The 2020 edition of the Hearthstone Grandmasters went into its second week this weekend. 48 of the best players in the world began the eight week event with a total of $500,000 and a ticket to the World Championship on the line. The action featured a drastically overhauled format which saw players start with Swiss Rounds on Wednesday and Thursday. Players were then divided into groups and completed the Group Stages on Friday and Saturday. This led to a 4-man single elimination tournament for each region which wrapped up Sunday.
This weekend saw a different format than last week: Last Hero Standing. The way it works is that both players bring 4 decks, and both players ban 1 deck of their opponent. They then choose to play a deck of the remaining decks to play with and every time they lose with a deck it gets eliminated and once all your decks are eliminated, you lose the match. Which means it's somewhat the opposite of last week where winning with a deck eliminated it, this week losing with a deck does that, but you can keep playing your winning deck.
Video Recaps
Since we are posting our article close to the ending of Day 3, not all of the matches have been put onto YouTube yet, so check the official Hearthstone Esports YT Channel for the uploads later here!
- Asia-Pacific Week 2 Finals: Surrender vs glory.
- Europe Week 2 Finals: Jarla vs Swidz.
- Americas Week 2 Finals: Gallon vs Lnguagehackr
- Full Sunday Recap, All Regions.
Results
Americas
Europe
Asia-Pacific
Road to Playoffs
You can see below how the Grand Masters is going to work for this stage and the first 3 weeks in general. It starts with the points being given out, where everyone that even made the weekend play will receive 3 points. We then have the graphic displaying how the Divisions and the road to the playoffs will work.
In every Region the players will be divied up according to points from the first 3 weeks. Meaning the Top 8 points players will go into Division A and the Bottom 8 points players will go to Division B. They then fight it out within their Division over the next 4 weeks before the Playoffs and Relegation matches will be played.
- First place: 6 points.
- Second place: 5 points.
- Third and Fourth place: 4 points.
- Fifth through Eighth place: 3 points.
- Ninth through Twelfth place: 2 points.
- Thirteenth through Sixteenth place: 1 points.
According to the above, it is pretty safe to say that this weekend's winners, Gallon, Swidz and Surrender have made great strides towards being in their Region's Division A, with all of them getting 6 points.
You can see last week's standings in our Preview post from last Thursday. We will publish the standings after this week with our Preview post next Thursday!
Decklists
Americas
Gallon's Americas Grandmasters Season 3 Winner Decks:
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| Minion (9) |
Ability (19)
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Weapon (2) |
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Lnguagehackr's Americas Grandmasters Season 3 Runner-Up Decks:
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| Minion (11) |
Ability (18)
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Playable Hero (1) |
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Europe
Swidz's Europe Grandmasters Season 3 Winner Decks:
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Minion (26)
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Ability (4)
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Jarla's Europe Grandmasters Season 3 Runner-Up Decks:
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Minion (18)
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Ability (11)
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Playable Hero (1) |
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Asia-Pacific
Surrender's Asia-Pacific Grandmasters Season 3 Winner Decks:
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Minion (19)
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Ability (8)
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Weapon (3)
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glory's Asia-Pacific Grandmasters Season 3 Runner-Up Decks:
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Minion (19)
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Ability (10)
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Playable Hero (1) |
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Posted May 2, 2020 (Second DH Nerfs)Does anyone know PNC's Highlander Hunter deck posted somewhere?
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Posted Apr 28, 2020 (Second DH Nerfs)Too sad they are on YT now. But gratz to Swidz , hes on fire lately.
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Posted Apr 27, 2020 (Second DH Nerfs)I'm betting everything on Sebulba! He ALWAYS wins!
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Posted Apr 27, 2020 (Second DH Nerfs)It's sad for my boy Tyler. Better luck next time. Surrender is really strong!
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Posted Apr 27, 2020 (Second DH Nerfs)Does anyone have the complete stats of GM matches' deck popularity and winrates?
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Posted Apr 26, 2020 (Second DH Nerfs)Czech Republic will rise again. We have high school league supported by goverment :D.
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Posted Apr 28, 2020 (Second DH Nerfs)What are you talking about? xd
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Posted Apr 26, 2020 (Second DH Nerfs)Epic games throughout !
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Posted Apr 26, 2020 (Second DH Nerfs)I thought the EU matches especially were all great, such a tight back and forth there. Had great fun watching again.
And I'm going to have to try those Zoolock decks, cause there's definitely something to them. :D
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Posted May 3, 2020 (Second DH Nerfs)Any replacements for Skyvateer?