Tired of looking for a worthy adversary? Gear up for Ranked Battles—a competitive mode where seasoned players clash with the most formidable opponents, which brings its due rewards.
The Ranked Battle mode is based on the Standard Battle rules, features XP-based matchmaking, and is only available for Tier X vehicles. You start with no rank and level up by securing victories and collecting chevrons.
- Tier X vehicles only
- Standard Battle rules
- Rank-based matchmaking
- Seasonal availability
To participate in Ranked Battles:
- Select Ranked Battle in the drop-down menu next to the Battle! button.
- Choose a Tier X vehicle.
- Click Battle!
You can find all the information about your progress, Ranked Battle schedule, rules, and rewards on the Ranked Battle screen:
- Select Ranked Battle in the drop-down menu next to the Battle! button.
- Click the rank icons under the Battle! button.
Progression in Ranked Battles
The main objective of Ranked Battles is to reach one of the prize Leagues—Bronze, Silver or Golden—by the end of the Season.
To reach a League, you must first fight 20 battles in Qualification and then progress through 3 Divisions, earning 15 ranks in each. To earn ranks, you must collect chevrons.
Chevrons
To earn a rank, you need to collect a certain number of chevrons. The higher your position by experience in the team score after the battle, the more likely you are to get a chevron. However, when you lose a battle, you may lose a chevron too, and in some cases even end up losing a rank.
How chevrons can be earned and lost:
- A chevron is earned at the end of each battle. Chevrons are given to the 10 best players on the winning team and to the single best player on the losing team. If you reach the top 3 on a winning team, you will get an extra chevron.
- A chevron is preserved if you position 11th–15th on the winning team or 2nd–5th on the losing one.
- A chevron is lost if you position 6th–15th on the losing team.
- If a battle ends in a draw, both teams are counted as losing teams and get the respective chevron treatment.
Divisions and Ranks
To reach a League you must first go through four stages of Ranked Battles:
- Qualification
- Third Division
- Second Division
- First Division
Qualification is the obligatory 20 battles that you must fight to proceed to the Divisions and Leagues. Though there are no ranks in Qualification, you still earn chevrons during it. When you complete Qualification and move on to the Third Division, you earn a number of Bonus Battles based on your performance in Qualification. The chevrons earned in Qualification provide you with additional Bonus Battles on your transition between the Divisions and Leagues.
After you complete Qualification, you begin your journey through the Divisions with 15 ranks in each. The starting rank is always permanent. Also, there may be permanent ranks within the Division, and shielded ranks that you do not lose immediately if you end up losing a chevron. The shield is not permanent and loses its capacity after a certain number of losses.
- Third Division: the 5th, 9th and 12th ranks are permanent.
- Second Division: the 7th and 11th ranks are permanent, the 13th rank is lost after two chevron-losing battles.
- First Division: the 9th rank is permanent, the 12th rank is lost after two chevron-losing battles.
Thus, the defense capacity of a shield will fall when you lose a chevron, but if you earn a chevron, it will be fully restored.
Once you reach the next Division, you cannot drop to the previous one. At worst, you will descend to the starting or to the nearest permanent rank of the current Division.
Bonus Battles
When you complete the Qualification, a Division or a League, you receive Bonus Battles. The number of Bonus Battles you receive depends on your efficiency in the previous stage. In addition, the number of chevrons earned in Qualification provides you with extra Bonus Battles.
A Bonus Battle automatically doubles the number of chevrons you earn in it, just like the everyday doubled experience for the first victory. If you do not earn chevrons in a Bonus Battle, it is not withdrawn until you have a chevron-winning Bonus Battle.
The availability of Bonus Battles is displayed on the rank icons in your Garage. Vehicles that can take part in a Bonus Battle are marked with a special icon
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Leagues
After earning the 15th rank in the First Division, you get into the Bronze, Silver or Golden League depending on your battle performance in each Division and in Qualification.
If you enter a League, you get a Reward for League at the end of the Season.
Player Performance
Your performance is determined by the ratio of the chevrons you earned to the number of battles played. This is the parameter that determines the prize League you will eventually enter.
First, your performance is counted within the Division, and if it is high enough, you receive Bonus Battles after completing this Division.
After you make it through all Divisions, your general performance is counted based on your performance in each Division. By this parameter, all players that have completed all Divisions join the prize Leagues:
- Golden League: top 20% of players
- Silver League: the next 30% of players
- Bronze League: the next 50% of players
Season Leaders
Season Leaders is the player rating in Ranked Battles based on their performance and other criteria. To get onto the rating list, you have to complete the Qualification and the Divisions in the current Season.
