Team of top 500 players in Rank X with their crown icons, shown before battle in Splatoon 2.
Players who have ranked up to Rank X battle for X Power rather than the Rank Meter. Players with similar X Power levels are matched together even within Rank X. Once a month, for each of the four different Ranked Battle modes, 500 players with the highest X Power are announced on SplatNet 2.
Also on SplatNet 2, for each weapon, there is an option to view one player that has the highest X Power compared to other users of that weapon. This way, players can see others that use the same weapons they do.
Along with the monthly ranking announcement, X Power resets to "Calculating" status. During the time of the reset, players whose X Power ends up lower than a set threshold rank down to S+9. However, if X Power drops far enough, players may rank down to S+9 on the spot rather than at the time of the reset.
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Each Ranking period start at the beginning of the month at 00:00 UTC with X Power reset. X Rank Leaderboard of the top 500 players in each of the 4 different Ranked Battle Modes are announced on SplatNet 2.
A day or two before every ranking period, stages roster for each of the 4 different Ranked Battle modes are announced on social media.
Legend in X Rank leaderboard:
Player's Rank change:
- new player in the ranking.
▲ - player went up in ranking.
▼ - player went down in ranking.
▶ - player remained in the same ranking.
Changes related to X Power reset
Change in weapon and stage additions
New weapons were added approximately once a week, with a ranking period of a month, while a batch of several weapons was added once a month.
Furthermore, stage additions or revamps were more likely to debut once a month at the time of the monthly reset.
The Ranked Battle stage roster is limited to eight per Ranked Battle mode. Then, at the monthly X Power reset, the stage selection refreshes to a different set of eight.
When a player has reached X Rank in the Ranked Battle mode they are currently playing pressing in the L and R sticks at the same time while in the lobby will cause the player to strike a special pose.
Fixed an issue causing Clam Blitz rank to incorrectly display as S+9 on the screen displaying Rank X positions for the previous month when a player has attained Rank X in any mode other than Clam Blitz and also has a Clam Blitz rank of between S+0 and S+8.
Fixed an issue causing an incorrect calculation period to display on the screen displaying Rank X positions for the previous month.
Fixed an issue occurring on the X Rank results screen while calculating X Power in which the highest X Power would temporarily be displayed incorrectly, preventing the actual number from being displayed.
When playing Ranked or League Battles as a pair, your rank meter, X Power, or League Power will no longer decrease when playing with fewer members on your team due to internet disconnections for an even shorter period than was previously the case.
If internet disconnections prevent a player from finishing enough matches out of the last few dozen matches played, the decrease to their rank meter or X Power for each subsequent unfinished match will be greater than it was previously.
Weapon specifications are taken into account when splitting an assembled group of eight players into teams for Ranked Battle, but this feature has been changed in the following ways:
The number of players with crown icons in X Rank will no longer have a significant impact on team breakdown.
The number of players using weapons from different categories such as “shooter” or “roller” won’t have a significant impact on team breakdown. Instead, the specifications for each specific weapon will be given more weight when splitting up teams.
Adjusted settings for X Rank battles so that during times when there are many players online, players with high X Power will be more likely to match with each other.
Further changes may be made depending on how the situation develops.
Made it so that for X Rank battles, other players' names are not displayed on the screen while waiting for players to join.
Made it so that for X Rank battles, you may battle with someone even if they're blocked via console settings if that player's estimated rank is within the top 2,000.
