This is Koy’s third tournament win this year.
A minimum of ten Gadgetzan cards in each deck: That was the requirement given to all eight Batstone #2 participants as they took on the most recent edition of James “Firebat” Kostesich’s own tournament. Subtitled “Hearthstone differently”, the competition is all about modifying the standard tournament rules to give a fresh take on otherwise familiar and sometimes repetitive esports scene. For Batstone #2, a prize pool of $5,000 was also secured and the format was now upgraded from single to double elimination.
After the second day, it was Adrian “Lifecoach” Koy still undefeated in the tournament, rocking a line-up of RenoLock, Dragon Priest and Jade Shaman. The G2 marquee player had gone through LG’s Frank “Fr0zen” Zhang, Col’s Simon “Crane” Raunholst and Tempo Storm’s Victor “VLPS” Lopez, edging them out in 3-2 series each time.
Lifecoach ended up playing VLPS a second time in the grand final of the tournament, after the American ousted Crane in the losers bracket final. With the standard rules for double elimination bracket in place, Lifecoach had to win just a single Bo5 series to VLPS’ two and another five games later he remained undefeated and was crowned champion, defeating VLPS’ own RenoLock, Aggro Shaman and Jade Rouge.
