rift rating

A big reward from playing rifts are those much useful rift coins. And since the coins we gain from each battle scales with our win streak, longer streaks mean more coins! But, keeping a streak gets harder and harder the higher our rift rating is... So players have developed the strategy of...

Hey, look who's back!? That's right. Why was I gone? Well, I fell out of Diamond. Matchup mechanics changed, and much of my velocity was based on my team strength. I could not stay aloft, and so I fell to Gold 2. Can't really write a column about getting to Diamond if I can't get there myself...

The 3.2 matchmaking changes are here, and at level 61 Silver 2, they've been fairly positive for me. Not perfect, but I can almost always clear my opponent's map. You know, unless they have Futile Resistance and Darknut on the armor node. However, while matchmaking now includes collection...

Its time for a special edition of GtD. The Grind: or, how I go through my Rift week. This is just a look at how I prepare for and work through a Rift battle from beginning to end. If I have time, I will give you a play-by-play review of the entire battle. I fought twice on Monday, and I present...

I love the balance of Rift Match pairing now. Win or Lose, but to fight with opponent who have near or close collection makes me try hard and do my best in performing the Rift. Satisfaction bonus if I win at the end. The only issue I have is if you have higher rating and you're paired with...

Let's continue with our focus on Defense. We have two main defensive strategies to delve into, and before we break them down there is one important caveat that must be made clear: Health or Time. Pick *one* per node. Let me illustrate this point with my own Rift map. The first duo node to the...

Defense is a tricky thing in Rifts. Part of the problem stems for the fact that you do not (and cannot) receive feedback on the relative merits of one configuration versus another. There is no algorithm that returns a single numeric representation of your defensive velocity that updates as you...

This is a long post: maybe grab a refreshing beverage because we might be here for a while, OK? Got one? Good. I want to get back to the idea of *energy* as the theoretical measure of your Rift team capability at any moment. It's not a real number, but it is related to your real Rift score as...

You need ten fighters to beat a Rift map. Ten. Ten solid, capable carries with a developed moveset and a killer finishing combo. Ten fighters that you are comfortable driving against all manner of opponents. Ten. Let's get some obvious things out of the way here. We are talking about Diamond...

So, here we are. Take a quick look at your Rift score. Take a look at your level. Now, forget them. They don't matter. One of the first mistakes we make as players is to put too much emphasis on numbers. Your level is simply a pedometer counting the steps of your journey from when you first...

There's gold in the Rift - a veritable mountain of the stuff. Silver, too. But, that's not what draws people here. No. People want diamonds. And so they set out, with a bounce in their step and a song in their hearts, on this quest for getting Diamonds from the Rift. I am Brother Null, and I...

It would be great if there was a rift rank chart so we can know when we are going to hit the next rift tier.

Yesterday (01/10/2019) I won a rift battle, and my rift rating went to something between 1390-1397. Today I noticed it is 1377 and I didn't play any battles. I would like to have a print to show my number of battles and streak to compare, but I couldn't imagine that my rating would drop for no...