Missed anything from last week? We've got you covered with the major headlines from the world of Hearthstone.

The "Hearthstone competitive recap" is issued every Monday and goes over the major events in - and often outside - competitive Hearthstone. Blizzard's card game is in the middle of its HCT campaign but there are also lots of other third party tournaments running in parallel, and this post will summarize everything for your convenience.

Enjoy!

Tournament news:


Pavel wins Last Call Europe over Rdu

After being one victory away from Blizzcon last year, Pavel will finally play on Hearthstone's biggest stage. The Russian triumphed in five games over Romania's Rdu this Saturday and wrapped up the HCT campaign in Europe.

Cheonsu wins Last Call APAC, makes for flawless record for Korea

South Korea's Cheonsu rounded up the Blizzcon line-up for the APAC region, defeating Japan's Tansoku earlier today. This is the fourth straight HCT win for South Korea,  though the country will have only three representatives in the world finals, due to the repeat championship of Handsomeguy and the transferring of his second seed to Hong Kong's Yulsic. 

Xixo wins WESG Europe LAN finals

The former Na`Vi player takes yet another championship, ruling supreme in Kyiv in the $27,000 qualifiers for WESG. Xixo defeated the newest Alliance signee Orange in the grand finals, ending Swede's undefeated record throughout the tournament and putting his lifetime winnings close to $80,000.

Major news and content:


Rdu interview at Last Call EU: "I felt cursed playing the preliminaries"

GosuGamers' own Matthieist caught up with Rdu in the Dutch venue for Last Call Europe and the two go on for a lengthy chat on what a dream world HCT structure would look like and how does Rdu deal with community pressure and negativity.

The king of the classes: How Tessin won PGL's 9-deck tournament

Nydra tells the story of Tessin, the Danish underdog who shocked the viewers at PGL Bucharest last month, defeating one tournament favorite after another on the way to his first major title. Tessin goes in-depth about how he teched his decks and what made SuperJJ and StanCifka excel in this unorthodox format. 

Decks and guides:

All decks from Last Call Europe

Kranich's Witchdoctor Shaman

Xixo's line-up from WESG Europe

Muzzy's Midrange Shaman

Thijs' Charge Control Warrior
 

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