The ever competitive Hero series is off to the races once again, featuring some very familiar faces at the top of the standings. The long-standing THL org, Defias, leads the charge with the only 4-0 record in Hero. They are followed closely by Just Three Adjoining Crewmates and A Poulderfist Mountain. Notably, Wraiths of the Beyond is sitting in 5th place with the only other undefeated record, albeit at 3-0. 

On the player side of the power rankings, we have a predominant amount of players from the Teal and Orange conferences with a only 2 players representing Purple. Defias tops the chart over here as well with NotBamity representing. This is a list that we could see shake up frequently from week to week given the competitive nature of the series. 

There are some interesting storylines to pay attention to this season in Hero. Most notably, we have 2 sets of teams with similar, yet opposite, names. Who will come out on top this season in the head-to-head: Defias vs. Defy Us or one of the APMs vs. MPA?

Looking at this week, we have one key match to pay attention to and it is that aforementioned APM vs. MPA match-up. Will the Chewie-led APM come out on top or will they be thwarted by the copycats led by EPICat?
-TwoStarMako

The THL Dark Beyond season is off and running, welcome back THLers!  The Pro series is starting to take shape, with some new teams finding themselves in the top spots!  Unidentified Pet Tracking find themselves in the coveted #1 spot due to less than 1% point of GW over Cheese Mongers. Cheese Mongers in the #2 spot are undefeated (ties aren't losses!) so they are sniffing at the #1 spot and have an on-paper favorable match-up against Staff of the Five Dubs.  Staff was one of the top seeds last season but find themselves off to a rough start.  Is this a classic trap match for the Mongers this week?

Rounding out the Top 3 we have Ada's Litter whose only loss is to the leaders, UPT.  The Litter have a favorable matchup against the 0-4 Interstellar Strategists, we'll see if the Strategists can get some wins from their teammates not named Dagda this week.  In 4th place we have Three Seed University.  Boy, will they make my life easier if they can clinch the Three Seed next week.  And Brushy Tuna is off to a slower start than last season, but still positioned to cruise upward.

We have a good list of undefeated players in the Top Player Rankings: Aetherian of Ada's Litter, Dagda of Interstellar Strategists, maxiebon1234 of WashedUp, eswaff of Unidentified Pet Tracking, and Pyrollama of Cheese Mongers United.  Good luck to them and to everyone going into Week 5!
-Whodack

It's time for the THL Power Rankings for Wild! Atop the standings is veteran team WTF, followed closely behind by eye opening newcomers ET N'Zoth. Staff of the 5 Dubs, APM and Super Cereal Clowns round out the teams in the playoff hunt. Clowns are sporting 46 points (tied with APM in 4th) but sport an 0-4 record to date, speaking to many close weeks not quite breaking their way. Hawk 2 and Worgen Geasers round out the bottom, sporting some good players but not the results desired to keep pace.

Looking forward, the storylines are set. WTF has always been a team good enough to beat anyone but also lose to anyone. Will they find consistency this season? Will ET N'Zoth still outperform expectations despite a lack of thl experience and variety of lineups? Will Staff lean on some deep THL experience and make a finals run? Will APM continue to underperform, despite having an MT Champion and THL hofers on the roster? Will Super Cereal Clowns find a late push that matches points with results?

If I could watch one match this week, it would be maxiebon1234(apm) vs UsernameABCD(ET N'Zoth). Both players are undefeated combo-nerds, and the match might look more like a Wild West Quick Draw Duel than a Hearthstone game.
-Schmoopiedady​