HEROIC Wins Stake Ranked Episode 3, Tops Viewership

Stake Ranked Episode 3 concluded in Barcelona with HEROIC sweeping K27 in the grand final and finishing the four-day, double-elimination tournament undefeated.

The event was hosted by StarLadder. HEROIC’s roster for the tournament featured Ludvig “Brollan” Brolin and Antonio “MartinezSa” Martínez, with Joonas “doto” Forss listed as head coach. The team won every series it played, advancing through the upper bracket to claim the title without dropping a match.

The tournament recorded more than 572,000 Hours Watched and reached a peak audience of 34,581 viewers. HEROIC’s Day 2 series against Phantom Esports produced the peak viewership, while their upper-bracket match with Ninjas in Pyjamas drew the second-highest audience. HEROIC ranked first in both total Hours Watched and Average Viewers for the event.

Qualifier K27 reached the grand final after an early loss sent the team to the lower bracket. K27 won four consecutive series in elimination play, including a victory over Ninjas in Pyjamas, to reach the final. The extended lower-bracket run produced the tournament’s second-highest total Hours Watched, while K27 placed fifth in Average Viewers, reflecting greater total broadcast time rather than larger concurrent audiences.

Ninjas in Pyjamas finished second in Average Viewers and third in Hours Watched, appearing in two of the three most-watched matches. Phantom Esports delivered a notable Average Viewers figure driven largely by its matchup with HEROIC despite an early exit.

Episode 3 did not surpass the peak audience of Episode 2 but exceeded the inaugural tournament in total watch time and maintained steady interest across its four-day schedule. The field included teams such as HEROIC, Ninjas in Pyjamas and paiN rather than some higher-profile lineups that appeared in earlier episodes.

Stake Ranked will return to Barcelona for Episode 4 from October 1 to 4 as a $100,000 LAN event. HEROIC and K27 have already secured places at that tournament by reaching the Episode 3 grand final.