Apex Legends is getting the largest content release in quite some time with the release of Season 20. With it being dubbed Breakout, players are going to want to check out all the changes coming, including ones to Ranked.
Ranked Reloaded is going to implement some beloved changes to the game, and we’re going to run over them all below.
Here’s what we know.
Apex Legends Season 20: How Does Ranked Work?
Ranked has been in a tricky spot throughout the last couple of seasons in Apex, as the game has lost the identity it once had within the battle royale space. Now, Respawn is looking to take this back, by reverting some of the changes they made in previous seasons.
Below is a rundown of what Ranked Reloaded is within Apex Legends Season 20.
With the launch of Breakout, we’ve decided to make a series of changes – which members of the Apex faithful will find familiar. The Level requirement is going back down to 20 and splits will be returning, which means that the season reset will be as well. Each player will start at 1 RP with the launch of Breakout. There’ll also be a quick split reset which will drop your ranking by 6 divisions. Players will receive a Ranked Tier Badge for the highest rank they’ve achieved at the end of the season across all platforms.
TRANSPARENT SCORING
Scoring will be moving to a more transparent model similar to that of past seasons, placing a heavier emphasis on eliminations over placements. Your hidden skill rating will have no influence on either matchmaking or scoring. The bonus system has also been updated to provide more insight and Player Rankings will now be visible. We’ll also be returning to an improved Ranked Point system.
With these changes, this also means that entry cost will return: 20 RP per Tier starting at Silver.
ELIMINATION SCORING
Elimination score continues scaling with placements—the value of each elimination will increase the higher your team places. There’ll be no hard cap placed on the number of eliminations a player will be scored on nor the amount of points gained from them. Instead, eliminations after the sixth will be worth half of their value.
BONUSES
There are a couple key bonuses that we want to call out with Breakout’s Ranked changes.
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Top 5 Streak Bonus: for maintaining a placement streak of 5th or better. Everytime you extend your streak you’ll earn 10RP more than your previous match, up to a maximum of a 40 RP bonus.
- 2 match streak: +10 RP
- 3 match streak: +20 RP
- 4 match streak: +30 RP
- 5+ match streak: +40 RP
- Challenger Bonus: earn a 50% bonus on an elimination of a higher ranked player when you’ve personally contributed. This bonus is unaffected by the elimination soft cap of 6 kills.
MATCHMAKING
We will be matchmaking based on RP values as closely as possible, and will not be using a tier-based lobby like prior seasons. Premade parties will be matched by the highest Ranked player’s ranking.
TIER STRUCTURE
This is another area that we monitored closely and considered all of your feedback, so there are a few changes with tiers for Breakouts Ranked:
- Promotional Trials have been removed
- Provisional Matches have been removed
- Demotion and Demotion Protection will remain the same as Ignite’s Ranked
- Ranked Tier RP requirements will have some increases
