The Hearthstone esports year begins with the first Masters Tour event of 2022 taking place online in "Onyxia's Lair". Over 400 players from all regions will compete for their share of the glory and the $250,000 prize pool. You can find everything you need to know below.
YouTube Drops Return
This is a reminder that YouTube Drops have returned!
- Watch 2 Hours of Masters Tour Onyxia's Lair to earn 1 Fractured in the Alterac Valley Pack.
- Watch another 2 Hours of Masters Tour Onyxia's Lair to earn 1 more Fractured in the Alterac Valley Pack.
You must be logged in on YouTube and have your Battle.net account connected to earn YouTube Drops. Info here.
Tournament Format
The Masters Tour format continues the same than the latter half of the last year.
- All games are still played as Best-of-5 Conquest.
- 4 decks with 1 ban.
- A total of eight Swiss rounds, with Top 16 advancing to single elimination.
- Day 1: Four rounds of Swiss.
- Day 2: The remaining four rounds of Swiss.
- Day 3: Top 16 single elimination bracket.
Notable Attendees
All Grandmasters have been invited to the event but we will have their images up on our weekly GM posts, so it's time for others to have the limelight! The full list of invited players can be found here.
DeadDraw
digo
Dizdemon
Empanizado
Ike
IrvinG
Jambre
Leaoh
Maverick
OmegaZero
Orange
Syf
Tansoku
Tredsred
XC
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 PST (UTC-8) | East Coast EST (UTC-5) | Europe CET (UTC+1) | Korea KST (UTC+9) | |
| February 17 | 15:00 | 18:00 | 24:00 | 8:00 (Feb 18) |
| February 18 | 15:00 | 18:00 | 24:00 | 8:00 (Feb 19) |
| February 19 | 15:00 | 18:00 | 24:00 | 8:00 (Feb 20) |
Streams
This tournament will be streamed on the Hearthstone Esports Youtube channel, as accustomed. Don't forget that Youtube Drops have returned to Masters Tour events, so you should watch at least 4 hours while logged in!
Comments
No free packs for me, I thought it was this weekend but the second day already ended.
https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/esports/programs/youtube-drops
here they are saying 17-20 February is included.
however I've watched 5+ hours yesterday and got nothing yet
Is there not another day of matches, starting 8+ hours from now?
There was, but I'm asleep for most of that. Managed to watch the last two hours this morning so hopefully I'll get a pack.
How long does it take to get the packs? I watched 8 hours but no packs yet.
So, night-time only in Europe? Bummer.
I would actually like to watch some of it but due to the schedule I will pass. Certainly not going to stay awake in the middle of the night for a video game. Not a surprise though, this is not the first time. Guess we have to pay the pretty much highest prices for HS but are still not a priority :)
There isn't a schedule that's good for everyone across the globe though. Rotating the times like they do is the fairest solution.
Yeah, it sucks. I woke up, got excited to see the news, only to learn that the stream already ended :/
Cool 2 free packs for having youtube in a muted tab!