Seasons

Ranked is played in seasons. Leagues, LP, leaderboards and titles belong to a season, and every season has a number. You can see the current season’s start and end with a countdown in the Season tab of the Arena window.

Season 0 · Beta about 2 weeks Unrewarded trial · no consumption → starts right away
Season 1 8 weeks Rewarded · permanent titles at the end
Season break 14 days Ranked closed · Custom lobbies open
Season 2 8 weeks Rewarded · permanent titles at the end
Season break 14 days Ranked closed · Custom lobbies open
and so on …

Season 0 (Beta)

Ranked opens with Season 0. Season 0 is an unrewarded trial season: its purpose is to let the system settle in with real players. Matchmaking, the league spread and season jobs are tested with real matches during this time, and settings are adjusted if needed. Playing in Season 0 is risk-free:

Ammo, rockets, enrichment and skill ammo aren’t consumed in ranked matches — whatever you use isn’t deducted from your inventory.
No titles are awarded: neither the end-of-season permanent title nor the live Champion title.
There are no match rewards. Daily arena quests and ranked kill rewards are active in Season 0 as well.
Leagues, LP, placement, the leaderboard, the Grandmaster and Champion leagues, the league badge and decay all work normally.
Season 0 lasts about two weeks; when it ends, Season 1 starts right away (no break).
Your Season 0 progress isn’t wasted: it carries over to Season 1 with the partial reset described below.

Rewarded seasons (Season 1 onward)

Each rewarded season lasts 8 weeks (56 days).
Ammo, rockets and enrichment are consumed normally in ranked matches (for winners and losers alike).
A match reward is given at the end of each match — see Rewards & Quests.
Throughout the season, the daily Champions hold the live Champion title.
At the end of the season, permanent titles are handed out based on your final league — see Titles & Badges.

Season break

Every rewarded season is followed by a 14-day break.

During the break the ranked queue is closed; Custom lobbies stay open.
The Leaderboard tab shows the final standings of the season that just ended.
The league badge isn’t shown during the break; it returns once you’re placed in the new season.
The new season’s start is shown with a countdown in the Season tab.

How a season ends

At the end time the ranked queue closes; players waiting in the queue are removed without penalty.
Ongoing matches are finished and count for the season. A match that runs very long may be cancelled instead; in that case LP doesn’t change, and your daily match and spent resources are given back.
The final standings are calculated. This can take a little while; the game shows “Calculating final standings” meanwhile.
In a rewarded season, permanent titles are given after the final standings; you get a notification when they arrive.

In-game notifications remind you of the time left before the season ends, and tell you when it has ended and when the new season begins.

What resets in a new season

LP goes to 0 in every mode, and you play 5 placement matches in every mode again (no LP during them).
Your hidden rating isn’t fully reset: it is pulled toward the season average (a partial reset). Players from high leagues still start high, and those from low leagues still start low; placement puts you where you belong.
If you didn’t play a single match in a mode last season, your hidden rating there isn’t touched.
Permanent titles you earned stay on your profile; live Champion titles are removed at season end.

Final standings are permanent

Each season’s final standings are saved when the season closes and are permanent. You can view past seasons by picking a season in the Leaderboard tab, and in Past seasons in the Season tab. Only placed players are included in the final standings; banned accounts and staff are not.

Note: The exact end date of Season 0 is announced in the Season tab in-game. The 8-week length of rewarded seasons and the 14-day break are fixed in the game.