Guide category
General WoW PvP guides: gearing, ratings, titles, cutoffs and seasonal systems.
Everything about WoW PvP that is not tied to one bracket or one spec lives here: how gearing works each season, how ratings and MMR behave, where the title cutoffs sit and how rewards are granted when a season ends.
Every guide is written against the live ladder data this site tracks, so when a guide says where a cutoff sits or how the field is gearing, you can open the table it came from and check today's numbers yourself.
How PvP gearing works in Midnight Season 2: why your item level changes inside a rated match, what Honor and Conquest buy, the trinket set bonus most players miss, and where upgrade crests are worth spending.
Every reward rated PvP hands out and the rating it sits behind: the cosmetic set from 1000 to 1800, the Honor and Conquest gear ladder, both mounts, the three kinds of title, and the rewards that are not rating locked at all.
What current rating and matchmaking rating actually do, why a win can be worth two points or forty, how Solo Shuffle scores six rounds, and why the plateau most players hit is not a hidden cap.
A practical breakdown of how rank one cutoffs are calculated in 3v3, Solo Shuffle, Battleground Blitz and rated battlegrounds: the percentage rules, the top 8 guarantee, the win requirements, and when the ladder snapshot is taken.
