Weekly Wrap Up — Hearthstone Week 1
By: Mark Buckley
Tags: Esports, Gaming, Hearthstone

Weekly Wrap Up — Hearthstone Week 1

Rounding off our first week of action from the UK Masters Season 2 league was Hearthstone.

We began Friday evening, with 2 series lined up for the night, with Epiphany facing TingTing and Pesty vs Pittas.

Epiphany vs. TingTing

Epiphany and TingTing would kick off the week 1 action, with Hunter being played first by the former and Rogue by the latter. The first match saw the Rogue pick fail to make more than a mere dent in the health pool of the Hunter in a sub 10 minute game 1, giving a quick 1–0 series advantage to Epiphany.

Game 2 was a much closer affair, with both players trading blows, chipping away at the health pools of their opponent. By the end, Epiphany would close out the game with a combination of a double Kill Command and Eaglehorn Bow, followed by the Steady Shot Hero power being enough to bring the enemy down and end his time in the game.

Game 3 gave TingTing a fighting chance, as he clawed a game back over his opponent, with his druid deck, forcing Epiphany to field a Warlock deck next game.

2–1 was the score so it was all to play for for TingTing, and despite a series of good moves, Epiphany would ultimately take down the Druid deck and would end the series 3–1.

Pesty vs Pittas

Pesty vs Pittas faced off for our second series of Friday night, with Warrior and Druid being the first decks to see action in the series.

Game 1 saw the Warrior of Pittas beat out the Druid of Pesty, gaining a 1–0 advantage in the series with some strong decision making in a close game.

After losing the Druid, Pesty brought his Mage deck to the table to face up against the winning Warrior of the game before. The magic of the Mage deck barely scratched the surface of the warrior in a fairly rapid second game, giving Pittas a 2–0 advantage in the series and only a single win from an overall series win.

2–0 and with everything to play for, Pesty fielded his Warrior deck, giving us a strong mirror match up for the potential final game of the week. Strong decision making and some great top deck draws from both players presented us with an incredibly close game and only single figure health pools across both decks, but Pesty coming out on top as the eventual victor. Giving us more games and himself a fighting chance in the series.

Warlock vs Warrior was up next in the series, and the Warrior deck of Pesty proving its worth, would eliminate the Warlock deck of Pittas with relative ease in a quick game, leveling the series at 2–2 and meaning everything was on the line for the final game of the evening.

In a reverse choice from the second game, Pittas would bring the Mage to the table, with Pittas again playing the Warrior deck that had seem him through this far. The Mage deck looked strong, and whittling down the health of the Warrior, it looked like we’d finish the series with the Mage on top. Ultimately that wasn’t the case, and that Warrior deck of Pesty proving to be a tour de force, once again fighting through and taking the win, giving Pesty a 3–2 win in the series in an incredible reverse sweep.

That’s all from Week 1 series as we look forward to Week 2 on Friday 21st October!

Join us for Week 2’s games on Friday evening over on twitch.tv/multiplay_hs at 7pm!

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