Anyone can match the Ramblin Robin.
Robin Robinsongz Sung has been on an absolute tear at competitive TFT events for over an year now, regardless of the format. The reigning North American champion is also technically a reigning duos champion. Robinsongz and his good friend and partner Ramblinnn arrived in the event as the year 3 champions. Even though the tournament didn’t have a legit duo mode like this one, Ramblin Robin have already proved they’re in a solitary phase. At TFT Lab Partners, they won the event like those who were favorite. It turns out nobody really was close. In his previous big event – the success of his championship in the NA Reckoning Regional Finals, Ramblin Robin ran straight past the finals to establish him at the point of contention. After only placing second in the fourth half of the game, Robins team finished the tournament with a win in game 5 and made the victory win for them and a trip to Hextech Havoc.
Akali, ChoGath and Jhin grow big before potential nerfs.
Since TFT Patch 11.24 was the biggest and longest patch to date, several champions passed the cracks. The live balance team is at peace and ready for the move. TFT Lab Partners showed which champions might be on the chopping block. Over the last week Akali has proved a threat in the meta and was on display at TFT Lab Partners. The power of Akali, in the second of the finals, helped Robinsongz win. In the same game, Ramblinnn’s partner swung three-stars onto a game two victory. While Ramblinnn won the match 3 with three-star Jhin, ChoGath almost won. Because of the distance of the Golden Sun, ChoGath took the Mutant-centered ChoGath comp to the 4th game. Finally, Akali re- won Game 5 and secures the tournament’s fate, when she finishes her game.
We need a few more double-ups.
Since there’s no way to have custom double-up lobbies on the live servers, there haven’t been any double-up tournaments yet besides this one. The tournament server finally spotted high-level double-up games. It was amazing. Even though the meta composition was the same as the solo-mode-ranked ladder, playstyles were completely different: from team splitting up into carry and support roles to hoarding three-star champions and, of course, game-saving moments. All these things took a breath of fresh air in competitive formats. Team-based esports have always domined the space. Double-Up allows the auto battler to explore a new avenue in TFT, which was built on the team-based mode. Based on what we saw at TFT Lab Partners, the project has lots of promise.
