Game Modes
Arena Battle
The Ranked Arena is the core competitive game mode of Shadowfall. It can be played in 2vs2 or 3vs3 mode while 3vs3 is the recommended arena mode to unfold the full potential of Shadowfalls team oriented action combat system. You can queue alone or with a premade team. In the 2vs2 arena variant, a team consists of 2 attackers, or 1 attacker and 1 healer/supporter, combinations of 2 healers or supporters are locked out for balancing purposes. The 3vs3 variant allows you to build a team consisting of every possible combination with the exception that you cannot play more than 1 healer or 1 supporter also because of balancing. The arena mode is played on small scale symmetric arena maps and your goal is to kill the enemy team in a best of 5 elimination mode without respawn. So you need to win at least 3 matches within a round of ranked arena to secure the victory for your team. In this competitive game mode, you earn rank points by winning and being a valuable player and teammate which let you climb up within the different divisions that represent your skill level in Shadowfall.
Domination
Domination is a 5vs5 game mode that can be played either casual or as a ranked. This gamemode is played on middle sized asymmetric maps with 3 flag points that need to be captured in order to score. Per controlled flag a team gains 1 point every 5 seconds until one of both teams has reached the score limit of 200 points. In Domination respawn is enabled so when you die you will get back to life after a certain amount of time. In ranked domination, the only restriction is that your team must not consist of more than 2 healers or supporters. So gather a team of up to 5 friends including yourself to climb the ranked ladder in this fast paced game mode.
