⚔️ Dueling Ladder

Competitive 1v1 · ELO Ranked · Best of 9

Duelers

243

Total Duels

This Week

7.4%

Avg Accuracy

37.9%

Perfect Rate

👑 Highest Rated

Cross

👑 1913 Rating

⚔️ Most Active

Chaos Blade

62 duels completed

💎 Perfect Victories

37.9% of all duels

The dueling ladder uses an ELO rating system to rank players based on 1v1 performance. All players start at 1500 (Silver) and gain or lose rating after each duel. Players are placed into tiers based on their current rating.

Rating Tiers

⛏️ Iron · <1400 🥉 Bronze · 1400+ 🥈 Silver · 1500+ 🥇 Gold · 1600+ 💠 Platinum · 1700+ 💎 Diamond · 1800+ 👑 Master · 1900+

Core Mechanics

ELO Rating

After each duel, both players' ratings are adjusted based on the outcome and the difference in their ratings. Beating a higher-rated opponent earns you more points than beating a lower-rated one, and losing to a weaker opponent costs more.

Score Margin Bonus

How you win matters. A dominant 5-0 victory earns a 1.5× rating bonus, while a close 5-4 win applies no bonus. This rewards players who consistently outclass their opponents rather than squeaking by.

Dynamic K-Factor

Newer players' ratings move faster so they can find their true ranking quickly. The K-factor (how much rating changes per match) starts higher and stabilizes as you play more duels.

Inactivity Decay

Players above 1500 rating who haven't dueled in 14+ days begin losing 10 rating per week of inactivity. This keeps the ladder active and ensures rankings reflect current skill. Rating cannot decay below 1500.

Margin Breakdown

Duels are best-of-9 (first to 5 wins). The winner's rating bonus scales with how dominant the victory was:

5-0 → 1.5× 5-1 → 1.35× 5-2 → 1.2× 5-3 → 1.1× 5-4 → 1.0×

Note: The margin bonus only applies to the winner. Losers are penalized at the standard rate regardless of score.

Example

A 1500-rated player beats a 1600-rated player 5-1. Since they beat a stronger opponent, their expected chance of winning was low — so the upset is rewarded generously. The 5-1 margin applies a 1.35× bonus on top. They might gain ~35-40 rating from this single duel. Meanwhile, the 1600-rated player loses ~25-30 rating at the standard rate.

How to Duel

Getting Started

Ranked duels take place in any zone where the ?duel command is enabled — typically a USL map. Dueling is only available in arenas that have "Duel" in the arena name, or in any arena where a powered player has enabled dueling with the *duel on command.

Commands

?duel Issue an open challenge to anyone in the zone ?duel <player> Challenge a specific player ?accept Accept a pending duel challenge ?deny Decline a duel challenge ?rdy Ready up — both players must type this to begin ?duelstats View the current duel score mid-match ?forfeit Surrender the current duel ?duelqueue View the current duel queue (?dq for short)

Match Flow

Once both players type ?rdy, they're placed into the arena as Dueling Marines and squared up side-by-side. A countdown ticks down in chat ending with a "FIGHT!" message — and the round begins.

After the initial side-to-side round, the victor is placed on the bottom for the next round, alternating back and forth from there. A score update and the victor's remaining HP are displayed in chat after every round. The first player to take 5 rounds wins the duel.

Once the duel ends, all match stats are recorded and sent to the website automatically. Your rating is recalculated and the result appears on your profile and the ladder.

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Ladder Rankings

#	Player	Tier	Rating	W-L	Win%	Streak	Perf	Acc%
1	Cross	👑 Master	1913	54-1	98.2%	🔥 3	33	8%
2	Uzo	💎 Diamond	1800	33-8	80.5%	🔥 4	10	5.4%
3	FlyMolo	🥇 Gold	1688	30-9	76.9%	2	11	7.7%
4	Chaos Blade	🥇 Gold	1669	45-17	72.6%	🔥 5	17	7.9%
5	darkchompy	🥇 Gold	1653	7-0	100%	🔥 7	2	4.1%
6	Mecca	🥇 Gold	1643	11-2	84.6%	🔥 4	5	7.1%
7	Sabotage	🥈 Silver	1591	5-4	55.6%	1	1	5.7%
8	Axidus	🥈 Silver	1550	7-2	77.8%	-	2	11.8%
9	X5	🥈 Silver	1523	1-0	100%	1	-	5.9%
10	Torch	🥈 Silver	1507	1-1	50%	1	-	9.1%
11	Leak	🥈 Silver	1500	3-0	100%	🔥 3	3	-
12	Brillhart	🥈 Silver	1500	1-1	50%	1	-	-
13	hvk	🥈 Silver	1500	4-5	44.4%	2	-	3.6%
14	Bouncer	🥉 Bronze	1495	1-7	12.5%	1	1	8.4%
15	THE MOUNTAIN	🥉 Bronze	1492	0-1	0%	-	-	-
16	Worth	🥉 Bronze	1491	0-1	0%	-	-	10.4%
17	MIGHTS	🥉 Bronze	1490	0-1	0%	-	-	-
18	Bozza	🥉 Bronze	1480	0-3	0%	-	-	3.2%
19	Chuck	🥉 Bronze	1480	0-1	0%	-	-	4.8%
20	mosh	🥉 Bronze	1479	0-2	0%	-	-	-
21	Fausto	🥉 Bronze	1478	0-2	0%	-	-	4.3%
22	solid snake22	🥉 Bronze	1473	1-6	14.3%	-	-	5.9%
23	lammainazu	🥉 Bronze	1471	7-17	29.2%	-	2	11.4%
24	DevilDog	🥉 Bronze	1471	0-3	0%	-	-	8.8%
25	Dracolich	🥉 Bronze	1462	6-11	35.3%	-	1	5.5%
26	1	🥉 Bronze	1462	2-5	28.6%	-	-	-
27	Vintage	🥉 Bronze	1456	0-3	0%	-	-	7.4%
28	ThatDude	🥉 Bronze	1454	0-2	0%	-	-	-
29	noire	🥉 Bronze	1449	0-8	0%	-	-	5.8%
30	kal	🥉 Bronze	1438	0-3	0%	-	-	15.7%
31	mbx	🥉 Bronze	1435	1-5	16.7%	1	-	13.9%
32	RRU	🥉 Bronze	1430	8-27	22.9%	-	2	8.9%
33	Amber	🥉 Bronze	1430	0-10	0%	-	-	8.1%
34	Bowen	🥉 Bronze	1428	5-11	31.3%	-	-	9.2%
35	Trax	🥉 Bronze	1425	4-9	30.8%	-	1	10%
36	spark	⛏️ Iron	1366	2-13	13.3%	-	-	7.9%
37	dedlyyetti	⛏️ Iron	1344	4-25	13.8%	-	1	14.7%
38	abyss	⛏️ Iron	1306	0-17	0%	-	-	7%