortdog’s Breakdown of the Karthus, Urgot and Kayle Rework

• Prestivent’s New Patch Meta Update and How to Climb | TFT Patch 14.2 Guide

• Keima’s Ultimate Challenger Flex Guide

• Segato’s Best Comps in Patch 14.2 and How to Play Them | TFT Guide

Still feel like you’re missing something? Here are the 7 best performing compositions this patch in Master+. (And the preferred headliner)

• Big Shot Ezreal (Flexible Headliner)

• Jinx Reroll (Rapidfire > Punk)

• Pentakill Karthus (Pentakill > Executioner/Edgelord/Etc)

• Annie Reroll (Emo > Spellweaver)

• K/DA Ahri (K/DA > Spellweaver)

• Executioner Vex (Executioner > Emo)

• Katarina Reroll (Crowd Diver > Country)

One of my favorite content creators in TFT is Frodan.

Here’s his rundown of the patch 14.2 meta. He’s feeling quite positive on the patch. 👍

CLIPS

📼 Clip of the Week:
How Not to Play Olaf Reroll

What is your worst TFT moment? Here’s mine (Gangly).

In a bout of incredible multi-tasking, I managed to fail at trash talk, throw away the best opener of my life and eliminate my 4v4 team from a tournament at the same time.

Anyway, here’s our new Clip of the Week segment. If you’ve got clips, we want to see them. Send us an email or DM Gangly or CLE with a clip you’d like to see featured in the next edition.

NEWS
🚨TFT Set 3.5 Returns! 

TFT Set 3.5 is back for a limited time! (Return to the Stars 2: Electric Boogaloo)

If you didn’t play TFT back in day, set 3.5 was one of the most beloved sets in TFT full of [space] pirates, [space] jam, and [space] um…dunks? I played a lot Darius back then, you should just do that.

Here’s a picture of how to play it.

Anyway, Mobalytics did a great job compiling a tier list and a set of guides for Set 3.5 compositions. If you want to jump in quickly, pick one of these comps and let it rip.

Featured Event
🎸 Battle of the Bands

Battle of the Bands was one of the most unique tournaments to ever grace TFT.

This EMEA based tournament celebrates all the cool musical themes that Remix Rumble has to offer and complete many of the crazy challenges that TFT has to offer.

Players had the chance to:

• 🎸 Rock out at different venues

• 🎷 Impress the Masters Of Ceremonies

• 🎻 Earn Style Points along the way

Want to learn more? Read the twitter thread below from one of the commentators from the event. ↓↓↓

PLAYER SPOTLIGHT
💡 Player Spotlight - DSG Setsuko

If you don’t know Setsuko, you aren’t looking close enough. Setsuko has dominated North American TFT since Set 8, winning 3 events since then and finishing with a Top 8 finish in the Monsters Attack World Championship.

Between Sets 4-7, Setsuko struggled to strip himself of the “Ladder Warrior” title as he consistently dominated North American Solo Q while failing to consistently translate that success to tournament. Since Set 8 however, Setsuko has silenced the doubters and proven to be the most consistent tournament performer in NA.

Setsuko is coming hot off a 7th place finish at the K/DA Cup, making yet again another final lobby. He is #1 seed going into the Heartsteel Cup based on the Qualifier Snapshot.

DARK TECH
😈 PentaKAYLE Reroll

Kayle Reroll is the darkest of dark tech in TFT patch 13.24. I think it is the metal music that makes it so dark.

After buffs to Kayle and changes to the way resources work in the most recent patches, lower cost rerolls have taken a front seat. Kayle both runs the midgame and can absolutely take over the lategame with the right itemization.

While rolling on level 6 for the chosen, you can take either chosen variation of Kayle, Edgelord or Pentakill. You want to find that chosen and then slowroll on 7 so you have a better chance of getting Viego, Akali, and Karthus that really help to supply secondary power.

Ideal Kayle Items:

• Guinsoos Rageblade (Superfan)

• Hextech Gunblade

• Another Guinsoos Rageblade

• Archangels Staff

• Nashors Tooth

• Hand of Justice

On level 9, you ideally can get to 7 Pentakill with a spat to go for the first.

Oh, and make sure you enjoy some of the best music in the game 🤘

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

• Robinsongz fought a board of all 3 Star 5 Costs. He did not win.

• Mortdog hinted at changes to the loot system in 14.5.

• Signups for Pallz’s Palace Chalice 3 are open for all Women, Non-Binary, and Queer TFT players.

• Toronto TFT is hosting a 4v4 event featuring the region’s best.

• Riot Games announced layoffs to 11% of the company, primarily affecting LoR and Riot Forge.

• Title wins China’s Mid Season Invitational.

• JDCord’s 4v4 Team, Loading Screen, won the Study Group Clash!