Monitor 2 has a few modes to participate in, and the best of them to test your skills is Competitivethat pits you against other players and ranks you based on your performance, earning you more Competitive points the better you do.
Whether you are curious about how to unlock competitive playhow to rank up or get the “Complete Competitive Play challenge” message, we have explained everything you need to know about Competitive in Overwatch 2 below.
For more help in Overwatch 2, be sure to check out our tier list, battle pass, and how to unlock all hero pages!
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Overwatch 2 ‘Complete Competitive Play challenge’ explained
When trying to join a friend’s party, or maybe even from your own menu, you might get a message asking you to “complete the competitive play challenge” first. If you were an original Overwatch player and successfully merged your account, this shouldn’t be happening, and it’s most likely one of the many bugs and issues still ongoing since the game launch issues .
Unfortunately, if you’re an original Overwatch player, you’ll either have to wait for a patch to play competitively or follow the same steps as a new player to complete this challenge.
So what is the challenge of competitive gaming? If you’re a new Overwatch 2 player, this is a task you need to complete to unlock the competitive game and its ranking system, which we’ve detailed how to do below…
How to Unlock Competitive Play in Overwatch 2
You should have access to Overwatch 2’s competitive play mode as an original Overwatch player who has successfully merged their account, but as we mentioned above, along with the long queues due to multiple DDoS attacks, the suite suffers from numerous bugs and issues at launch.
If this happens to you or if you are new to Overwatch 2, you should win 50 matches in quickplay to unlock competitive play. You can check your progress in the Challenges menu, under the “Competitive” tab.
Since there were so many issues at launch, we highly recommend only playing unranked quick matches if you’re working to unlock Competitive, as there have been reports of players skirmishing, training, or deathmatching while matchmaking reset challenges.
Getting 50 kills is a tough challenge, but we’ve got a tier list to help you decide which hero is right for you as you progress to ranked gameplay.
Overwatch 2 Competitive Ranking and Skill Levels Explained
There are eight ranked skill levels in Overwatch 2:
- Bronze
- Silver
- Gold
- Platinum
- diamond
- Master
- Grand Master
- Top 500 (from your region)
Each skill level has five divisions within it, Division 5 being the lowest and Division 1 being the highest. This does not apply to the Top 500, as it has its own ranking system.
Of Bronze to Diamond level, you can play with friends who are two skill levels away from you in Competitive. So a Gold rated player can play with a Diamond friend, or a Bronze rated player can play with a Gold friend – although we wouldn’t really recommend this unless you’re confident in your team’s abilities.
As for main level players, they can only play with those one level away from them, and even then, only with the top three Grandmaster Divisions.
Those in the Grand Master Level can only queue with people in 3 divisions, which is why they can play with friends in the high end of the Master Tier. Also keep in mind that those in Grandmaster can only queue solo or with a maximum of two people.
According to Blizzard Top 500 has no divisions and remains largely the same as in the first Overwatch, separated by a pool of entries. You still need to complete 25 games for each role in the role queue or 50 games in the open queue. The combined Role Queue rank requires you to complete at least 25 matches. The top 500 leaderboards unlock two weeks after the start of each new season, and cross-platform players can view the leaderboards separated by entry pool.
Which brings us to another important thing to keep in mind: your Competitive rank is different for each role. So your tank could be Platinum, Damage Gold, and Support Silver all at the same time.
So how is your rank for each role calculated in Overwatch 2? We have a full explainer below!
How to rank up in Overwatch 2
The biggest difference from the original Overwatch ranking system is the time it takes to adjust your level or division. It used to be every game, but in Overwatch 2 competitive play, your rank is recalculated every seven wins or every 20 losses or ties with each role – whichever milestone you reach first.
For example, if you won six matches, but then lost the next 19, your next match will determine whether you rank up or down. Remember that each role has a separate calculation, so getting six kills as a tank doesn’t mean you move up a division if you were to get your next win as a support. This win would instead count towards your support wins. The same goes for losses.
These Victory and Loss Milestones are then reset when you gain or lose a Tier or Division Rank.
It’s also worth keeping in mind that the number of kills or wins you get before reaching the milestone of seven wins or twenty losses will affect your ranking calculation. Seven wins and no losses, for example, might get you a few divisions up, while 20 losses with no wins might drop you a few divisions instead. So even if it doesn’t seem like it at first, each match you play in Competitive affects how long it takes to level up.
How to Get Competitive Points in Overwatch 2
There are two ways to get Competitive Points in Overwatch 2:
- Win or Draw in Competitive Play
- Complete a Season ranked at least Bronze
Where you end a season determines how many Competitive Points you are rewarded at the end of it. So finishing at the Platinum level, for example, would earn you 500 Competitive Points.
Previously, these points could be used to get golden weapons for your choice of heroes, and this carries over into Overwatch 2, taking 3,000 Competitive Points to unlock each golden weapon.
You also get competitive points for winning or drawing a competitive game. That’s 15 points per win and five per draw..
Here’s exactly how many Competitive Points you get for finishing in each ranked skill tier at the end of each season:
| Competence level | Earned Competitive Points | Other rewards |
|---|---|---|
| Bronze | 65 dots | None |
| Silver | 125 dots | None |
| Gold | 250 dots | None |
| Platinum | 500 points | None |
| diamond | 750 stitches | A title |
| Master | 1,200 stitches | A title |
| Grand Master | 1,750 points | A title |
| Top 500 | 1,750 points | A title |
All the best climb those competitive ranks in Overwatch 2!
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