Fnatic knock out BIG 2-0 in Stake Ranked Episode 5 playoffs

Fnatic beat BIG 2-0 in the playoff stage of Stake Ranked Episode 5 on 28 October. The series was a best-of-three, and Fnatic won it without dropping a map.

Stake Ranked Episode 5 · Playoffs 28 Oct · 19:10

fnatic 2 : 0 BIG

Fnatic opened with a one-sided 13-6 win on Ancient, then took Inferno 13-11, which went down to the wire.

jambo was the best player of the series with a 41-23 line and a rating of 1.78, and mazay added 41-25 at 1.64. Three Fnatic players finished above 1.30, with cairne at 31-23 and 1.35. For BIG, gr1ks was the only player above 1.00, finishing 33-29 with a rating of 1.14. JDC and faveN were the lowest-rated players of the match, both at 0.58, with JDC going 21-36 and faveN 18-31.

It was the third meeting between the sides. BIG had won both earlier ones, 2-1 on 1 October in Stake Ranked Episode 4 and 2-0 at ESL Pro League Season 20 on 12 September 2024.

Fnatic move on in the playoff bracket, while BIG are eliminated from the tournament after this defeat.

Fnatic

26

PlayerKDADRRTG

jambo

41 23 88.7 1.78

mazay

41 25 98.4 1.64

cairne

31 23 78.6 1.35

jackasmo

22 25 61.5 0.88

fear

21 28 69.0 0.75

BIG

17

PlayerKDADRRTG

gr1ks

33 29 65.1 1.14

blameF

27 28 72.5 0.96

tabseN

23 33 60.8 0.70

JDC

21 36 64.5 0.58

faveN

18 31 56.1 0.58