by MessengerOfDreams » April 2nd, 2012, 4:01 pm
Carrying over what I said in the Duel topic here.
As an answer to the questions, yes, duels do affect your tier placement, although they're taken into account during routine big changes caused by LDCs, RVs and WITBLOs, among others. However, just beating a high tier designer doesn't automatically mean you switch spots with them, it means that you will definitely hit a few notches up the list and maybe, depending on the performance of the losing dueler. The latter is less likely to happen. In your case, Nan, if you do happen to beat Volcove, something tells me you'd go from 24 to anywhere between 18-21. Depends on the level itself. This would be unlikely to knock Volcove down unless he happened to do unintentionally subpar work.
In the case of BrawlerEX and Karyete, seeing as they were both designers of around equal talent, I'd foresee a nice debut in the bronze tier for Brawler, around the late 20s, maybe 30. This would be more determined by the results Brawler returns in the 18th LDC, the next time a tier would update. Odds are you'll make it, though.
And sorry for the misinformation, the tier was updated early March last, with minor edits in regards to the official WITBLO11 list.
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