The 2017 Hearthstone World Championship Survival Guide
It's finally here! After a long wait since last year, the decks have been released and the top sixteen players have been flown out to compete in Amsterdam. $1,000,000 is up for grabs with first place taking home a large $250,000.
You can catch all this weekend's action over on Twitch.tv/PlayHearthstone . All information you'll need to follow alongside the event, which includes the schedule, decklists, and stream can be found below.
World Championship Schedule
West Coast
PST (UTC -8) |
East Coast
EST (UTC -5) |
Europe
CET (UTC +1) |
Korea
KST (UTC +9) |
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Jan 18 | 23:30 (Jan 17) | 02:30 | 08:30 | 17:30 |
Jan 19 | 23:30 (Jan 18) | 02:30 | 08:30 | 17:30 |
Jan 20 | 23:30 (Jan 19) | 02:30 | 08:30 | 17:30 |
Jan 21 | 07:00 | 10:00 | 16:00 | 00:00 (Jan 22) |
World Championship Format
- All matches will be using the Standard Format.
- All matches will be played with the Best of 5 Conquest Format.
- Each player gets to ban 1 opponent deck.
- The Group Stage will use the Dual Tournament Format.
- Top 8 Group Stage advance to a Single Elimination Bracket.
World Championship Group Stage
Group A | Match W-L | Total W-L |
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DocPwn | 2 - 0 | 6 - 2 |
Tom60229 | 2 - 1 | 6 - 4 |
Orange | 1 - 2 | 4 - 6 |
Hoej | 0 - 2 | 2 - 6 |
Group B | Match W-L | Total W-L |
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JasonZhou | 2 - 1 | 7 - 5 |
SamuelTsao | 2 - 0 | 6 - 4 |
Muzzy | 1 - 2 | 5 - 7 |
Kolento | 0 - 2 | 4 - 6 |
Group C | Match W-L | Total W-L |
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ShtanUdachi | 2 - 1 | 7 - 4 |
Sintolol | 2 - 0 | 6 - 3 |
Purple | 1 - 2 | 5 - 6 |
Ant | 0 - 2 | 1 - 6 |
Group D | Match W-L | Total W-L |
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Fr0zen | 2 - 1 | 8 - 6 |
Surrender | 2 - 0 | 6 - 4 |
OmegaZero | 1 - 2 | 7 - 7 |
Neirea | 0 - 2 | 2 - 6 |
World Championship Playoffs
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Quarter-Finals
Jan 20-
DocPwn 2
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JasonZhou 3
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Sintolol 2
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Fr0zen 3
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SamuelTsao 1
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Tom60229 3
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Surrender 3
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ShtanUdachi 1
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Semi-Finals
Jan 21-
JasonZhou 2
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Fr0zen 3
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Tom60229 3
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Surrender 1
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Finals
Jan 21-
Fr0zen 2
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Tom60229 3
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World Champion
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Tom60229
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World Championship Decks
We've got a dedicated post from last week which includes all the competitor decklists. Go check them, along with a roundup of the class and archetype breakdowns, and the most popular cards, on the dedicated post .
World Championship Stream
All the action can be found on the official stream embedded below. Refer to the schedule above to know when to come back and tune in.
Frozen. Great player (maybe the best), but he has the worst luck
Once again, Fr0zen is denied his championship due to bullshit cards. Fuck Highlander Priests. Can't wait for Raza the Chained and Jade cards to be fucking gone.
yay I voted for Tom ! Free packs!
So, DocPwn is the only one who's beaten the champion? Congrats to the bearded man, too! :D
Frozen had lots of problems with his jade deck. he made the same mistake twice, not putting any threats on-board, and only armoring up vs priest.
vs surrender he kept jade idol for 10 turns! and he taught his safe behind armors. he uses nourish and ultimate infestion to draw cards, but what to draw when u haven't shuffled any idols in your deck?
i taught it's ok his under pressure and like other players his making mistake too, but NO, his plan was just to armor up vs priests, he made the same mistake again vs tom, relying too much on armor and not making a threatening board. well it made him lose the award.
You realize putting threats on the board against a Highlander Priest wasn't gonna do shit right? He was already at half health. After just a couple turns, Tom would've already machine gunned Fr0zen's face. He was gonna lose no matter what he did because again: Priests are fucking bullshit.
i don't agree, especially with the game vs surrender, he would definitely win if he made a board, you tell me this what is the point of using nourish and ultimate infection in a jade druid when u haven't shuffled any jades into your deck? what do you expect to get from your draws? and you had the card for 10 turns! sitting there and only armoring up.
the game vs tom maybe the result wouldn't change but frozen was making the same mistake, armoring up and nothing more till it got late.
but priests are bullshit, that's true, bilizard should have nerfed anduin long time ago, to: referesh your hero power when playing a minion. which makes an stop for machine guns and is still a really good card. we could see more minion based decks like n'zoth or quest priest in combination with dk, it's still able to deal 6 in each turn easily, and +10 with prophet. also Psycho scream should be 9 mana.
"I think I'm favorite because World Champions always have a Rogue deck" -Tom
And he got it right ! Rogues can pull off RNG based debilitating free wins and completely stress out the opponent in the next games ;-)
Although I clearly was all-in on supporting Fr0zen because of his more innovative lineup and better charisma as a person (imo), Tom clearly deserved his victory; he kept his blood cold even at 0-2 and made a very interesting stragical choice by choosing to starts the 3rd game with his weakest deck against Jade; as long as he didn't loose that Highlander VS Jade match, he was able to put himself in a psychologically threatening position even with Fr0zen being on the match point all along. His self control did the rest :)
Holy shit, that top deck from Fr0zen was so clutch.
If you didn't get the chance to watch the fr0zen vs sintolol match, look it up on youtube and watch a real epic hearthstone battle. Most breathtaking game EVER.
Yeah! Let's go Fr0zeN!
(So how do we get six packs?)
Visit your local gym on a daily basis :)
We already get 4 since fr0zen reached the semifinals. 5 if he reaches finals, 6 if he pwns them all.
Ah I see.
For every best of 3, or whatever you call it, your champion wins you get a pack!
Go Fr0zen, bring us more packs!!! ^^
Where is Purple in the tournament now i voted for him :D
Me in HCT Spring Championship : "I'm not sure but maybe I think I should go for Kolento this time" ==> *win 4 packs*
Me in HCT World Championship : "Definitely putting my faith in Kolento again" ==> *only 1 pack*
same man :( I was actually thinking of going with fr0zen, I goofed it.