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Hearthstone HCT Europe Summer Playoffs 2018 decks, results, and analysis

Hearthstone HCT Europe Summer Playoffs 2018 were played on 5^th May and 6^th May 2018 at various locations across Europe. 73 players had collected enough HCT points to qualify for the event, where they played for more HCT points, money, and four coveted spots to the HCT Summer Championship.

In this post, I take a look at the decks and results of the tournament, including class distribution, archetypes, lineups, and ban strategies.

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Hearthstone HCT Taipei April 2018 Tour Stop decks, results, and analysis

Hearthstone HCT Taipei April 2018 Tour Stop finals were played on 27^th April and 29^th April 2018 at Blizzard Arena Taipei in Taiwan. It was an online-qualifier Hearthstone Championship Tour Stop, where 16 players had qualified from among hundreds to compete at the LAN finals for a $15,000 USD prize pool and HCT points.

HCT Taipei was the first Tour Stop of Year of the Raven after the Standard rotation and release of The Witchwood expansion.

In this post, I take a look at the decks and results of the tournament, including class distribution and archetypes.

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Hearthstone HCT Copa America Autumn April 2018 Tour Stop decks, results, and analysis

Hearthstone HCT Copa America Autumn April 2018 Tour Stop finals were played from 5^th April to 8^th April 2018 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was an online qualifier Hearthstone Championship Tour Stop, where 16 players had qualified from among thousands to compete for a $15,000 USD prize pool and HCT points.

HCT Copa America Autumn was the last Tour Stop of Year of the Mammoth before the Standard rotation. As the rotation takes place in a matter of days, this piece is shorter than usual, given the short remaining time left for the decks used in the tournament.

In this post, I take a look at the decks and results of the tournament, including class distribution and archetypes.

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Hearthstone HCT Oslo March 2018 Tour Stop decks, results, and analysis

Hearthstone HCT Polaris Oslo March 2018 Tour Stop was played from 24^th March to 25^th March 2018 at Ballroom in Oslo, Norway. It was an open Hearthstone Championship Tour Stop, where 229 players competed for a $15,000 USD prize pool and HCT points.

In this post, I take a look at the decks and results of the tournament, including class distribution, archetypes, and lineups.

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Hearthstone HCT Bangkok March 2018 Tour Stop decks, results, and analysis

Hearthstone HCT Bangkok March 2018 Tour Stop was played from 16^th March to 18^th March 2018 at the Pantip Esports Arena in Bangkok, Thailand. It was an open Hearthstone Championship Tour Stop, where 213 players competed for a $15,000 USD prize pool and HCT points.

In this post, I take a look at the decks and results of the tournament, including class distribution, archetypes, and lineups.

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Hearthstone HCT Toronto March 2018 Tour Stop decks, results, and analysis

Hearthstone HCT Toronto March 2018 Tour Stop was played from 9^th March to 11^th March 2018 at the EGLX in Toronto, Canada. It was an open Hearthstone Championship Tour Stop, where 185 players competed for a $15,000 USD prize pool and HCT points.

In this post, I take a look at the decks and results of the tournament, including class distribution, archetypes, and lineups.

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In-depth look at GhostASA’s incredible lethal at HCT Sydney

You don’t often get to see Quest Druid in Hearthstone tournament play – or ladder, for that matter – but GhostASA brought a charge OTK version of the deck to HCT Sydney, and it provided one of the most memorable moments of the tournament. Let’s take a deeper look at how this board state can turn into a one-turn-kill.

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Hearthstone Trinity Series Season 2 Week 7 Recap

Hearthstone Trinity Series season 2 is a team league played in autumn 2017. The first stage of the tournament is a seven-week online round robin, after which the top four teams will compete in live finals. The prize pool of the tournament is $150,000.

In this post, I take a look at the final, seventh week of the round robin as well as some overall stats from the round robin.

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