Altar of Champions (2026)
Tournament
announcement page and brackets: Clan
War / 1v1
Players: Dantes (UD), Hera (UD),
MaryMaybe (ORC), Maxim (HU),
Pohx (NE), Simply (NE),
Tyler1 (ORC), YamatoCannon (HU)
Data archive: MMR timelines, progress through
game history and ladder game
stats for Altar of Champions players over their training
arcs
Memorable moments:
- Tournament split in two, opening with a Clan War format, involving a
riveting BO5 going full distance with Hera beating
YamatoCannon by a single map margin (foreshadowing a
similar grand final two days later).
- Grand final reverse sweep by Hera, coming in from
lower bracket needing to play two BO5s back-to-back and with significant
map pick disadvantage against YamatoCannon.
- Heavy coach involvement with all participants
(Deathnote, SaySo,
SaulApeMan, Sythren,
Kevin, Smurf, Leon,
Hailua, ToD, Knoff,
Grubby).
- Simply turning two games in a row with last second
Demon Hunter metamorphosis plays against Hera in upper
bracket semifinals.
- Many unique moments: MaryMaybe proxy great hall
expansion at goblin lab, Dantes struggling with
building a graveyard; MaryMaybe jumping the gun but not
closing out a successful T2-timing tower rush
vs. Dantes; YamatoCannon recieving
coaching from Deathnote; Pohx taking a
map off YamatoCannon in a chaotic siege engine game
with his signature Warden opening.
- Pohx beating Hera a day prior to
tournament, causing major drop in MMR and mindset for eventual
tournament champion.
- Though their game record in the tournament was 2-1 and 2-0,
Tyler1 often outplayed and almost closed out several
games vs. Hera.
Notable stats:
- Median MMR ahead of tournament day was 1200. This threshold was
stably cleared quickest in the following number of games:
Pohx (76), Tyler1 (80),
YamatoCannon (96), and Hera (261).
Simply also crossed 1200 twice, though unstably.
- Longest win streak held by Hera (14), surpassing
Pohx (13) on final day.
- 10+ win streaks held by Hera (14, 11, 10, 10),
YamatoCannon (11, 10), Pohx (13) and
Tyler1 (11).
- Two longest loss streaks held by Tyler1 (15,
12).
- Most extreme match-up specialists were the two HU players:
YamatoCannon (75.9% winrate vs. ORC) and
Maxim (76.5% winrate vs. ORC).
