ChakkiKeaton Gil

ANALYSIS
Chakki was finally able to break his personal curse of always getting second place and finally captured his first Hearthstone Major victory. This tournament ultimately came down to who could adapt to the new post-Old Gods meta the quickest, and Chakki showed both stellar preparation and skill throughout the whole tournament. Against TerranceM, Chakki started with a Game 1 win with his trusted N'Zoth Paladin over TerranceM's Patron Warrior. Game 2, however, Chakki's trusted Paladin deck was defeated by an aggro Shaman list that was widely regarded as the most powerful deck in the meta. In Game 3, Chakki's control Priest fell just as early to the aggro Shaman, setting TerranceM up with game point. Game 4, Chakki queued up his Warlock Zoo deck, his only non-control deck, to out board control the aggro Shaman. Thanks to a lot of early juggles and tentacles, Chakki knocked off the feared aggro Shaman to set up match point. In Game 5, it was Chakki's Warlock Zoo against TerranceM's RenoLock. The zoo came out fast and furious, with TerranceM not being able to find his Doomsayer or any other key early game card. TerranceM was dead by turn five and Chakki was champion. Chakki has always had this type of talent, continually landing himself in top eight of competition. However, this was the first time he was able to capture that elusive first-place prize