Arena League

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The **Arena League** is a PvP (player vs. player) mode where players can battle other players for opportunities to earn weekly prizes. The arena is located in Tourney Hill, Astellan.

The arena is currently not real time, but real-time fighting is planned to be implemented. The player currently faces opponents controlled by an AI much like other battles.

## Leagues

There are currently 17 Leagues.

At the start of each week, each player is assigned with 99 other players in a league based on their performance from the previous week. They may also start with a certain amount of rating points. Certain position cutoffs are set for x2 league up, league up and league down, that vary depending on league.

At the end of each week, players receive gems based on their league and arena crests based on their position in their league. If a player gets promoted to a league for the first time, they will receive a promotional reward.

## Opponent Selection

Upon entering the arena, the player will have three randomly selected Knights to battle. Each choice will have the opponent's avatar, league emblem, in-game name, displayed arena rating, Knight level and expected rating change.

Opponent rerolls allow the player to re-roll a different set of opponents. The player may manually re-roll for free if a 2 hour cooldown has passed, the player either wins against all three opponents in their roll, loses or draws against one opponent. Otherwise, re-rolls cost 5 Gems.

## Battle

Each arena battle costs **1** Arena Ticket. The player's Knight meets their chosen opponent's Knight, then the player starts.

The player has only 2 actions on their first turn, then their minions attack. The opponent fights with 4 actions, and their minions attack if they have not yet died. Knights and their minions alternate turns until one wins.

If the battle exceeds 8 turns, damage will be boosted to both Knights until either Knight dies.

If one Knight kills their opponent on their last action and gets killed *after*, this will result in a draw. This is due to the starting knight having a handicap of 2 extra actions.

## Arena Rating

Arena rating determines the player's ranking in the weekly leaderboard and the expected changes in said rating when battling opponents of various rating points. Opponents' ratings displayed on the selection screen are cached, so they may appear to be less than the actual live rating.

It is based on a 24 point scale.

* If an opponent's arena rating is greater than the player's, the win/lose ratio will be greater (more points for winning).
* If the opponent's rating is less than the player's, the win/lose ratio will be less (greater decrease when losing than the increase when winning).
* If the player and opponent's rating are on par or have a small difference, the win/lose ratio will be equal.

Having a draw will *not* affect arena rating. Conceding the match, false losses triggered after connection instability (fight interrupted screen or 'you lose' screen with the knight lowered to his knees) or force closing the app during battle *will* count as a loss.

Matches that occur with the player as an opponent (that is, being fought against by other players in the arena) will also *not* affect the player's arena rating.

## Arena Crests

*Main article: Arena Crests*
Arena crests are earned after each arena battle played and after the end of the week (Monday midnight UTC). They may be spent on legendary capes, forging ores, charms, equipment and/or chests at the Champion's Reward merchant.

* **Defeat all 3**: When the player defeats all three opponents shown on their screen at a time, an extra 5 crests will be awarded upon the last win.

* **Post-battle**: A win will grant 10 crests, while a loss or draw will only earn you 3 crests.

* **End of week**: When a player receives their arena rewards, they will get crests based on their current league and their position.

## Arena Shop

At Tourney Hill, there is a Merchant called **Champion's Reward** that exchanges various goods for Arena Crests. The Arena Shop's stock resets every Monday at midnight UTC.

## History

* The Arena was released on March 5, 2019 under the name Versus Arena. Players did not get to choose between 3 opponents; instead they were automatically assigned with an opponent per battle. Each win granted 6 arena crests, whereas each loss granted 2 crests. There were no daily Arena win rewards.
* On August 6, 2019, these changes were made to the Versus Arena:
	+ A weekly leaderboard was added. Players were awarded gems and crests based on their arena rating at the end of each week. They also received position rewards, which granted players chests if they finished within top 30%, 10%, 3%, or 1st place. Guilds are awarded contribution points based on their total guild rating.
	+ Players are able to choose between 3 opponents to fight, and may reroll their set if they wish.
	+ Daily crest rewards for 2, 5 and 9 wins may be claimed.
	+ Each win grants 10 crests and each loss grants 3.
* On July 24, 2020, the Versus Arena was renamed to Arena Leagues, and the league system was introduced. Players now receive weekly rewards based on their league and performance within their groups. The position reward and the 2-5-9 daily crest reward systems were removed.

## Gallery

Map ModelPromo Image for the Arena League updatePromo image of the inside of the Arena from Twitter