There are several significant changes that are going to be implemented into ranked play in the near future for Heroes of the Storm. Here's a quick breakdown of what to expect:

Placement matches

In order to place you at the appropriate rank when you first begin Hero League, you are required to play a number of placement matches. This helps the system determine what rank you should start at. To accomodate this, ALL Hero and Team League ranks are going to be reset. However, the internal rating (MMR) will remain. After going through your placement matches, your results there will be combined with your MMR to assign you a new starting rank. As a fair warning, the system will be a bit conservative, to make sure you aren't placed higher than you should be.

This will also affect Rank 1. Point gains and loss will now be more consistent with what players in other ranks receive, in preparation for the upcoming Grandmaster Rank. These changes will be coming soon, though Grandmaster will not be released in the next patch.

Team League

With Hero League now accessible by parties of anywhere from 1-4 players, changes are coming for teams as well. For now, custom-named teams will cease to exist, though any gold you spent on creating teams will be refunded. With five-player parties no longer allowed to play Hero League, the current Team League system will be gone. Instead, you will simply queue for ranked play, and the system will automatically assign you to Hero League or Team League, depending on the size of your pre-made party. Named teams will likely make a return in the future, but for now, this will be the system used for all ranked play.

Seasons

Although ranks are going to be reset, we will still be in Preseason. Blizzard wants to see how these changes affect things, as well as implement Grandmaster Rank, before moving to the official Season 1.

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