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HGC Mid-Season Brawl :: Grand Final :: Discussion Thread
Previous match thread: HGC Mid-Season Brawl - Heroes All-Stars :: West vs East (2x damage and game speed) :: Discussion Thread.
When?
The match is planned to start at 20:05 CET / 11:05 PT, 5 minutes after this post was posted.
Streams
- Official English stream (talent: Dreadnaught, Fan, Gillyweed, Grubby, JHow, Kaelaris, Khaldor, Tetcher, Trikslyr)
- For streams in other languages check:
Community challenges
- Master League - prediction challenge
Teams
Fnatic vs Team Dignitas Breez warrior - support Bakery QuackNiix ranged - warrior JayPL scHwimpi ranged/flex - ranged Mene SmX support - flex Snitch Wubby melee/flex - melee/flex Zealia HGC Mid-Season Brawl
HGC Mid-Season Brawl is the first Heroes tournament in 2017 featuring teams from the entire world. 12 teams play to determine the world champions: two best teams from each major region (South Korea, Europe, North America, China) and the champions of minor region championships (Taiwan, Australia & New Zealand, Southeast Asia, Latin America). Tournament winners get 100,000 USD out of the total prize pool of 250,00 USD.
On June 10-14, a group stage was played with two groups of six teams. Two bottom teams from both groups were eliminated and the tournament moved on to the playoffs - a double elimination bracket. Here, top two teams from each group start in the upper bracket semi-finals while 3rd and 4th placed teams have to fight through the lower bracket. All matches are best-of-5, except for the best-of-7 Grand Final where the upper bracket winner starts with a one game lead. The playoffs are played from June 17 to June 19 during DreamHack Summer in Jönköping, Sweden.
Match format
This match is a best-of-7 series. Fnatic, coming from the upper bracket, starts with a one game lead.
Each team bans one map. Then, the "home" team chooses a map for the first game. In the following games of a match, the losing team of the previous game will have the choice for Battlegrounds selection or first hero pick in the draft.
Battleground bans
- Fnatic: Dragon Shire
- Team Dignitas: Warhead Junction
Game version
HGC Mid-Season Brawl is played on the May 31 balance patch. D.Va is allowed.
Match reports, VODs
Website Link Master League https://masterleague.net/match/3135/ Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/videos/152914209?t=05h20m00s For feedback about the match thread, please contact /u/lerhond.
Matt MacNeil
The support players, Bakery and SmX, are both playing out of their minds this match. This is so awesome to watch.