Overwatch 2’s newest mode is its most ambitious yet, with a third-person perspective, upgradeable heroes with new skills, and a unique ranking system.
Stadium begins inOW2’sseason 16 on April 22, and it will evolve with new additions and changes to keep things fresh in a mode that feels like a hybrid that takes interesting and fun aspects from games likeOverwatch, VALORANT, and MOBAs.
Get ready to hear the crowd roar in Stadium, and read below to find out all about the ranks you can achieve and the rewards you can earn.
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Overwatch 2 Stadium Leagues: Ranks and rewards
OW2Stadium mode is its own new entity within the game, offering a different experience via new maps, a best-of-seven format,Items and Powers to upgrade your heroesmid-match, and it’s all played in third-person perspective.
Overwatch 2 Stadium Leagues ranks
In Stadium, there are seven leagues (five skill divisions within each) to climb through:
Ranking up in Stadium is different than normalOW2Competitive Play. Points are earned through winning games to help you climb through different skill tiers and divisions, and losing games will deduct points in the higher leagues.
To start out, losing games in Rookie and Novice will not cost you any points. Once you reach Contender and higher, though, you will lose rank points and can drop back to Novice if you lose too much. At Contender and Elite, you will lose “a small amount of points” per loss, but at Pro and higher, “all wins and losses are worth close to the same amount” of rank points.
Blizzard says that, “due to the evolving nature of Stadium—with new heroes, maps, modes, and abilities changing the meta every season—your rank will reset” each season. But with each new season, you will be granted rewards of the highest League tier reached in the previous one.
Overwatch 2 Stadium rewards
Stadium has several exclusive rewards to earn, including:
Exclusive Epic skins are one-time lifetime rewards, with one skin rewarded per role for reaching certain Leagues. For the first season of Stadium, this includes the Moira skin for the Support role, Orisa for the Tank role, and Genji for the Damage role. Each individual role has its own rank.
Reaching All-Star rank will also reward the exclusive Legendary All Star skin for Juno, which can be seen at the top of the page. Stadium additionally rewards Competitive Points to spend on weapon skins like Gold, Jade, and Galactic. Each win in Stadium grants 10 Competitive Points.
The first season of Stadium will also have an event called Stadium: Initiation, with its own set of rewards. Challenges offer items such as Name Cards, Player Icons, a Legendary Loot Box, battle pass XP bonuses, and the exclusive Rookie Soldier: 76 skin.
