PvP Combat Rating is a statistic possessed by player characters representing the overall power of their PvP equipment. The PvP Combat Rating is calculated by averaging the item levels of all of a player's equipped items. It very much works like the (PvE) combat rating.
Background[]
The general PvP CR was so far increased with every major PvP update.
- PvP Season 1 (GU 25 - GU 33) had gear with PvP item level 77, 81, 82, 83 and 84.
- PvP Season 2 (GU 33 - GU 41) had gear with PvP item level 86, 87, 88, 89 and 90.
- PvP Season 3 (GU 41 -) has gear with PvP item level 96, 97, 98, 99, 100 and 101.
To be able to access the next gear tier at the PvP vendors, all gear slots in the inventory have to hold a gear piece of the previous tier. E.g. to get access to tier 2 PvP gear (item level 98), *all* equipped gear must be of item level 97.
Trivia[]
- Until 2013 the combat rating was considered a PvE only statistic since unmodded PvP gear never had an item level higher than 30.
- Game update 25 introduced a PvP item level and now every player has a Combat Rating and a PvP Combat Rating.
- PvP item level 101 (a.k.a. PvP tier 5) was introduced with Hotfix 04/08/16.
- Modding did not increase a player's PvP CR. Prefab Mods were introduced for PvP gear.