The second Grandmasters season of 2022 continued with Week 2 last weekend as 16 players fought for this week's victory 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 second week of Trio.
Bunnyhoppor's Decks
Furyhunter's Decks
xBlyzes' Decks
ZloyGruzin'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
- 00:16:00 Introduction
- 00:33:53 Initial Match A #1
- 02:08:06 Initial Match A #2
- 03:16:48 Winners Match A
- 04:08:53 Elimination Match A
- 05:06:50 Decider Match A
- 06:17:28 Initial Match B #1
- 07:53:32 Initial Match B #2
- 08:43:26 Winners Match B
- 09:25:26 Elimination Match B
- 10:26:59 Decider Match B
Day 2:
- 00:00:00 Countdown
- 00:16:06 Introduction
- 00:27:56 Initial Match C #1
- 01:33:59 Initial Match C #2
- 03:24:18 Winners Match C
- 04:47:12 Elimination Match C
- 05:28:41 Decider Match C
- 06:21:19 Initial Match D #1
- 07:18:35 Initial Match D #2
- 08:17:11 Winners Match D
- 09:37:46 Elimination Match D
- 11:07:45 Decider Match D
Day 3:
Results
The results of the group stage preceding the top 8 bracket can be found on the official tournament site.
Discussion
As the class lineups were decided by Blizzard, extensive discussion of the picks is not sensible. The clear favorite of the players seem to have been Demon Hunter-Priest-Rogue as half of the field decided to make that as the basis of their lineup. The support for other four strategies was more even (1, 2, 2, and 3 picks, respectively).
Popular does not equal effective. Out of this week's top 8, only two players were in the DH-Priest-Rogue hype train and only one was able to advance to semifinals. The final was a match between the only two Druid-Mage-Paladin lineups brought this week, and in a true mirror lineup fashion it went all the way to game 5. In the end, xBlyzes was victorious and denied Bunnyhoppor's back-to-back victories in this final season of Grandmasters.
The winner of the second week of Trio.
Bunnyhoppor is in a clear points lead before the final week, followed by this week's winner xBlyzes. You can find the full points standings on the official tournament site.
The esports year will continue with Masters Tour Castle Nathria in two weeks. Don't forget to tune in!
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