The second Grandmasters season of 2021 kicked off with Week 1 last weekend as 48 players started slinging their questlines in the hope of gathering enough points to reach the Playoffs. You can re-live the action with our spoiler-free post below.
Finalists' Decklists
These were the players that reached the final in each region and the decks they brought for the opening week of Conquest.
GivePLZ's Decks
grr's Decks
Gaby's Decks
Viper's Decks
Eggowaffle's Decks
muzzy's Decks
VoDs
Here are the links to individual match VoDs in spoilers below.
Day 1 - Initial Group Decider Matches
———- Asia-Pacific ———-
- Group A Decider - AlanC86 vs Shaxy: VoD
- Group B Decider - che0nsu vs lambyseries: VoD
- Group C Decider - grr vs trahison: VoD
- Group D Decider - GivePLZ vs blitzchung: VoD
———- Europe ———-
- Group A Decider - Felkeine vs Rdu: VoD
- Group B Decider - J4YOU vs Seiko: VoD
- Group C Decider - Bozzzton vs Frenetic: VoD
- Group D Decider - Casie vs Jarla: VoD
———- Americas ———-
Day 2 - Quarterfinals
The spoiler below uses results from Day 1 games in naming matchups, so watch those first if you want no spoilers!
———- Asia-Pacific ———-
- Quarterfinal 1 - Surrender vs lambyseries: VoD
- Quarterfinal 2 - Alutemu vs GivePLZ: VoD
- Quarterfinal 3 - okasinnsuke vs Shaxy: VoD
- Quarterfinal 4 - DawN vs grr: VoD
———- Europe ———-
- Quarterfinal 1 - Viper vs Seiko: VoD
- Quarterfinal 2 - Floki vs Jarla: VoD
- Quarterfinal 3 - Gaby vs Rdu: VoD
- Quarterfinal 4 - xBlyzes vs Bozzzton: VoD
———- Americas ———-
Day 3 - Semifinals and Finals
Results
The results in full, including the preceding off-stream games, can be found here.
Discussion
This week was a bit different due to the looming but postponed balance patch, as the games started already on Wednesday with a chance of re-submitting lineups during Thursday. While no card changes took place, lineup changes certainly did. The big picture, however, remained the same: Demon Hunter and Warlock were popular all around, with Hunter and Mage being not far behind. On the other end of the spectrum, Warrior was only brought by two players (Bankyugi & Rami94), both of whom went 0-2 in their respective groups. Let's see if the balance changes can even things out next week.
How did the newcomers fare in their first Grandmasters week? No promoted player got eliminated first in their group (unless you count the re-promoted Bunnyhoppor) and each region had one newcomer in the finals. While the old Grandmasters GivePLZ and Muzzy were able to fend of the challenges of grr and Eggowaffle, respectively, Gaby was able to get the dream start to his GM career and beat Viper just like in the Masters Tour Orgrimmar final for the Europe crown this week.
The winners of Week 1.
Lastly, let's take a very early glimpse at the points standings of this season.
| APAC | Points | Europe | Points | Americas | Points |
| GivePLZ | 5 | Frenetic* | 6 | Nalguidan* | 6 |
| posesi* | 5 | Gaby | 5 | muzzy | 5 |
| grr | 4 | Viper | 4 | Eggowaffle | 4 |
| Surrender | 3 | xBlyzes | 3 | CaelesLuna | 3 |
| Shaxy | 3 | Floki | 3 | Monsanto | 3 |
| … | … | … | … | … | … |
| 4 players | 1 | Thijs | 0 | lunaloveee | 0 |
| glory | 0 | Bunnyhoppor | 0 | Eddie | 0 |
| TIZS | 0 | Leta | 0 | Rami94 | 0 |
| Bankyugi | 0 | Warma | 0 | Fled | 0 |
*Apparently the winners of Season 1 start with extra 5 points this season.
You can find the full standings on the official tournament site (not yet updated with the results at the time of writing).
Grandmasters will continue next week with Last Hero Standing. Don't forget to tune in!
Comments
That top 4 in EU though, exact same as the top 4 MT Orgrimmar. And the results followed a certain pattern as well. The existence of the script has been confirmed beyond all doubts.