We're fast approaching the halfway of Season 2 of Hearthstone Grandmasters with another 48 matches this weekend. Tune in as the stakes are getting higher at both ends of the regional divisions.
Twitch Drops will now be taking place during the rest of the Grandmasters Season 2! Read more here.
Grandmasters Shielded Conquest Format
New for season 2, the Hearthstone Grandmasters has moved away from the Specialist format and has introduced a new version of the beloved conquest. Here's how it works!
- Matches are Best of 3. (Old version it was Bo5)
- Players bring 4 decks.
- Before each match starts, each player chooses a deck to shield. This deck cannot be banned.
- After the shielded deck is chosen, each player bans a deck of their opponent.
- Winning a game with your deck means it cannot be played again in that match.
- The player that loses a game can choose to keep their current deck or switch to a different one.
- Players are told what classes their opponent has remaining but not which one that has been selected.
You can read more about why the format changed in Blizzard's post on it. Our own mrgn0me did an analysis on the format and how players may choose to build their lineups.
Stream Schedule
Games are taking place Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. We're starting with the Asia-Pacific region followed by Europe and finally the Americas.
- Asia-Pacific starts at 5 AM EDT (11 AM CEST, 2 AM PDT)
- Europe starts at 10 AM EDT (4 PM CEST, 7 AM PDT)
- Americas starts at 2 PM EDT (8 PM CEST, 11 AM PDT)
Matchups and Standings
The official Hearthstone site has you covered!
- This week's matches can be found here.
- The results from last week are just one tab away here.
- Current standings can be seen here.
Don't forget that you can find the decklists of each player by clicking the i-icon of the match of interest!
Asia-Pacific Grandmasters
Alutemu
BloodTrail
Che0nsu
DawN
Flurry
FroStee
Pathra
Ryvius
SamuelTsao
Shaxy
Staz
Surrender
Tom60229
Tyler
blitzchung
glory
European Grandmasters
BoarControl
Bozzzton
Bunnyhoppor
Casie
Feno
Jarla
Kolento
Orange
Pavel
Rdu
Seiko
SilverName
Swidz
Viper
Americas Grandmasters
Amnesiac
ETC
Eddie
Firebat
Fr0zen
Gallon
Justsaiyan
Monsanto
Muzzy
Nalguidan
PNC
Purple
Rase
StrifeCro
Zalae
Watch Live
You can watch all the action on the official Hearthstone Twitch channel.
Comments
I've been watching sporadically through the season (usually leave it up on the weekend and watch/listen when I'm not busy outside) and I've received 7 packs so far, so I'd recommend to log in. I had it up prior to the pack drop incentive at times and the number of viewers jumped by 1000% (this is not exaggeration... went from 3,000 max to 30,000 when I've been on). Free stuff motivates!
Priest mirrors until Divine Spirit gets the HoF ax
Expect Divine Spirit to get HoF before Blizzcon
Divine Favor is already HoFed
If you could pick a champion, who would you pick?
Yeah, what happened with that?
That's not really what I was going for, I was more interested into knowing if there was a crowd's favorite if you will.
I'm sure will get some equivalent to "Pick a Champion" once the we get into the quarter finale or so
Choosing a Champion has always been a Final Tournament thing, these are just group stage games. Choosing a Champion is likely returning for the BlizzCon Finals.
Changed with drops cause people didn't even watch it anyway.
Feno, duuuuh! ;).