Players are ranged by their performance. If several players have the same performance, other parameters are successively compared:
- Average experience
- Average damage
To view players´ ratings in the Leagues, click the rank icon under the Battle! button in your Garage. Go to the
Season Leaderboard tab in the left part of the screen and select a League.
The Season Leaderboard is updated every 15 minutes.
- Defender
- Breakthrough Tank
- Fire Cover
- Light Attack Vehicle
- Heavy Destroyer
- High-Caliber Support
- Sniper
- Tracked Scout
- Wheeled Scout
- Artillery
Each successful role action is marked with a special 
icon in your battle events panel on the battle screen. The exact amount of Role Experience received is displayed in the Detailed Report tab of the Battle Results window.
Components of the experience calculation formula:
- Damaging and destroying vehicles
- Assistance
- Performing role actions
Calculated by the following formula:
Ed—experience for damaging enemies
Ek—experience for destroying enemies
Ea—experience for assisting allies
K1,2,3—role coefficients
Performing role actions in battle increases the K1, K2 and K3 coefficients. There are between one and three coefficients for a vehicle, depending on its role.
Rewards in Ranked Battles
Participation in Ranked Battles is a chance for you to win valuable prizes. To view all the possible rewards and the conditions for getting them, click the rank icon under the Battle! button in your Garage. Go to the
Rewards tab in the left part of the screen.
Reward for Ranks
Earning each rank will be rewarded by various valuables:
- Bonds
- Credits
- Gold
- Days of WoT Premium Account
- Valuable in-game items—for example, equipment or Directives
Reward for Leagues
Reaching any prize League will bring you a special reward that will help you stand out on the battlefield. The higher the League, the more prestigious the reward:
- A special badge for each League
- A unique style for Tier X vehicles, different for each League
| Bronze League | Silver League | Golden League |
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There is a special reward for Sprinters—the first 100 players that complete all Divisions and reach any League. No matter what League they reach, they will be rewarded with the prizes of the Golden League. Sprinters are marked with a special icon
on the Season Leaderboard.
Note: once you get a Reward for League at the end of the Season, you will have to confirm your rank during the next Seasons.
- If you stay in the same League by the end of the next Season, you preserve your badge and vehicle style.
- If you reach another League, your previous badge and vehicle style will be withdrawn and replaced by ones for the new League.
- If you do not make it to any League, you lose your badge and vehicle style.
Stage Achievements
Ranked Battles will also give you a chance to earn medals for special achievements that will be displayed in the Awards tab in your Service Record:
- Seasonal Crusade
- Citius, Altius, Fortius!
This medal is given for the number of battles fought in the Divisions, not including Qualification.
| Class IV | Class III | Class II | Class I |
|---|---|---|---|
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| 20 battles | 200 battles | 500 battles | 1,000 battles |
The medal is given for the number of chevrons earned in each Division.
| Class IV | Class III | Class II | Class I |
|---|---|---|---|
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| 20 chevrons | 100 chevrons | 250 chevrons | 500 chevrons |
Annual Reward
This is the most anticipated and valuable reward, given at the end of all Seasons to the most experienced and dedicated players.
Depending on the Division or League you are in when the Season ends, you get Rank Tokens. At the end of the year all Rank Tokens obtained in all seasons are summed up.
| Division / League | Rank Tokens for Season 2 |
|---|---|
| Third Division | 1 |
| Second Division | 3 |
| First Division | 4 |
| Bronze / Silver Leagues | 5 |
| Golden League | 6 |
The more Tokens you collect, the better Annual Reward you will receive:
- Small Reward for 4 Rank Tokens. Contains a small amount of valuable in-game assets.
- Standard Reward for 7 Rank Tokens. Contains a higher amount of valuable in-game assets.
- Advanced Reward for 10 Rank Tokens. Contains a unique Tier IX Premium vehicle and a great amount of valuable in-game assets.
- Maximum Reward for 17 Rank Tokens. Contains a unique Tier IX Premium vehicle and the maximum amount of valuable in-game assets.
Game Rules Violation and Penalties
The Rules for Random Battles apply to Ranked Battles. All penalties are imposed according to the Game Rules and License Agreement. If a player violates the Game Rules or the End User License Agreement, they will be excluded from the leaderboard during the season, after the season is over, or before receiving the season rewards.
Since the friendly fire system in Ranked Battles has been revised, stunning allies in this game mode is equivalent to causing damage to allied vehicles (“team damage”). In this case, a penalty or ban (according to the Game Rules for causing team damage) can be applied to a player who stuns allied vehicles.
All penalties and restrictions for “team damage” and “team kills” are applied automatically by the system, without the interference of Player Support employees. Note: the system considers all possible circumstances accompanying a violation, both mitigating and aggravating. The terms of the restrictions imposed by the automatic system are not subject to appeal.
