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PvP Ladder: Rank Up system [August 2019 Updated]

Duel Links how to get King of Games, PvP ladder, how to rank up fast.
update 20/08/2019

Notable Changes [starts from 27 August 2019]

No More Demotion!

  • Players will no longer be demoted for losing, except Legend 2 and 3. However, the players' rank will still be demoted at the end of the season.

New Rank Added

♦ In order to keep Ranked Duels without demotions, the following ranks will be added. Therefore, players will be demoted by 7 ranks instead of 5 when a new season begins with the addition of new ranks.

  • Bronze Rank 6-7
  • Silver Rank 6-7
  • Gold Rank 6-7
  • Platinum Rank 6-7

Cumulative Rewards Update

  • Players will get Gems every time they win a duel, up until their 50th win.
  • Card Tickets will be given out for every 5th and 10th win.
  • There will be a few changes to rewards such as UR and SR Tickets.

Winning System

A lot of people are confused about how many wins are needed to rank up on the PvP ladder in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links, hopefully this guide will clear some misconceptions up or answer your questions.

To rank up you either need to go +X (where X is a number dependant on your rank; for gold it’s 3, platinum it’s 4 and legend it’s 5) OR you need to have an X-win streak, again where X depends on your rank. (an X-win streak trumps everything, it doesn’t matter how many losses you had before)

What does it mean to go +X? Imagine you just got to Platinum 3,and you go “WWLWWLWW” (with W being a win, and L being a loss) you’ll have ranked up to Platinum 4 because your overall score was +4 wins.

A lot of the misconception comes from the fact that people forget the losses you get when first getting to a new rank will also count (your score can go under zero). For example you just achieved Platinum 3, and you go “LWWLWWLWW” , this will not make you rank up because currently you are at +3 wins.
HOWEVER even if you did get a loss at the start, if you would get a +4 win streak in Platinum, you will be promoted, no matter the losses before the win streak. So at Platinum 3 going “LWWWW” will make you rank up, but “LWWWLWW” wouldn’t make you rank up because you’re only at +3 wins.

The way you’ll get demoted from a rank is by having a 3-Loss streak OR by going -3 (this is the same number for Gold, Platinum, Legend); if you just got to Legend 2 and go “LLWLL” you’ll be demoted because your score just hit -3. But don’t forget you can never be demoted when you are in Gold 1, Platinum 1, Legend1 or KoG…. So once you get to Legend 1 you don’t have to fear dropping back down to Platinum 5.

To rank up from Legend 3 to King of Games you always need a 5-win streak, but you do not need a win streak to get from Gold 5 to Platinum 1 or to get from Platinum 5 to Legend 1.

If you correctly understand how this system works you can know exactly when you’ll start a promotion match (or a demotion match).

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eru
i wish they do something for the connection failure i don't wanna lose just bcs my connection is 🔥 dammit just count it as no result
<< Anonymous(eru)
Anonymous Reply
that wouldn´t be fair as you could just turn off the internet in your house when you´re losing, without suffering consequences lol
<< Anonymous
Bobby Reply
They could have an algorithm to see weather you would have won or lost?
Anonymous
What is the benefit to climb ladder? I'd like to stay in gold eventhough i could rank up to legend
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
You earn gems the first time you rank up
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
I'm a veteran that enjoys building deck more than PvP. Similarly, I can get to legend with no difficulty but I prefer to stay lower rank to enjoy playing different decks instead of only meta. Lower ranks = more fun and easier to farm wins. Getting higher rank = earn single time gems rewards + boasting right (which are not worth it at all).
Edgar
I was rank 3 gold then played a game and surrendered and didn't play for like 3 days and when I came back I was demoted to rank 3 silver, is it normal to get demoted that much for surrendering 1 game?..
<< Anonymous(Edgar)
Anonymous Reply
Monthly rank reset happened while you were away. Everyone goes down 1 level, so Gold 3 - Silver 3.
Sean Masterz
how much wins frm legend 3 to kog
<< Anonymous(Sean Masterz )
Junglebuggy Reply
5 win streak...
WolfInTheValley
I'm platinum 2. Been playing almost 2 months now, but I have a lot that goes on in reality, so it's hard to find time for a virtual one.
Anonymous
If you want to face people with weaker decks how to play against people in gold?
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
like if I want to play exodia
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
Yo acabo de subir a platino y toda la liga oro la jugué con robru(campo arobru x3, jazmín x3, romero x3, bergamota x3, amante de la rosa x3, pared de disrupsion x2, escudo drenador x2 y dragón alado de ra
Anonymous
i had a LWLWWW but i didnt get ranked up, wtf????
<< Anonymous
Fairy Faggot Reply
You need +3 and thats only +2
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
LW= 0 and W = 1 so LW + LW + W + W = 2 you need 4 for platinum so LW + LW + W + W + W + W would work
<< Anonymous
Tom Reply
I did alot of maths when I was like 6 I could probably do equations like this at 6
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
Lol is this a serious question? An example of someone who uses meta decks to get to a high rank just to show that you don't have to be calculated as long as you have premade decks to guide you
Suimikado
Well, you know what affects rank up beside capital, player skill and player experience? Your hand condition at the start of battle. For real, had an amazoness deck in Gold 2, the proportion of my cards is 13 monster 7 spell&trap. Got first turn, 3 cards were spell&trap, i defended for 4 turns and each turn what i drew was spell or trap. I lost. 3 straight losses because of the same case. Demoted to G1. After that i went straight to P1 using the very same deck, without any changing in the card. For real.....
<< Anonymous(Suimikado)
Suimikado Reply
Then i realized that i could use restart. Damn it.
Anonymous
They should add a counter for this 🔥..
Anonymous
I understand basicaly it depends on your total duel record at that rank for instance at platnium 3 if u had 6wins but 2 loss's it dosnt matter you will rank up because you have 4 more wins than losses but if you only had 2 wins and 6 losses then you would rank diwn because you have 4+ losses than wins
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
I think this sums it up perfectly.
Rudy
THANK YOU!!! It's all OK for me now ! :D
YatsuoKogame
Good idea ! Thanks you, I understand the system now :) For people that still doesn't understand: just count +1 when winning and -1 when losing. And do a basic addition following the order. For example "LWWWLLW" your score s does:
s=-1 (L), s=s+1=(-1)+1=0 (W), s=s+1=0+1=1 (W), s=s+1=1+1=2 (W), s=s-1=2-1=1 (L), s=s-1=1-1=0 (L) s=s+1=0+1=1 (W).
Hope it can help understand GameA explanations :)
<< Anonymous(YatsuoKogame)
Anonymous Reply
uuuh you think this explanation is clearer than what was written above? for people that are confused, just ignore this guy and read the guide
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
This is clearer my friend. Specially if you understand how formulas work.
<< Anonymous(YatsuoKogame)
Anonymous Reply
This dude must be an asian that got spanked by his dad 10 times for each wrong answer on his test.
<< Anonymous
YatsuoKogame Reply
I'm actually gelatinously white. Squishy like the pilsberry doughboy, creamy white. Thanks. -_-; Tard-face.

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