The Hearthstone esports year continues with the third Masters Tour event taking place online in "Dalaran". Over 400 players from all regions will compete for their share of the glory, $250,000 prize pool, and the prospect of getting an invitation to Hearthstone Grandmasters. You can find everything you need to know below.


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YouTube Drops Return

This is a reminder that YouTube Drops have returned!

  • Watch 2 Hours of Masters Tour Dalaran to earn 1 Year of the Phoenix Pack.
  • Watch another 2 Hours of Masters Tour Dalaran to earn 1 more Year of the Phoenix Pack.

You must be logged in on YouTube and have your Battle.net account connected to earn YouTube Drops. Info here.


Tournament Format

The Masters Tour format from last year has mostly stayed intact, apart from the top 8 portion becoming top 16.

  • All games are played as Best-of-5 Conquest.
    • 4 decks with 1 ban.
  • A total of 9 Swiss rounds, with Top 16 advancing to single elimination.
    • Day 1: 5 rounds of Swiss, players with 3 or more wins advancing to day 2.
    • Day 2: The remaining 4 rounds of Swiss and the first round of the top 16 single elimination bracket.
    • Day 3: Top 8 single elimination bracket.

The Promotion Frontrunners

As this third Masters Tour is the last one that counts towards Grandmasters 2021 Season 2 promotion, we will know the names of the twelve new Grandmasters after this tournament (barring any unforeseen issues). Based on their previous success, these players are on the brink of making it.

Further information about the current promotion situation can be found in the spoiler below.

Promotion Candidates

Here's the current point situation in all three regions. Current Grandmasters were omitted from the table. You can find the full point standings here.

Asia-Pacific Points Europe            Points     Americas             Points   
trahison 30 Gaby 44 justsaiyan 12
lambyseries* 23 Floki 28 CaelesLuna 8
Flurry 14 J4YOU 24 McBanterFace 8
XiaoDai 12 Bunnyhoppor* 23 10 players 7
Hi3* 11 Turna 22    
okasinnsuke 11 cagnetta99 20    

*A relegated Grandmaster.

APAC top 2 seem quite safe without an Asian-filled top 8 in this tournament, although the APAC timezone of "Dalaran" might help the region's performance. Gaby has locked his spot in Europe but others will still have to fear for their spots as a lot of players are vying the top 4 spots right behind the players shown here. As justsaiyan is unlikely to come out of retirement, Americas is as wide open as they get. Blizzard may well have to invent new tiebreaker rules to determine their top 4.


Other Notable Attendees

All Grandmasters have been invited to the event but we have their images up on our weekly posts, so it's time for others to have the limelight! The full list of invited players can be found here.


Stream Schedule

In case your timezone isn't listed below, check out the sidebar on the official tournament site. It should display the schedule in your local time.

 

West Coast

PDT (UTC-7)

East Coast

EDT (UTC-4)

Europe

CEST (UTC+2)

Korea

KST (UTC+9)

June 1817:0020:002:00 (June 19)9:00 (June 19)
June 1917:0020:002:00 (June 20)9:00 (June 20)
June 2017:0020:002:00 (June 21)9:00 (June 21)

Streams

This tournament will be streamed on the Hearthstone Esports Youtube channel, as accustomed. Don't forget that Youtube Drops have returned to Masters Tour events, so you should watch at least 4 hours while logged in!

Day 1 Stream

Day 2 Stream

Day 3 Stream