What are the new MMR brackets for SC2? How much MMR is required to reach each division?
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I believe the MMR cutoffs change too frequently to give a meaningful answer here. However the current leagues for Legacy of the Void according to Liquipedia are:
Grandmaster: Top 200 players by region (1000 players total)
Master: Top 4% of players by region
Diamond: Next 23%
Platinum: Next 23%
Gold: Next 23%
Silver: Next 23%
Bronze: Bottom 4%
Each league is split into 3 tiers, with tier 1 requiring the highest MMR.
These numbers are approximate. Liquipedia cites www.rankedftw.com which you can check for more accurate numbers. (Interestingly, at the time of posting, Korea still uses the original distribution: Plat, Gold, Silver and Bronze each holding 20% and the upper 3 leagues holding the top 20% between them.)
Divisions, on the other hand, are mostly arbitrary:
There are numerous divisions within each League, with each division being composed of up to 100 players. The name of each division is made up of a word from Starcraft terminology, and a letter from the ICAO phonetic alphabet, such as Gold League/ Division Zeratul Juliet. The process of matchmaking is based solely on MMR and not on a player's division or league. This means players will often face opponents from other divisions, and may face opponents from different leagues.
During the install, the Adjutant describes the events of the first game in an overview fashion to get you caught up. In addition, they do a good job of giving you key information from the first game throughout whenever they reference events from it.
Starcraft II does have its own plot that is not entirely dependent on the first game, so they went to lengths to ensure that you need not have played the first one to fully enjoy the second one.
Divisions are just a segment of a League, they don't really mean anything at all. You will play with people from many different divisions while you are playing.
When you qualify for a league, you are randomly placed into whatever division is currently being filled.
All the divisions do is break the people up into groups of around 100, and give you a rank to strive for. You shouldn't ever change division until you change league. And your league will change as you do well or poorly in your current league.
They poll your skill randomly and decide weather or not to bump you one way or the other.
You can on occasion have matches against people from other leagues, to test your skill level.
Best Answer
I believe the MMR cutoffs change too frequently to give a meaningful answer here. However the current leagues for Legacy of the Void according to Liquipedia are:
Each league is split into 3 tiers, with tier 1 requiring the highest MMR.
These numbers are approximate. Liquipedia cites www.rankedftw.com which you can check for more accurate numbers. (Interestingly, at the time of posting, Korea still uses the original distribution: Plat, Gold, Silver and Bronze each holding 20% and the upper 3 leagues holding the top 20% between them.)
Divisions, on the other hand, are mostly arbitrary: