The first Grandmasters season of 2021 continued with Week 4 last weekend as 48 players battled in the Specialist format to gather some all-important points to reach the Playoffs. You can re-live the action with our spoiler-free post below.
Top 4 Decklists
These were the players that reached the final day in each region and the decks they brought this week.
VoDs
Here are the links to individual match VoDs in spoilers below.
Day 1 - Initial Group Decider Matches
———- Asia-Pacific ———-
- Group A Decider - glory vs Shaxy: VoD
- Group B Decider - che0nsu vs DawN: VoD
- Group C Decider - Alutemu vs Alan870806: VoD
- Group D Decider - GivePLZ vs Surrender: VoD
———- Europe ———-
- Group A Decider - Leta vs Bozzzton: VoD
- Group B Decider - Jarla vs AyRoK: VoD
- Group C Decider - xBlyzes vs Frenetic: VoD
- Group D Decider - Swidz vs Rdu: VoD
———- Americas ———-
Day 2 - Quarterfinals
The spoiler below uses results from Day 1 games in naming matchups, so watch those first if you want no spoilers!
———- Asia-Pacific ———-
- Quarterfinal 1 - posesi vs che0nsu: VoD
- Quarterfinal 2 - blitzchung vs GivePLZ: VoD
- Quarterfinal 3 - TIZS vs Shaxy: VoD
- Quarterfinal 4 - Bankyugi vs Alan870806: VoD
———- Europe ———-
- Quarterfinal 1 - Zhym vs Jarla: VoD
- Quarterfinal 2 - Thijs vs Rdu: VoD
- Quarterfinal 3 - Warma vs Bozzzton: VoD
- Quarterfinal 4 - Seiko vs xBlyzes: VoD
———- Americas ———-
Day 3 - Semifinals and Finals
Results
The results in full, including the preceding off-stream games, can be found here.
Discussion
The upcoming 15 card changes are very welcome as things are getting stale in competitive Hearthstone. This week saw the players bring 18 Mages and 17 Priests, with the other classes combined reaching only 12 picks. In addition to the never-played Shaman, Demon Hunter, Paladin, and Rogue were also left out of the action this week. Each region brought only 4 different classes which meant that mirror matches were common, especially in the Mage-infested Europe where seven out of the nine Mage players made it to top 8.
While APAC had also heard the call of Mage and Priest, it was blitzchung and his Token Druid that once again took the top spot, making his overall tally from the two Specialist weeks a clean 10-0. Shaxy made a back-to-back finals appearance as well but just like his OTK Demon Hunter last week, his Lunacy Mage lost to the power of Nature.
Europe was all about Mages. After countless Incanter's Flows and Decks of Lunacy had been played, Rdu emerged victorious and rose to the top 3 in points standings. Warlock was the surprise package in Americas where 2/3 players bringing it found themselves in top 4, while the same number for Priests was 1/8. However, the ultimate victory went to a Mage as Nalguidan knocked out both Warlocks in top 4.
The winners of Week 4.
We've just crossed the halfway line of the season, so here's another quick look at the top and bottom of the points standings. Tyler better be good at Last Hero Standing or he could be in real trouble.
| APAC | Points | Europe | Points | Americas | Points |
| blitzchung | 13 | Jarla | 12 | NoHandsGamer | 12 |
| GivePLZ | 10 | Thijs | 11 | Rami94 | 11 |
| Alutemu | 10 | Rdu | 11 | Nalguidan | 10 |
| Shaxy | 10 | Warma | 10 | lunaloveee | 10 |
| … | … | … | … | … | … |
| DawN | 4 | Felkeine | 4 | Fled & muzzy | 6 |
| Hi3 | 4 | Frenetic | 4 | languagehacker | 5 |
| tom60229 | 4 | Bunnyhoppor | 3 | killinallday | 3 |
| lambyseries | 3 | Zhym | 3 | Briarthorn | 3 |
| tyler | 1 | AyRoK | 2 | Impact | 2 |
You can find the full standings on the official tournament site (not yet updated with Week 4 results at the time of writing).
Grandmasters will continue next week with another format change - time for Last Hero Standing! Don't forget to tune in!
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