And just like that, we have reached our 10th feature under the ProFiles series! It has been a lot of fun and our pleasure to feature all these great eSports players, streamers, and YouTubers, and we hope that you have been enjoying reading about them as well.
In case this is your first time encountering ProFiles, it is a weekly series that features notable eSports players, streamers, and even gaming YouTubers.
For today's feature, we are putting the spotlight one of the professional Hearthstone players. Specifically, we are focusing on the first woman to ever win the Hearthstone Grandmasters Global Finals. She also happens to be the first woman to win a BlizzCon Esports tournament.
Her prize for winning? $200,000. Of course, you cannot discount the fact that she has made history along the way.
Can you guess who this Hearthstone player is?
ProFiles: Hearthstone's Liooon
Like most, if not all, eSports players who are competing internationally, Xiaomeng "Liooon" Li started her Hearthstone journey by first competing in China. An article by Esports describes her as a "consistent player" who "only needed a few days to become well-versed in the meta of different decks."
Aside from continuously and consistently playing competitive Hearthstone, Liooon also did content creation as well as casting and streaming.
Great success found her in 2019 when she competed in the Hearthstone Grandmasters Global Finals at BlizzCon. Liooon started off strong and was one of only two players from her country who earned a top spot against an open pool of more than 1,000 players.
She won the final of the tournament using her Evolve and Soul of the Murloc cards in the first game, the Malygos Druid in her second game, and the Highlander Hunter in the third game.
Liooon won $200,000 in the finals. You can watch her actually compete in the finals of the tournament below, but do take note that you will need more than an hour to watch the whole thing:
Other Things to Know About Liooon
Her road to success had not always been easy, especially when you consider that she is a female player. It goes without saying that female eSports players have faced a lot of sexist remarks and discrimination, and Liooon is no exception.
According to the Esports article, she was told back in 2017 that she did not belong in a competition she was lining up for at that time because of the fact that she is a girl.
GosuGamers considers the Hunter as Liooon's best Hearthstone class, followed by Shaman and Druid. Druid vs Warrior is considered by the site as her best matchup.
Liooon is a player of Victory Key as of press time.
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Liooon in Action
Wondering just how Liooon is like when she participates in Hearthstone games and competitions? Here are some videos showing her in action that are available on YouTube. Again, do take note that these videos are very long:
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