#deadlock Valve has quietly rolled out a major overhaul of the ranking system. Everything works differently now:
• Top-tier stats (MVPs, top damage, objective scores, and team commendations) significantly accelerate your rank-up speed.
• Win streaks now carry much more weight.
• Lobby balancing now accurately reflects your current rank.
• Match history (including the "difficulty" of past games) is aggregated to provide an additional boost to your rank.
• Player commendations now have a substantial impact on ranking speed; the more you are praised, the faster you climb.
• Rank adjustments now occur approximately 6 times faster than before.