The HCT Philadelphia 2018 Survival Guide
The dawn of Rastakhan tournament era is upon us with HCT Philadelphia 2018! Up to 128 players will battle it out for their share of $15,000 USD and 191 HCT points. Will the players trust on more conventional decks or have some players cooked up something metabreaking? Tune in to find out.
All the details you need for the event can be found down below.
HCT Philadelphia Notable Players
Looking for some of Hearthstone's best faces? Here you are! A full list of participants can be found here.
HCT Philadelphia Schedule
The schedule for this weekend's event can be found below. If your timezone isn't listed, get out that calculator!
| West Coast PST (UTC -8) |
East Coast EST (UTC -5) |
Europe CET (UTC +1) |
Japan JST (UTC +9) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 14 |
7:00 |
10:00 |
16:00 | 24:00 |
| December 15 |
7:00 |
10:00 |
16:00 | 24:00 |
| December 16 |
7:00 |
10:00 |
16:00 | 24:00 |
HCT Philadelphia Prize Pool
The $15,000 and 191 HCT points are distributed as follows.
| Place | Cash | HCT Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,000 | 15 Points |
| 2 | $3,000 | 12 Points |
| 3 - 4 | $1,500 | 10 Points |
| 5 - 8 | $1,000 | 8 Points |
| 9 - 16 | $0 | 6 Points |
| 17 - 32 | $0 | 4 Points |
HCT Philadelphia Format
- Best of Five Conquest.
- Each player bans one of the opponent's four decks.
- 128 player Swiss with top 8 advancing.
- Top 8 Single Elimination Playoffs.
HCT Philadelphia Brackets
We will not be covering the brackets here but you can check them out as they get updated from the event over on Battlefy.
HCT Philadelphia Stream
You can watch all the action on the main stream at Twitch.tv/PlayHearthstone.
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Posted Dec 14, 2018 (Rastakhan)I'm curious to see which decks the pros bring up after the release of the expansion. As most of the old decks are also still viable and new decks are on the rise this could be interesting in regards of diversity.
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Posted Dec 14, 2018 (Rastakhan)Litteraly the same as before the expansion with maybe 1 new card slotted in if at all :(
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Posted Dec 14, 2018 (Rastakhan)Diversity? That's funny you expect any of these cards to compete with the sets from 2017? Until those OP cards rotate the same decks that have been around for a year+ will still be here. They should have just reset everything now and been done with it acknowledging that those sets were way to far above the curve to be left around for as long as they have.
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Posted Dec 14, 2018 (Rastakhan)Decklists?
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Posted Dec 14, 2018 (Rastakhan)Once the games start you should be able to see the decklists of each player by clicking a matchup (in Battlefy's brackets, that is). The decks from top8 will be added here on the site later on.
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Posted Dec 14, 2018 (Rastakhan)isnt it supposed to be online now?
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Posted Dec 14, 2018 (Rastakhan)Yes. And I can't find any "sorry we're going to be late" tweets either. The channel should be correct since the stream is titled HCT Philadelphia. I guess it's wait-and-see then.
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Posted Dec 14, 2018 (Rastakhan)Looks like it's 17.00 CET not 16.00.
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Posted Dec 14, 2018 (Rastakhan)It indeed does, even though it still says 10AM EST (so 16:00 CET) everywhere, on playhearthstone.com, battlefy and the organizer's site. Sometimes it's hard to make these news posts as all sites have different times, now they all have the same but incorrect one...
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Posted Dec 14, 2018 (Rastakhan)"Will the players trust on more conventional decks or have some players cooked up something metabreaking?"
I think we all know the answer to that question. I'd love to be wrong though.
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Posted Dec 14, 2018 (Rastakhan)I'm with you buddy.