We're moving on to Week 2 of the Grandmasters season. With 8 cards nerfed this week, we look forward to seeing if there's a shift in the tournament meta. The tournament features a continuation and further adaptation of the revamped format that we saw last season. We have recapped it below. 48 players will compete -- including some newly crowned Grandmasters for a total of eight weeks. Prizing for the Season includes $500,000 and of course the right to compete at the World Championship later this year. All the competition can be viewed over on the Hearthstone YouTube Channel.
- Venue: Online
- Stream: the Hearthstone YouTube Channel.
- Dates: Friday, August 20 - Sunday, August 22
- Prize Pool: $500,000 USD
- Stream Times: Broadcasts begin at 2AM PT/5AM ET/11:00 CEST w/ the Asia-Pacific Region. Followed by the EU Region at 7AM PT/ 10AM ET/ 16:00 CEST. We close the day with the Americas Region starting at 12PM PT/ 3PM ET/ 21:00 CEST.
- Casters:
- TJ “Azumoqt” Sanders
- Darroch “Darroch” Brown
- Jia “Jia” Dee
- Neil “Lorinda” Bond
- Alex “RavenCasts” Baguley
- Simon “Sottle” Welch
Top 5 Moments - Week 1
Free Packs
Drops will be returning for Grandmasters Season 2. Viewers can earn up to six free packs just for watching the action live on YouTube. They will be awarded as follows for watching two hours of the stream. Viewers are required to link their Blizzard and YouTube accounts to claim packs -- directions can be found here.
- Week 1 - United in Stormwind (max 2 packs) **OFFER HAS EXPIRED**
- Weeks 2-7 - Year of the Phoenix (max 2 packs)
- Playoffs - United in Stormwind (max 2 packs)
Format
As we mentioned earlier, the format for this year's competition has been revamped. The first seven weeks consist of a rotating format. Players will compete in a weekly Dual Tournament format, beginning each Thursday, to earn placement in the weekend's top-8 tournament. Points will be awarded based on number of wins. Points totals will determine the final standings before the playoffs in Week 8.
- Thursday - Each region competes in an off-broadcast group play tournament.
- Friday - The 4 decider matches are played to determine who makes the Top-8, per region.
- Saturday - Day 1 of the Top-8 single elimination tournament.
- Sunday - The final 4 advance to complete the tournament.
- Rotating Formats:
- Week 1 - Conquest
- Week 2 - Last Hero Standing
- Week 3 - Conquest
- Week 4 - Last Hero Standing
- Week 5 - Conquest
- Week 6 - Last Hero Standing
- Week 7 - Conquest
The Playoffs - Week 8
The first 7 weeks lead up to the playoffs -- which will qualify one player from each region to compete at the World Championship.
- The top 8 players advance to the playoffs.
- Players 9-12 are eliminated from tournament play, but safe from relegation.
- The bottom 4 players from each region are automatically relegated from the Grandmasters.
- The winner from each region is invited to the World Championship. If an invited player from Season 1 is relegated in Season 2, their invitation is rescinded and given to the next highest finisher.
Standings
| Americas | Europe | Asia-Pacific | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Points | Player | Points | Player | Points |
| 1. Nalguidan | 6 | 1. Frenetic | 6 | 1. GivePLZ | 5 |
| 2. muzzy | 5 | 2. Gaby | 5 | 2. Posesi | 5 |
| 3. Eggowaffle | 5 | 3. Viper | 4 | 3. grr | 4 |
| 4. Monsanto | 3 | 4. xBlyzes | 3 | 4. Shaxy | 3 |
| 5. CaelesLuna | 3 | 5. Floki | 3 | 5. Surrender | 3 |
| 6. Fr0zen | 2 | 6. Rdu | 2 | 6. Alutemu | 2 |
| 7. lnguagehackr | 2 | 7. Bozzzton | 2 | 7. DawN | 2 |
| 8. killinallday | 2 | 8. Seiko | 2 | 8. lambyseries | 2 |
| 9. DreadEye | 2 | 9. Jarla | 2 | 9. okasinnsuke | 2 |
| 10. NoHandsGamer | 1 | 10. Casie | 1 | 10. blitzchung | 1 |
| 11. McBanterFace | 1 | 11. Felkeine | 1 | 11. che0nsu | 1 |
| 12. DimitriKazov | 1 | 12. J4YOU | 1 | 12. AlanC86 | 1 |
| 13. Eddie | 0 | 13. Bunnyhoppor | 0 | 13. trahison | 1 |
| 14. lunaloveee | 0 | 14. Thjis | 0 | 14. glory | 0 |
| 15. Rami94 | 0 | 15. Warma | 0 | 15. TIZS | 0 |
| 16. Fled | 0 | 16. Leta | 0 | 16. Bankyugi | 0 |
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Posted Aug 22, 2021 (Incanter's Nerfs)i didn't get my packs after 4 hours anyone else?
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Posted Aug 21, 2021 (Incanter's Nerfs)Does anyone know where to get all the decks players are using other than the blizz site? I have been to the site and decklists but there is no filter and If I want to check out all the rogue or druid decks at a glance I can't.
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Posted Aug 20, 2021 (Incanter's Nerfs)been watching all day no packs yet..anyone else experiencing the same?
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Posted Aug 19, 2021 (Incanter's Nerfs)Only 2 pack for the whole 6 weeks wow how generous of you blizzard..
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Posted Aug 19, 2021 (Incanter's Nerfs)You are correct. I believe the winners of each region started with 5 points.
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Posted Aug 19, 2021 (Incanter's Nerfs)Would be interesting to compare the viewing numbers this week without drops, to last week with drops active. How many people actually watch Grandmasters for fun.
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Posted Aug 19, 2021 (Incanter's Nerfs)There are drops this week though. "Only" Year of the Phoenix card packs, but still drops.
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Posted Aug 19, 2021 (Incanter's Nerfs)they got some points from winning Season 1, I assume.
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Posted Aug 19, 2021 (Incanter's Nerfs)How can Nalguidan and Frenetic have 6 points??? Maximun of was played last week, and neither of them won…
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Posted Aug 19, 2021 (Incanter's Nerfs)Happy they are keeping this casters duo:
Good insights in the game + nice voices + some humour and Jia's smile = nice weekend for me :)