Deadlock’s second ranked beta season is live
Season 2 brings four hero bans per match, 350 rank points per game, and a new way to unlock heroes for Ranked.
Deadlock’s second ranked beta season runs through March 11, 2027. Season 1 participants receive a Hideout plaque commemorating the highest rank they reached.
What happens to your rank
Valve redistributed ranks before applying a soft reset. The reset alone drops players by roughly one badge on average, but some may finish higher after the redistribution. Players who took part in Ranked last season can skip calibration.
What changes in Ranked
- Ranked matches now ban four heroes, up from three.
- A match is worth 350 rank points, up from 300. It now takes 1,500 points to reach the next badge from the final subrank, down from 2,000.
- Phantom, Ascendant, and Eternus lose their demotion shields. Other ranks get three protected losses at badge boundaries and one at subrank boundaries, down from five and two.
- Unlocking a hero for Ranked takes 35 points. A win counts for two points and a loss counts for one.