This week was the first of the Last Hero Standing format being the chosen match form, which means players bring 4 Class decks, and get one banned by their opponent. They start the first game on the deck they prefer and the winner of that first game has to stay on that deck, while the loser no longer can use the deck they lost with. The series then continues with both players having to either stay on their deck if they win, or move to a new deck if they lose, until one of them has run out of decks to play. This effectively makes this a Best of 5 Series.
Controversy
On Saturday, during the Quarter-Finals in the EU region, something happened that has made the official Hearthstone Esports account tweet out there is going to be an investigation into possible cheating.We are currently investigating reports of potential cheating during one of today’s Grandmasters matches.— Hearthstone Esports (@HSesports) May 15, 2021During the Saturday EU event, xBlyzes was supposed to play Zhym for a spot in the semi-finals, but xBlyzes never showed up for his match, meaning Zhym got the automatic win. This is notable because both players are French and Zhym is facing direct relegation with only 3 points going into this week. xBlyzes had less to lose by losing in the Quarter-Finals than Zhym, with 7 points going into the week.
Grandmasters Casie and Rdu weighed in on the situation.
This aint it, doing a no show while being online the entire time. I don't like drama, but.... pic.twitter.com/cx4Z9Lm70I— Kevin Eberlein (@Casie_HS) May 15, 2021
This should definetly be investigated by @HSesportsNo evidence either way has been made public, so for now it is just a controversy and not a proven case of anything yet. We will post about any updates in this situation when they happen.
The French community would go nuts if I would do this vs Thijs or Casie vs Bunny https://t.co/Z6FUxL5TWp— Rdu (@G2Rdu) May 15, 2021
Video Recaps
Since we are posting our article close to the ending of Day 3, not all of the matches might have been put onto YouTube yet, so check the official Hearthstone Esports YT Channel for the uploads later here!- Week 5 Day 3 Full Recap: here.
- Week 5 Asia-Pacific Finals Recap: here.
- Week 5 Europe Finals Recap: here.
- Week 5 Americas Finals Recap: here.
- All The Recaps: All Regions.
Road to Playoffs
The Grandmasters Season 1 is divided into 7 weeks of weekly tournaments, where everyone scores points for their results that week. After those 7 weeks the Top 8 in the points standing in each Region will play in an 8th and final week of competition to decide who goes to the World Championship. The bottom four in the points standings on the other hand will automatically relegate from Grandmasters. The remaining 4 players who ranked 9th through 12th remain Grandmasters, but do not get to play for a spot in the World Championships this season.Below is a graphic that shows both the monetary gain as well as the points players can score each week.
Week 5 Results
Top 4 Single Elimination: Americas
Fled 0
Eddie 3
Lunaloveee 3
NoHandsGamer 0
Eddie 3
Lunaloveee 0
Eddie
Grandmasters 2021 Season 1 Week 5 Winners Decklists
These are the decks of the Region Winners this week!Eddie's Americas Grandmasters 2021 Season 1 Week 5 Winner Decks:
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Frenetic's Europe Grandmasters 2021 Season 1 Week 5 Winner Decks:
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RDU demanding investigations into cheating brightened my morning no end... HI MOM!
Dame Hazelbark: Hello child
There was a play this week (i think it was Eddie) with Token Druid. He found an insane lethal with resizing pouch and Alex. One of the best plays I have ever seen!
I saw it too and it was quite mind-blowing!!
Yeah, third game Eddie vs. Nalguidan!
That Luna-Eddie Priest vs Warrior control matchup took absolutely forever. Hoping this week's Control heavy wins don't mean we have an even worse Control meta in Last Hero Standing next week cause I'd like to sleep at some point (and not during the games). xD