PvP

**PvP**, short for **Player versus Player**, is a game mode that pits your selected Heroes against Heroes of another player. The match takes places in a randomized map featuring the various campaign environments. The winner of the match is determined by whoever downs the enemy Heroes first, or whoever has the least Heroes downed when a 3-minute timer expires. If there are equal casualties on both sides, the match is a draw and no one is declared a winner.

Winning a match counts toward the player's PvP Crate, which requires five PvP wins to open. In addition, any Hero the player kills in PvP gives the player 20each, regardless if they win or lose the match. However, any downed Heroes, regardless of outcome, loses one of their PvP hearts. By default, each Hero has 3 Hearts to lose before they will be unable to used in PvP again until the lives are reset twice a day (UTC 4:00 and 16:00). The player can revive Heroes using gold for a few times per day, increasing with VIP level. VIP10+ players have 4 lives per hero until a revive must be bought.

## Co-Op PvP

In July 2020, a new type of PvP mode was added where players can directly fight enemy heroes with three others (one ally and two opponents). Each player can choose 2 heroes to fight with, forming a 4-versus-4 PvP match. As with standard PvP, players can choose to be randomly matched with their allies and enemies or they can invite players to battle with. Matchmaking is decided upon the total power of the two teams.

In free play, Co-Op PvP has its own separate hearts from normal PvP.

## Matchmaking

The game attempts to match the player against someone of nearly the same loadout power in the same division. If no match is found within 15 seconds, the player is matched with a bot using a random player's heroes.

PvP events separate each competitor into divisions determined by the total power of all their Heroes combined. They will only battle against enemies of their own division. Competing in stronger divisions gives greater rewards.

 Rookie
 Regular
 Competitor
 Veteran
 Challenger
 Champion
 Elite
 Mythic
 Legendary

The game does induce matchmaking penalties if the player uses high-powered Heroes paired with Heroes that are notably weaker, often by 4 or more ranks or Stars. This is known as **sandbagging**, and in doing so, the game will match the player with another team of a significantly stronger loadout power. To avoid being unfairly matched, it is recommended to use Heroes that are close to each other in individual power and ranking. The exact details of the penalizing criteria are unknown.

## Events

Most of the time the Free Play mode is available, allowing to the player to choose up to 5 heroes per match with no special bonuses to any. However, multiple times per month, there are PvP events were the player competes against others in PvP under special conditions. Ranking in these events give multiple rewards, such as PvP Gems, Gold, Bucks, Skill Points, Hero Fragments and exclusive Hero Portraits.

There are Faction battles, where only Heroes of the selected factions can be used. Winning these matches gives the player a set amount of points that contribute to their event ranking, determined by the combined power of the matchup and the types of heroes used (rarer Heroes give more points).

There are also Tournaments, where any Hero can be used, but combat bonuses are given to the Heroes of the selected factions.

These events are able to be played in both normal PvP and Co-Op PvP, but any hearts lost playing these modes are deducted from both modes.