Season 3 Ranked

Ranked is a system in SMITE designed to provide higher quality matches for competitive players. The 3rd season of competitive play began with the release of SMITE Version 3.1.3217 on February 2, 2016 and ended on February 1, 2017.

For information about the previous seasons see Season 2 League, Season 1 League and Pre-Season League.

Description
Ranked games allows competitive players to compete against each other. At the end of a Season players receive rewards based upon their placement. Special Achievements for playing Ranked award Limited skins.

Ranked has 5 Tiers, with 5 Divisions each, and a Grandmaster's Tier. Players earn a special Icon that automatically upgrades to the highest Tier as you climb the ladder.

As you win, you earn Tribute. At 100 Tribute your next win will advance you up into a new Division. You may be promoted up more than one division, if your play has been exceptional. Losing Ranked games will deduct Tribute. If you lose enough games at 0 Tribute, you may be demoted down one Division.

All Ranked Queues require you to be Level 30, but different Queues have different God Mastery Requirements. Conquest requires at least 18 gods Mastered, Joust required at least 12 Gods Mastered, and Duel requires at least 12 Gods Mastered. Only Owned and Mastered gods may be selected in Ranked.

Ranked matches may be queued for as solo or parties of two or three. Players queuing together must be within one tier of each other. Players still in Qualifying may queue together or with another player who is in Bronze, Silver, or Gold Tier.

Conquest
“Conquest Ranked matches are designed to provide the highest quality matches for experienced Conquest players.”

Information:
 * Conquest Ranked games are designed to provide the highest quality matches for experienced Conquest players.
 * Each Ranked Season is broken up into several 2 month Rounds. After each Round, players who have played at least 10 matches receive rewards, such as icons and badges, based on their placement in the Ranked.
 * At the end of a Season, players receive greater rewards based upon their placement.
 * Conquest Ranked may be queued as solo or in parties of two.

Important Rules:
 * Must be Level 30.
 * Ranked matches require players to have a minimum of 18 OWNED gods at Mastery Level 1 or higher. You may only play gods that you are at Mastery Level 1 or higher.
 * Players queueing in a party of two must be within one tier of each other. Qualifying players may queue together or with players who are placed currently in Bronze Tier, Silver Tier, or Gold Tier.
 * Ranked uses a 8 ban draft pick system.
 * Ranked is broken up into 5 Tiers, with 5 Divisions each, and one Grandmasters Tier.
 * As you win Ranked games, you earn Tribute.
 * After earning 100 Tribute, your next win will advance you up into a new Division. Occasionally you may be promoted up more than one Division, if your play has been exceptional.
 * Losing Ranked games at 0 Tribute, you may be demoted down one Division.
 * New players to Ranked must play 10 qualifying matches before being placed into a Division.

Tiers:

Joust
“Teams made up of 3 players fight in a one lane map with side jungles attached.”

Information: Joust 3v3 (Ranked, Can Join Solo, Duo, or Trio Level 30 Req'd):
 * This game mode features competitive 3v3 matches. The matches launch on a timer.
 * Ranked games offer players fair, competitive matches with other players of similar skill levels.

Important Rules:
 * Must be Level 30.
 * 1 ban per side.
 * Draft pick.
 * Ranked matches require players to have a minimum of 12 OWNED Gods at Mastery Level 1 or higher.
 * New gods can't be played in ranked matches until a 'cooldown' period has expired (giving a chance for the god to be better balanced and for the community to understand how to counter the god).
 * Winning a ranked match will increase your skill rating score.
 * Any AFK/idling will result in a skill rating penalty.
 * Bad performance relative to all other players including low in match level, low gold gained, low kill/assist relative to death will result in a skill rating pentalty.
 * Getting consistently reported by multiple players will result in a skill rating penalty.
 * Intentional feeding, multiple AFK, or breaking the rules will result in bans including permanent bans.

Tiers:

Duel
“Fight solo against a single opponent in this ranked Joust duel.”

Information:
 * Duel Ranked games are designed to provide the highest quality matches for experienced Joust players.
 * Each Ranked Season is broken up into several 2 month Rounds. At the end of each Round, players who have played at least 10 matches receive rewards, such as icons and badges, based on their placement in the Ranked.
 * At the end of a Season, players receive greater rewards based upon their placement.

Important Rules:
 * Must be Level 30.
 * Ranked matches require players to have a minimum of 12 OWNED gods at Mastery Level 1 or higher. You may only play gods that you are at Mastery Level 1 or higher.
 * Ranked is broken up into 5 Tiers, with 5 Divisions each, and one Grandmasters Tier.
 * As you win Ranked games, you earn Tribute.
 * After earning 100 Tribute, your next win will advance you up into a new Division. Occasionally you may be promoted up more than one Division, if your play has been exceptional.
 * Losing Ranked games at 0 Tribute, you may be demoted down one Division.
 * New players to Ranked must play 10 qualifying matches before being placed into a Division.

Tiers:

Rewards
There are several special rewards that could be earned for playing Ranked matches.

God Skins
Solid Hornet
 * This is an Exclusive skin for Ah Muzen Cab, awarded for completing the "Season 3 Ranked" Achievement (Win 20 Ranked matches).

Iron Tyrant
 * This is a Limited skin for Xing Tian, awarded to players that reached Gold 5 or higher before the end of the Season.

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Iron Tyrant
 * This frame was a reward for anyone that reached Platinum 5 or higher before the end of the season. The player's Season 3 tier's logo is shown on the top.