With a new Emerald Rank, Riot Games is making substantial changes to League of Legends’ Ranked system for the second half of Season 13.
Major adjustments are being made to League of Legends’ Ranked system by Riot Games. With these modifications, players can expect a new experience once they begin climbing the Solo Queue leaderboards as of League of Legends Season 13 Ranked Split 2.
Since 2010, League of Legends has offered a variety of competitive rankings, including Master, Grandmaster, and Challenger, as well as Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Iron, Platinum, and Diamond. It has been in existence for more than ten years and is a tried-and-true method.
Why does Emerald Rank exist?
Riot Games has made the decision to overhaul the rank system for season, beginning with Split Two. In order to speed up ranked play, this involves the elimination of promotion series and a decrease in placement games—from 10 to only five. Emerald, the League’s newest rank in six years, is also included.
Between the Platinum and Diamond ranks is the new Emerald rank. This change was made to address what Riot called a very bottom-heavy distribution of rankings. More than 60% of players, according to statistics from the most recent seasons, fall between Bronze and Silver, which is something Riot doesn’t particularly enjoy.
Riot prefers that players who are consistently ranked between Iron (the lowest position on the competitive ladder) and Silver be below-average.
As a solution to smooth the curve without hurting Diamond players, the Emerald rank has been introduced. It will exist between the Platinum and Diamond rankings starting in July 2023 and is anticipated to have a player rate resembling that of the previous Platinum.
The spread between Silver and Platinum should become more equal as a result. The Bronze level will also change into the inferior League rating that the Riot developers claim it was always meant to be.