The sixth and final Masters Tour event this year took place last weekend with almost 400 players battling it out in an online tournament. In addition to a share of the prize money, the enticing prospect of getting invited to Hearthstone Grandmasters was on the line. You can re-live the action with our spoiler-free post below.
Top 8 Decklists
These decks carried their respective pilots to the final eight.
DragonMan's Decks
GivePLZ's Decks
JheickWeiss's Decks
nemutagenakuma's Decks
sherlock's Decks
Tianming's Decks
XiaoT's Decks
ZloyGruzin's Decks
VoD
You can find the VoDs of the three days of competition below. Day 1 had some broadcast issues and therefore consists of two videos instead of one.
Day 1:
Day 2:
Day 3:
Results
You can find out how the Top 8 single-elimination bracket played out within the spoiler below.
Recap
Note that Vanndar Stormpike and Drek'Thar were banned from the tournament due to players not having access to both at the moment.
The popularity of their respective Questlines made Demon Hunter, Warlock, and Warrior the clear top 3 picks to bring to Undercity according to OffCurve's stats. Over half of the players also brought Face Hunter, losing only to Questline Warrior in archetype popularity. This time Priest and Mage got the questionable honor of being barely brought compared to the other classes, and it's up to the Alterac Valley expansion to try and change that for the World Championship in December.
The Chinese were once again well represented in the top 16, but the biggest interest of the event's results were on the other three regions, so let's jump into the promotion talk right after congratulating XiaoT for his impressive victory with a clean 12-0 record over the weekend.
DragonMan was already one of the APAC frontrunners and his runner-up finish granted him the #1 spot on the APAC promotions and secured a representative for Hong Kong after blitzchung's relegation/retirement. The #2 spot went to Mighty, who never reached the top 8 in these events but performed consistently across the three latest Masters Tours and who is now set to become the first Indian GM. Third new Grandmaster will actually be an old Grandmaster, as trahison's top 4 finish in Ironforge was not only enough to guarantee his promotion to Season 2 but also to keep him in the elite competition. The Korean DOLGALLERY and Japanese MegaGliscor would've needed tiebreakers without the retirements in APAC, but will now both join the circuit. The sixth spot went to che0nsu, who got relegated last season but will be making a quick return like trahison.
Four of the six promoted players in APAC.
In Europe Furyhunter had pretty much guaranteed his promotion by winning the latest Masters Tour in Stormwind, but decided to make it certain with another top 16 finish. Only a point behind him is Floki, whose promotion-worthy performances early this year are still enough to repromote him, much like trahison in APAC. Despite not gaining more points at this event, SuperFake will be bringing Portugal representation to the competition as the third promoted player. The four players clinging at the fourth promotion spot with 19 points before the tournament were all left without one, as first Norwis passed them all with a single point before ZloyGruzin brought Russia back to Grandmasters by advancing to the top 4 of the tournament and guaranteeing his spot by tiebreakers.
The promoted four players in Europe.
The #1 spot in the Americas list went to Pun who picked up points in all three latest Masters Tours, a feat which saw him eclipse the points total of the already-GM Monsanto. Pascoa was also able to keep hold of his spot with ease despite not gaining more points in this event. CaelesLuna managed to do what he needed and grabbed 6 additional points, which will keep him in the Grandmasters for another season. LeandroLeal and GamerRvg were in danger of missing out altogether or at least heading for a tiebreaker, but as both JheickWeiss and sherlock fell at top 8, the aforementioned players both locked in a GM spot thanks to the extra fifth spot available in Americas.
Three of the promoted five players in Americas.
Hearthstone esports year draws near to its conclusion, with next stop being the World Championship in December. Don't forget to tune in!
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