Ranked Leagues
Clash Royale's competitive ladder above the Trophy Road — the seven Ranked Mode leagues from Master I up to Ultimate Champion.
Once you finish the Trophy Road, competitive play moves to Ranked Mode (formerly Path of Legends). Everyone starts each season on a level playing field — cards are normalized — and climbs a step ladder through seven leagues. At the very top, Ultimate Champion, a rating score decides your place on the global leaderboard.
Ranked leagues, in climb order
Master I
League 1Entry league — stepsThe starting league of Ranked Mode. Every player who qualifies begins each season here after the reset.
Ranked resets to Master I on the first Monday of each month. To play Ranked you need 15,000 trophies earned in the current season, or a Master Ticket from finishing the previous season in Champion league or above. Your step-gain multiplier for the new season is scaled by where you finished the last one.
Master II
League 2Second league — stepsThe middle Master league, between Master I and Master III.
Contains protective Golden Steps like the other Master leagues.
Master III
League 3Third league — stepsThe highest of the three Master leagues, just below Champion.
Within the Master leagues, several checkpoint Golden Steps protect progress: landing on one means a loss won't push you back off it.
Champion
League 4Fourth league — stepsThe first of the Champion leagues, entered after clearing Master III. A milestone tier: finishing a season in Champion (or higher) earns the Master Ticket for easier entry next season.
Reaching Champion league in a season grants the Master Ticket, letting you re-enter Ranked the following month without re-grinding 15,000 season trophies. Only the bottom step of Champion (and each higher league) is a Golden Step.
Grand Champion
League 5Fifth league — stepsA high Champion-tier league between Champion and Royal Champion.
Protected by a league-floor Golden Step at its lowest point.
Royal Champion
League 6Sixth league — stepsThe second-highest league, one tier below Ultimate Champion. Reached by clearing Grand Champion.
From Champion league upward, Golden Steps only exist at the very bottom of each league, so a losing streak can push you around within a league but never drop you below its floor.
Ultimate Champion
League 7Top league — rating-basedThe pinnacle of Ranked Mode. Reaching Ultimate Champion is the ceiling of the step ladder; from here on progress is measured by a rating score rather than steps.
Note · From Ultimate Champion onward, every battle only moves your rating (no more steps). That rating sorts the global player ranking: the top players receive a global rank shown on their profile, and the very top are listed on the Global Leaderboard / Hall of Fame. Widely cited as roughly the top ~0.5% of active players, though Supercell does not publish an exact cutoff.
Ranked Leagues FAQ
What are the leagues in Clash Royale Ranked Mode?
Ranked Mode (formerly Path of Legends) has seven leagues: Master I, Master II, Master III, Champion, Grand Champion, Royal Champion and Ultimate Champion. You climb them with a step-based system rather than trophies, and the very top players are ranked by a rating score on the global leaderboard.
How do you rank up in Ranked Mode?
Each win earns a step toward the next league and each loss costs one, with league 'floors' (Golden Steps) that stop you dropping back down once reached. Reaching Ultimate Champion switches you from steps to a rating score that sorts the global ranking.
When does Ranked reset?
Ranked resets at the start of each season (the first Monday of the month). You re-enter through the season's placement, and rewards are handed out based on the league you finished in.
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League names and structure reflect the mid-2025 Ranked rework (verified mid-2026) from Supercell's support portal and the Clash Royale community. Ranked uses undocumented internal "steps" rather than trophies, so step counts are described qualitatively; anything unverified is flagged.