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Hearthstone Grandmasters Season 2 Week 3 has established firm leaders for each division. One of the big stories of Week 3 is the Combo Priest mirror, as it came into play for most a large portion of sets. Let’s see who is in the lead at the three week mark. Asia-Pacific Region In Division A,…
Hearthstone Grandmasters Season 2 Week 2 went into play just three short days after the nerf patch. With the shake up, we saw some match ups of archetypes we would normally never get to see. Let’s dive into who has started to emerge as regional leaders, and with what decks they piloted this week. Asia-Pacific…
Looking at the Hearthstone Grandmasters 2019 Week 4 standings, the halfway point of Season One is now in the rear-view. It will require some magnificent runs from sub 50 percent win rate players to make the playoffs from this point. Players also play their first opponent for the second time this week so we get…
After two weeks of Hearthstone Grandmasters, some players are starting to emerge as better than their competitors. It’s still early, and those struggling out of the gates still have time to turn it around. The Americas region is actually the only region that doesn’t have any winless players, making it quite competitive. Here are the…
Druid isn’t the only class raising eyebrows. Amidst a meta dominated by Jade, Priest has forged a niche for itself. Both “Highlander” and “Big” Priest perform well on Ladder and in tournaments. The former through the incredible synergy between Raza and Shadowreaper Anduin; the latter with the power of cheating out massive minions and repeatedly…
RNG card generation continues to be a staple of Hearthstone, with new cards like Primordial Glyph rising and old classics like Swashburglar and Kabal Courier returning. But is it too frustrating for its own good? We’ve all been there. We’ve fought a tough, even game against a potent deck. Things were shaky for a few…
Being a card game, it’s easy to blame singular victories or defeats on “bad RNG”. Even looking at the highest level, it’s tempting to point to this outcome or that topdeck as the cause of a win. Blizzcon champion Pavel Beltukov has been a victim of this outlook; with many assigning his Blizzcon success vs…
