Ranked battles

Ranked battles pit two players against each other 1v1. Your Pokémon are brought down to level 50 for the battle. You lose nothing when you lose, only your ranking (Elo) goes up or down.

Start a search with /ranked or with the Find a match button in K › Ranked.

Mega, Tera, Z and Dynamax

In ranked, only one mechanic per battle: Mega Evolution, Terastallization or Z-Move. The first one you use locks the other two until the end of the battle (Necrozma's Ultra Burst counts as a Z-Move). Dynamax and Gigantamax are banned.

The ranks

The Ranked tab of the K menu has three parts:

• My rank: your emblem, your Elo and your position, the bar toward the next rank, your matches this season, your max Elo, your best streak and the end-of-season rewards for your rank;
• Ranks & rewards: the eight ranks and what each one gives;
• Leaderboard: the top 10, with your own row in green if you are lower.

Seasons

Season 1 runs from October 14 to November 30, 2026 (last day included): before October 14, matchmaking is closed. It closes on its own at midnight, Paris time, and season 2 starts right away (see End of season). At the end of a season:

• every player who played at least one match during the season receives the rewards of their rank, usually those of the best rank reached during the season;
• your Elo is pulled closer to 1,000 for the new season (for example 2,084 becomes 1,542);
• if you are not logged in, the rewards wait for you until your next login.

End-of-season rewards