Hearthstone pro player hits legend in 3 days on a free-to-play account

Some people complain that despite being free-to-play, you need to pay-to-win if you want to succeed in Hearthstone. One player went out of his way to prove that isn’t true.

PawełHS is a professional player has hit Legendary, the highest rank in the digital card game’s Ranked Mode, multiple times in the past. For a new challenge (which he detailed on Reddit), he started a new account and try to reach Legendary without spending any money. Joost van Dreunen, analyst at market research firm SuperData Research, told GamesBeat that Hearthstone makes $20 million a month, and it’s the leader in the $1.2 billion digital card game segment. This money largely comes from players buying packs of digital cards.