Ranked Turns 30

September 1, 2022

Captains, this update marks yet another significant landmark: The Ranked season count exceeds 30! We have three seasons of 4 vs. 4 battles planned this time. Let's look at the details.

A quick reminder of how Ranked works: Win battles, earn stars, rise through the ranks. A draw counts as a loss for both players. Getting to Rank 1 makes you ineligible to play in the season—it means you’re one of the best already, so let people play and stop sinking everyone!

Now for the best thing—the prizes! Among the rewards, you can get Commander Progression Items, various crates, and up to 500 Steel each season. You can see the distribution in the infographics and their breakdown in corresponding season sections. The better you do, the more prizes you’ll get. Please note that except for the 200 Steel given for reaching Rank 3, which ships out after the end of the season, the prizes are distributed upon hitting the corresponding ranks.

As usual, TheSailingRobin is your guide: You can find his preferred ship picks in the respective seasonal sections. Let's go!

Season 29

September 1 – September 5 (7:00 UTC / 2:00 CDT start and finish).

Ship tier: III
Ship types: all except carriers; 1 destroyer per team
Seven ranks, no leagues
Team size: 4
Irrevocable ranks: 7, 6, 3, 1
Maps: Big Race, New Dawn, Polar, Shards, Sleeping Giant, Tears of the Desert

TheSailingRobin's picks for Season 29:

III Nassau, a proven dreadnought combining great armor, handling, and gunnery.
III V-170, for its ability to weave through incoming fire with its ridiculously small size, all the while dumping torpedoes faster than one can dodge.

Prizes:

Rank 6:

5 Promotion Orders
1 day of Premium Account

Rank 5:

10x Rare Ship XP Boosters
1x Fall Big Crate

Rank 4:

10x Rare Battle Boosters
1 day of Premium Account

Rank 3:

5,000 Global XP
10x Rare Credit Boosters
200 Steel (final reward)

Rank 2:

1x Fall Big Crate
1 day of Premium Account

Rank 1:

300 Steel
1x Insignia

Season 30

September 15 – September 19 (7:00 UTC / 2:00 CDT start and finish).

Ship tier: IV
Ship types: all except carriers; 1 destroyer per team
Seven ranks, no leagues
Team size: 4
Irrevocable ranks: 7, 6, 3, 1
Maps: Big Race, Tears of the Desert, Polar, Sleeping Giant, Northern Waters, New Dawn

TheSailingRobin's picks for Season 30:

IV Viribus Unitis, simply for the fact that this dreadnought brings the largest super firing broadside of the tier (and because we don't want to recommend, ahem, Giulio Cesare).
IV Émile Bertin, for the combination of speed, decent guns, and most importantly, an armor scheme so thin that battleships nearly are guaranteed to overpenetrate it.

Prizes:

Rank 6:

1 day of Premium Account
10x Rare Commander XP Boosters

Rank 5:

3x Promotion Orders
10x Rare Ship XP Boosters

Rank 4:

5,000 Global XP
10x Rare Battle Boosters

Rank 3:

3x Promotion Orders
10x Rare Credit Boosters
200 Steel (final reward)

Rank 2:

2 days of Premium Account
10x Rare Commander XP Boosters

Rank 1:

300 Steel
1x Commendation

Season 31

September 29 – October 3 (7:00 UTC / 2:00 CDT start and finish).

Ship tier: V
Ship types: all except carriers; 1 destroyer per team
Seven ranks, no leagues
Team size: 4
Irrevocable ranks: 7, 6, 3, 1
Maps: Big Race, Tears of the Desert, Polar, Sleeping Giant, Northern Waters, New Dawn

TheSailingRobin's picks for Season 31:

V Duca d'Aosta, for the fact that the recent addition of SAP as alternative ammunition has rendered the ship much more competitive, combining excellent speed and reload time to a rather nimble and slim hull.
V Mahan, the USN jack of all trades, able to provide both withering artillery support and close-range torpedo devastation on top of a long-lasting smoke screen.

Prizes: