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Hearthstone HCT World Championships: Group Stage A – SNJing vs. XiaoT

Published Thu, 25 Apr 2019 02:36:27 -0500

by Gavin Sheehan

Last updated Thu, 25 Apr 2019 03:52:02 -0500

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We're live in Taipei, Taiwan as we're bringing you the complete Hearthstone HCT World Championships to crown at 2019 champion. Today's matchups will be the placement rounds in Group Stage A and B, and next up we head to Group Stage A – SNJing vs. TGXiaoT.

Hearthstone HCT World Championships: Group Stage B - killinallday vs. languagehacker — credit//Blizzard Entertainment

The match started strong with both men picking Rogue decks and fighting back and forth for dominance. Either one could have gone over at any point as they seemed pretty evenly matched, but Jing managed to come out on top to go up 1-0. For game 2, Jing switched over to a Warlock deck while XiaoT stuck with his Rogue. Again, a pretty even match that showed both players able to get big kills quickly and score some damage, but again Jing came out on top to go up 2-0.

Hearthstone HCT World Championships: Group Stage A - SNJing vs. XiaoT — credit//Blizzard Entertainment

The third match wasn't even a contest as Jing went for his Druid deck while XiaoT changed over to the Hunter deck. XiaoT basically took a beating throughout the game, no matter what he had to bring to the table, Jing had a counter. It was pretty much a done deal midway through the match, and it appeared as XiaoT had kinda accepted defeat. Jing took the third match and the sweep for the victory, going up 1-0 in the A side to face off against Bunnyhoppor later today.