Heroes of the Storm Mid-Season Brawl Set To Kick Off
By Zac Cameron ·
The first HGC global competition for the year will showcase the best teams from around the world battling it out for bragging rights and cold hard cash.
While the Heroes of the Storm pros have been battling hard the last few months, the main event has really only just begun as the top teams from around the world gather at DreamHack Summer 2018 in Jönköping Sweden for the HGC Mid-Season Brawl.
The culmination of several important tournaments, the Mid-Season Brawl will pit the top teams from HGC Europe, HGC North America, HGC South Korea, the HGC Intercontinental Clash and HGC Horizon Clash, and GHL 2018 Season 2.
The format for the event is as follows:
- Group Stage: Round-Robin
- All sets are Bo2.
- Winner receives 3 points.
- Both teams receive 1 point if the set is a draw.
- Top 2 from each group advance to Upper Bracket of Playoffs.
- 3rd and 4th from each group advance to Lower Bracket of Playoffs.
- Playoffs: Double Elimination
- All matches are Bo5 except the Finals.
- Finals are Bo7. The Upper Bracket team starts with a 1-game advantage
The teams attending this event and how they got here are as follows:
Team Dignitas – HGC Europe
Fnatic – HGC Europe
Method – HGC EU Playoffs
Tempo Storm – HGC North America
HeroesHearth – HGC NA Playoffs
Gen.G esports – HGC South Korea
Ballistix – HGC South Korea
Tempest – HGC South Korea Playoffs
Chall Enge – GHL 2018 Season 2
TheOne – GHL 2018 Season 2 Playoffs
Mindfreak – HGC Intercontinental Clash
Luna Meow – HGC Horizon Clash
The first match of the group stage will take place on June 9th at 2:00 pm CEST / 5:00 AM PDT, and you can catch all the action on their official twitch channel, here. For more HotS action, check out the latest addition to the roster, Yrel, Light of Hope, here.