# Wildcard Ranked Tournaments

Wildcard Ranked & Season System Overview

Wildcard is moving to a season-based ranked system that rewards consistent play, champion mastery, and weekly performance  instead of one-off tournaments.

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### Seasons

* Each Season lasts 12 weeks
* Every season includes:
  * 12 Weekly Ranked Events (one per week)
  * 1 Full-Season Ranked Leaderboard

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### Season Pass

#### How You Get It

Players receive the Season Pass if they:

* Already owned the Summon Bundle

Otherwise:

* Season Pass costs $24.99 per season

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#### What the Season Pass Includes

Owning the Season Pass grants:

* Access to the Ranked Queue
* Access to the Battle Pass
* Eligibility for all Ranked prizing and leaderboards

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#### Earn Next Season for Free

If a player completes the Battle Pass during the season:

* They earn the next Season Pass for free

This means:

* Active players can keep playing competitively without repurchasing
* Inactive players must rebuy to re-enter Ranked

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### Queues

#### Ranked Queue (Season Pass Required)

* Main competitive mode
* Affects:
  * Weekly leaderboards
  * Season leaderboard
  * Champion leaderboards
  * All prizing

#### Sandbox Queue (Free)

* No ranking
* No prizing
* Used for:
  * Practice
  * Learning champions

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### Season Pass

Each Season’s Pass is themed around:

* A featured Champion
* That champion’s summons and cosmetics

#### Season Pass Progression

* Earn BP points by:
  * Playing matches (Ranked)

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### Ranked Structure

Players compete across multiple parallel rankings:

#### Season Rankings

* Overall rank for the full 12-week season
* Used for:
  * Main season prizing
  * Top player recognition

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#### Weekly Rankings

* Resets each week
* Used for:
  * Weekly prizing
  * Short-term competition

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#### Champion Rankings

For both Season and Weekly:

Players also have rankings for each champion they play:

* Best Ragna players this week
* Best Locke players this season
* etc.

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### Prizing

#### Weekly Prizing

Based on Weekly Overall Rankings:

| Placement | Payout          |
| --------- | --------------- |
| 1–8       | Up to $200 each |
| 9–16      | Up to $100 each |
| 17–32     | Up to $50 each  |
| 33–64     | Up to $25 each  |

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#### Weekly Top Champion Bonuses

For Champion Leaderboards (Weekly):

* Top 3 players per featured champions
* Up to $50 each

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#### Season Prizing

Based on Season Overall Rankings:

| Placement | Payout          |
| --------- | --------------- |
| 1–8       | Up to $500 each |

#### Season Top Champion Bonuses

For Champion Leaderboards (Season):

* Top 3 players per champion
* Up to  $150 each

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