Neirea to Blizzcon!

I felt exhausted after win vs Pavel. It was my main goal going to Prague. Actually, it wasn't my main goal because initially I just tried to make myself concentrate fully on the game and just do as few mistakes as possible and then what happens that happens.

Everything is different. It was a really big audience on Hearthstone stage. People are playing way better now. The different format was something and of course I prepared way better than last time. Last Regionals all my preparation took one day of practicing.

Most of tech decisions are made to have not bad matchups vs Patron and Handlock: it's almost impossible to counter Druid. I had a second BGH over Coil and Loatheb over Dr. Boom. Dr Boom is actually pretty bad in the mirror because Boom Bots allow Moltens earlier and it can be big trouble. Loatheb can also stop Druid combos and sometimes Patron.

My Druid list was the same list I used in the 40-man qualifier. I think it's close to perfect versus another Handlock/Patron/Druid lineups.

The Patron deck had one Shield Slam to have an almost even matchup vs Handlocks. Other versions are slightly better vs Druid only.

The problem is Conquest format. If Patron gets nerfed there will still be similar problem. In conquest without bans you simply can't bring niche decks like Freeze Mage or Malylock because you can't counter decks like Druid or Patron to the ground. You have to bring three solid decks in order to win whole series.

Right now you see mostly these boring lineups because of Druid. Druid is basically an uncounterable power deck that should be a part of this answer. Druid got stronger with addition of Darnassus Aspirant. Right now Druid has pretty good matchups even vs aggro decks that used to kill it. If you add Patron and Druid that are very well rounded decks, you just need to find third one and you have a very strong lineup.

Of course he felt very bad after doing such a misplay. After the event I noticed even more that non-game factors matters as much as game factors: lights, noise, comfort, and state of your body. I think I've never done such huge mistakes because I would've remember it haha. I feel just as bad after doing smaller misplays and losing because of them.

It's just small factors that made me to pay less attention to the game; for example, in the first series vs Lifecoach, the lights were too bright so I should've changed my siting position to see how many cards he mulligans. I also can't exclude that we we were playing almost whole day and being tired is not helping you playing better of course.

I prefer last hero standing with one ban way more. I'm not sure if conquest with a ban would be better. I don't know about any more formats. The only one I know are viagame's nine-deck format, which is really good, but it's hard to implement it in every tournament. Different formats will be way different from ladder -- which is what blizzard tried to fix this year -- but for viewers in my opinion it's better that tournaments are different from ladder. If they want to see good decks for ladder they can just open regular streams and find them.

I would say our region is pretty strong. Not sure how NA will do later in their championship. As for APAC and China I would say their strength can be deckbuilding: they can do some stuff that we don't expect, but by skill potential I would say EU and NA are favorites.

I can't tell much because I didn't play vs any of those players and didn't see many tournaments with them.

I didn't really have any crazy moments in my games but I remember I was speaking aloud when I was counting potential lethal the turn before vs Pavel's Handlock as a Patron Warrior. After that turn after I got Frothing!

Or there was that time when Ostkaka didn't have a turn 8-9 play with Druid. It was pretty funny because he had so many cards in his hand.

Thanks TL and sponsors for being so awesome and thank you guys for supporting me! cu at BlizzCon!