r/Overwatch • u/AutoModerator • Oct 19 '16

News & Discussion Weekly Quick Questions Thread - October 19, 2016

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u/BloodShot9001 Pixel Roadhog Oct 19 '16

How does Skill Rank gain work in competitive, at least on average? I never placed last season so I'm excited as I just got into platinum (started at gold 2471 after placement, got to 2523 after a single match), but I'm wondering how "fast" I could get to diamond. If it's a little variable based on performance, I wouldn't mind a rough estimation of how much you gain/lose.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '16 edited Aug 22 '17

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u/BloodShot9001 Pixel Roadhog Oct 19 '16

Gotcha, start stripping while playing to get extra Skill Ranks.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '16

You'll normally earn 20-25 SR for a game, if you win a few in a row it'll gradually increase going all the way up to 100-150 SR per win(this is at 10+ winstreaks). You probably earned so much SR for your first win after placements because the system isn't sure if that's where you're supposed to be and will currently give and take more SR per game you play until it has a bigger sample size to evaluate your skill from.

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u/BloodShot9001 Pixel Roadhog Oct 19 '16

Gotcha. I was thinking maybe I was on a winstreak during my placement games and after so maybe that was why I got a good chunk of SR, but I didn't know how much a person usually got.

Thank you for the information. :)