The first Grandmasters season of 2022 continued with Week 2 last weekend as 48 players tried out the new Trio format in the hope of enough points to reach the Playoffs and Season 2. You can re-live the action with our spoiler-free post below.
Finalists' Decklists
These were the players that reached the final in each region and the decks they brought for the new format Trio.
VoDs
Here are the links to individual match VoDs in spoilers below. Timestamps have been provided by HSEsports.
Day 1 - Initial Group Decider Matches
———- Asia-Pacific ———-
- 0:23:40 | Decider #1: Shaxy vs glory
- 1:29:02 | Decider #2: okasinnsuke vs Mighty
- 2:38:49 | Decider #3: GivePLZ vs che0nsu
- 3:26:04 | Decider #4: MegaGliscor vs lambyseries
———- Europe ———-
- 0:21:29 | Decider #1: Bunnyhoppor vs Floki
- 2:10:24 | Decider #2: SuperFake vs J4YOU
- 3:30:18 | Decider #3: xBlyzes vs ZloyGruzin
- 4:35:11 | Decider #4: Casie vs Seiko
———- 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 ———-
- 0:20:52 | Top 8 #1: trahison vs Mighty
- 1:27:26 | Top 8 #2: AlanC86 vs MegaGliscor
- 2:18:09 | Top 8 #3: Alutemu vs glory
- 2:58:46 | Top 8 #4: Bankyugi vs che0nsu
———- Europe ———-
- 0:21:17 | Top 8 #1: Viper vs SuperFake
- 1:38:44 | Top 8 #2: Furyhunter vs Seiko
- 2:40:10 | Top 8 #3: Leta vs Bunnyhoppor
- 4:08:33 | Top 8 #4: Jarla vs ZloyGruzin
———- Americas ———-
Day 3 - Semifinals and Finals
Results
The results in full, including the preceding off-stream games, can be found here.
Discussion
This week no Warlocks were played as Blizzard omitted the class from all five Trio buckets available for the players. Both Europe and Americas saw the remaining nine classes played whereas APAC players rejected the bucket including last week's favorite Demon Hunter and Paladin. Curiously, that particular bucket (DH/Paladin/Warrior) was the most popular pick in the other two regions, whereas APAC's clear #1 choice was Druid/Hunter/Warrior was the runner-up.
In APAC, three players who got zero points last week bounced right back with top 4 finishes as AlanC86 and Alutemu got 3 points each for their troubles, and che0nsu went to win the whole week and grab 5 points to his tally. The points standings are extremely close now with a whopping seven players at three points fighting for their Playoffs spot.
The tale in Europe followed a similar path as the zero-point Seiko and Bunnyhoppor were the final two players standing, with the latter emerging victorious after the grand final. The newcomer SuperFake is leading the pack in Europe and has basically secured his spot in the Playoffs as well. In Americas, the final also had one player who started with zero points in Pascoa, whereas to his opponent and compatriot Fled it was a back-to-back appearance. In the end, Fled managed to grab himself a good birthday present with a 3-1 victory.
The winners of Week 2.
Lastly, let's take another glimpse at the points standings of this season.
| APAC | Points | Europe | Points | Americas | Points |
| lambyseries | 6 | SuperFake | 7 | Fled | 9 |
| Mighty | 6 | xBlyzes | 6 | Fr0zen | 5 |
| Che0nsu | 5 | Bunnyhoppor | 5 | Monsanto | 5 |
| okasinnsuke | 5 | Furyhunter | 5 | DreadEye | 5 |
| 2 players | 4 | Jarla | 5 | 4 players | 4 |
| … | … | … | … | … | … |
| 7 players | 3 | 3 players | 2 | 3 players | 2 |
| hyung | 2 | Frenetic | 1 | CaelesLuna | 1 |
| grr | 1 | Floki | 1 | LeandroLeal | 1 |
| DragonMan | 0 | Felkeine | 1 | killinallday | 0 |
You can find the full standings on the official tournament site.
Grandmasters will continue next week with the third format - Last Hero Standing. Don't forget to tune in!
Comments
Were the buckets listed anywhere before or during the competition? That seems like important information for viewers for this format.