Apex Legends Season 18 Ranked changes

The newest lore trailer for Apex Legends Season 18: Resurrection dropped on July 31, 2023. With its release, the developers also released a comprehensive blog post about numerous changes for the upcoming Season's Ranked playlist. The developers recognize the shortcomings of the previously launched rank system and are making adjustments to balance it.

Season 18 of Apex Legends seeks to bring a number of positive changes into the game, some of which have been long desired by the community. Most importantly, the changes to the Rank System are long overdue, especially with the lack of an effective mid-season patch for Season 17.

What changes can be expected from Apex Legends Season 18 Ranked?

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With over a million players making their way past Masters Rank, the second highest Rank within the game, mid-way through Season 17, the developers definitely understand the massive flaws that the newly introduced LP system brought on.

With a minimal entry cost and inflated LP points awarded, the player base seemingly just got boosted through the highest tiers of the lobby without even picking up a single fight in-game.

Season 18's Ranked Playlist highlights the following changes that will be coming to the game's final build:

Refined Rank tuning
Refined Rank stability
Ring size and damage adjustments
Improved queue times
LP reward changes

The developers have noticed the increasing tendency of players playing outside the ring and abusing the slower tick damages in the first two rounds of the game.

Keeping that in mind, the radius of the safe zone has been increased, and the damage tick rate of the ring has been incremented. This will enhance the overall QoL of players by making them engage in more fair fights across the map rather than camping outside the ring.

Furthermore, with Ladder Points (LP) rewards being extremely generous in the previous Season, the community saw an overinflated rise in the number of players in the Masters Rank.

Accordingly, the developers have mentioned appropriate adjustments being made to correctly reward LP and balance out the general matchmaking in Ranked.

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With a bachelor's degree in History and pursuing Law at the moment, Sportskeeda Esports & Gaming writer Jay Sarma may not have an ideal connection to the journalism world. However, his sheer passion for gaming has helped him reach over 4 million reads and is fast approaching the two-thousand-article mark.

Jay always strives to provide the most accurate information after cross-checking multiple sources. His coverage focuses exclusively on FPS titles such as COD, Apex Legends, Valorant, Counter-Strike, and Overwatch. It was Counter-Strike that sparked his love for competitive esports, and presently, Apex Legends is his favorite multiplayer title.

He enjoys watching ALGS (Apex Legends Global Series) during tournament seasons and loves to observe how each team plays out different strategies in the competitive scene. His favorite organization is Falcons, but he also roots for Team Luminosity solely because of pro player sweetdreams.

In his free time, he loves to soak in the serenity of nature with walks and runs. He is an avid gardener as well.

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