Rivals 2 Championship Series Fall/Winter Split Announcement

The first half of the Rivals II Championship Series has been a wild ride so far - featuring record breaking events and players coming together from across the FGC to make their mark. With our Summer Split wrapping up with Riptide 2025 in North America, and Ultimate Fighting Arena 2025 in Europe both in just a couple weeks - it’s time to reveal what’s next. 

New Upcoming Events

The race is ON for both regions as our second half of the season and finale approach over the next several months. We are SO excited to see what the rest of the year brings, so let’s dive into what we have in store.

North America:

Players are jockeying for position with each event shaking up the leaderboard. There’s a lot here so feel free to check out our R2CS landing page here to find registration info and results for all of these R2CS events as registration goes live. The table below includes a preview of our upcoming online events (reg to be posted soon), along with offline events you can register for now:

Europe:

Check out the new events joining the EU R2CS, and check out our R2CS landing page here to find registration info and results for all of these brackets as registration goes live. The table below includes a preview of our upcoming online events (reg to be posted soon), along with offline events you can register for now:

Power Rankings Guidelines

The original Rivals of Aether had a robust power rankings system with an 8 year track record, and we've been getting many questions about how power rankings will work in Rivals 2. Since we loved highlighting the players and their achievements this way, the R2CS power ranking structure will look familiar to previous circuit years.

After our Finals event, rankings for the North American region will be determined via a hand selected panel that will painstakingly comb through data accrued throughout the season. Our ranking system is typically in a Top 50 format for North America, but this could expand depending on total players over the course of this inaugural season.

In past seasons from our previous title, community events have been considered for rankings. Considering we are in our first season, we wanted to keep things simple for the R2CS rollout, so up until now, only official circuit events have contributed to rankings. Since we’ve found our footing and knowing that there are some fantastic events out there, we are opening up the rankings to more events. These events will not be official R2CS events, so they will not receive Pot Bonuses, custom palettes, etc, but they will be recognized for their individual strengths in their own tier below the weight of official circuit events.

We’re excited to announce that the first non-circuit event counting for end of season rankings will be Hitfall 4! This event series has shown strong commitment to the Rivals community over the years and consistently brings out some of the best talent for both Rivals of Aether titles.

We don’t have any more events to include on this list YET, but we’re interested in what the community is backing. If you think your event is a good fit for the end of season power rankings, please reach out! We will be accepting events on a case by case basis, considering elements such as lead-up time, size of event, out of region talent attending, and more.

Now, with this and our circuit considerations in mind, players in North America will be expected to enter a minimum number of events to be considered for power rankings in order to determine accurate data.

The NA R2CS power ranking requirements and event weight are as follows:

• A minimum of three (3) total Official R2CS events, with two (2) of them consisting of LAN tournaments.

• The R2CS Finals and EVO 2025 will carry the highest weight.

• Other LAN events will be considered in the next group, with potential order within this tier being determined based on entrant count and overall strength.

• Online events will be considered with the lowest weight overall, with entrant count and strength potentially ordering them within this tier.

The EU community has historically determined their own requirements and ranking system, so stay tuned for more information on this region's ranking. Until then, we recommend EU players attend what they can in order to cultivate an exciting first season!

North American and European events can all be found on the R2CS landing page here, so be sure to sign up and let's finish out an amazing year!