Hearthstone Grandmasters 2020 continues with the second week of the second Season! Like last week, the players started the Swiss phase already on Wednesday with the aim of gathering more points to reach a spot in the coveted Division A. You can find everything you need to know below.


This Week's Format

This week the format has changed from the usual Conquest to Last Hero Standing.

  • Best-of-five Last Hero Standing.
  • 7 Swiss rounds are played off-stream on Wednesday and Thursday with top 8 of each region advancing.
  • Top 8 will be divided to two groups, which play through a double elimination bracket, top 2 from each group advances.
  • Top 4 play through a single elimination bracket to decide the winner.

Players will be gaining points based on their performance, and at the end of the three weeks of Swiss, the Grandmasters will be divided to two Divisions based on these points. You can check point standings here after this weekend's matches.

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

Competition Format

Quote From Blizzard

Weeks 1-3: Swiss into Group Stage

During weeks 1 – 3, players will compete in matches in a Swiss format each Wednesday and Thursday of the week to earn a placement in the weekend Group Stage. Points from these weekend rounds will be used to determine two Divisions in each region for round-robin weeks. There will be a different gameplay format each week.

  • The 16 players in each region will compete against each other off broadcast in 7-9 Swiss Rounds during the week.
  • On Thursday, after Swiss play has completed, the field is cut in half based on standings and the Top 8 per region will play in a dual tournament format live on YouTube across Friday and Saturday, with the Top-4 finals played out on Sunday.
  • Gameplay format changes every week:
    • Week 1: 7 Rounds of Swiss, Conquest with 1 Ban
    • Week 2: 7 Rounds of Swiss, Four Deck Last Hero Standing with 1 Ban
    • Week 3: 9 Rounds of Swiss, Bo3 Specialist
Weeks 4 – 7: Round Robin

Weeks 4 – 7 will consist of round-robin group play within the two divisions in each region – much like Season 1 of Grandmasters.

  • Following weeks 1-3, players will be sorted into two divisions based on their points standings. Division A is comprised of the top-8-point-earning players, and Division B will be point total ranks 9-16.
  • The two divisions compete in round-robin group play over four weeks. The standings at the conclusion of these weeks will determine who will move onto the Playoffs, and who will be relegated from Season 2.
  • The format will stay consistent during round-robin weeks:
    • Bo5 Conquest (4 decks, 1 ban)
Week 8: Season 2 Playoffs

Round Robin weeks lead into Week 8 Playoffs, which will qualify one player per region to the World Championship at the end of the year, while three players from each region will be relegated.

  • Top 6 from Division A automatically make it into Playoffs.
  • Top 4 from Division B compete in a play-in round to determine who will join the top 6 from Division A in a dual tournament bracket for Playoffs.
  • The 7th and 8th placed players in Division B at the close of Round Robin are automatically relegated from Season 2 of Grandmasters.
  • Final relegation will be determined via a 3-match Play-In involving the 7th and 8th placed from Division A, and 5th and 6th placed from Division B.
  • The winner from each region in Season 2 Grandmasters Playoffs will advance to the Hearthstone World Championships later this year.


Stream Schedule

 

West Coast

PDT (UTC-7)

East Coast

EDT (UTC-4)

Europe

CEST (UTC+2)

Korea

KST (UTC+9)

August 212:005:0011:0018:00
August 222:005:0011:0018:00
August 234:007:0013:0020:00

You can find all the matches, results, and decklists (even for the Swiss portion) on the official tournament site.


Asia-Pacific Grandmasters


Europe Grandmasters


Americas Grandmasters


Watch Live

You can watch all the action on the official Hearthstone Esports Youtube channel. If you want more Grandmasters content, the caster videos have made their return for this Season as well.

Day 1 Stream

Day 2 Stream

Day 3 Stream

Caster Videos

Recap of last weekend with Raven.

Top 5 Moments with Darroch.

Mull It Over with Jia.

Hot Takes with TJ and Sottle.