counterpickQuick Play and Competitive
Ranks, divisions, placements, rank resets and hero ratings, and what changed since Overwatch 2 started.
Quick Play
Quick Play has perks like Competitive, but no hero bans and no ranks.
Source: Patch notes 18 Feb 2025 · Patch notes 22 Apr 2025New accounts unlock Competitive after 20 wins in unranked modes.
Source: Patch notes 26 Aug 2025
Ranks and divisions
- Bronze
- Silver
- Gold
- Platinum
- Emerald
- Diamond
- Master
- Grandmaster
- Champion
Every rank has the divisions 5 to 1, and 1 is the highest: the Challenger Score a match pays for Top 500, for example, rises from Master 5 to Master 1.
Source: Patch notes 9 Feb 2026Champion came in Season 9 as the new top rank above Grandmaster.
Source: Patch notes 13 Feb 2024Emerald sits between Platinum and Diamond. Mostly players from Platinum and Diamond moved into it, and the top Champion divisions got harder to reach.
Source: Patch notes 11 Aug 2026The Competitive overview places your rank among all players of a queue.
Source: Patch notes 11 Aug 2026
How rank changes are shown
When Overwatch 2 started your rank only moved after 7 wins or 20 losses and draws. From Season 3 it took 5 wins or 15 losses and draws.
Source: Patch notes 7 Feb 2023Since Season 9 the rank moves after every match. Modifiers explain the size of each step, for example a streak, an unsteady rank or a match you were expected to lose.
Source: Patch notes 13 Feb 2024Since Season 4 a new season no longer pulls your rank down.
Source: Patch notes 11 Apr 2023
Placement matches and rank resets
A role gets a rank after 10 matches in it. After each of them the game shows the rank it currently expects, and wins count heavily.
Source: Patch notes 13 Feb 2024At a rank reset every rank goes back to unranked, in Role Queue as well as in Open Queue, and each role needs its 10 placement matches again.
Source: Patch notes 9 Feb 2026In 2024 Blizzard planned a reset every 6 months; in 2026 it named a reset every 3 seasons.
Source: Patch notes 20 Aug 2024 · Patch notes 9 Feb 2026
Rank resets
| Date | Change | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Season 9: every rank reset; matchmaking ratings pulled toward the average, about Gold 3. | Patch notes 13 Feb 2024 | |
| Mid-year reset, ten placement matches per role. | Patch notes 20 Aug 2024 | |
| Season 15: reset; Master, Grandmaster and Champion tuned to hold more players. | Patch notes 18 Feb 2025 | |
| Season 18: soft reset; hero ratings were reset as well, a first. | Patch notes 26 Aug 2025 | |
| Season 1 of 2026: soft reset; how many players sit in each rank stays the same. | Patch notes 9 Feb 2026 | |
| No reset, but ranks spread anew because Emerald was added. | Patch notes 11 Aug 2026 |
Hero Skill Rating
Since Season 18 your career profile shows a rating from 0 to 5,000 for each hero; 5,000 stands for the very top of Champion 1. Matchmaking does not use it.
Source: Patch notes 26 Aug 2025A hero is placed after 5 matches. A match counts for a hero if you played it for at least 3 minutes and it was among your 3 most played heroes there. Role Queue has its own hero ratings, apart from Open Queue.
Source: Patch notes 26 Aug 2025
Points and rewards
A win gives 10 Competitive Points, a draw 5, a loss none.
Source: Patch notes 13 Feb 2024Season rewards follow the highest rank you reached in the season, not the last one. Top 500 is the exception.
Source: Patch notes 26 Aug 2025The leaderboard is called Top 500 Challenger. Matches pay Challenger Score by your own rank, from Master upward; Diamond no longer qualifies.
Source: Patch notes 9 Feb 2026
Sources
- Patch notes
- Blizzard’s patch notes of the days linked at each statement. 7 Feb 2023 · 11 Apr 2023 · 13 Feb 2024 · 20 Aug 2024 · 18 Feb 2025 · 22 Apr 2025 · 26 Aug 2025 · 9 Feb 2026 · 11 Aug 2026
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