Riot Games announced on November 2 that South Korean player Chan-seo "seoill" Park won the Teamfight Tactics (TFT) APAC Regional Finals tournament. With this victory, seoill recorded his third championship title of the year.
The Regional Finals is a tournament where 64 top-tier players from each region compete across two weeks for a total prize pool of $50,000 and qualification spots for the premier tournament, the Tactician's Crown. seoill became the first South Korean player to win this tournament since Set 11.
seoill achieved back-to-back victories in the Tier 1 Pro Circuit tournaments for Sets 17 and 18 this year, making him the only player to earn qualification spots for the Tactician's Crown twice. In this Regional Finals, he was the sole South Korean player among those advancing to Week 2 who made it all the way to the grand finals.
In the first match of the finals, he secured victory through unit positioning tailored to the 'Guardian Spirit' mechanic. After selecting the 'Stealth' Guardian Spirit, which renders Assassins untargetable for 6 seconds, he placed all non-Assassin units in the backline to establish the foundation for shutting down the opponent's main damage dealers. Throughout the rest of the matches, he flexibly adapted win-streak and loss-streak strategies to match the situation while managing his HP to lock in the overall title.
"I was nervous, but taking first place in the very first match gave me the sense that I could win," said seoill. "I will think about nothing but TFT to give it my absolute best at the Tactician's Crown as well."
The premier TFT tournament, the Tactician's Crown, will take place from the 13th to the 15th. seoill will be the only South Korean player competing, joining top players including Japan's ZETA title to contend for the ultimate Set 18 championship title.
