Champs rating decreased when ranked

So, I ranked my 6* Corvus to r3 and his rating dropped from 10,400 to 10,200. I'm told this is normal. But is it really? Your champs decrease when you rank them up? Does it make up for it when you level them up? It's really bothering me lol

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GroundedWisdom

Yes it balances out when you Rank them. It's to balance the final product.

Furrymoosen

Yes, it is normal. The champions interaction with masteries based on their level plays a role. I also believe I saw Kabam Miike (not a direct quote) say that it is also helpful to incentivize players to level up their champions and not just rank them and leave them there. It also helps to not over inflate PI values once the champ is leveled. If it bothers you that much, just level the champ and it won’t be a problem.

I’ll bring a weird and possibly dumb and useless analogy to the table. Think of a drivers license. When you’re learning to drive there’s always another person in the car to help you. An extra pair of eyes to watch the road and some experience to impart wisdom. Once you receive your license you are likely to become a weaker driver at first because you now rely solely on your skills and senses alone without that other person in the car. So you’ve been promoted to a new rank, but you’re restarting at a lower level until you gain experience (level up) to improve on your skills and abilities. Do champs need to learn? No. But a rank in and of itself doesn’t inherently make a champ stronger on their own, otherwise there would be no need to level up.

Drbonez_89

Thank you Furry, that makes sense.

DNA3000

So, I ranked my 6* Corvus to r3 and his rating dropped from 10,400 to 10,200. I'm told this is normal. But is it really? Your champs decrease when you rank them up? Does it make up for it when you level them up? It's really bothering me lol

The short answer is that when you rank up a champion, you increase the rank by one but also decrease your level back down to one. The combination of the two effects can sometimes lower the overall champion rating.

It is always true that a rank 2 level 1 has higher rating than a rank 1 level 1. It is also always true that a rank 2 max level (level 35) champ has a higher rating than a rank 1 max level (level 25). But when you go from rank 1 level 25 to rank 2 level 1, your champion rating can drop because you are in effect gaining one rank but losing 24 levels.

Rank 2 level 1 is not glued to the end of rank 1 level 25. It is not like there are 60 levels in a row, and the first 25 are rank 1 and the second 35 are rank 2. Ranks are like rungs on a ladder, and levels are like someone reaching up while standing on that rung. A short person on the second rung might not reach as high as a tall person on the first rung.

TyEdge

Your champs decrease when you rank them up? Does it make up for it when you level them up? It's really bothering me lol

You’ve fallen into a classic trap. Corvus will continue to get worse until he’s on par with a level 1 6-star.