While the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament is plowing its way towards the LAN finals, we introduce a new title for the fifth edition of Fragbite Masters powered by Com Hem. The title is none the less than the Blizzard Entertainment MOBA title Heroes of the Storm.

The tournament will consist of eight teams — four invited and four qualified — and will be played completely online from 10th of November and nine days forward, ending on the 19th of November. The prize purse contains 75,000 SEK, which translates into approximately 8,700 USD, or 8,000 EUR, spread out amongst the top four finishers. The eventual winners will grab 40,000 SEK.

Prize distribution

1. 40,000 SEK (approximately 4,700 USD)
2. 20,000 SEK (approximately 2,350 USD)
3. 10,000 SEK (approximately 1100 USD)
4.. 5,000 SEK (approximately 650 USD)

As previously mentioned, there will be eight teams participating in this kick-off tournament, half of which have been invited by Fragbite Masters. These teams are some of the very best that Europe have to offer; Team Dignitas with basis in Great Britain, the European mixture in Natus Vincere, Spanish Team Liquid and G2 Esports from Poland. These four teams have already been divided into two groups.

A fun fact for our StarCraft II fans is that the Fragbite Masters Season 2 runner-up Juan "VortiX" Moreno Durán, as well as his brother Pedro "LucifroN" Moreno Durán, will once again compete in FBM, but this time in Heroes of the Storm instead of StarCraft II.

Group A

Team Liquid
LucifroN, VortiX, Lowell, TBA, TBA
G2 Esports
Leofromkorea, Nicker, Szychu, Jowe, Baczek
Spot from Qualifier #1
TBD
Spot from Qualifier #1
TBD

Group B

Team Dignitas
Bakery, Atheroangel, Snitch, adrd, Zarmony
Na`Vi
scHwimpi, ethernal, JayPL, Splendour, AlexTheProG
Spot from Qualifier #2
TBD
Spot from Qualifier #2
TBD

The other half of the tournament will consist of qualified teams. The first of two qualifiers will be played on November 10th, with the second qualifier being held the day after. In both qualifiers, the two best teams go through to the main tournament, which starts on November 12th. The qualifiers are open for anyone to compete in, and will be played with a single elimination best of one format, with semi finals being played best of three. Click here to read more about the map pool.

Qualifiers

• Sign up for Qualifier #1
• Sign up for Qualifier #2

Schedule
Qualifiers

10th of November: Qualifier #1 (Top 2 advance to Group A)
11th of November: Qualifier #2 (Top 2 advance to Group B)

Group stage

12th of November: Group A (BO3, GSL format)
17th of November: Group B (BO3, GSL format)

Playoffs

18th of November: Semi finals (BO3)
19th of November: Grand final (BO5)