Firebat won the first Hearthstone World Championship at BlizzCon in 2014.
The American player, whose real name is James Kostesich, defeated China’s Wang “TiddlerCelestial” Xie in the final. His victory made him Hearthstone’s inaugural world champion during the game’s first year of major global tournament play.
Hearthstone is a digital collectible card game created by Blizzard Entertainment and released in 2014. Its competitive matches are played with constructed decks, and tournament formats commonly require players to bring several decks from different classes.
Firebat is sometimes confused with other early Hearthstone stars such as Kolento or StrifeCro. Those players were prominent competitors, but Firebat won the inaugural world championship.