A China-based tournament Hearthstone Global Inn-vitational will take place this week, lasting for four days. The tournament sees regional teams of 9 players pitted against each other in Standard Constructed, Battlegrounds, as well as the newcomer game mode Mercenaries. You can find everything you need to know below.
Teams
Each region will have a team consisting of 9 invited players - 3 for Constructed, 4 for Battlegrounds, and 2 for Mercenaries.
Americas
Asia-Pacific
China
XiaoWang
Europe
Tournament Formats
As the first official Mercenaries tournament, its format is somewhat of an experiment.
Constructed (Standard) Format
- Best-of-five Last Hero Standing with three-player teams.
- Each team will bring one deck for each 10 classes, four of which will be banned before each match.
Battlegrounds Format
- Both teams will have four players in play.
- The winner of each lobby will get 9 points, and the rest 1-7 points in declining order.
- Three rounds will be played in each match.
Mercenaries Format
- Best-of-five Conquest with two-player teams.
- Each team will bring 4 Mercenary parties, one of which will be banned before each match.
- Any two parties of a team cannot have four or more identical Mercenaries between each other.
- Any single Mercenary cannot be included to all four parties.
Stream Schedule
The schedule is the same for all four days, but the formats will swap their order for Sunday's final matches to Constructed - Mercenaries - Battlegrounds.
West Coast PST (UTC-8) | East Coast EST (UTC-5) | Europe CET (UTC+1) | China CST (UTC+8) | |
| Match 1 - Battlegrounds | 19:00 | 22:00 | 4:00 | 11:00 |
| Match 1 - Constructed | 21:00 | 24:00 | 6:00 | 13:00 |
| Match 1 - Mercenaries | 23:00 | 2:00 | 8:00 | 15:00 |
| Match 2 - Battlegrounds | 0:30 | 3:30 | 9:30 | 16:30 |
| Match 2 - Constructed | 2:30 | 5:30 | 11:30 | 18:30 |
| Match 2 - Mercenaries | 4:30 | 7:30 | 13:30 | 20:30 |
The order of matches will be as follows:
- Thursday, November 11th - EU vs APAC first, CN vs AM second
- Friday, November 12th - AM vs EU first, CN vs APAC second
- Saturday, November 13th - AM vs APAC first, CN vs EU second
- Sunday, November 14th - 2nd team vs 3rd team (by standings) first, the winner faces the first seed in the final afterwards
Streams
This tournament will be streamed on the Hearthstone Esports YouTube channel, as accustomed, but it will also be on PlayHearthstone Twitch! Choose your favourite way to tune in below. There will be no pack drops regardless of the method you're watching.
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