Mythic+ Keystone Builders Tournament - Dragonflight Season 1

Mythic+ Keystone Builders Tournament

Ruleset & Guidelines

Event Description

The Mythic+ Keystone Builders Tournament is a community-organized tournament that focuses on keystone completion and timing through the ability to speedrun lower keys in addition to higher keys. Teams will complete by ‘building’ one keystone from a +2 as high as possible within the allotted timeframe to earn the most points. Points are earned based on performance in the key (+1/+2/+3), the level of the key, and the number of keys that they are able to complete.

Signup & Registration

Registration will take place on the Raider.IO website from 9am (PT) on Friday, March 31 to 9am (PT) on Friday, April 14.

Teams must consist of a minimum of five (5) players at level 70. Teams may consist of a maximum of six (6) players, with one player allowed on the roster as an alternate. Teams must have a minimum of five players on a roster prior to the end of the registration period in order to compete in the Tournament. Substitutions to a team’s roster may be made up until registration close. After the deadline for registration has passed, no alterations to a team’s roster may be made.

If a team that has qualified to the Finals is unable to field their roster, the next highest ranking team will be invited to participate.

Tournament participation is limited to individuals with accounts in Good Standing at the start of the Offline Bracket. Per Blizzard Ent., an account is considered to be in “Good Standing” if there are no records of an account suspension greater than 14 days or an account ban during the Tournament and during the six (6) months preceding the commencement of the Tournament.

Group Composition

1. Teams may be composed of any combination of DPS, Tanks, or Healer roles that total five players.
2. Teams may be composed of any number of multiple class specializations.
3. Competitors must play the same class and role for the entirety of their team’s run.
4. Competitors are permitted to swap specializations during a dungeon so long as the new specialization is the same role.
5. Competitors must play the same characters in each keystone, and each character must be present in the key at the time of completion for any completed dungeons to count towards the overall team score.

Gear, Consumables, Items & Talents

1. Competitors are permitted to swap gear at any point as allowed by in-game limitations.
2. Competitors are permitted to utilize any consumable or items available to their characters during dungeon runs.
3. Competitors are permitted to exit a dungeon to swap talents then re-enter the dungeon.

Scoring Guide

Dungeon Completion Factor

• This scoring factor takes into consideration the number of keystones completed, and encourages pushing more keystones.
• 100 Points per Completed Key

Keystone Advancement Factor

• This scoring factor takes into consideration the speed and success of keystones completed, and encourages completing keystones faster.
• Depleted: 0 Points
• Timed +1: 50 Points
• Timed +2: 100 Points
• Timed +3: 150 Points

Dungeon Key Level Factor

This scoring factor takes into consideration the level of keystones completed, and encourages pushing higher keystones.

• Mythic +2: 400 Points
• Mythic +3: 700 Points
• Mythic +4: 1000 Points
• Mythic +5: 1250 Points
• Mythic +6: 1500 Points
• Mythic +7: 1750 Points
• Mythic +8: 2000 Points
• Mythic +9: 2250 Points
• Mythic +10: 2500 Points
• Mythic +11: 2750 Points
• Mythic +12: 3000 Points
• Mythic +13: 3250 Points
• Mythic +14: 3500 Points
• Mythic +15: 3750 Points
• Mythic +16: 4000 Points
• Mythic +17: 4250 Points
• Mythic +18: 4500 Points
• Mythic +19: 4750 Points
• Mythic +20: 5000 Points
• Mythic +21: 5250 Points
• Mythic +22: 5500 Points
• Mythic +23: 5750 Points
• Mythic +24: 6000 Points
• Mythic +25: 6250 Points

(Note: Points per keystone level are not capped at +25, further details regarding this factor are available upon request)

Dungeon Timer Multiplier

• This scoring factor takes into consideration the varying lengths of dungeon timers, and accounts for the varying amounts of time required to complete different dungeons.
• Algeth'ar Academy: x1.01
• Azure Vault: x1.18
• Court of Stars: x1
• Halls of Valor: x1.27
• Nokhud Offensive: x1.33
• Ruby Life Pools: x1
• Shadowmoon Burial Grounds: x1.1
• Temple of the Jade Serpent: x1

Qualification Stage

The qualification stage of the Mythic+ Keystone Builders Tournament will take place off-broadcast from 9AM (PT) on April 17th to 9AM (PT) on April 22nd. All dungeons run during this stage will take place on live servers.

The qualification stage of the tournament will require each team to submit one keystone building run, with a total time of 3 hours. To complete this, the team will need to start with a +2 keystone and complete the consecutive keys within the 3 hour timeframe. If a run is started before the 3 hour limit ends, competitors are allowed to finish the run but may not start any new dungeons. Competitors are permitted to continue a run after the 3 hour time allowance so long as it was started before the end of the time. This extra time permits up to 15 minutes of additional key-running, after this time the longer runs will not count for any points.

At least two competitors per team will be required to either stream or provide a VOD of the entire duration of a keystone being built. The competitor streaming is required to be the keyholder of each group, and must show the keys being placed into the holder for each run.

The Top 12 ranking teams from the qualification stage will be invited to compete live on broadcast in the Finals.

Finals Stage

The Top 12 ranking teams from the qualification stage will be divided into one of three groups as follows:

Group A - 1st Placement, 4th Placement, 7th Placement, 10th Placement

Group B - 2nd Placement, 5th Placement, 8th Placement, 11th Placement

Group C - 3rd Placement, 6th Placement, 9th Placement, 12th Placement

On Day 1 (April 28), Group A teams will compete. Each team will have 3 hours to ‘build’ their key through the ladder provided by tournament administration to earn as many points as possible.

On Day 2 (April 29), Group B teams will compete. Each team will have 3 hours to ‘build’ their key through the ladder provided by tournament administration to earn as many points as possible.

On Day 3 (April 30), Group C teams will compete. Each team will have 3 hours to ‘build’ their key through the ladder provided by tournament administration to earn as many points as possible.

On the day of the tournament, teams will be provided with a ‘ladder’ of keys. At the start of the day - 10AM (PT), the +2 dungeon will be revealed to all competitors. Once this key has been completed, each team will be assigned the same dungeon map for the level of the key they have built. The dungeon map will be revealed once the previous key has been completed.

Ex: The +2 dungeon provided could be Halls of Valor. If a team completes this dungeon with a 3-chest timer, then the next dungeon map will be set to a +5 [dungeon map]. If a team completes this dungeon with a 2-chest or 1-chest timer, the the next dungeon map will be set to a +4 [dungeon map] or +3 [dungeon map] accordingly. Each team within a group will have the same order of dungeon maps to progress through, but each group will have a different ladder of dungeon progression that will provide an equivalent opportunity for points.

Broadcast & Game Capture

Similar to during the Qualification Stage, at least two competitor of each team will be required to stream or provide video input of gameplay during the Tournament Broadcast for our team to use as an input source.

Prizing

All tournament funding will be crowdsourced. The breakdown for prizing will be as follows:

20% - Split between Talent

80% - Competitor Prizing

• 35%: 1st Place
• 25%: 2nd Place
• 20%: 3rd Place