Arrr, highest gradeS+
Shown after a completed clash
What does S+ mean fer th' champion ye played?
Th' letter be a clash-specific champion grade. It belongs beside th' champion ye used in that battle, nay in a list ranking every champion.
Two uses o' th' same letters
Which S+ did ye mean?
Pick by when and where ye saw th' label.
Where be th' champions?
On a real end screen or captured clash row, th' champion be th' one ye personally played. Th' ladder below explains th' possible letters; it be nay a champion roster.
Shipshape grade order
Arrr, from S+ down to D-
Read one row at a time. Each family contains a plus grade, th' plain letter and a minus grade; Riot does nay publish a K/D/A threshold that reproduces them.
Arrr, lowest gradeD-
S+SS-
A+AA-
B+BB-
C+CC-
D+DD-
Arrr, inside every family: plus ranks above th' plain letter, and minus ranks below it.
Th' comparison matters
It be more booty than kills and deaths
Yer picked champion
Riot compares performance in champion context. Yuumi and Blitzcrank be nay judged as though they have th' same job.
Th' role ye played
Th' same champion in Mid and Support can have different expectations and comparison groups.
Similar champion-position battles
Riot's support guidance describes comparison wit' other sailors in th' region using that champion-position combination.
Several parts o' th' clash
Crew-helping decisions and role-relevant contribution matter. K/D/A by itself cannae prove a grade.
Arrr, what counts toward S+?
Th' honest captain's answer has two layers
Riot confirms th' comparison used to award a grade, but does nay publish th' shipshape stat formula, thresholds or weights. Nobody outside Riot can truthfully promise “reach this K/D/A fer S+.”
Arrr, confirmed by Riot
Yer overall performance
Th' completed clash be assessed in th' context o' th' champion and position ye played, compared wit' other sailors in yer region using that champion-position combination.
Useful facts to inspect
Arrr, combat, resources and contribution
K/D/A, deaths avoided, farming or Support income, damage, vision, prize participation and crew-helping actions describe parts o' th' performance. Riot has nay published how much each one weighs.
Nay publicly disclosed
Th' exact S+ threshold
Th' hidden calculation, stat weights and required percentile be nay public. Queue, patch, clash duration and unusual champion-role samples can also make simplistic online calculators unreliable.
Inspect th' job ye actually playedDifferent positions produce different-looking strong battles
Inspect course resources, deaths, pressure, damage and whether yer movement helped th' crew without giving astern repeated waves.
Inspect farm, deaths, successful sea chart involvement, vision and prize participation. Nay single Dragon or gank guarantees a letter.
Inspect vision, assists, protection or control, deaths and useful participation. Low CS be normal fer Support and should nay be read like a farming role.
What does nay guarantee S+
Nay single scoreboard number be enough
A claim victory alone does nay guarantee S+, and a defeat does nay make every high grade impossible.
Kills and assists can look excellent while lost overboard deaths, resources, vision, prizes and role context.
Damage can include low-value poke or reflect a longer clash. It be context, nay an automatic grade.
There be no reliable universal “10 kills plus 200 CS” recipe because th' comparison changes wit' champion and position.
Arrr, three different systems
Arrr, keep these labels separate
One champion performance in one completed battle.
Arrr, long-term champion score, levels, Marks and milestones. Grades can contribute to that progress.
An independent site's patch, role and queue comparison. It does nay grade yer clash.
Unfurl tier-list explanationArrr, is that backwards?
Nay. This chart uses descending order.
S+ be th' best grade shown, followed by S and S-. Th' scale continues through A, B and C to D-, th' lowest grade shown. A plus be above th' plain letter; a minus be below it.
VRC.LOL clash captain's log
Nay guessed grades
When a captured completed-clash record includes Riot's letter, VRC.LOL can place it beside that clash's champion. Clash-v5 snapshots used here do nay currently include that end-screen field, so older rows say nay captured. A good K/D/A be ne'er silently converted into S+.
Arrr, official context