WoW PvP Ladder Guide: 3v3, 2v2, Solo Shuffle, RBG Rankings

WoW PvP Ladder Guide

The main reason why WoW PvP fans play 3v3, 2v2, and Solo Shuffle arenas in The War Within is to gain ratings and unlock various achievements and prestigious gear.

icon The World of Warcraft PvP ranking system is straightforward:

  • Your rating increases when you win matches and decreases when you lose.
  • The higher your opponents’ rating, the more your rating increases after a win (and vice versa, if you lose).

icon In most cases, especially for casual gamers, all you need to know is the current rating (CR) required to unlock specific achievements, mounts, or elite armor pieces.

icon However, as your skill grows and you start aiming for prestigious titles like Legend: The War Within Season 1 or Forged Gladiator: The War Within Season 1, you’ll need to check the builds, stats, and comps of top-tier players. This is where WoW PvP leaderboards become useful.

Each PvP bracket has its own ladder, and all World of Warcraft regions (EU and US) have separate leaderboards for 3v3, 2v2, Solo Shuffle, and RBG.

icon From this guide, you will learn where to check the following PvP leaderboards:

icon In this guide, you will also find up-to-date rewards tables for each PvP bracket.

icon All this information will be laid out plain and simple below, allowing you to quickly find and check the current Arena and RBG leaderboards and top-tier PvP title requirements (cutoffs) in the EU and US official WoW TWW realms.

WoW PvP Rankings Explained

icon World of Warcraft PvP rankings use a rating system that tracks player performance in various player-versus-player modes, such as Arenas and Rated Battlegrounds. Your ranking improves as you win matches, and higher rankings unlock exclusive rewards and titles.

icon Here’s a quick overview of how it works:

  • Rating System: Players earn or lose rating points based on match results. Winning increases your rating, while losing can lower it (the number of points you gain and lose depends on your and your opponent’s team CR and MMR).
  • PvP Brackets:
    • 2v2 Arena: the matches typically involve one healer and one damage dealer or two damage dealers, with a focus on burst damage and survival.
    • 3v3 Arena: teams feature one healer and two damage dealers, requiring more coordination, strategy, and crowd control to win.
    • Solo Shuffle: 3v3 PvP mode where six players compete in six rounds, with teams reshuffled after each round, and rewards based on the number of rounds won.
    • Battleground Blitz: new 8v8 PvP mode introduced in patch 10.2, where players queue solo or duo with a healer and battle across various maps with faster mechanics, power-up runes, and a shorter average match length of 10-12 minutes.
    • Rated Battlegrounds (RBGs): Ranked 10v10 PvP battles in Warsong Gulch (WSG), Twin Peaks (TP), Battle for Gilneas (BFG), Arathi Basin (AB), Deepwind Gorge, Eye of the Storm, Silvershard Mines, Temple of Kotmogu, Seething Shore.
  • Ranking Tiers: PvP ranks are divided into different tiers:
    • Combatant: 1400–1599 rating.
    • Challenger: 1600–1799 rating.
    • Rival: 1800–2099 rating.
    • Duelist: 2100–2399 rating.
    • Gladiator: 2400+ rating (the top tier).
  • Rewards: Higher rankings come with exclusive rewards, such as special titles, elite gear, and mounts. We’ll explain all possible PvP rewards for each bracket in the sections below.

This system allows players to compete for better rewards while climbing the ranks in WoW’s PvP ladder every season.

WoW 3v3 Ladder (US Region)

WoW 3v3 Ladder US Region

The WoW US 3v3 PvP ladder includes players from the United States, Canada, Mexico, Oceania (Australia and New Zealand), Latin America (including countries like Brazil, Argentina, and Chile), and parts of Southeast Asia, such as Singapore and Malaysia. All these regions compete on the same US 3s PvP ladder.

icon You can check WoW 3v3 US Arena Leaderboards here:
https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/game/pvp/leaderboards/3v3

icon Under this link, you will also find always up-to-date rating requirements for the Forged Gladiator: The War Within Season 1

All of the regions mentioned compete together in the same US 3v3 PvP ladder, striving to earn seasonal rewards and titles.

WoW 3v3 rankings in The War Within show how well you perform in the 3s Arena mode, where teams of three battle against other teams. Your ranking is based on your rating, which goes up when you win and down when you lose.

icon Here’s a simple breakdown:

  • Rating: You start with a 0 rating. Winning raises it while losing lowers it.
  • Ranks: As your rating increases, you move through ranks:
    • Challenger: 1000–1799 rating
    • Rival: 1800–2099 rating
    • Duelist: 2100–2399 rating
    • Gladiator: 2400+ rating
  • Rewards: Higher ranks give titles, special gear, and mounts. The best players at the end of the season get top rewards like the Gladiator title and mount.
  • Leaderboard: The highest-ranked teams appear on leaderboards for their region.

icon It’s all about winning more matches to increase your rank, climb the WoW 3v3 ladder, and earn better rewards.

