It's the second to last week of our Skirmish series of events, Viserai makes a comeback, beating the competition in not one, but two of our Skirmish events. Bravo, Kassai and Dash also broke through in events across Singapore, Sweden and the United States, upsetting Ira's previous dominance over this Skirmish season's metagame.
Bricks Play
The Bricks Play online Skirmish for Singapore players saw 64 heroes battle it out in a surprise overturn of the meta. Two competing players, Jamin "Breaking Bald" Choe, and Gino "Lord of the Wind" Varella, provided commentary from Round 6, live-streaming from the Bricks Play store, where they'd set up their PC's for the day! You may recognise Gino's name from previous articles, as he has previously won last week's Skirmish at Agora Hobby, as well as reaching the Top 8 in the Imaginarium's event. You can watch the replay of their coverage via Breaking Bald's youtube channel.
Having only broken through to the Top 8 in sealed deck tournaments so far this season, Bravo has re-emerged in the post-Drone of Brutality meta game, with two Top 8 finalists bringing their hammer to the webcam.
Ultimately, it was James Lim who won the Skirmish with his midrange Viserai deck, beating back Ira player Eugene Phua.
Top 8:
- James Lim - Viserai
- Eugene Phua - Ira, Crimson Haze
- Marco Ng - Bravo
- Charles Law - Dorinthea
- You Ying Chia - Ira, Crimson Haze
- Zachary Tng - Dorinthea
- Eugene Ng - Dorinthea
- Zac Lau - Bravo
Alara Games
The largest online tournament of the week came courtesy of Sweden's Alara Games, where Singapore player Eugene Phua defeated Canadian player Dante Delfico to claim the winning spot for this event. You'll note that Eugene is in the Top 8 of no less than three events this week, having long since established himself as a familiar name in the Skirmish scene.
Top 8:
- Eugene Phua - Ira, Crimson Haze
- Dante Delfico - Ira, Crimson Haze
- Steven Chang - Bravo
- Christian Weißling - Dorinthea
- Steven Jennings - Kassai
- Michael Caronchia - Dorinthea
- Bruno Patrão - Rhinar
- Jakub Siedlecki - Dorinthea
Goin' Gaming
Goin' Gaming teamed up with FAB Foundry for their Skirmish event, hosting 32 players for an online tournament. In a shock upset of this series' metagame, the final match of this game took place between Viserai player AJ Brown, and Bravo player Steven Chang, knocking the two top 8 Ira players into third and fourth. Steven Chang also placed third in Alara Games' Skirmish event.
- AJ Brown - Viserai
- Steven Chang - Bravo
- Eugene Phua - Ira
- Sam Yuen - Ira
- Jacob Burns - Dorinthea
- Justin Salmon - Dash
- Chris Gilling - Dorinthea
- Oliver Chen - Kassai
Good Games Joondalup
In the final sealed deck event of the Skirmish season, Good Games Joondalup welcomed a brand new champion to the table - Adam Parker beat The Calling $10k Sydney Champion Hayden Dale to win this event!
The Final Week
For our final week of Skirmish events, there are a whopping twenty-eight local game stores who have signed up to host events! From France to Canada, Poland to Hong Kong, New Zealand to Brunei, Belgium to the UK, there are plenty of events to choose from.
North America:
- Source Comics and Games, MN, USA - April 10th
- Fable Hobby, OR, USA - April 10th
- Kingslayer Games, CA, USA - April 10th
- Timetwister Games, FL, USA - April 10th
- Total Access Games, VA, USA - April 11th
- 401 Games Toronto, ON, Canada - April 11th
- The Comic Book Shop, WA, USA - April 11th
- Gift of Games, IL, USA - April 11th
- Kings Games, NY, USA - April 11th
- Reaper Game Store, TX, USA - April 11th
- Game Trade, TX, USA - April 11th
- Newcastle Comics & Games, CO, USA - April 11th
- Johnny Games, ON, Canada - April 11th
Europe/UK:
- Kai of Cards, GE, Netherlands - April 10th
- Brood en Spelen, Vlaanderen, Belgium - April 10th
- Ludiworld, IDF, France - April 10th
- Sapphire-Cards, Pirmasens, Germany - April 10th
- Shop Gracz, Małopolskie, Poland - April 10th
- Yoda's Data / Spielviel, Idstein, Germany - April 10th
- Trading Goblin Gamesworld, Winnenden, Germany - April 10th
- Digital Replay, Piemonte, Italy - April 11th
- JK Entertainment, Frankfurt am Main, Germany - April 11th
- Top Deck Inn, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom - April 12th
Oceania/Asia:
- Shuffle'n'Cut, Auckland, New Zealand - April 11th
- Games & Lattes Cafe, Brunei-Muara District, Brunei - April 11th
- Flagship Games, Bishan, Singapore - April 11th
- Weatherlight, Kowloon, Hong Kong - April 11th