Ranked

**PLAY ➞ RANKED**

**Ranked** is a system in Paladins designed to provide higher quality matches for competitive players. The current season of competitive play is Season 6. This Seasons are divided into Splits. Each Split has a duration between 3 and 6 months.

## Description

Welcome to Paladins Ranked. Paladins' in-game competitive mode will now allow players to progress as an account through each tier from Bronze to Grandmaster. As you play, you'll gain Triumph Points (or TP), and once you pass 100 TP in your current division, you are immediately promoted to the next division! If you are performing exceptionally in your current division, you may skip forward a few divisions when you're promoted.

Now is a great time to start your placement matches. During placements you can queue with one friend and depending on your performance you'll be placed in an appropriate division!

## Ranked tiers and divisions

### Tiers

Ranked has several tiers that players can be placed in, from Bronze to Grandmaster. Players without a tier will be set as Qualifying. Winning games will grant Triumph Points (TP). Earning 100 TP while on the last division of a tier will ascend the player into the next tier.

### Divisions

Each tier, from Bronze to Diamond, is divided in 5 divisions. Earning 100 TP will cause the player to be promoted to the next division. Meanwhile, losing TP will eventually cause the player's rank to decay.

### Information

* The game mode played in Ranked is Siege.
* Players are required to be at account level 15 and have at least 18 owned champions to access Ranked, champions in Free-Rotation do not count.
* During champion selection, each team can ban 4 champions so that neither team can use them. The first two bans for each team are selected at the start of the round, while the third and fourth bans are chosen after 3 members of each team have selected their champions. Additionally, the latest champion releases will be automatically unavailable in Ranked generally until the following update. Pick phase lasts 30s while the ban phase lasts 20s. An additional "bonus" of 60s will be added to each team if a player has not selected a champion past the pick phase. This bonus time is shared throughout all team members.
* Players must play 5 qualifier matches to be assigned into a tier.
* While in Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum tiers, players may queue together in groups of up to 5.
* While in Diamond, Master and Grandmaster tiers, players may queue together in groups of up to 2.
* Diamond Players may queue with Platinum tier players.
* Master and Grandmaster tiers have no divisions.
* Players in Gold tier or higher who lose matches or remain absent from Ranked for too long will lose TP, and eventually will be demoted to the previous division/tier. The decay stops at Gold 5.
* Players can reward other players who show positive attitudes in the community with Commendations. Commendation points and rewards reset every Ranked Season.

#### Ranked Map Rotation

Each update, maps will be in either the Active or Reserved Map pool. Reserved maps will not appear while playing ranked during that update. Each new update will see some maps rotated in between the Active and Reserved pools.

*Main article:* Ranked/Map Rotation

## Rewards

There are several special rewards that can be earned for playing Ranked matches. Each season has its own exclusive rewards, with some rewards being tied to each split. Below the rewards of the current season are listed.

*Main article:* Ranked/Rewards

### Scoreboard Rewards

Players can earn  Crystals by ending a season on Grandmaster leaderboard.

## Trivia

* Prior to the gen:LOCK update, there were only 2 bans per team rather than 3.
* Prior to the Way of the Warrior update, the rank was not tied to the account, but to the individual champion. Each champion could have a different rank depending on how well they performed in Ranked. When loaded into the game, this rank was displayed as a frame around the champion - Qualifying Frame, Bronze Frame, Silver Frame, Gold Frame, Platinum Frame, Diamond Frame, Master Frame and Grandmaster Frame.

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