Although fun is the name of the game fromMarvel Rivals' design perspective, the game does feature a competitive mode that even offers rewards for climbing up the ranks through a golden Moon Knight skin. With only three sub-ranks per rank (i.e. Gold 1, 2, and 3), it might seem easy to climb the ranks, at least compared to other competitive games likeOverwatch 2andLeague of Legends, especially with the Chrono Shield feature. Unfortunately, the quality of players seen at even the slightly above average ranks is higher than other games.
Where most games have placement matches, where players will play a certain number of competitive games before being allocated a rank based on their wins and general performance (but largely due to last season’s rank),Marvel Rivalsstarts everyone at the lowest rank, Bronze Three. It isn’t clear whether this will be the situation going forward or a purely Season 0 ranking, but it does mean that everyone starts at the bottom before their climb up the ranks. It also means that the ranks are skewed toward the bottom.
Marvel Rivals' Rank Distribution Is Skewed
Most Are Sitting In Bronze And Silver
Where most games of a similar nature usually have most ranked players around silver and gold, or their equivalents, most are still in bronze inMarvel Rivals' super-powered multiplayer, and this has caused some interesting results for anything above gold. In pretty much every competitive game, being in the platinum ranks puts a player ahead of the curve where most others find themselves, but as of writing,being a platinum-ranked player inMarvel Rivalswill put a you comfortably in the top 5%, according to the game itself. Being above 95% of players isn’t usually where platinum-ranked players find themselves.
There are eight ranks inMarvel Rivals:Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Grandmaster, Eternity, and One Above All.
Compare this toOverwatch 2and its 12th Season. According toMorgan Maddren(a Blizzard Server Engineer) on X (formerly Twitter) and Reddit userbullxbull(who put percentages on Morgan’s chart),Platinum players inOW2are in the top 26.93%, meaning that a platinum player inMarvel Rivalsshould be relatively a lot better compared to anOverwatch 2playerof the same rank. This doesn’t mean that players can pick Spider-man and have zero kills with 15 deaths every game, claiming that they’re doing well, but it does mean that being in gold or silver isn’t as bad as it seems.
Ranks Should Level Out In Later Seasons
Marvel Rivals Is Still In Season 0
Marvel Rivalsis still new and, because everyone has a rank, the ranks will be skewed to the bottom, especially with20 million players. Its ranking system is generous in Season 0, despite the quality of players found in its above-average ranks, so now is the time to get to the high ranks before Season 1 changes are implemented. That being said,players shouldn’t be too harsh on themselves if they can’t get to the same ranks they had inOverwatch,because the distribution implies that higher-quality players are found at the same rank.
Marvel Rivals Best Team Compositions For Every Map & Mode
Marvel Rivals has various maps and modes that might require a different team combination to ensure victory on the battlefield.
As time goes on, the ranks should level out and the distribution of these ranks should begin to be skewed toward silver and gold, rather than bronze. Then again, if everyone has a rank, all theplayers that never touch ranked will stay at bronze and continue to skewMarvel Rival’s ranks toward the bottom. It makes for better reading whenever players climb ranks and see that they are better than a certain percentage of players, and with the sheer number of players trying outMarvel Rivals, it feels like it actually means something.
