{"id":37650,"date":"2026-05-26T07:13:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T07:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/?p=37650"},"modified":"2026-05-26T07:13:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T07:13:06","slug":"stake-ranked-episode-2-overview-format-teams-schedule-reward-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/stake-ranked-episode-2-overview-format-teams-schedule-reward-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Stake Ranked Episode 2 Overview &#8211; Format, Teams, Schedule, Reward &amp; More"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>CS2 teams are slowly preparing to watch the Stake Ranked Episode 2, a LAN tournament taking place in Spain. Taking place in <strong>Barcelona from May 27 to May 30,<\/strong> fans will see 8 CS2 teams compete for a <strong>$100,000 prize pool<\/strong>. There are some interesting names that we can watch here, such as FaZe Clan and Ninjas in Pajamas, so <strong>let\u2019s dive deep<\/strong> and learn more about them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stake Ranked Episode 2 Tournament Format &amp; Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Stake Ranked Episode 2 will be an offline competition that StarLadder organized. As mentioned, it will <strong>take place in Barcelona<\/strong> and will include a total of <strong>8 teams<\/strong>. The competition will be <strong>held over 3 days<\/strong> and features a $100,000 prize pool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In terms of the format, we will only have playoffs. There will be a<strong> double-elimination bracket<\/strong> with Bo3 games, so expect epic clashes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stake Ranked Episode 2 Teams &#8211; Favorites and Underdogs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Stake Ranked Ep.2 | Closed Qualifier | Recap\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p_nInWnwQ7w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the fact that the Stake Ranked Episode 2 will only feature <strong>8 teams<\/strong>, all of them are special. <strong>Two earned their spot through the Closed Qualifiers<\/strong>, whereas the rest earned it via their VRS Global rank. Here is an overview of everyone:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>9z Team<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HEROIC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alliance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3DMAX<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>FaZe Clan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ninjas in Pajamas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sharks Esports &#8211; Close Qualifiers\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Magic &#8211; Closed Qualifiers<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to favorites, <strong>9z Team<\/strong> is probably the first one that fans will be paying close attention to. Despite the <strong>5th-8th placement <\/strong>at the <a href=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/team-spirit-win-pgl-astana-2026-as-donk-earns-mvp-award\/\">PGL Astana 2026<\/a>, the team has had okay results in 2026 and won numerous Tier 2 competitions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HEROIC <\/strong>is next on the list and it\u2019s <strong>another interesting team <\/strong>with decent results so far. The team has not won any big event in 2026 so far, but there is a good chance this will be the first one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lastly, we also have to share a few words about <strong>Alliance<\/strong>. The team has<strong> established itself<\/strong> as a solid Tier 2 team and won several events this year, such as the Journey Spring 2026 and Conquest of Prague 2026. The last one came just a few days ago, so Alliance definitely enters Stake Ranked Episode 2 as one of the teams to pay close attention to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stake Ranked Episode 2 &#8211; Schedule &amp; Talent<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udf99 Meet the talent lineup for Stake Ranked Ep.2 LAN Main Event.<br><br>The voices behind the action are ready. Are you?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StakeRanked?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#StakeRanked<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N6fmX78pxK\">pic.twitter.com\/N6fmX78pxK<\/a><\/p>&mdash; StarLadder CS2 (@StarLadder_CS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StarLadder_CS\/status\/2058957278280044638?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 25, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Those of you looking to follow the Stake Ranked Episode 2 in real-time can tune in on <strong>May 27 at 13:00 EEST<\/strong> for the <strong>3DMax vs magic game<\/strong>. Fans can also watch HEROIC vs NiP, Alliance vs FaZe Clan and Sharks Esports vs 9z Team.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In terms of the broadcast talent, CS2 fans will see a lot of familiar names, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Brandon \u201cBDog\u201d Rawlings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lucy \u201cLucyLuce\u201d Eastwood<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Neo \u201cNe0kai\u201d Caine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Harvey \u201cSkriv\u201d Rodgers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Martin \u201cSTYKO\u201d Styk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Considering the name of the event, it\u2019s no surprise that people can follow it live on <a href=\"https:\/\/kick.com\/starladder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kick.<\/a> It\u2019s definitely one of the events that <strong>deserves more attention<\/strong>, so we can\u2019t wait to see which team will lift the trophy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CS2 teams are slowly preparing to watch the Stake Ranked Episode 2, a LAN tournament taking place in Spain. Taking place in Barcelona from May 27 to May 30, fans will see 8 CS2 teams compete for a $100,000 prize pool. There are some interesting names that we can watch here, such as FaZe Clan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":37652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5,11],"class_list":{"0":"post-37650","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cs-2","8":"tag-cs2","9":"tag-cs2-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37650"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37653,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37650\/revisions\/37653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}