The second Grandmasters Season of 2021 culminates on the Playoffs week! Top 8 players from each region are fighting over the coveted spots at the World Championship in December. You can find everything you need to know below.


This Week's Format

This year every week will follow the same tournament format, with only the gameplay format changing.

  • Best-of-five Conquest.
  • Two Dual Elimination groups with top 2 players advancing.
    • The two top ranked players from each region get an automatic win for their first match.
    • The 7th and 8th ranked players from each region get an automatic loss for their first match.
  • Top 4 play through a single-elimination bracket to decide the winner.

For the entire competition format for 2021, check out the spoiler below.

Full Competition Format

Note that the section discussing gameplay format is no longer accurate. Weeks 2, 4, and 6 will be played using Last Hero Standing and every other week will use Conquest.

Quote From Blizzard

Weeks 1-7: Weekly Dual Tournaments

During weeks 1-7, players will compete in a Weekly Dual Tournament format, starting each Thursday, to earn placement in the weekend Top 8 Stage. Players will receive points based on total number of wins each week, which will determine final standings before Playoffs.

  • All 16 players in each region will compete against each other off-broadcast in Dual Tournament Group play on Thursday.
  • On Friday, the 4 Decider Matches will be played to determine who joins the Top 8 per region, live on YouTube.
  • The Top 8 players compete in a single-elimination tournament on Saturday, with the Top 4 advancing to Sunday.
  • Gameplay format changes every other week:
    • Week 1: Conquest
    • Week 2: Conquest
    • Week 3: Specialist
    • Week 4: Specialist
    • Week 5: Last Hero Standing
    • Week 6: Last Hero Standing
    • Week 7: Conquest

Week 8: Playoffs

The Dual Tournaments lead into Week 8 Playoffs, which will qualify one player per region to receive an invite to the World Championship at the end of the year, while four players from each region will be relegated.

  • Top 8 players advance to Playoffs.
  • Players 9 – 12 are safe from Relegation but are finished with tournament play for the season.
  • Bottom 4 players in each region are automatically Relegated.
  • The winner of Playoffs from each region are given a chance to compete in the 2021 World Championship. Season 1 champions retain their invites to the World Championship if they are not Relegated in Season 2. Relegated Champions have their invites passed down to the next eligible player, in their region, from Season 1.


This Week's Pack Drops

The pack distribution remains the same than last season:

  • Grandmasters Week 1: United in Stormwind (max 2 packs)
  • Grandmasters Weeks 2 - 7: Year of the Phoenix (max 2 packs)
  • Grandmasters Playoffs: United in Stormwind (max 2 packs)

This week there are new packs for everyone - be sure to tune in for at least four hours!


Stream Schedule

You can find the starting times of each region's streams below. The schedule is the same each day.

 

West Coast

PDT (UTC-7)

East Coast

EDT (UTC-4)

Europe

CEST (UTC+2)

Korea

KST (UTC+9)

Asia-Pacific2:005:0011:0018:00
Europe7:0010:0016:0023:00
Americas12:0015:0021:004:00

You can find all the matches, results, and decklists on the official tournament site.


Asia-Pacific Grandmasters in Playoffs


Europe Grandmasters in Playoffs


Americas Grandmasters in Playoffs


Watch Live

You can watch all the action on the official Hearthstone Esports YouTube channel. Don't forget that you should be following the games on YouTube while logged in for those sweet pack drops!

Day 1 Stream

Day 2 Stream

Day 3 Stream

Week 7 Caster Videos

Top 5 Moments with Darroch:

The Curve with Raven:

Hot Takes with TJ and Sottle:

(No new episode had been published at the time of writing.)

Mull It Over with Jia:

(No new episode had been published at the time of writing.)