WoW 3v3 Arena Ladder (EU Region)

WoW 3v3 Ladder EU Region

World of Warcraft EU 3v3 PvP ladder includes players from across Europe, with major countries like the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, and others. It also covers regions such as Scandinavia (including Sweden, Norway, and Denmark), Eastern Europe (like Poland and Russia), and countries in the Middle East, such as Israel and Turkey.

icon You can check WoW 3v3 US Arena Leaderboards here: https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-gb/game/pvp/leaderboards/3v3

icon Under this link, you will also find always up-to-date rating requirements for the Forged Gladiator: The War Within Season 1

All the abovementioned regions compete together in the same EU 3v3 PvP ladder, trying to get seasonal rewards and titles.

icon Here’s the 3v3 Arena Rewards Table in WoW The War Within PvP Season 1:

Rating Reward
1000+ 100% Progress Bar Vicious Skyflayer Horde / Vicious Skyflayer Alliance
1000 Combatant %s
Combatant I: The War Within Season 1
Cloak Transmog
1200 Combatant II: The War Within Season 1
Legs, Bracers Transmog
1400 Challenger %s
Challenger I: The War Within Season 1
Gloves, Boots Transmog
1550 Three’s Company: 1550
1600 Challenger II: The War Within Season 1
Chest, Belt Transmog
1750 Three’s Company: 1750
1800 Rival %s
Rival I: The War Within Season 1
Head (Helmet), Shoulders Transmog
2000 Three’s Company: 2000
2100 Duelist %s
Weapon illusion
Duelist: The War Within Season 1
2200 Three’s Company: 2200
2400 Three’s Company: 2400

Elite: The War Within Season 1
Forged Gladiator’s Tabard
Weapon Transmogs

2400+50 wins Gladiator %s
Gladiator: The War Within Season 1
Forged Gladiator’s Fel Bat
1% of PvP Ladder Forged Gladiator %s
Forged Gladiator: The War Within Season 1

WoW Solo Shuffle Ladder (The War Within)

WoW Solo Shuffle Ladder

In WoW’s Solo Shuffle Arena, rankings are based on individual performance in a series of six rounds where players are shuffled into different teams after each round. Each player earns a personal rating, which increases or decreases depending on their performance in these rounds. Winning more rounds improves your rating while losing rounds decreases it.

WoW Arena Solo Shuffle offers a way for players to rank up without needing a premade team, making it a more accessible option for competitive PvP.

icon If you play in US servers, check WoW Solo Shuffle leaderboards here: https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/game/pvp/leaderboards/shuffle/deathknight/blood

icon If you play in EU servers, check WoW Solo Shuffle leaderboards here: https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-gb/game/pvp/leaderboards/shuffle/deathknight/blood

icon Under these links, you will also find always up-to-date rating requirements for the Forged Legend: The War Within Season 1. Keep in mind that in the case of the Solo Queue, each specialization has its own ladder.

icon Below is a table of all the rewards that you can gain while climbing the Solo Shuffle PvP ladder in The War Within Season 1.

Rating Solo Shuffle
1000+ 100% Progress Bar Vicious Skyflayer Horde / Vicious Skyflayer Alliance
1000 Combatant %s
Combatant I: The War Within Season 1
Cloak Transmog
1200 Combatant II: The War Within Season 1
Legs, Bracers Transmog
1400 Challenger %s
Challenger I: The War Within Season 1
Gloves, Boots Transmog
1600 Challenger II: The War Within Season 1
Chest, Belt Transmog
1800 Rival %s
Rival I: The War Within Season 1
Head (Helmet), Shoulders Transmog
2100 Duelist %s
Weapon illusion
Duelist: The War Within Season 1
2400 Elite: The War Within Season 1
Forged Gladiator’s Tabard
Weapon Transmogs
2400+50 wins Legend: The War Within Season 1
Forged Gladiator’s Prestigious Cloak
1% of PvP Ladder Forged Legend %s
Forged Legend: The War Within Season 1

WoW 2v2 Ladder (WoW TWW)

WoW 2v2 Ladder

In WoW’s 2v2 Arena, rankings are based on how well your team performs in 2s PvP matches. You and your teammate will queue against teams with 2 opponents.

As usual, when you win, your rating goes up, and when you lose, it goes down. The higher your rating, the more difficult your opponents will be. This bracket greatly depends on the current WoW PvP meta.

