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# Ranked & Glory

Ranked battles, monthly seasons, and Glory, the currency you earn by battling.

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<p align="center">Climb the ranked ladder, finish the month near the top, and earn <strong>Glory</strong> along the way. Glory is a currency you can only get from ranked battling, and you spend it in the <strong>Glory Shop</strong>.</p>
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## ⚔️ Ranked battles

Type `/ranked` to open the Ranked menu and join the queue. You'll be matched against a player of a similar rank. Want to practise first? `/casual` queues you for a battle that doesn't affect your rank.

* You can queue from either server. Ranked battles take place on the **Hub**, so you'll be moved there for the match.
* Your team has to follow the rules of the current season's format. The menu shows what's allowed.
* Tera is allowed in National Dex seasons. You'll need a **Tera Orb** for it.

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## 🗓️ Seasons

A ranked season lasts **one month**. **Season 1 ends on 31 October.** After that, a new season starts on the 1st of every month.

National Dex is played every second month, with a different format in between:

| Month    | Format            |
| -------- | ----------------- |
| November | National Dex      |
| December | Anything Goes     |
| January  | National Dex      |
| February | Gen 7 OU          |
| March    | National Dex      |
| April    | Pokémon Champions |
| May      | National Dex      |
| June     | Monotype          |
| July     | National Dex      |
| August   | Ubers             |

When a season ends:

* Everyone's rank is pulled **halfway back** toward the starting rank, so the top players stay ahead but the gap closes.
* Wins, losses and streaks reset.
* Season rewards go out based on your final leaderboard position.

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## ✨ Earning Glory

| How                                               | Glory                                     |
| ------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| Win a ranked match                                | **3**                                     |
| Lose a ranked match                               | **1**                                     |
| Finish the season in the top 100                  | **100 to 4,000**, depending on your place |
| Play 10, 25, 50 or 100 ranked matches in a season | **20, 50, 100 or 200** bonus Glory        |

* Ranked and Random battles pay Glory. Casual battles don't.
* **Your Glory never resets.** It carries over from season to season.
* The match bonus pays your highest milestone only, and it arrives the next time you join after the month ends.

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⚠️ To keep it fair, these don't pay any Glory:

* forfeiting, disconnecting or dying during a match
* very short matches
* more than 3 matches against the same player in one day

There's also a daily limit on how much Glory you can earn from matches.
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## 🏅 Season rewards

The top 100 players in each format get rewards when the season ends:

| Place       | Glory |
| ----------- | ----- |
| 🥇 #1       | 4,000 |
| 🥈 #2 to #3 | 2,500 |
| 🥉 #4 to #5 | 1,500 |
| #6 to #10   | 1,000 |
| #11 to #25  | 500   |
| #26 to #50  | 250   |
| #51 to #100 | 100   |

Every place also comes with **cash and crate keys**, and the bigger rewards go to the higher places. The **#1** player in each format also gets an exclusive **Champion title**, and the #1 Singles and #1 Doubles players get **The Special Hat**, which you can't get any other way.

Random battle formats pay a little less Glory than the normal formats.

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## 🛒 The Glory Shop

Type `/gloryshop` to spend your Glory. The shop has:

| Section              | What's in it                                            |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| 🪙 **Pocket Change** | Ability Capsules and Patches, caps, Poké Balls and more |
| 🌿 **Mints**         | Every nature mint                                       |
| 🎒 **Held Items**    | Competitive held items                                  |
| 🔧 **Utility**       | Silver Caps and other training items                    |
| 🗓️ **Monthly**      | Golden Caps, Master Balls, Master Candy and more        |
| 🎩 **Hats**          | Exclusive hats                                          |
| 🗡️ **Armory**       | Pokémon-themed weapons                                  |
| 👑 **Prestige**      | **Arceus**, Shiny Cards, Alpha Cards and Mini Cards     |

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## ⌨️ Commands

| Command          | What it does                   |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------ |
| `/ranked`        | Open the Ranked menu           |
| `/casual`        | Queue for an unranked battle   |
| `/glory`         | Check your Glory balance       |
| `/glory history` | See where your Glory came from |
| `/glory top`     | The Glory leaderboard          |
| `/gloryshop`     | Open the Glory Shop            |