Rules

Normal Arena is the 3v3 solo queue. You sign up alone, the game fills both teams, and there is no title or rating requirement — it is the mode to learn arena in, and the mode you play to lift a Ranked or Shuffle penalty.

Requirements

• Level 116.
• No title needed, and no entry restriction beyond the level.

Queue times

Normal Arena is open for thirteen hours every day:

How a match is decided

• A match is won by the first team to win two rounds.
• A drawn round counts for neither side — nobody is credited and the match carries on.
• Your record is kept in matches, not rounds: one win or one loss per match, whatever the score.

Leaving a match

If you leave or disconnect before the match ends you take the loss, and every round still to be played is counted against you. You also get a deserter cooldown and cannot queue until it runs out.

The cooldown grows each time: 15 minutes, then 30 minutes, then 1 hour, then 2 hours, which is the maximum. It drops back to the start after 24 hours without deserting.

Clearing a Ranked or Shuffle penalty

If Ranked or Shuffle has dropped you back to Normal, this is where you earn your way back. Every Normal Arena win counts towards the requirement, and the game tells you how many you still need when you try to queue for a locked mode. Losses do not set you back.