The Hearthstone esports year arrived to its grand conclusion with World Championship 2021 taking place last weekend. You can re-live the action with our spoiler-free post below.


Decklists

You can find the decklists of each player in our dedicated post.


VoD

You can find the VoDs of the two days of competition below.

Day 1:

Day 1 Match VoDs
  • Group A Initial Match #1 - Nalguidan vs Tianming (VoD)
  • Group A Initial Match #2 - posesi vs Gaby (VoD)
  • Group B Initial Match #1 - Xiaobai vs glory (VoD)
  • Group B Initial Match #2 - Frenetic vs McBanterFace (VoD)
  • Group A Winners Match (VoD)
  • Group B Winners Match (VoD)
  • Group A Losers Match (VoD)
  • Group B Losers Match (VoD)

Day 2:

Day 2 Match VoDs
  • Group A Decider Match (VoD)
  • Group B Decider Match (VoD)
  • Semifinal #1 (VoD)
  • Semifinal #2 (VoD)
  • Final (VoD)


Results

You can find out how the Top 4 single-elimination bracket played out within the spoiler below. The full results, including the group stage, can be found on the official tournament site.

Top 4 Results


Recap

As you probably know by now, the decklists from this "Alterac Valley meta" were heavily resembling some old favorites from last expansion. Almost everyone brought virtually unchanged Garrote Rogue and OTK Demon Hunter lists, with Celestial Druid being a strong third deck to originate from the past expansions. Only the two Owllocks and two OTK Shamans had a bit more Alterac cards in the mix. Luckily, the promised nerf patch could be quite close.

Result-based Discussion

APAC is taking an even tighter grasp of the World Championship trophy with back-to-back victories. Both glory and posesi got out of their respective groups as winners, and had to fight hard in the semifinals with two five-game matches. Glory could almost feel his dream of becoming the first two-time World Champion slip away as posesi took a 2-0 lead, but his struggling Demon Hunter allowed glory to get level. In the end, posesi did get over the line in the mirror match, and took home the title, trophy, and $200.000 USD.

The Hearthstone World Champion 2021


Don't forget to tune in next year as Hearthstone esports will expand to Battlegrounds!