Put your skills to the test by competing in the very first season of the Battlerite League.
Depending on your highest rank throughout the season, you can expect to earn a variety of chests, tokens and a Season 1 exclusive avatar!
Ranked has been renamed to League and the ranking system has been looked at and reworked. The matchmaking algorithm has also gone through a complete rework, with the aim to improve the accuracy and speed of matchmaking.
The goal for the ranking system is to make progression feel easier to understand and more fun to play by introducing improved visual feedback when climbing the Leagues as well as adding rewards. We also wanted to make it a better experience when playing with different partners and generally improve the accuracy of the ratings overall.
We hope that you find playing League a more rewarding experience, but keep in mind that we still consider it a work in progress. You can expect improvements to be made in future patches!
Soft Reset
With the arrival of Patch 0.10 today, there will be a soft reset to all current rankings. This will allow for faster climbing and adjustments while preventing players with a big difference in skill level from being matched against each other.
Leagues and Divisions
Grades have now been replaced by Leagues and Divisions. Each League represents players of a certain span of skill, and each League consists of multiple divisions. The goal behind this is to make it easier to understand how high your rank is as well as make it feel more progressive.
Placement
The first time you play League (with a team or by yourself) in the Season, you will have to play placement matches. You will then be placed into a League accordingly.
Bronze League
Consists of 10 Divisions.
Silver League
Consists of 9 Divisions.
Gold League
Consists of 8 Divisions.
Platinum League
Consists of 7 Divisions.
Diamond League
Consists of 6 Divisions.
Champion League
Consists of 5 Divisions.
Grand Champion
Does not have any divisions.
As you gain rating, you will move between Divisions and if you continue to win you will eventually reach the highest Division in a given League, Division 1. We have also improved the rating calculations so that climbing the ladder is easier (where applicable). Progressing further will promote you to the next League.
Team Rating
You will now have a separate team rating depending on which teammate you play in a party with. The intention is to improve the accuracy of the rating and matchmaking as it will only take your team’s skill level into account, rather than trying to balance out separate solo rankings when playing with others. You will also gain rating as a team, eliminating the discrepancy of having a teammate that gained/lost a different amount of MMR than you.
While playing League you will be able to queue for both 2v2 and 3v3 while solo queuing, but in a party you can only queue 2v2 in a party of two and 3v3 in a party of three.
You will automatically form a team while playing in a party in League. You will be able to rename your team and select an avatar to represent your team if you wish to, after placement.
When playing League, teams will only face other teams and players queuing on their own will only meet players that are solo queueing.
Seasons Based Rankings
Starting today, we are introducing Seasons. The first being Season 1 - Arctic Winds. What this means is that during a particular amount of time, two months for this first season, you will be able to climb the rankings and try to attain as high a League as possible. At the end of the Season you will earn rewards based on your highest attained League.
For example, if you have a team in a League that is higher than your solo queue League, you will gain rewards based on your team’s League.
The Season then ends with the rankings having a soft reset and you will play through the Placement matches again in Season 2.
Rewards
At the end of the Season 1, you will earn rewards based on your highest attained League as follows:
Bronze League
- Season 1 Avatar
- 3 x Silver Chests
Silver League
- Season 1 Avatar
- 5 x Silver Chests
- 500 Tokens
Gold League
- Season 1 Avatar
- 3 x Gold Chests
- 1000 Tokens
Platinum League
- Season 1 Avatar
- 5 x Gold Chests
- 1750 Tokens
Diamond League
- Season 1 Avatar
- 5 x Gold Chests
- 2 x Frozen Chests
- 2500 Tokens
Champion League
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Season 1 Avatar
- 5 x Gold Chests
- 2 x Frozen Chests
- 1 x Legendary Chest
- 3500 Tokens
Grand Champion League
- Season 1 Avatar
- 5 x Gold Chests
- 2 x Frozen Chests
- 1 x Legendary Chest
- 5000 Tokens
- *Grand Champion exclusive mount* for the following Season only
Miscellaneous notes
- Sometimes you will be matched against players from a different League than you. If you are playing against a team from a higher League, you will get bonus rating from winning, but if you lose, you will not lose rating.
- If you happen to play with a player who is in placement but you are not in placement yourself, you will not lose any rating if you lose the match. The same also happens if you are put in a team with someone who leaves or disconnects.
- If you leave a game you will get a rating penalty.
- During a season, you can not be demoted to a lower League (but you can go down a Division). This is to make it feel less punishing when playing ranked. You will still be matched against players as close as possible to your rating.
- Standard has been renamed to Quick Match. In this mode you can queue for both 2v2 and 3v3 whether playing as a group or solo. You can also face mixed solo and teams unlike in League.
- The number of Placement matches can change and is dependent on the ranking system’s uncertainty of new teams.
- Placement results are dynamically adjusted depending on the existing players and teams in the current Season.