![]() If you’re looking for diversity, look no further than the Mage class. It remains a solid performer, especially when combined with a Rogue ban, which was also the strategy that Surrender used in the (Conquest format) Summer Championship a week ago. Murloc Paladin carried the Paladin torch with 39 decks in the tournament, of which four reached the top-16. Whereas Evolve Shaman faltered on the way – only two of them reached the top-16 – Zoo was a solid performer with eight decks in the top-16, which was a significant increase in representation. Furthermore, in top-16, Tempo Rogue was by far the most common ban target (11 bans), showing the respect for the power of the deck.īehind the three leaders, the fourth spot was a draw between Zoolock and Evolve Shaman with 60 players opting to bring each. Tempo Rogue pulled ahead even more when it comes to reaching top-16: 15 Tempo Rogues, 12 Jade Druids, and 11 Kazakus Priests. While the dominant trio remains the same, we are witnessing a shift in the tournament meta nonetheless. Tempo Rogue did it! With 136 players opting to bring the deck, it was the most popular archetype at Dreamhack Denver ahead of Jade Druid (132) and Kazakus Priest (124). Archetype distribution by class and archetype performance in top-16 No Hunters make it to the top, but a lone Warrior reaches top-16. Warlock holds its spot, its newfound popularity backed up by solid performance. Rogue outperforms Priest as the class is more difficult to target. The story does not change much for the top-16. ![]() Hunter was the only class less popular than Warrior, and only by a hair.Ĭlasses in the top-16 from the most popular to the least popular: Paladin was surprisingly unpopular, and Warrior came crashing down – only 8 people out of 171 trusted in the Warrior class, marking a new low for the traditional staple class that once had viable decks in all archetypes (aggro, midrange, control, combo). Warlock climbed to the fourth place, overtaking Shaman. What happens behind them is more interesting. The triumphant trio continues to dominate the meta. I guess this cannot come as a surprise to anyone who has followed the recent Hearthstone meta. All the decks from the top-16 are there: Ĭlasses in the entire tournament from the most popular to the least popular (171 players):ĭruid, Priest, Rogue. ![]() You can find tournament decks of 171 players there, and that figure already includes some who did not make it to the event. With Dreamhack using the smash.gg platform for their tournaments, decklists are included on the platform. The games were streamed on Dreamhack’s Twitch channel:ĭay three (top-8): Class distribution in the tournament and in top-16 Kiefer, alongside his two older brothers, has played in Magic: The Gathering tournaments for years, and now played his first Hearthstone tournament when the circuit came to his native state. It is notable that for a children’s card game, Dreamhack Denver top-16 featured the youngest player in Hearthstone history to make it so far in a major tournament: MTGkid, Quinn Kiefer, achieved this feat at the age of 12 years. This time the Swiss system worked like a charm, resulting in a clean top-16 cut at 7-2: everyone with 7-2 or better made it to the playoffs and that was it. After nine rounds, Ike was the sole undefeated player, followed by Shoop and Earl at 8-1 and 13 players at 7-2. Decks were secret during Swiss, but published for the top-16 playoffs.įirst, the players went through nine rounds of Swiss to determine the top-16 cut for single-elimination playoffs. The event was played in a best-of-five Last Hero Standing format with one ban. ![]() In this post, I take a look at the decks and results of the tournament, including class distribution, archetypes, and archetype performance. 182 players had signed up for this open LAN tournament that consisted of nine rounds of Swiss followed by single-elimination top-16 playoffs. Dreamhack Denver 2017 Hearthstone Grand Prix was played from 20 th to 22 nd October 2017 in Denver, USA.
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