HCT World Championship 2019 Survival Guide
The HCT World Championship is finally here! We've got 16 competitors playing Hearthstone for their share of a $1,000,000 prize pool.
- Dates : April 24 - 27
- Starts at 7 PM PDT (10 PM EDT, 4 AM CEST) each day.
- Venue : Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
- Address : No. 28, Lane 76, Dunnan Street, Da’an District, Taipei City
IMPORTANT REMINDER - FREE PACKS
You can tune in to the HCT World Championship over the next few days and earn yourself free packs!
- Accumulating 4 total hours of watch time on any official stream gets you one Rise of Shadows pack.
- You have a chance, when logged in to a Twitch account connected with a Battle.net account, to earn random pack drops.
More information can be found in our dedicated post here .
HCT World Championship Decks
Looking for all the decks that have been taken to the championship? Check them out in our dedicated World Championship Decks post .
HCT World Championship Schedule
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West Coast
PDT (UTC -7) |
East Coast
EDT (UTC -4) |
Europe
CEST (UTC +2) |
Japan
JST (UTC +9) |
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April 24
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19:00
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22:00
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04:00 (Apr 25) |
11:00 (Apr 25)
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April 25
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19:00
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22:00
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04:00 (Apr 26) |
11:00 (Apr 26)
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| April 26 | 19:00 | 22:00 | 04:00 (Apr 27) | 11:00 (Apr 27) |
| April 27 | 19:00 | 22:00 | 04:00 (Apr 28) | 11:00 (Apr 28) |
HCT World Championship Prize Pool
The total prize pool is a cool million USD.
| Place | Cash | HCT Points |
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| 1 | $250,000 | - |
| 2 | $150,000 | - |
| 3-4 | $100,000 | - |
| 5-8 | $50,000 | - |
| 9-16 | $25,000 | - |
HCT World Championship Groups
These groups will NOT be updated in real-time due to timezone issues. Check out the official site for brackets that should update more frequently.
| Group A | Match W-L | Total W-L |
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Jing
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2 - 1 | 8 - 4 |
Bunnyhoppor
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2 - 0 | 6 - 4 |
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XiaoT
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1 - 2 | 4 - 8 |
BloodTrail
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0 - 2 | 4 - 6 |
| Group B | Match W-L | Total W-L |
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languagehacker
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2 - 1 | 7 - 6 |
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Yueying
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2 - 0 | 6 - 4 |
killinallday
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1 - 2 | 7 - 7 |
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Muzzy
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0 - 2 | 3 - 6 |
| Group C | Match W-L | Total W-L |
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hunterace
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2 - 1 | 7 - 6 |
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Justsaiyan
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2 - 0 | 6 - 3 |
A83650
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1 - 2 | 7 - 6 |
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Ike
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0 - 2 | 1 - 6 |
| Group D | Match W-L | Total W-L |
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Viper
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2 - 1 | 8 - 4 |
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bloodyface
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2 - 0 | 6 - 4 |
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Roger
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1 - 2 | 6 - 6 |
Tyler
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0 - 2 | 0 - 6 |
HCT World Championship Stream
You can watch all the action on the main stream at Twitch.tv/PlayHearthstone .
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Posted Apr 25, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)because they are tisms
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Posted Apr 25, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)I have a doubt regarding the "Accumulating 4 total hours of watch time on any official stream gets you one Rise of Shadows pack" statement:
That 'promo' is cumulative? I mean, you can only get one Rise of Shadows pack or you get one Rise of Shadows pack for each 4 hours of watch time?
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Posted Apr 25, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)Looks like the official site has got timezone issues, too. ATM their results are less up-to-date than yours! ;)
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Posted Apr 25, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)Do I still get packs if I have opened stream on tab and actually won't watch it ?
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Posted Apr 25, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)i think you do!
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Posted Apr 25, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)No, Blizzard's fleet of drones go to the homes of the ~40k people all over the world watching and check that your'e actually watching it and not just put it on mute in the background. You won't get any packs otherwise.
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Posted Apr 25, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)Is there any way to track your progress of hours viewed?
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Posted Apr 25, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)Not that I know. I just left my computer on and full screen the twitch stream! I got a notification of a Rise of shadows drop. No random classic pack yet unfortunately!
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Posted Apr 25, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)You get 1 pack for watching 4 hours of the stream and each hour you have a chance to get a classic pack drop!
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Posted Apr 25, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)Does anyone know if you have to watch the 4hrs of world champs footage live on twitch, or can we catch up after a stream? Being in EU does make it a bit harder to tune in.
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Posted Apr 25, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)nice start, bunny! gogogo!
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Posted Apr 25, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)It will be very hard to watch it... 4am is kinda bad PepeHands
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Posted Apr 24, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)Why do so many people type "!drop" in chat?
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Posted Apr 24, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)My
bodymonitor is ready for this ..! ^^-
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Posted Apr 24, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)You'all know they post the videos as soon as and while while it is going right? You can even watch at 1.25x or 1.5x to get done faster and skip to the good parts.
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Posted Apr 24, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)wrong
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Posted Apr 24, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)Yeah sure, then enjoy this tournament while you consume a warm dinner.
To be fair it's even a good time: the hell are you complaining about?
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Posted Apr 24, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)how is that nice for europe? 4 oclock in the morning? lol
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Posted Apr 25, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)ye just perfect -.-
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Posted Apr 24, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)honestly who is the knucklehead who thought to start this as 7pm PDT was a good idea, good luck getting any US viewers for this.