As your PvP ranks in 2v2 grow, you can unlock rewards like titles, mounts, and gear (check the full 2v2 rewards table in WoW TWW Season 1 below).

icon If you play in US servers, check WoW 2v2 Arena leaderboards here: https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/game/pvp/leaderboards/2v2

icon If you play in EU servers, check WoW 2v2 Arena leaderboards here: https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-gb/game/pvp/leaderboards/2v2

icon In The War Within Season 1, playing World of Warcraft 2v2 Arenas, you can get the following rewards:

Rating Reward
1000+ 100% Progress Bar Vicious Skyflayer Horde / Vicious Skyflayer Alliance
1000 Combatant %s
Combatant I: The War Within Season 1
Cloak Transmog
1200 Combatant II: The War Within Season 1
Legs, Bracers Transmog
1400 Challenger %s
Challenger I: The War Within Season 1
Gloves, Boots Transmog
1550 Just the Two of Us: 1550
1600 Challenger II: The War Within Season 1
Chest, Belt Transmog
1750 Just the Two of Us: 1750
1800 Rival %s
Rival I: The War Within Season 1
Head (Helmet), Shoulders Transmog
2000 Just the Two of Us: 2000
2100 Duelist %s
Weapon illusion
Duelist: The War Within Season 1
2200 Just the Two of Us: 2200

WoW RBG Ladder (US & EU)

WoW RBG Ladder

In WoW’s Rated Battlegrounds (RBGs), rankings are based on how your team performs in 10v10 matches. Winning increases your rating, while losing lowers it. The higher your rank is, the stronger your opponents will be. As you climb the rankings, you can earn better rewards, such as titles (there are a lot of them in rated BGs, they differ for the Horde and the Alliance), mounts, and elite gear.

icon If you play in US servers, check WoW US RBG leaderboards here: https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/game/pvp/leaderboards/battlegrounds

icon If you play in EU servers, check WoW EU RBG leaderboards here: https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-gb/game/pvp/leaderboards/battlegrounds

icon Under these links, you will also find always up-to-date rating requirements for the Hero of the Alliance: Forged / Hero of the Horde: Forged.

Rating Alliance Horde PvP Rewards
1000 Vicious Skyflayer Vicious Skyflayer Combatant %s
Combatant I: The War Within Season 1
Cloak Transmog
1100 Private Scout
1200 Corporal Grunt Combatant II: The War Within Season 1
Legs, Bracers Transmog
1300 Sergeant Sergeant
1400 Master Sergeant Senior Sergeant Challenger %s
Challenger I: The War Within Season 1
Gloves, Boots Transmog
1500 Sergeant Major First Sergeant
1600 Knight Stone Guard Challenger II: The War Within Season 1
Chest, Belt Transmog
1700 Knight-Lieutenant Blood Guard
1800 Knight-Captain Legionnaire Rival %s
Rival I: The War Within Season 1
Head (Helmet), Shoulders Transmog
1900 Knight-Champion Centurion
2000 Lieutenant Commander Champion
2100 Commander Lieutenant General Duelist %s
Weapon illusion
Duelist: The War Within Season 1
2200 Marshal General
2300 Field Marshal Warlord
2400 Grand Marshal High Warlord Elite: The War Within Season 1
Forged Gladiator’s Tabard
Weapon Transmogs
Top 0.5% of ladder Hero of the Alliance: Forged Hero of the Horde: Forged

10v10 Battleground Blitz Ladder (WoW TWW S1)

10v10 Battleground Blitz Ladder

The Battleground Blitz ranking system in World of Warcraft’s The War Within expansion brings a fresh, competitive mode to PvP.

icon If you play in US servers, check WoW US RBG leaderboards here: https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/game/pvp/leaderboards/blitz/deathknight/blood

icon If you play in EU servers, check WoW EU RBG leaderboards here: https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-gb/game/pvp/leaderboards/blitz/deathknight/blood

icon Under these links, you will also find always up-to-date rating requirements for the Forged Marshall: The War Within Season 1 / Forged Warlord: The War Within Season 1. Keep in mind that in the case of the 10v10 BG Blitz, each spec has its own ladder.

You can earn various exclusive rewards based on your performance throughout each season.

icon There are 3 main rewards in Battleground Blitz:

  • Temporary Title: Strategist, which you can earn by winning 25 matches while at Elite rank during the season. This title lasts until the next season.
  • Permanent Title: Forged Marshall for Alliance players or Forged Warlord for Horde players. This title is given to players who finish in the top 0.1% of the ladder and have won at least 50 matches.
  • Toy Reward: A Pennant, also earned by winning 25 matches while at Elite rank.

icon In addition to these seasonal rewards, there are also achievements such as Battleground Blitz Master for winning 150 matches, and Battleground Blitzer for winning a match in under 5 minutes.

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