After a week of break (because of Grandmasters Tour stop in Las Vegas – see the top 8 deck lists here!), Grandmasters are back! Whole weekend of nearly non-stop action. Post-buff meta has already stabilized, and players had a lot of time to pull data from the big Masters tournament, meaning that they came prepared. But how good were their reads of the meta?
There are 12 hours (or even more) of matches every day. If you want to see when they’re played in your time zone, or check out for interesting games, the official schedule can come handy! Watch the games live on PlayHearthstone Twitch channel.
You can check out the official post below for some highlights and more information.
After Yoann “Hypno” Pfersich’s hijinks with Azalina Soulthief at Masters Tour Las Vegas, both Kevin “Casie” Eberlein and Jon “Orange” Westberg have opted to submit a similar Bomb Warrior list for Grandmasters Week 5 featuring Armorsmith, Cruel Taskmaster, Improve Morale, and Grommash Hellscream. Dasol “Ryvius” Sim is on Control Shaman, Raphael “Bunnyhoppor” Peltzer is playing Revenge of the Wild in Midrange Hunter, and Vladislav “SilverName” Sinotov doubled down on his Week 4 Token Druid. You can browse the submitted deck list for Week 5 here.
Fr0zen vs. Firebat—Friday, June 21, at 12pm PT / 8pm CET
Brought the to GM so gotta practice it live https://t.co/d96hNQDdtG. Thx @Bunnyhoppor and @Liquid_hsdog for prep pic.twitter.com/OaiBSa9dYh
— Frank Zhang (@Liquid_Fr0zen) June 20, 2019
While Fr0zen’s run in Vegas didn’t work out quite as well as his teammate David “dog” Caero, he did have a hand in helping our newly crowned champion craft his deck list for the event. This week, he’s brought Pogo-Hopper Rogue to take on Firebat, who missed Vegas in lieu of spending some quality time with his family.
Hunterace vs. Orange—Saturday, June 22, at 7am PT / 3pm CET
When these two met in Week 1, Orange walked away with a 2-1 victory. Fast-forward to today and both players are tied for second place in Europe’s Division B. At Masters Tour Las Vegas, Orange finished with a 3-4 record while Casper “Hunterace” Notto finished at 8-4.
My time in USA is over for now. Not very happy with my performance in a very difficult field. Really missed these types of big open tournaments, can not wait to step up my game for next one. Omw to Taiwan now to Play/Cast GM this weekend!
— Casper Notto (@HunteraceHS) June 18, 2019
After spending a bit of time on the desk in Vegas, we’re happy to welcome Hunterace back to cast Asia-Pacific for Week 5.
Tyler vs. Dawn—Sunday, June 23, at 4am PT / 12pm CET
Lost the next 2 rounds and now I’m 1-2. I’ve been feeling super sick since yesterday (Headache / feverish) So I decided to drop from the tournament even though I could still make it. If usually dont give up like this but I’m actually exhausted. sorry :/
— Tyler Hoang Nguyen (@tylerootd) June 14, 2019
Unfortunately, Tyler ‘Tyler’ Hoang Nguyen fell ill in Vegas and had to drop out of the tournament early. Meanwhile, his next-round opponent in Grandmasters, Jang “Dawn” Hyun Jae, posted an 6-6 record at the event. Dawn defeated Tyler 2-1 when the two players met in Week 2. If you’re a Tyler fan, send him your energy this week!
Casters and Commentators
Most of the usual suspects are out for Nathan “Admirable” Zamora’s wedding – congrats Admirable! Here is the casting lineup for Week 5 of Grandmasters:
- Americas – Neil “L0rinda” Bond and Edward “Gallon” Goodwin
- Europe – Daniel “Falcone” Falcone and Mihai “Languagehacker” Dragalin
- Asia-Pacific – Hunterace & Darroch “Darroch” Brown
The action starts with Ryvius taking on Chen “tom60229” Wei Lin in Asia-Pacific when the broadcast goes at 2 a.m. PT, June 21, on Twitch.tv/PlayHearthstone!
Is there a good resource to track standings, class representation and winrate by week and such for Grandmasters? Watching the games is fun, but I feel kind of lost without a stats cheat sheet.
playhearthstone.com has all the standings, and you can see all the match/deck data as well.
Sweet, thanks!
https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/esports/standings/ for general standings.
And https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/esports/schedule/grandmasters for week by week schedule (with scores, class played etc.)