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
|
West Coast
PDT (UTC -7) |
East Coast
EDT (UTC -4) |
Europe
CEST (UTC +2) |
Japan
JST (UTC +9) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
April 24
|
19:00
|
22:00
|
04:00 (Apr 25) |
11:00 (Apr 25)
|
|
April 25
|
19:00
|
22:00
|
04:00 (Apr 26) |
11:00 (Apr 26)
|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
Jing
|
2 - 1 | 8 - 4 |
Bunnyhoppor
|
2 - 0 | 6 - 4 |
|
XiaoT
|
1 - 2 | 4 - 8 |
BloodTrail
|
0 - 2 | 4 - 6 |
| Group B | Match W-L | Total W-L |
|---|---|---|
languagehacker
|
2 - 1 | 7 - 6 |
|
Yueying
|
2 - 0 | 6 - 4 |
killinallday
|
1 - 2 | 7 - 7 |
|
Muzzy
|
0 - 2 | 3 - 6 |
| Group C | Match W-L | Total W-L |
|---|---|---|
hunterace
|
2 - 1 | 7 - 6 |
|
Justsaiyan
|
2 - 0 | 6 - 3 |
A83650
|
1 - 2 | 7 - 6 |
|
Ike
|
0 - 2 | 1 - 6 |
| Group D | Match W-L | Total W-L |
|---|---|---|
|
Viper
|
2 - 1 | 8 - 4 |
|
bloodyface
|
2 - 0 | 6 - 4 |
|
Roger
|
1 - 2 | 6 - 6 |
Tyler
|
0 - 2 | 0 - 6 |
HCT World Championship Stream
You can watch all the action on the main stream at Twitch.tv/PlayHearthstone .
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Apr 26, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)Damn, I voted for Ike, because I kinda like him, but man it sucks that he's not going to reward me with any packs. Should have gone for RabbitJumper.
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Apr 26, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)You'll get one pack just for picking someone so it's not all bad. I also picked Ike and he's still got a chance :)
To be honest you only get four packs even if they make it all the way to the final so not a massive loss even if he goes out.
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Apr 26, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)lots of luck involved.
If it would be really 50-50 in each match, then the average payout is 1.875 for everyone, so even with 2 packs you're already slightly better off than the average.
not sure what the WW pack is for, because i think we were promised ROS packs only
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Apr 25, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)Yeah he looked a bit nervous but he still pulled through, hopefully he'll be more relaxed on sunday cause those small silly mistakes could cost him the tournament, even tho he still went 2-0 he can't be fucking up like that, there might be one game when that small mistakes costs everything.
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Apr 25, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)"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. "
I see zero updates :(
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Apr 25, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)I'm not sure what you mean since I've been updating our group tables pretty much real time. In case you meant the official site, you need to click the "Show scores"-icon on the upper right corner of the bracket section to see the results.
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Apr 25, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)Does rerun counts for 4hr packs?
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Apr 25, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)I don't think it will, since the original blog had the following:
These rewards can be earned during the following times:
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Apr 25, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)I knew my boy Bunnyhoppr would brings them packs home! I'm sorry I doubted you when you threw that game with Conjurer mage against Bloodtrail. 2 P A C K S F O R N O W B O Y Z B U T M O R E T O C O M E I
I Love you you beatiful bald german
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Apr 25, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)but those 3-2 matches were rly thriller. I almost pissed off :D
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Apr 25, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)I voted for Bunny too, but he is making a lot of mistakes. E.g. he could have buffed his Questing Adventurer to 5 against a Token Druid, and he would have just won, but he didn't and it got swiped.
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Apr 25, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)Isn't it 3 packs because you also get one just for participating?
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Apr 25, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)The post was actually made about an hour prior to the Championship opening, not to mention the 2 - if not 3 - earlier threads about the upcoming championship (dates and schedule), the newly implemented viewing rewards and the choose your champion.
I'm really unsure what you are actually complaining about here ; if it meant that much to you, how hard is it to keep track of it?
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Apr 25, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)Killingallday again made me wonder why on earth people cheer for him. They even replayed his rant on player names and how his is the only good one from the seasonal championship (the one that made me hate him in the first place). I can only hope he'll lose on the decider match so I won't have to listen to him talk for a few months at the very least.
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Apr 25, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)survival guide published hours after tournaments started....
asked that few times never got answer - why it is impossible to post guides like 48h before? (usually just FEW)
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Apr 25, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)There were at least 2 other posts before this, all this does is post the results, it doesn't reveal any new information other than that. Why would you post details of something you don't have yet?
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Apr 25, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)you act like you pay them to do it...
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Apr 25, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)I have voted for Ike, didn't know he was on the hardest group =D.
Anyway I vote for the guy I like, first time was for Amnesiac, Kolento, Tyler and now Ike because he made so many innovative decks since last year. Once I had voted for Hoej for the packs, total regret, but now if I'd vote for packs it would be Bunny or HunterAce.
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Apr 25, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)TIL: You actually have to click "Show Scores" on the official site the see the results. It's an anti-spoiler.
And I already began to wonder why there is no update on the official bracket...stupid me.
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Apr 25, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)First time, that my voted champion went 2-0. I can't believe it.