Destiny 2 Competitive Ranks: Crucible’s PvP Ranks

Gone are the days of Glory, as Glory ranks were finally replaced with a proper PvP ranking system. And this season, these ranks serve a higher purpose outside of bragging rights and a sleek emblem: Farm great loot.

This guide covers the Destiny 2 comp system, including the most recent changes from Season of the Wish, and explains how you can farm its loot as efficiently as possible.

Destiny 2 Comp Ranks 

There are 7 total Competitive Divisions (ranks), each having three “tiers” within the divisions. The divisions are: 

• Copper (III-I)
• Bronze (III-I)
• Silver (III-I)
• Gold (III-I)
• Platinum (III-I)
• Adept (III-I)
• Ascendant (III-I)

There’s also an Untested division, but more on that later. First, we need to answer an important question: What has changed in the Competitive mode?

Competitive Ranks, Destiny 2

Destiny 2’s New PvP Ranks

Let’s start with the basics. Glory ranks have been replaced with Competitive Divisions, each one with its own sub-divisions. Like any other ranked game, you will match with people of similar rank, not skill. The game will attempt to reconcile those if needed, but rank comes first. Unlike other games, however, individual performance does not matter, only wins or losses. 

Promotion/Relegation series

If you were close to entering/leaving a Division, you would need to play a Promotion or Relegation series. These require you to win two out of three matches to progress to the next major Division or stay in your current one, respectively. As of Season 23, this will only affect those going to and from Adept and Ascendant, so the average player won’t need to sweat into Gold III.

Competitive Loot

Finally, the most important change is, of course, the loot. Players can now get the seasonal Competitive reward by simply completing the weekly Competitive challenge. On top of this, those who climb the ladder and reach Ascendant are rewarded with an amazing emblem to show off their skills. 

Why Competitive Ranks matter more than ever

Prior to Season 23, Divisions functioned similarly to Glory ranks in terms of purpose: bragging rights through a gilded Glorious title and an Ascendant Rank emblem. However, unlike Glory ranks, no pinnacle weapons were tied to getting to a certain division. Instead, you would get a single drop of the seasonal Competitive weapon each week, which made farming the mode pointless in terms of loot.

Competitive Weekly Quest, Destiny 2

However, Season 23 leverages the divisions much more by tying them to engram focusing. While the weekly limit of the Competitive reward is one per character, the limit on focusing depends on your current standing. 

Untested players, or those that haven’t placed yet, will have 0 focuses, up to 7 for those at Ascendant rank. But don’t think it will be cheap, as each focus will cost you three Crucible engrams and 25,000 Glimmer, meaning an Ascendant rank player would need to dole out 21 engrams and 175,000 Glimmer each week to use theirs to the max.

This cap can change during the week, but only if you rank up. As Bungie puts it, “if you have a rough week or an unlucky streak, you won’t be punished at the prize counter.”

So what weapons will be in this focus? Rose and Mercurial Overreach. Two very popular PvP weapons that tend to top the charts across all modes for their solid stats and excellent perk combos.

Competitive Playlist, Destiny 2

How Competitive Divisions Work in Destiny 2

Much like Glory ranks, Competitive Divisions can be climbed by playing the 3v3 Ranked Mode playlist. The playlist offers either Survival or Countdown Rush, with Survival being weighed slightly higher.

As previously mentioned, individual performance is not a factor in your rank gains or losses, only the match’s outcome. This is why Bungie decided to consider both rank and skill, with rank being weighed more.

The following table lays out the Divisions and the points needed for rank-ups. Do note that, due to the timing of this writing, some of these values might be out of place, and will be updated as new information is acquired.

And that’s it! I hope you found this guide helpful. Feel free to check out some of our other guides and god roll pages, and be on the lookout for the god roll of Season 23’s Competitive reward, which will be an Aggressive (4-burst!) Strand Pulse Rifle.