The second Grandmasters season of 2022 kicked off with Week 1 last weekend as 16 players started the elite competition in the hope of gathering enough 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 four and the decks they brought for the opening week of Conquest.
Bunnyhoppor's Decks
Pascoa's Decks
posesi's Decks
SuperFake's Decks
VoDs
You can find the VoDs of the three days of competition below, with timestamps provided by HSEsports.
Day 1:
- 00:00:00 Countdown
- 00:16:25 Introduction
- 00:29:19 Initial Match A #1
- 01:48:52 Initial Match A #2
- 02:55:14 Winners Match A
- 03:42:03 Elimination Match A
- 05:07:20 Decider Match A
- 06:12:12 Initial Match B #1
- 07:06:53 Initial Match B #2
- 08:22:37 Winners Match B
- 09:02:15 Elimination Match B
- 10:14:46 Decider Match B
Day 2 (Part 1):
Day 2 (Part 2):
Day 3:
Results
The results of the group stage preceding the top 8 bracket can be found on the official tournament site.
Discussion
While Rogue was the most popular pick for the first week of the final season of Grandmasters (12/16 players brought it), four other classes got 9-10 picks as well. Many classes also fielded two different archetypes, making the lineups even more varied. Only one class, Warrior, got no picks at all during the first week of Conquest.
As all of the four Last Call spots meant for the best Masters Tour performers went to Europeans, eight of the sixteen Grandmasters represent EU. These players took 6 of the top 8 spots in this first week, with only Pascoa from Americas and Posesi from APAC giving them a proper fight with their semifinal finishes. The final took place between the often-animated SuperFake and a more stoic Bunnyhoppor, with the latter coming out on top with a clear 3-0 victory.
The winner of the first week of Conquest.
The aforementioned quartet has taken the early points lead, but there are two more weeks to play! You can find the full points standings on the official tournament site.
Grandmasters will continue next week with the new Trio format. Don't forget to tune in!
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