• Rank Wars
• Match History

Rank Wars (ランク 戦(せん), Ranku Sen ^?) are official matches fought between agents as training and to increase their ranking. They are divided into Solo and Team Matches. In Team Matches, they are fought between 3 or 4 Squads at a time. The squad with the lowest ranking has the right to choose the Rank War Stage.

Rising to no.1 or no.2 in the war rankings gives a squad the right of challenge to rise to A-rank in the form of a promotion test.^[1][2]

Rank War Rules

B-rank Wars

According to their rank, B-rank squads are split into the three groups of Upper (1-7th place), Middle (8-14th place), and Lower (15th place and below). The squads compete for points in matches within that group.^[3]

After every match, the points scored are tallied and the standing changes. Depending on that a switch can occur between the groups. B-rank no.1 and no.2 receive the right of challenge to rise to A-rank.^[3]

When the season starts, bonus points are added according to the standing of the previous season. (The higher the standing, the bigger the advantage next season.)^[3]

Standard Rules for the Matches

• A match is a three-way or four-way squad battle. (1 squad is 1 operator and 1-4 combatants)
• Defeating 1 member of an enemy squad is 1 point. (Cases where you are taken down by trion leakage, the point goes to the one who did the most damage)
• The squad that survives until the end earns 2 bonus survival points. (Cases where the time runs out before the match is settled, there are no survival points)
• 1 match has a time limit of 45~60 minutes (This changes according to the size of the stage. The bigger the stage, the longer the time limit)
• In the match, the squad with the lowest standing has the right to choose the stage.
• Even in squad rank wars solo points fluctuate just like solo rank wars.
• Only when there are no members of enemy squads in a 60m radius can a voluntary bailout be made. (Exiting the stage without giving the enemy points)
• Withdrawing from the combat area of the stage is treated as the same as a voluntary bailout.
  • However you can be forcefully pushed outside the combat area like during Round 3 where Yuma could of been swept by the current.
  • It is also possible to be pushed outside by an agent or squad but this strategy is rare as it was only mentioned during Round 6 by Osamu.^[4]

Schedule

Rank War Seasons Within a Year^[5]

Season	Break
February, March, and April	May
June, July, and August	September
October, November, and December	January

One round of matches occur in two blocks: day and night, half of the Upper, Middle, and Lower groups fight in the day block and the other half fight in the night block. Each round takes place on a Wednesday or Saturday, and after three rounds there is a break of a week before the next round.

The most recent rank war season's schedule was:^[6]

Date	Round
February 1 (Sat)	Round 1
February 5 (Wed)	Round 2
February 8 (Sat)	Round 3
February 12 (Wed)	Break
February 15 (Sat)	Round 4
February 19 (Wed)	Round 5
February 22 (Sat)	Round 6
February 26 (Wed)	Break
March 1 (Sat)	Round 7
March 5 (Wed)	Round 8

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