Hearthstone Grandmasters 2020 continues with the second week of the second Season! Like last week, the players started the Swiss phase already on Wednesday with the aim of gathering more points to reach a spot in the coveted Division A. You can find everything you need to know below.
This Week's Format
This week the format has changed from the usual Conquest to Last Hero Standing.
- Best-of-five Last Hero Standing.
- 7 Swiss rounds are played off-stream on Wednesday and Thursday with top 8 of each region advancing.
- Top 8 will be divided to two groups, which play through a double elimination bracket, top 2 from each group advances.
- Top 4 play through a single elimination bracket to decide the winner.
Players will be gaining points based on their performance, and at the end of the three weeks of Swiss, the Grandmasters will be divided to two Divisions based on these points. You can check point standings here after this weekend's matches.
For the entire competition format, check out the spoiler below.
Quote From Blizzard Weeks 1-3: Swiss into Group Stage
During weeks 1 – 3, players will compete in matches in a Swiss format each Wednesday and Thursday of the week to earn a placement in the weekend Group Stage. Points from these weekend rounds will be used to determine two Divisions in each region for round-robin weeks. There will be a different gameplay format each week.
- The 16 players in each region will compete against each other off broadcast in 7-9 Swiss Rounds during the week.
- On Thursday, after Swiss play has completed, the field is cut in half based on standings and the Top 8 per region will play in a dual tournament format live on YouTube across Friday and Saturday, with the Top-4 finals played out on Sunday.
- Gameplay format changes every week:
- Week 1: 7 Rounds of Swiss, Conquest with 1 Ban
- Week 2: 7 Rounds of Swiss, Four Deck Last Hero Standing with 1 Ban
- Week 3: 9 Rounds of Swiss, Bo3 Specialist
Weeks 4 – 7: Round Robin
Weeks 4 – 7 will consist of round-robin group play within the two divisions in each region – much like Season 1 of Grandmasters.
- Following weeks 1-3, players will be sorted into two divisions based on their points standings. Division A is comprised of the top-8-point-earning players, and Division B will be point total ranks 9-16.
- The two divisions compete in round-robin group play over four weeks. The standings at the conclusion of these weeks will determine who will move onto the Playoffs, and who will be relegated from Season 2.
- The format will stay consistent during round-robin weeks:
- Bo5 Conquest (4 decks, 1 ban)
Week 8: Season 2 Playoffs
Round Robin weeks lead into Week 8 Playoffs, which will qualify one player per region to the World Championship at the end of the year, while three players from each region will be relegated.
- Top 6 from Division A automatically make it into Playoffs.
- Top 4 from Division B compete in a play-in round to determine who will join the top 6 from Division A in a dual tournament bracket for Playoffs.
- The 7th and 8th placed players in Division B at the close of Round Robin are automatically relegated from Season 2 of Grandmasters.
- Final relegation will be determined via a 3-match Play-In involving the 7th and 8th placed from Division A, and 5th and 6th placed from Division B.
- The winner from each region in Season 2 Grandmasters Playoffs will advance to the Hearthstone World Championships later this year.
Stream Schedule
West Coast PDT (UTC-7) | East Coast EDT (UTC-4) | Europe CEST (UTC+2) | Korea KST (UTC+9) | |
| August 21 | 2:00 | 5:00 | 11:00 | 18:00 |
| August 22 | 2:00 | 5:00 | 11:00 | 18:00 |
| August 23 | 4:00 | 7:00 | 13:00 | 20:00 |
You can find all the matches, results, and decklists (even for the Swiss portion) on the official tournament site.
Asia-Pacific Grandmasters
Alutemu
Bankyugi
blitzchung
Che0nsu
DawN
Flurry
glory
kin0531
posesi
Ryvius
Shaxy
Surrender
TIZS
Tom60229
Tyler
Europe Grandmasters
AyRoK
BoarControl
Bozzzton
Bunnyhoppor
Casie
Felkeine
Jarla
Rdu
Seiko
SilverName
Swidz
Viper
Warma
xBlyzes
Zhym
Americas Grandmasters
Briarthorn
Eddie
Empanizado
ETC
Firebat
Fr0zen
Justsaiyan
killinallday
languagehacker
Monsanto
Muzzy
Nalguidan
NoHandsGamer
Rami94
Zalae
Watch Live
You can watch all the action on the official Hearthstone Esports Youtube channel. If you want more Grandmasters content, the caster videos have made their return for this Season as well.
Recap of last weekend with Raven.
Top 5 Moments with Darroch.
Mull It Over with Jia.
Hot Takes with TJ and Sottle.
Comments
I just want to say, thanks for putting these GM pages together each week! I appreciate having one place to return to to a) get info and b) get all the stream links if I want to catch a few minutes of the tournament at a time.