How Rocket League Rankings Work

ROCKET LEAGUE RANKS AND RANKING SYSTEM EXPLAINED

Rocket League ranks and rankings are a bit different from a lot of other current games, but it's still fairly easy to figure out once you're getting involved. Rocket League offers several different ways to play. You have a list of game modes involving different player numbers, as well as single-player and multiplayer modes. In this article, we'll give you an overview of how rocket league rankings work.

ROCKET LEAGUE RANKS: WHAT IS COMPETITIVE PLAY?

There are three playlists in Rocket League that can be accessed from Competitive mode:

• 3v3 Standard
• 2v2 Doubles
• 1v1 Duel

In each game mode, you'll start the game at a separate rank. For example, playing more 3v3 Standard will make you Diamond rank, but if you're not that good at 1v1 matches, you will only be Gold in Duel. If you're playing a match against another team, you'll have to play 10 placement games to earn your spot in your designated rank. When you play the placement game you'll get an idea of how good you are and then have Rocket League match you with players of similar abilities. There are ten matches in each playlist, for a total of 30 matches until you have three separate Rocket League ranks.

These are the three main playlists in the Rocket League ranking system that are the foundation of the game. There are other game modes in the game, but 1v1, 2v2, and 3v3 are the typical modes you’ll see professionals play the most.

At the Rocket League Championships, you see many different players play different types of tournaments, and you often see players such as Mariano "Squishy Muffinz" Arruda practice their freestyling skills in 1v1 tournaments. These competitive Rocket League playlists are different from casual playlists in-game as well. For example, leaving a match early without forfeiting will give you leaving penalties, and there won't be bots to replace the players that abandon the match.

Because Rocket League is now free-to-play, Pysonix removed the '3v3 Solo Standard' playlist, which enabled solo players to go into a 3v3 queue without coming up against teams. Due to a lack of popularity, this playlist has been placed in the archives.

Remember those other modes we previously mentioned? Those are not competitive game modes, but after playing 10 games of each, you can still get ranked in them:

• 2v2 Hoops
• 3v3 Dropshot
• 3v3 Snow Day
• 3v3 Rumble

Even though they are not competitive, these modes require a lot of skill. Particularly in Dropshot and Hoops, in which aerial duels are key, and that's why they introduced ranks so that less experienced players won't be beaten to every ball by more advanced players in this area.

ROCKET LEAGUE RANKS LIST

The Rocket League ranks you can achieve are:

• Unranked
• Bronze
• Silver
• Gold
• Platinum
• Diamond
• Champion
• Grand Champion
• Supersonic Legend

With the exception of Supersonic Legend, there are three tiers within these ranks; I, II, and III. Within these tiers there are four divisions; I, II, III, and IV. This might be confusing at first, but you'll quickly get the hang of it. Upon ranking, it will display as Platinum II Division II.

The new Supersonic Legend rank is a welcome change to Rocket League ranked since its introduction. Thhis rank was added at the same time the game went free-to-play, so it really sets the special players apart. The Grand Champion rank has become saturated since players have developed their skills, and the inclusion of a new tier has given the better players more of a challenge. However this rank doesn't use the tiered system, so once you get to Supersonic Legend, you're at the top.

That's the Rocket League ranking system in a nutshell. Hopefully this gave you a better understanding of how Rocket League rankings work. Now to put that knowledge into play.

Good luck!

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