- Rank Wars
- Match History
Rank Wars (ランク 戦, Ranku Sen ?) are official matches fought between agents as training and to increase their ranking. They are divided into Solo and Team Matches. In B-Rank team matches (usually what "Rank Wars" refers to in-series), they are fought between 3 or 4 Squads at a time, and the squad with the lowest ranking has the right to choose the Rank War Stage.
Rising to 1st or 2nd place in the B-Rank War standings gives a squad the right of challenge to rise to A-rank in the form of a promotion test.[1][2]
Solo Rank Wars[edit source]
Solo Rank Wars is made up of head to head battles between two agents. All agents of any rank, with exception to S-Rank, Tamakoma First and Snipers, are allowed to take part. Numbered booth can be found in the rank wars area of Headquarters, agents decide their opponents and fight them in virtual fields. Offers can be sent and received by both parties. To earn points faster you can challenge opponents with higher points than you and winning the match will result in you receiving them, vice versa, losing to lower point opponents results in you losing more points.[3] C-Rank agents can't fight in rank wars with agents ranked above them for points.[4] Beyond the allocated points given automatically upon a win, wagering a decided amount appears to be allowed. This has been shown to be able to go up to 5,000 points and can possibly be higher.[5]
Sniper[edit source]
Solo rank wars does not include Snipers. This is likely in due part due to their role specialising in stealth reconnaissance and only firing when a hit is guaranteed or when it supports their team during a fight, their role is not suited towards solo combat training. In place of this, joint sniper training is where snipers go to increase their points.
- C-rank agents are required to be in the top 15% 3 weeks consecutively to move forward to B-rank
- A AND B rank agents use this time to train and increase point totals but for a few its more seen as social, Ema and Toma have been shown to prefer gaining points through squad rank wars instead.
C-Rank[edit source]
Often used purely for training to help rank up to B-Rank when hitting the 4,000pt milestone, Solo rank wars helps less experienced agents increase their aptitude for their triggers. C-rank agents are unlikely to challenge or be challenged by those in ranked teams above them and this is likely in part to a large skill differential between agents, C-ranker's lack of triggers to utilise in a fight (Not even having a shield trigger equipped to use) as well as a lack of points to wager in the first place. Exceptions to the rule exist; Yuma challenges Midorikawa[6] while still being a trainee and is offered points ranging from 3,000 to 4,000, Declining the points and fighting for other stakes[7], Hyuse is challenged by a series of B-Rank agents and they offer to not wager points at all.
- all participants in both sessions agree to only use their attacking trigger[8], Ikoma mistakenly uses Senku and losing a round due to it.[9]
- Hyuse had technically reached B-rank due to the exceptional context of enlistment but still only had a training trigger with only Kogetsu equipped.[10]
A & B Rank[edit source]
Agents in these ranks will fight each other with less apprehension but also with less exception to ranks involved, choosing that skill is a more valuable metric to decide the opponent. Agents like Murakami, Ikoma,Yuba and Kage (prior) being top 10 attackers will fight others in that bracket who are A-Rank like Kazama, Tachikawa, Midorikawa and Yoneya.[11][12] Some agents have reputations in solo rank wars; Kazuma notes that agents like Murakami, Kazama and Ninomiya are known most by how infrequently they lose but Yuba is known for racking up many wins throughout extensive sessions of rank wars, even being said to have "gone toe to toe with Tachikawa"[11]
B-Rank Wars[edit source]
See also: Rank War Stages
According to their rank, B-rank squads are split into the three groups of Upper (1-7th place), Middle (7-14th place), and Lower (15th place and below). The squads compete for points in matches within that group.[13]
After every match, the points scored are tallied and the standing changes. Depending on that a switch can occur between the groups. B-rank no.1 and no.2 receive the right of challenge to rise to A-rank.[13]
When the season starts, bonus points are added according to the standing of the previous season. (The higher the standing, the bigger the advantage next season.)[13]
Standard Rules for the Matches[edit source]
- A match is a three-way or four-way squad battle. (1 squad is 1 operator and 1-4 combatants)
- Defeating 1 member of an enemy squad is 1 point. (Cases where you are taken down by trion leakage, the point goes to the one who did the most damage)
- The squad that survives until the end earns 2 bonus survival points. (Cases where the time runs out before the match is settled, there are no survival points)
- 1 match has a time limit of 45~60 minutes (This changes according to the size of the stage. The bigger the stage, the longer the time limit)
- In the match, the squad with the lowest standing has the right to choose the stage.
- Even in squad rank wars solo points fluctuate just like solo rank wars.
- Only when there are no members of enemy squads in a 60m radius can a voluntary bailout be made. (Exiting the stage without giving the enemy points)
- Withdrawing from the combat area of the stage is treated as the same as a voluntary bailout.
Schedule[edit source]
| Season | Break |
|---|---|
| February, March, and April | May |
| June, July, and August | September |
| October, November, and December | January |
One round of matches occur in two blocks: day and night, half of the Upper, Middle, and Lower groups fight in the day block and the other half fight in the night block. Each round takes place on a Wednesday or Saturday, and after three rounds there is a break of a week before the next round.
The most recent B-Rank war season's schedule was:[16]
| Date | Round |
|---|---|
| February 1 (Sat) | Round 1 |
| February 5 (Wed) | Round 2 |
| February 8 (Sat) | Round 3 |
| February 12 (Wed) | Break |
| February 15 (Sat) | Round 4 |
| February 19 (Wed) | Round 5 |
| February 22 (Sat) | Round 6 |
| February 26 (Wed) | Break |
| March 1 (Sat) | Round 7 |
| March 5 (Wed) | Round 8 |
A-Rank Wars[edit source]
Little is known about A-Rank wars, but they were confirmed in Chapter 236. It is known that they do determine A-Rank squad rankings.
References[edit source]
- ↑ World Trigger Manga — Chapter 86 (p. 8)
- ↑ World Trigger Manga and Anime — Vol. 17 Chapter 149 (p. 13) and Episode 82.
- ↑ World Trigger Manga — Vol. 5 Chapter 38 (p. 72).
- ↑ World Trigger Manga — Vol. 5 Chapter 39 (p. 99).
- ↑ World Trigger Manga — Vol. 5 Chapter 39 (p. 106).
- ↑ World Trigger Manga — Vol. 5 Chapter 39 (p. 104).
- ↑ World Trigger Manga — Vol. 5 Chapter 39 (p. 106-107).
- ↑ World Trigger Manga — Vol. 18 Chapter 159 (p. 160-161).
- ↑ World Trigger Manga — Vol. 18 Chapter 160 (p. 174).
- ↑ World Trigger Manga — Vol. 18 Chapter 160 (p. 174).
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 World Trigger Manga — Vol. 21 Chapter 180 (p. 36).
- ↑ World Trigger Manga — Vol. 19 Chapter 168 (p. 154).
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 World Trigger Manga — Vol. 12 (p. Extras)
- ↑ World Trigger Manga and Anime — Vol. 18 Chapter 153 (p. 3) and Episode 83.
- ↑ World Trigger Manga and Anime — Vol. 10 Chapter 86 (p. 4) and Episode 38.
- ↑ World Trigger Manga and Anime — Vol. 12 Chapter 104 (p. 1) and Episode 64.
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