The host nation has prepped a diverse line-up between its 20 decks.
Every single class will be used by China’s quintet in the $85,000 CN vs. NA Championship this weekend, as they take on the North American invites. China will attempt to take a second challenge tournament in a row against the west, after Bohan “Lovelychook” Zhang topped Europe in 2016.
China’s odd-one-out is the Anyfin Paladin of team coach “Lvge”. Though not as renowned as some of his team-mates and given the least popular class in the meta right now, Lvge has already reaped success in the tournament’s opening day, using Uther to eliminate both David “Dog” Caero and Frank “Fr0zen” Zhang from the first round of games.
Well-rounded across archetypes, China’s line-up covers the playstyle spectrum end to end, from the hyper aggressive Pirate Warriors to the control value kings such as RenoMage, RenoLock and Control Warrior.
The two teams will split a prize pool of approximately $85,000, not counting the bonus cash players can earn by beating multiple opponents in a row. The action can be watched on Firebat’s channel and the decks of Team NA will be published later today.
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