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The second ESL Legendary Series LAN finals are a day away and pairings for the group stage have been drawn. Quality Hearthstone action this way comes.

The ESL Legendary Series is making its return to Burbank, California tomorrow. Following a grueling qualifier process of challenger tournament, legendary series match days and even more qualifiers, the season will finally come to its finale this weekend.

The 16 players were split into four double elimination groups today and had their opponent selected. In Group A, all eyes are on the Mayor Jeffrey “Trump” Shih as he goes against the yet unproven names of Jaron “Demigod” Nolasco and Santiago “Kabi” Rodriguez as well as the old-school Paladin expert Case “Koyuki” Kiyonaga. The TSM front-liner has been in good shape lately, having 61% win-rate in April and 72.7% in May.

Group B has Aleksandr “Kolento” Malsh standing out as the big name. Although not having the best days currently, Kolento is still ranked #3 in the world rankings and chances look good against the US trio of Frank “Leadpaint” Kissick, Andrew ”Kitkatz” Deschanel and Stephen “Domdus” Yu.

Group C is where things get interesting, as it has collected the talents of Andrey “Reynad” Yanyuk, HouseCup #2 silver medalist Sheng Yuan “Roger” Luo and SeatStory Cup III finalist Sebastian “Ostkaka” Engwall. Quite possibly the group of death of the tournament, Group C has also harbored Ryan “wwlos” McMurray who will have to prove himself against some of the most known names in the Hearthstone scene.

Finally, Group D is proud to have the reigning HouseCup winner Adrian “Lifecoach” Koy as well as the previous champion of ESL Legendary Series Austin “SilentStorm” Li. The two champions are in the company of ladder veteran Brian “Th3rat” Courtade of the recently formed team Illuminati and Vietnamese wild card Christopher “Phonetap” Huynh.

The tournament starts tomorrow at 20:00 CET with two groups being played each day. The finals will be held June 7-8.

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