Ranked Duel (Master Duel) (2024)

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Ranked Duel is the main player-vs-player game mode in Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel.

Overview[edit]

Players begin their journey in the lowest rank, Rookie Tier 2. The game will match players with those of similar Rank to ensure a fair match where possible. By winning Duels repeatedly, they can ascend the ranks, capping out at Master Tier 1. Ascending to new tiers or ranks for the first time each season yields Gems.

Advancing in Rookie Rank is simple, as the player can proceed regardless of whether they win or lose.

Within Bronze to Gold Rank, the player only needs two to three wins to be able to advance to the next tier. At Platinum rank, losing Duels will count against making progress; they will need a net of three wins (e.g. 4 wins 1 loss) to advance to the next tier, but taking too many net losses will cause them to downgrade to the previous tier. The net wins to advance increases at higher ranks.

While losing too many times can cause a player to go down a tier, they will never drop to the previous rank, i.e. if you're in Gold 5/Platinum 5/Diamond 5, you have no penalty for losing too much. If you've hit the maximum rank of Master 1, you will not downgrade when you lose until the monthly rank reset.

At the start of each month, all players are downgraded to the lowest tier of the next lowest Rank from where they ended the previous month at, i.e. all players in Diamond Rank (Tier 1 to Tier 5) will start the next month at Platinum 5, all players in Platinum will start from Gold 5, and so on, to the minimum of Rookie 2. This means a player can downgrade multiple ranks if they do not climb for several consecutive months.

Duel Assessment[edit]

After completing a Duel without surrendering, the player is taken to the Results screen which calculates Duel Assessment Points based on what they accomplished during their game. Every 1000 points awards them either Legacy Pack tickets, a small number of Gems, or one of the cards from the Duel Result set.

The game calculates your score by taking the top 6 actions you have performed from the following list, with priority in descending order:

• Duel Victory: 1500 points
• Over 3000 damage: 500 points
  • Over 5000 damage: 1200 points
  • Over 9999 damage: 3000 points
• Special Victory: 3000 points
• Deck Out Victory: 1500 points
• Comeback Victory: 1800 points
• Quick Victory: 1000 points
• No Damage: 1000 points
• Low LP: 500 points
  • LP on the Brink: 1000 points
• Few Cards Left: 200 points
  • Cards on the Brink: 500 points
• Destroyed 5 monsters: 100 points
  • Destroyed 10 monsters: 300 points
• Victory by Effect Damage only: 1000 points
• Activated Spell: 100 points
• Activated Trap: 100 points
• Performed Special Summon: 100 points
• Performed Tribute Summon: 200 points
• Performed Fusion Summon: 200 points
• Performed Ritual Summon: 200 points
• Performed Synchro Summon: 200 points
• Performed Xyz Summon: 200 points
• Performed Pendulum Summon: 200 points
• Link Summon: 200 points

Rewards[edit]

• Reaching a Rank for the first time ever awards the player with a matching icon frame to use.
• Rookie Rank: 300 Gems for reaching Rookie Tier 1
• Bronze/Silver/Gold/Platinum Rank: 200 Gems for ascending into Tier 5. 100 Gems for reaching Tiers 4 to 1 each.
• Diamond Rank: 250 Gems for ascending into Tier 5. 150 Gems for reaching Tiers 4 to 1 each.
• Master Rank: 300 Gems for ascending into Tier 5. 200 Gems for reaching Tiers 4 to 1 each.

Changes[edit]

• June 2023: Master Rank added. Players no longer de-rank within Gold. Diamond now only requires 4 net wins to rank-up.
• February 2023: Gem rewards for ascending Tiers within the two highest ranks increased.
• May 2022: Diamond Rank added. Matchmaking now attempts to pit players of the same Rank and Tier together, instead of just the same Rank.
• March 2022: Players can no longer demote Ranks with loss streaks.
• February 2022: Players no longer skip to rank-up with winning streaks.