Eternal Fire won the Stake Ranked Episode 5 title, beating fnatic 3-2 in the grand final. The team turned the series around after trailing 0-2.
fnatic took the first two maps, Anubis 13-8 and Ancient 13-2. Eternal Fire then won Cache (13-9), Dust2 (13-11) and Mirage (13-8) to complete the comeback.
Samet "jottAAA" Köklü was the standout for Eternal Fire with a 1.21 series rating. The team reached the final through the lower bracket, with wins over Nemesis, BIG, Astralis and MIBR.
Eternal Fire's chance of qualifying for the Major rose from under 5% a week ago to 87.9%, and it is their third tournament win in a month and a half. fnatic's chances dropped to 17.5%.
With the event over, five teams remain in the race for the three remaining Major spots in Europe.