Hero pool lockouts above 3500 during placements?

[BladeOfBlue-1467]

Sorry if this has been answered before

When we do placements, there’s many matches at the start of the season where the teams have the team SR hidden because some or all of the players are placing still. In this case, are the hero lockouts not active? Or does it just calculate the SR in the background anyway and apply the hero pool lockout?

[Sly-13591]

Hope this clears things up for you.

@ScottMercer

A few people have asked about “What constitutes a Masters or Grandmasters” match, so let me answer that for you all. When Hero Pools come back, they will be active in your match if the average SR amongst all the players is greater or equal to 3500 SR. So if you’re at 3495 SR, you could be in a match with hero pools if other players in the match have higher SRs and raise the average above 3500. If you have a SR of 3510, you could end up in a match with an average SR below 3500 and not have hero pools. One other thing to note is that you can still end up in an “Master and Grandmaster” match even if you or other players are in placements.

[BladeOfBlue-1467]

It does not, thank you though

[NotJoey-11915]

I would assume it’s the latter OR it would lockout/apply hero pools based on the overall SR of the players on a match by match basis.

If you’re floating around 3500 and you get into a placement match below that SR you won’t have hero pools. But if it’s above it would apply to you.

[Sly-13591]

Then to be more clear, yes, hero pools are still active during placements if the match is at the Masters MMR or higher.

[BladeOfBlue-1467]

Thanks

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