The fifth Masters Tour event of the year takes place online this weekend, with Blizzard once again granting the players just a couple of days for preparation after the latest nerfs. Over 300 players from all regions will compete for their share of the glory, prize money, and the prospect of getting an invitation to Hearthstone Grandmasters. You can find everything you need to know below.
Tournament Format
The usual Masters Tour format will continue in this tournament as well.
- All games are played as Best-of-5 Conquest.
- 4 decks with 1 ban.
- A total of 9 Swiss rounds, with Top 8 advancing to single elimination.
- Day 1: 5 rounds of Swiss, players with 3 or more wins advancing to day 2.
- Day 2: The remaining 4 rounds of Swiss.
- Day 3: Top 8 single elimination bracket.
Notable Attendees
All Grandmasters, the recently relegated ones included, have been invited to the event but we've had their images up on our weekly posts already, it's time for others to have the limelight! The full list of invited players can be found here.
Crane333
DeadDraw
Dizdemon
Impact
Leta
Liooon
Maverick
noblord
Ostkaka
Pizza
Rase
Syf
Tansoku
Tincho
Turna
XHope
Stream Schedule
In case your timezone isn't listed below, check out the sidebar on the official tournament site. It should display the schedule in your local time.
West Coast PDT (UTC-7) | East Coast EDT (UTC-4) | Europe CEST (UTC+2) | Korea KST (UTC+9) | |
| September 11 | 9:00 | 12:00 | 18:00 | 1:00 (Sept. 12) |
| September 12 | 9:00 | 12:00 | 18:00 | 1:00 (Sept. 13) |
| September 13 | 9:00 | 12:00 | 18:00 | 1:00 (Sept. 14) |
Stream
This tournament will be streamed in Hearthstone Esports Youtube channel, as accustomed.
Comments
Brackets for the tournament can be found here: https://battlefy.com/hsesports/masters-tour-online-montr%C3%A9al/5f3c3c6066bf242962711d60/stage/5f5b8cab513be46175c9b03a/bracket/1
I saw on both the Blizzard and Battlefy sites that the prizes for participants in the tournament were Hearthstone packs - hilarious. Pretty sure anyone on that list already has access to the cards they want. Are there really no cash awards for this level of competition? Why would a current GM or other pro player want to participate? I know there's some points system that contributes to becoming a GM if you do well in tournaments, but the lack of money seems funny to me.
The Masters Tour qualifiers have pack prizes, but the Tour events itself do have real money on the line. And actually, there is no other point system than the prize money you have earned.
Thank you for clarifying/confirming. That makes a lot more sense.
Let's go CptnKitty & Theo! Very excited for this. Hoping to see a lot of cool decks, the meta is in a great state so it should be a very varied tournament with lots of different decks. I've been paying attention to a lot of tournaments the last few weeks and there are no four "best decks" like there were previous expansion. Even within classes there are tons of different options. Guardian and Malygos in Druid, Aggro and Secret in Rogue, Bomb and Enrage in Warrior, Highlander and Galakrond Dragon in Priest, Tempo and Highlander in Mage, Pure and Broom Libram in Paladin, Aggro and Soul in DH, Face and Highlander in Hunter, etc. I wonder which line-up will win.