Most Competetive Battlegroup? #2 - Bloodlust barely leads

Bloodlust Battlegroup took the #1 spot last week to every ones expectations, but will they be able to hold #1 this week? TeamPandemic falling almost out of the Top 10 with poor play this week could hurt Bloodlust by next week unless they turn it around. Nightfall held strong at #2 last week but rumors have it they could be losing their #1 team to Bloodlust which will completely nuke them to the bottom of these rankings. Keep reading to find out more!

Information taken from Top 10 Teams only on each battle group.

Average Rating Per Top10 Teams: To determine the battlegroup rating I simply calculated the top 10 team's rating from each battle group's and added that together with the amount of matches those teams played to get their 'Battlegroup Rating'

Rank - Battlegroup - AverageRating - GP - Battlegroup Rating - Gain
1) BLOODLUST - 2267.1 - 2159 - 4426.1 (+529.8)
2) RAMPAGE - 2222.8 - 2178 - 4400.8 (+645.7)
3) VENGEANCE - 2218.1 - 2179 - 4397.1 (+634.6)
4) VINDICATION - 2208.8 - 2106 - 4314.8 (+605.2)
5) NIGHTFALL - 2181.1 - 2034 - 4215.1 (+391.8)
6) SHADOWBURN - 2175.4 - 1998 - 4173.4 (+588)
7) STORMSTRIKE - 2214 - 1773 - 3987 (+512.3)
8) CYCLONE - 2199.4 - 1779 - 3978.4 (+334.6)
9) WHIRLWIND - 2130.9 - 1665 - 3795.9 (+452.7)
10) RECKONING - 2204.1 - 1568 - 3772.1 (+103.1)
11) RUIN - 2192 - 1425 - 3617 (-103.7)
12) EMBERSTORM - 2006.7 - 1471 - 3477.7 (+460.2)
13) RETALIATION - 2042.2 - 1416 - 3458.2 (N/A)


Overview: Bloodlust barely holds the lead while their poster team TeamPandemic is falling quickly down the Top 10 ranks, from 2nd to 7th. Last week Bloodlust led by 73 Rating, this week it has been dwindled down to 26. Closely snipping at Bloodlust's heels is Rampage and Vengeance who were ranked 4th and 3rd last week. Rampage's burst up the ladder came from some unexpected play from TeamEG who was ranked outside the Top 50 in the US now shot up to 10th with 2300 rating, as well as great play from the Cho'Gall server. Vengeance who had just an impressive week is being fueled by We lose cuz Daorok sux, who has shot up 400 rating since the last rankings were released, their server Korgath also holds the majority of the top spots helping bring BG rating up. Trounce the #1 team in the US for the past two weeks has helped bring their Battleground Stormstrike up to 7th from 10th, moving it out of the bottom tier to a mid tier Battleground now. Last weeks #2 ranked Battleground Nightfall has dropped all the way down to 5th, and with rumors that their #1 team CAPSLOCKCREW will be transferring they will most likely keep going down. Almost every server had a good week gaining this week except for Ruin the only Battleground to drop rating.

Be sure to check back next week to see if Bloodlust can maintain its narrow lead, and if Vengeance and Ramage will duel it out for the #1 Ranked Battlegroup.

Most Competitive Battlegroup?

There is a lot of debate over which battle group is the most competitive, most of it leans towards Bloodlust which features arguably the #1 Arena team in World of Warcraft at the moment Team Pandemic, here we will take a statistical break down of each battle group to see which one truly is the most competitive. What is a competitive battle group you might ask your self? To me its a combination of the top teams rating, as well as how many matches they've played which means they play a lot and versus each other. A High rating battle group with little games played means they farmed lesser ranked teams to get there, and vice verse.

Information taken from Top 10 Teams only on each battle group.

Average Rating Per Top10 Teams: To determine the battle group rating, I simply calculated the top 10 team from each battle group's rating, and added that together with the amount of matches those teams played to get their 'Battlegroup Rating'

Rank - Battlegroup - AverageRating - GP - Battlegroup Rating
1) BLOODLUST 2207.3 1689 3896.3
2) NIGHTFALL 2142.3 1681 3823.3
3) VENGEANCE 2140.5 1622 3762.5
4) RAMPAGE 2154.1 1601 3755.1
5) RUIN 2146.7 1574 3720.7
6) VINDICATION 2136.6 1573 3709.6
7) RECKONING 2157 1512 3669
8) CYCLONE 2145.8 1498 3643.8
9) SHADOWBURN 2124.4 1461 3585.4
10) STORMSTRIKE 2148.7 1326 3474.7
11) WHIRLWIND 2083.2 1260 3343.2
12) EMBERSTORM 1951.5 1066 3017.5
13) RETALIATION N/A N/A N/A

Overview: While its no surprise that bloodlust ended up in the #1, spot, it is surprising by how little they made it over the other few battle groups. Right now it looks like the Top 4 battle groups are highly competitive, where as 5th-9th are moderately, and unfortunately 10-13 are not as competitive seeing as their Battlegrounds have played 1200 average matches versus the top battlegroup's 1600+. From personal stand point, I have encountered many teams from Vengeance battle group that have left their server's to pursue "more competitive" battle groups, as I am sure is the case for many servers, looking at this ranking sheet makes me chuckle. As there is no way to truly rank one battle group to another or teams from cross battle group, these rankings show you what teams are playing and how much, which in essence is the heart of "competitiveness".