Grandmaster — Rank 8
Grandmaster is the sapphire step. The floor is 1,700, still one hundred points wide, with Sovereign waiting at 1,800.
This page explains the written ladder. It does not apply a match, and it does not change a stored rating.
The band
Grandmaster is rank 8. The crystal label on the emblem is GRANDMASTER. A stored rating from 1,700 through 1,799 wears this rank.
The band runs from 1,700 through 1,799. Nothing on this page spends a match to cross it.
Rank code
Hold. The account wears Grandmaster while its stored Rating Points sit inside this band. The rank is read from the number. It is not chosen from a menu.
Gate. The next rank opens at 1,800 Rating Points.
Record. A rank changes only when a recorded result changes Rating Points. Opening this page does not record a result.
Emblem. The picture identifies the rank. A purchase, a skin preview, or a cosmetic does not move the floor.
What the emblem is for
The material study for this mark is: Sapphire Blue hyper-glowing lightning crystal core. That line describes the artwork. It is not a statistic and it is not a requirement.
The win-rate figure shown beside this emblem on the ranks board is a sample chip. It does not have to be reached before the rank can be worn.