So after taking a small sample of the Elo ratings of various people in S12 build, I plotted them to see the approximate pattern of Elo. Gberry posted something similar in another thread, but for those curious:



Now, GBerry gave us approximate #'s for what percent of players should end up in each tier at the end of a season. The Elo from last season won't perfectly line up with the rating from next season, but theoretically, someone who is better than 90% of people in S12 will still be better than 90% of people in S13, so we should be able to compare the numbers somewhat.

Here's the estimates for the Build UHC ladder:

Masters: 99.99995th percentile | 2850+
Diamond: 99th percentile | 2000-2850
Emerald: 95th percentile | 1750-2000
Gold: 81st percentile | 1470-1750
Silver: 39th percentile | 1375-1470
Bronze: 0th percentile | 1375-

It's quite a bit lower than expected, but it makes sense because there aren't all that many 2k+ players, so the diamond rank has to be pretty spread out. Masters will be incredibly hard to get, even Danteh this season might still be a little bit lower than the cutoff.

If your ranking in the beta didn't match these, remember, there were a lot better players playing in the beta than usual, and build was often full of 2k+ players, so your ratings will be a lot worse than they would be in an actual season. Also, playing more should probably still reward you somewhat; grinding is less important, but will still help you, so playing just 20 matches might not be enough to show your true skill.