Ranked mode

List of ranks

“

We're defined by the quality of our rivals.

— Seven

Ranked mode is a game mode in Deadlock for competitive players to compete with other players of similar skill levels. By winning matches and performing well, players can earn badges for their profile depending on the highest rank they achieve.

Ranked mode was first added to the game on October 10, 2024, replaced by the Skill Rating system on November 21, 2024, and re-introduced on July 30, 2026.

The first ranked season, called Beta Season 1, started in July 30, 2026 and will end in October 7, 2026.

Overview

The Ranked terminal

Players can view their ranks and the leaderboards in the rank menu in the Hideout, represented by a chalkboard that displays the player's current rank or placement progress and their performance in their most recent ranked match. The machine next to the chalkboard prints a ticker tape showing the player's recent match results as well (red for losses and green for wins).

Players eligible for Ranked must complete 8 placement matches. Upon completing placements, the highest starting rank a player can achieve is Oracle VI.

Requirements

Ranked mode has the following minimum requirements:

• 60 wins in standard mode
• 3 heroes unlocked for ranked
  • A hero needs 15 wins in standard mode to be unlocked in ranked

Players also cannot queue for ranked if they have any matchmaking restrictions or bans, and cannot queue in parties of more than 2 players. Placement matches can only be played solo. Players in a party can only be up to 1 rank apart, and in Eternus they have to be up to 3 subranks apart.

Rank Points

Players will win or lose around 300 rank points for each match, slightly adjusted based on matchmaking quality and increased on win streaks.

Ranking up a subrank requires 1000 points, and ranking up to the next rank requires 2000 points. The exception is Eternus, in which the rank requirements per subrank are instead percentile-based.

Upon reaching the lowest threshold in a subrank, the player has 2 matches of rank protection before ranking down. Before going down a full rank, they have 5 matches of rank protection. This is indicated by shield icons under the player's rank progress bar.

Players on a win streak earn bonus rank points starting at their 3rd consecutive win with 70 points, increasing by 20 points for each subsequent win, up to a maximum cap of 130 points at 6 wins.

Eternus subrank percentiles

Eternus tier	Percentile
I	0%
II	25%
III	50%
IV	70%
V	85%
VI	95%

Pre-Match phase

During the pre-match phase, players have 30 seconds to switch lanes, and/or change to another hero that they have unlocked by opening the "Change Hero" menu. Each player can only change heroes once. Players can't see if the enemy team has changed heroes. If a player tries to change to a hero that another player in either team has already picked, that hero will be unavailable for them.

3 heroes can be banned in ranked matches (1 more than in Standard).

Abandons

If a player abandons a match before 5 minutes, the match becomes unscored and safe to leave for all players except for the leaver and their duo.

If they abandon after 5 minutes, the match becomes unscored and safe to leave only for the leaver's team, unless they manage to win. If all players on that team leave, the match ends and the enemy team wins. If a player on the enemy team also leaves, the same rules apply to that team (the match is unscored unless the team wins).

Leaderboards

The Global leaderboard showcases the top 1,000 Deadlock players per region, as well as up to 3 of their highest-rated heroes. Hero leaderboards showcase the top 1,000 players of each hero available in Normal mode, per region.

A player needs to have played a minimum of 75 matches in the past 30 days to appear in the global leaderboard, and a minimum of 30 matches with a specific hero in the past 30 days, as well as 100 wins total with that hero, to appear in that hero's leaderboard.

The leaderboard regions are North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Oceania.

Ranks

Players are grouped into the below ranks, with Eternus as the highest and most skilled rank available.

Within each rank, players are further assigned a subrank from I to VI, with VI the highest subrank. The ranks, from lowest to highest are:

#	Badge	Chalk	Name	Material
0			Obscurus (Unranked)	-
1			Initiate	Brick
2			Seeker	Stone
3			Acolyte	Iron
4			Sentinel	Bronze
5			Mystic	Silver
6			Ritualist	Gold
7			Emissary	Platinum
8			Oracle	Diamond
9			Phantom	-
10			Ascendant	-
11			Eternus	-

Update history

View the full update history: Ranked mode/Update history

Update	Changes
August 2, 2026	The amount of rank points per game has been increased by +20% (250 to 300) Max bonus points for winstreak increased from +75 to +90 at 5 wins
July 30, 2026	This update includes a revamp to how the matchmaking system works, as well as the introduction of a new matchmaking mode. You can now choose to play in Standard Mode (unranked), or the new Ranked Mode introduced in this update.
November 21, 2024	[ Matchmaking Rework ] This update includes a new version of the matchmaker. The matchmaking pools are no longer split between normal and ranked, there is only one primary matchmaking mode and there are no limited hours.

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