Rank



Rank (Japanese: ウデマエ udemae) is a progress indicator in Splatoon and alongside Level.

The higher the player's rank, the more competitive their Ranked Battles are and the higher amount of cash they can earn from said battles.

Ranks in Splatoon
Players begin at rank C-. Winning in Ranked Battles grants Battle Points based on the player's current rank and what their odds of winning were. Getting 100 points or more in any rank will promote the player to the next one, starting them off at 30 points into the new rank. Conversely, dropping below (but not exactly to) 0 points on a rank will demote the player to the next one down. However, they only need 30 points to get back up, since they start at 70 after dropping a rank. Players cannot go below C-.

When the match ends, players receive cash depends on how much they gained from the objective from the scale of 0 to 500p, the victorious team earns the bonus of knockout or non-knockout. The higher you rank is the bigger your bonus of victory is. Once a team won by knockout, the losing team earns 0 cash upon defeat.

Normally, matches award a base amount of points per win and loss (±10 above B-). These numbers change depending on the average rank of each team in a match. A team with a higher average rank than their opponents will be given a smaller reward if they win and a larger punishment if they lose, and vice versa; a team with a lower average rank gets a larger reward for winning and a smaller punishment for losing. The values are ±10±2 or ±10±4 depending on the magnitude of the difference. For example, a team of 4 A+'s vs an A+ and 3 A-'s, or 4 B+s vs an A+ and 3 B+s, will receive scores of ±10±2.

When a team starts with three players or fewer and loses, they will each lose only 1 point.

Prior to Version 2.0.0, the maximum rank was A+ with 99 points, at which point the text would change from white to yellow. The update added S and S+ rank to the ranking system (though no S-). The current maximum is rank S+ with 99 points. S and S+ rank players cannot lose or gain points in Squad Battles. Upon getting to S+ with 99 points, the S+ turns yellow like A+ did before Version 2.0.0. The amount of Base Points and Base Penalty was adjusted in Version 2.2.0.

Prior to Version 2.6.0, players could battle against other rank players and get different amount of base points per win or base penalty per loss depends on the teams matchup. Latter to Version 2.6.0, It will now not be possible for the following ranks to be matched together: This allows the players to get much more accurate base points per win or base penalty per loss.
 * S+ and S
 * S and A+
 * A- and B+
 * B- and C+

Ranks in Splatoon 2
Like in the original game, ranks start at C- and go to S+, and players only play against players with the same letter grade- so C- players can play with C+, but not B-, with the exeption of S and S+ players, who can only be matched with players of the same rank. However, each player now has four seperate ranks, one for each mode of ranked battle (Splat Zones, Tower Control, Rainmaker, Clam Blitz). This means that players will need to rank up in each mode individually, and will play against players at their skill level for each mode.

S+ now contains additional ranks that are numbered from 0 to 50.

It is possible for players to skip ranks between C- and A+ depending on their performance. In the S+ ranks, players are able to skip between the different numbered S+ ranks, meaning an S+ 10 player can skip to S+ 16 based on their performance.

The mechanism by which players move between ranks has been significantly rehauled. Players now start with an empty meter, and as they win games, their meter will fill up, depending on their performance in each game. However, as they lose games, their meter will start to get cracks in it, getting 1 crack for every 1-3 games lost, depending on various factors that may include the team's score, the enemy team's power, a player's position on their team, how many enemies they splatted, and how much turf they inked.

If the player gains 4 cracks (equal to roughly 8 games lost), their meter will shatter, resulting in either their meter going down, or being sent down to the previous rank, depending on whether or not the player's meter is past the "OK" line. If a player successfully fills their meter, they will rise to the next rank, and can move up multiple ranks should they perform well in that rank. The line's placement is the same for ranks between C and S, while it's in the middle of the in the S+ ranks 0 through 49 introduced in, requiring players to fill up 50% of the rank meter to maintain rank. In S+ 50 the line appears at the end of the meter, meaning that the meter would have to be full to reach the "OK" line, and in C- there isn't any line present, as it isn't possible to derank further than C-.

The amount of cash awarded for a victory in Ranked is based on the player's rank and the team's score at the end of the round. The formula is '(P * 5) + B', where P is the team's score, and B is the bonus received based on your rank and if the match was a knockout (see table below). So for example, if an A- player wins with a score of 84, their score is multiplied by 5 to get 420 points, with a +2000 win bonus, for a total 2,420 cash.

Losing a ranked battle without being knocked out will still award cash based on your team's score multiplied by five, just without the significant amount awarded by the win bonus. A knocked out team, however, is always awarded 0 cash.

Experience awarded depends on who won, whether it was a knockout or a timeout, and the progress your team made. The winning team always gets a 1,500 XP win bonus. In the case of a knockout, the losing side gets 0 total points, regardless of performance, while the winning side gets a 1,000 XP knockout bonus, for a total of 2,500 XP. In the case of a timeout, both teams get a 500 XP time bonus, plus 5 XP for every percentage of progress made - so if a team brings the rainmaker or tower 83 percent to their goal, they get 83*5 = 415 XP.

Rank X
A new rank, Rank X, was introduced in the update in April. It replaced ranks S+ 10 through S+50, and players who already are S+ 10 or above started in Rank X when the update rolled out. At Rank X, the meter is replaced with an "X Power" score similar to that of Splatfest Power, which is used to ensure players of similar skill within the rank are matched together. Once a month, for each of the 4 different Ranked Battle modes, 500 players with the highest X Power will be announced on SplatNet 2, as well as the players with the highest X Power for each weapon. At this point, the X Power of all players will be reset to "Calculating". The calculation period, lasting 10 matches, determines if the player is eligible to remain in X Rank. It is also possible to drop out of X Rank outside of calculation periods, if the player's X Power drops low enough. Players whose X Power drop below a certain point revert to S+9.

In addition to having enhanced matchmaking, Rank X players have the option to pose in the lobby. Pressing both sticks on the controller will make a player spin around and cross their arms like an "X" while a letter "X" flashes on the Rank Meter then fills the screen. The music will also fade out while a "whoosh" sound is played.

Trivia

 * In preparation for the release of Rank X, the SplatoonJP Twitter and  SplatoonUS tumblr released statistical information about the rank breakdown of the players that were active in that region's Ranked Battle the previous week: