There are 7 game modes you can play to get ladder points, they are distributed differently for each mode. Here is a full breakdown, where 100% = 100pts with a eaquel team rank (for example Team A have a combine rank C and a Team B also have a C rank, etc):
Ladder modes | Ladder win points: |
XL — Extended league | 110% |
CM — Captains mode | 110% |
RD — Random draft | 100% (UPD 90% > 100%) |
AP - All pick | 80% |
CD — Captains draft | 50% |
SD — Single draft | 50% |
AR — All random | 40% |
Team Balance (TB) | bonus points: |
XLTB | +30% |
RDTB | +40% (UPD 30% > 40%) |
APTB | +20% |
Team Balance is an addition to the game modes, designed to balance teams equaly based on rank, player skill level and other factors. Most fair ladder games are played with a Team Balance (TB) ON.
Ladder games are played with a different combined ranks (adding individula rank of players of each team). Table below shows how many points you can win or lose playing aginst other ranks.
---------------------------------- : 15000+ : 12000 — 14999 : 10500 — 11999
: 0 — 399 | ranks | |||||
4+ higher | - | 200 (260) | 200 (260) | 200 (260) | - | |
- | - | - | - | - | ||
3 higher | - | 175 (227) | 175 (227) | 175 (227) | - | |
- | -12 | -18 | -25 | - | ||
2 higher | 150 (195) | 150 (195) | 150 (195) | 150 (195) | 150 (195) | |
-10 | -25 | -37 | -50 | -75 | ||
1 higher | 125 (162) | 125 (162) | 125 (162) | 125 (162) | 125 (162) | |
-15 | -37 | -57 | -75 | -112 | ||
same | 100 (130) | 100 (130) | 100 (130) | 100 (130) | 100 (130) | |
-20 | -50 | -75 | -100 | -130 | ||
1 lower | - | 75 (97) | 75 (97) | 75 (97) | 75 (97) | |
- | -62 | -93 | -125 | -167 | ||
2 lower | - | 50 (65) | 50 (65) | 50 (65) | 50 (65) | |
- | -75 | -112 | -150 | -205 | ||
3 lower | - | - | 25 (32) | 25 (32) | 25 (32) | |
- | - | -132 | -175 | -242 | ||
4 lower | - | - | 10 (16) | 10 (16) | 10 (16) | |
- | - | -150 | -200 | -280 |
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