It’s exactly what it sounds like—a way to rate your skills, or performance, in the Division Rivals Elite Division.
With every match you play in the Elite Division, your Skill Rating will change. It will increase or decrease based on how you do in your matches.
Your Skill Rating impacts who you matchmake with in the Elite Division. It also determines your overall ranking in comparison to the other players in the Elite Division, with the very best making it to the Top 200 Leaderboard.
When you first enter the Elite Division, you’ll get a default Skill Rating of 1800, which will go up or down based on several factors listed below.
Every match you play in the Elite Division will determine any changes to your Skill Rating. Win a match and your Skill Rating will probably go up; lose a match and it will probably go down.
The amount that it changes depends on both your Skill Rating as well as your opponent’s. If you win a match with someone that has a higher Skill Rating than you, yours will go up more than if you won against someone with a similar or lower Skill Rating.
If you draw, your Skill Rating could go up, down, or not change at all. Here’s how:
Each Elite Division match has what’s called a K-Factor of 30. That’s the most your Skill Rating can go up or down from playing a single match.
The further apart two players’ Skill Ratings are, the gain/loss changes accordingly.
Want an easy way to figure it out? Check out the calculations in our spreadsheet. Input each player’s Skill Rating and K-Factor of 30, and the formula will let you know how each player’s Skill Rating may change.
Note that when you’re playing in Co-Op, your Skill Rating calculation is based on the highest Skill Rating player on the opponent’s team. Your teammates and opponents can earn/lose more Skill Rating than you, depending on their own Skill Rating.