Apex Legends Adds Ranked Legend Bans In November And New Tiers In Early 2027
The ban vote and the Emerald tier both target specific friction points Respawn named, a narrow Legend pick pool and a hard climb into Diamond, so the ranked ladder is being reshaped around its two most visible bottlenecks.
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Respawn Entertainment outlined ranked changes across two seasons on October 21. Season 31, starting in November, adds a Legend BAN system at Diamond rank and above, where votes set the odds and two Legends are drawn to be unusable in that match. Season 32, in early 2027, adds Iron in place of Rookie, Emerald between Platinum and Diamond, and Grandmaster, with the top 750 Grandmaster finishers earning the Predator badge.
Respawn is also adjusting how the ladder is structured, not only where its tiers sit. Ranked will split into an Open League up to Emerald and a Pro-Am League for Diamond and above, with kills weighted more heavily in Open League scoring and placement weighted more heavily in Pro-Am. Rewards for the mode are set to be revamped as well.
Season 31 also brings changes to entry costs in matches with large skill gaps and a relaxation of ranked participation requirements. In the ban system, each player picks one Legend to ban before a match, and two Legends are drawn by probability from the votes, so the most-voted pick is not guaranteed to be removed.
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