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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 25 Sept 2026

Wild Rift ranked guideSeason S23· Patch 7.3

  • Started: 23 September 2026, 03:00 UTC
  • Expected end: January 2027
  • Exact end date: Not stated by Riot

How Wild Rift Ranked works in Season S23 — the ladder, how a win moves you, Ranked Energy, the Priority Role Bonus, five bans from Platinum and Legendary Ranked — each rule with the Riot page that states it.

Situation

Win for marks; one win jumps a tier — no promotion series. See the rule

Ranked ladder overview

Ranked

  • IronIV–I
  • BronzeIV–I
  • SilverIV–I
  • GoldIV–I
  • PlatinumIV–I
  • EmeraldIV–I
  • DiamondIV–I

Master and above

  • MasterIII–I
  • GrandmasterIII–I
  • ChallengerNo divisions
  • SovereignNo divisions

Climbing route(to Legend)

  1. Diamond
  2. Master
  3. Legendary Commander
  4. Legend

How do I climb?

Win for marks; one win jumps a tier — no promotion series.

Energy receipt

Receipt

  • What it replacedFortitude and Rising Star were removed in 7.2 for Ranked Energy
  • What it doesCounts straight towards your rank progress
  • What earns moreIn-game performance — MVP, S and A ratings, standout plays
  • Legendary SA new rating above S in 7.3, worth extra Energy
  • How play is readJudged by lane, champion and role: vision, crowd control, objectives, pushing, frontline, helping teammates
  • Kills and KDAStill count, but no longer decide the whole grade
Total gainNot stated by Riot

Energy per win, loss or rating: Not stated by Riot

How a game moves you

EventWhat happens
A winEarns a Ranked Mark; a loss removes one — except in Iron and Bronze
PromotionOne win moves you up a tier, exactly as between divisions — no series
DemotionOut of marks in a division, the next loss drops you down
PlacementsNone — a new account starts climbing straight away
Party sizeSolo, or parties of two, three or five
Marks per division, by tierNot stated by Riot

Legendary ladder

(Legendary Points)
TierPointsDivisions
Legend4,000+ · Top 1,000 · 100 · 10—
Legendary Challenger3,200–3,999 pointsIV–I
Legendary Grandmaster2,400–3,199 pointsIV–I
Legendary Master1,600–2,399 pointsIV–I
Legendary Commander800–1,599 pointsIV–I

Priority role bonus

CaseWhat Riot states
Lane bonusExtra Energy for lanes the queue needs — capped each week
Any PositionQueuing as Any Position earns bonus Energy — capped each week
AutofilledA larger bonus, as compensation — capped each week
Which lanes count this weekNot stated by Riot
Bonus size and weekly capNot stated by Riot

5-ban matrix

(Ranked draft)
Blue sideRed sideBAN PHASEOrder not stated
Platinum to Diamond
Five bans per team — three before 7.3
First two weeks
Five bans from day one — the old two-week hold is removed
Iron to Gold
Not stated by Riot
Master and above
Not stated by Riot

Season rewards

  1. Season skinGlorious Eminence Milio
  2. Legendary rewardsIcon, border and banner of your tier, plus a bauble, an emote and an ability augment
  3. How the season skin is earnedNot stated by Riot
  4. Reward-track stepsNot stated by Riot

Legendary queue

(its own ladder)
LegendaryLegendary Commander → Legend
Entry
Reach Master this season, with a Champion Mastery score of 1,000 or more
Keeping it
Open as long as you stay Diamond or above
Returning Grandmasters
Last season’s Grandmasters come back to a lower entry threshold
Queue
Solo only
MMR
Separate — Legendary results do not move Ranked MMR, or the reverse
Divisions
200 Legendary Points per division, Commander to Challenger
Legendary Trial
Runs beside the climb; a strong run completes it and moves you straight up a tier
Decay
Above 800 points and 7 days idle: −40 points a week, down to 800

Misconceptions

  • “More kills means more progress.”Kills and KDA still count, but 7.3 grades vision, objectives, frontline and team play too.
  • “Legendary Ranked is just Ranked at the top.”It is solo-only with its own MMR — neither queue moves the other.
  • “Loss shields from Fortitude will save my rank.”Fortitude was removed in 7.2 — see the contradiction below.
  • “I have to play placements first.”Wild Rift Ranked has no placements.
  • “Filling is always a loss of progress.”Autofilled players get the largest role bonus, within a weekly cap.

What changed in S23

FeatureBeforeS23Change
SeasonS22 — from 10 Jul 2026S23 — from 23 Sep 2026△ Changed
Season skinGlorious Eminence RenektonGlorious Eminence Milio△ Changed
Bans, Platinum–DiamondThree per teamFive per team△ Changed
Five bans in a season’s first two weeksDisabledAllowed△ Removed
Top performance ratingSLegendary S, above S△ New
Role incentiveNonePriority Role Bonus — weekly-capped Energy△ New
Legendary promotionPoints onlyPoints, or a completed Legendary Trial△ New
Champion ScorePrevious systemReworked — details not in the notes△ Changed

Contradiction radar

1 contradiction between Riot’s pages
Fortitude and loss shieldsRiot Support — Ranked overview (13 Apr 2026): Still describes Ranked Fortitude filling a bar for Loss ShieldsPatch 7.2 notes (8 Jul 2026): Fortitude and Rising Star are removed, replaced by Ranked EnergyThe patch notes are newer and state the removal, so this page follows them. The support page reads as not yet updated.

Sources

All dates as Riot states them
Sources read 2026-09-25

Riot publishes no Ranked Energy amounts, no role-bonus sizes or caps, no marks per division and no Champion Score caps for S23 — so the Energy receipt names what counts and not how much, and where the drawing has a placement map and a score-cap table this page has the climb rules and the Legendary ladder Riot does state. How Glorious Eminence Milio is earned and when the season ends exactly are printed as not stated until Riot states them.