Honor of Kings unveils KIS4 format and prize pool

Cellular MOBA title Honor of Kings has unveiled the format and prize pool for the upcoming Honor of Kings Invitational Season 4 (KIS4).

Going down from January thirty first to February eighth, eight groups from Asia and Brazil will compete within the first invitational occasion of the season.

Followers can try the detailed construction of the KIS4 under, together with the prize pool distribution.

Earlier than the motion will get underway, the match will see the highest two invited groups from the Workforce Star Worth Rating positioned into two teams of 4. Each organisations will then choose squads from the remaining pool to finalise their respective teams.

As soon as the teams are determined, groups will compete in a single round-robin format utilizing best-of-five sequence. Notably, no eliminations from the match will happen throughout this stage.

Following the Group Stage, all eight groups will probably be seeded right into a single-elimination bracket within the Knockout Stage, that includes best-of-seven sequence. Additionally, the winner of every group will be capable to choose one of many backside two groups from the other group. Groups from the identical group is not going to face off towards one another till the Quarter-finals.

All through the occasion, the International Ban and Choose format will probably be carried out. Every workforce can ban 4 heroes per sport, with the banned heroes remaining unavailable for choice for the rest of the sequence.

The Grand Last will use the Final Battle mode, an unrestricted draft the place each groups can choose the identical heroes as a part of their compositions.

The eight groups in attendance will compete for a share of a $100,000 (~£74,586) prize pool, with $35,000 (~£26,106) going to the winner.

The complete prize pool breakdown is as follows:

Because of the variety of groups reducing from 12 to eight, the prize pool for KIS4 is $200,000 (~£149,210) lower than that of Season 3.