Starting this season we will be switching up the Ranked playlist from Team Deathmatch to King of the Hill! With the change in game mode, we’ve also changed some details for Ranked grade evaluation. King of the Hill is an aggressive and team centric game mode with a strong focus on playing the objective. We’ve adjusted contribution weighting on stats to give bigger incentive around Objective play.

Placement:

Apprentice -> Bronze III -> Bronze II -> Bronze I -> Silver III -> Silver II -> Silver I -> Gold III -> Gold II -> Gold I -> Platinum III -> Platinum II -> Platinum I -> Diamond III -> Diamond II -> Diamond I -> Master

At the start of the season, players will need to play three matches to determine what rank they start the season as. Depending on how well they do, they can be placed anywhere from Apprentice up to Gold III.

Rank Grades:

After getting placed, players will compete to advance through Ranks by winning matches. Each match win will give 10 Rank Points for winning plus a match performance bonus. Losing a match causes players to lose Rank Points. The amount lost increases as the player’s Rank goes up. Losses can be mitigated by getting a better Grade when you lose but be aware, you will never gain Rank Points when you lose!

RANK BASE WIN BASE LOSS Apprentice 10 -8 Bronze 10 -12 Silver 10 -14 Gold 10 -16 Platinum 10 -18 Diamond 10 -20

Players can receive anywhere from a C grade all the way up to S for performing well beyond the average player for that Rank. We’ve greatly simplified our algorithm for calculating performance. Simply watch your Score at the end of the match scoreboard and you will receive a corresponding grade. Similar to previous seasons, earning higher letter grades require better scores the higher Rank a player is.

GRADE WIN BONUS LOSS BONUS S Rank 30 12 A Rank 20 8 B Rank 10 4 C Rank 0 0

Be wary, matches are best played to the end! Quitting a match will result in losing double the amount of points. Forfeiting matches will give a regular loss and not penalize players with multiplied point loss.

Blowout Win Bonus:

We wanted to reward teams who play hard to earn a quick and decisive victory. If you can beat a team by 100 or more points, the win bonus will be doubled to 20 Rank Points!

What’s more, if a team quits or forfeits, the winning team will be rewarded with automatic S Ranks.

Promotion:



When reaching 100 Rank Points at the top of your rank (e.g. Platinum I), players will enter Promotion matches. If players can reach the necessary score over the course of 5 games, they will be promoted.

Master Rank:



Master Rank players will be competing among each other for top spots on the Global Leaderboards with their 20-Game Average Match Rating. When reaching Master Rank, players will start with a 200 Match Rating. Master Rank will still judge performance using score at the end of the match. However, Instead of a letter grade result, players will get a Match Rating. Match Rating ranges from -1000 to 1000. By earning Match Ratings higher than a player’s own 20-Game Average, they will be able to raise their Average. Be warned, should a player’s average drop below 0, they will be ejected from Master Rank. Master Rank is unaffected by win or loss, only player performance is evaluated.

In order to keep Master Players actively competing to keep themselves on top, players will lose points for being away for too long. After 6 days without playing a match of Ranked King of the Hill, Master Rank players will start to decay their 20-Game Average. Quitting or forfeiting a match will result in an automatic -1000 Match Rating.

Rewards:



By competing in the Ranked season, players can unlock unique rewards determined by their Rank. Reaching Gold III or higher at the end of the season will award players with a unique taunt only available from ranked.

During the season, players will receive unique vanity items upon advancing into the next Rank from Gold III all the way up to Master Rank! Each season has its own unique set of rewards including one taunt, relics, and a set of Ranked themed vanity items. These rewards are ONLY available for that season! Pictured are the Gold, Platinum, Diamond, and Master masks from Season 7.