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CS:GO - Rank Guide (How to Rank Up)
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Our guide to CS:GO ranks and ranks contains everything you need to know about ranking in a competitive playlist and details all the factors that will affect your ranking.
If you've spent hundreds of hours in a CS:GO competition trying to climb up, chances are you'll realize how hard it is to climb stairs. There is something to think about even if you are an experienced FPS veteran. Below we've put together a number of factors that will help you progress through the ranks, as well as a few tips and tricks to help you on your way to the next skill group.
Do you think we missed something? If you're a high ranked player or someone who's recently found a way to move up a few tiers, we'd love to hear how you did it. Just let us know in the comments below and we can just feature it in this article!
CS:GO ranking system
- Silver I - Silver I;
- Silver ii — Silver II;
- SilverIII — Silver III;
- Silver iv - Silver IV;
- Silver elite — Silver-Elite;
- Silver elite master - Silver Grand Master;
- Gold nova i - Golden Star - I;
- Gold nova ii - Gold Star - II;
- Gold nova iii - Gold Star - III;
- Gold nova master - Gold Star - Master;
- Master guardian i - Master Guardian - I ("Kalash");
- Master guardian ii - Master Guardian - II ("Kalash with wreaths");
- Master guardian elite - Master Guardian - Elite ("Two Kalash");
- Distinguished Master Guardian — Honored Master Guardian (“Big Star”);
- Legendary eagle — Legendary golden eagle;
- Legendary Eagle Master — Legendary Berkut — Master (“Berkut with wreaths”);
- Supreme Master First Class — Grand Master of the Highest Rank (“Supreme”);
- The global elite — World Elite (“Global”).
To get your first competitive rank in CS:GO, you will need to earn enough experience from random matches to reach private rank 2. Once you reach this milestone, you will have access to ranked or calibration.
To go to Calibration, you will have to win ten games before you get your rank. There is a limit on the number of games you can win each day, with the limit set to only two wins. It's a little annoying, but these restrictions will be lifted once you get your rank.
While it's true that your rating doesn't necessarily reflect how good or bad you are at CS:GO, it does help reflect your overall experience in the game. See the ranking system as less indicative of skill and more related to experience. Being placed in silver after your games does not make you a bad player, it may mean that you need a little more time with the game to understand its intricacies.
If you've been in the silver ranks for more than twenty games, it's worth taking your mind off the game and actively seeking to improve through other means. Master Guardian 1 is where most players will figure out how to play CS:GO, but they might get frustrated with their goal and team strategy.
By the time players reach the legendary Berkut, they will almost certainly be playing in a group with members they know and trust to carry out specific game plans. Global Elite is the highest rank you can reach in CS:GO and as you would expect it is a collection of the best players in the whole game
Valve has confirmed in the past that CS:GO is basing its matchmaking on the Glicko-2 ranking system, using additional factors and modifications to adapt to 5v5 scenarios. You have probably heard others refer to "Elo" in CS:GO which is commonly used in chess. To cut a very long story short: you need to win consecutive games to guarantee a rank increase. Finishing games with the highest score on your team is great, but if you don't win the game as a team then your rank will never progress.
On average, we have found that if you can maintain a win streak at least four or five times in a row, you are on your way to rank up, although this is not always the case as there are other factors to consider. You can technically be "boosted" by your team, which means that while you may have very little influence in the game, the other four members will work to win each round to secure the game. This method does work, but you can rank faster by winning MVP awards and keeping your kill/death (K/D) ratio above 1.0.
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