The last week of Season 2's group stage is upon us! There are still 48 Hearthstone matches to be played before next week's Playoffs and the stakes are sky-high. Tune in as players like Viper and Feno fight for their place in Grandmasters while the likes of Orange and Muzzy are trying to make their way to Playoffs.
Twitch Drops are active during the rest of the Grandmasters Season 2! Read more here.
Grandmasters Season 3 won't start until next year, and therefore Hearthstone Global Games will return for the off-season period. 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
blitzchung
BloodTrail
Che0nsu
DawN
Flurry
FroStee
glory
Pathra
Ryvius
SamuelTsao
Shaxy
Staz
Surrender
Tom60229
Tyler
European Grandmasters
BoarControl
Bozzzton
Bunnyhoppor
Casie
Feno
Jarla
Kolento
Orange
Pavel
Rdu
Seiko
SilverName
Swidz
Viper
Americas Grandmasters
Amnesiac
Eddie
ETC
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 wish you would have included possible playoff and releagation scenarios. Maybe next season?
Playoffs would have so many scenarios that I would've gone crazy trying to list them. Here are the somewhat-correct relegation scenarios though:
Americas:
APAC:
Europe:
Tie breakers go as follows:
TB 1: If you won both your matches against a person you're tied with, you're above him
TB 2: If you're 1-1, you sum all the points of the players you beat and whoever has the greater sum is placed above.
Thanks a lot.. Would be just an interesting feature for the future.
I second that, would be cool!
Five out of the eight players in the Americas will have Octosari in one of their decks. No player outside the Americas brought that card.
Yeah it's not good
I have enjoyed season 2 a LOT more than season 1. There is still a fair few warrior mirrors that go on a bit, but they are no longer the worst match up to watch. That belongs to combo priest mirrors!