D2r Melee All Class Gm Ladder - Topic

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Mar 26 2026 03:08am

Taking Sign ups for season 5 we will go live April 3rd on Rise Of The Warlock

☆☆☆ Welcome to BDM D2R ROTW All Class Melee Ladder Season V ☆☆☆

♠ Admins ♠
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Update Helpers
If interested, please message an admin.

♦♢♦ Season V Changes♦♢♦

1) Rank Decay, NEW
Weekly Activity Rule (Ladder Decay)
To maintain an active and competitive ladder, all players are required to participate regularly.
Each week, players must complete at least one duel or have a currently pending, confirmed duel.
Any player who fails to participate or does not have a duel pending during a weekly cycle will lose one rank on the ladder.
Rank decay is applied at the end of each week. (3 weeks of rank decay and you will be removed from the ladder)
(New trial and might be subject to change. We will ensure it is communicated in this ladder and updated accordingly)

2) Seed Protection, NEW
The #1 ranked player is immune to rank decay from inactivity while holding the top position.
This protection only applies to rank decay and not from losing a challenge.

3)Starting April 1st 2026 BDM ladder will be held on the new Rise Of The Warlock expantion. NEW

♦♢♦ GM Melee Rules ♦♢♦

1) Length of Season – 1 D2r Ladder season (3 months)
2) Characters allowed to play this ladder: Conc,Jab,Fury,Zeal, Wolfbarb, Mauler
3) You may change gear twice during a set
4) Using a token mid-challenge is not allowed, auto DQ
5) A challenge will be first to 10 (do not have to win by 2)NEW
6) If both players die it is a draw and no points are awarded
7) Druids may not Reshift mid duel unless Fury vs Fury

♦♢♦ BDM Rules Season V ♦♢♦

#1. Fury: Cannot use oak/how vs Barbs / Maulers updated
#2. Fury: Meta is only allowed in FvF must clear proc after each duel
#3. Zeals: Zeal can use Death vs Druids ONLY (druid may use oak/how)
#4. Zeals: Phoenix is allowed only for Zeal vs Zeal
#5. Zeals: Can keep Ca for zeal vs zeal only (must clear if swapping armors)
#6. Barbs: Barbs keep CA against all classes
#7 EDC banned vs barbs (all classes)
#8. Poison is allowed up to 150 on weapons only no psn charms allowed
#9. Mauler: Metamorphosis is allowed vs all classes
#10. Once starting the first set from then till the matches are over YOU WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO LEAVE THE GAME doing so will be auto DQ
#11. Zon allowed 15 inner sight base points (can stack more with gear) vs all updated

Special mentions and FAQS - PLEASE READ

Dodge Marker = *, Rank Decay Marker = ^

Game creation - Duels will be done on NORMAL

Starting Duel - Both players must shift attack towards each other to commence the duel

Miss-Clicking - Continue fighting - if there is a continous issue of missclicking, you will be disqualified

Glitched Strength - Auto DQ will result if you die and can't pick up gear. EXCEPTION: Item broke during duel causing you to not be able to pick up body

Chilling Armor - Must not be on prior to a duel, referee or opponent to kill off surviving player with chilling armor (see rules above for exemptions)

Running into/during Duel - Point awarded to opponent

Draws - If neither player survives a walk back to town, counts as a draw. No point awarded to either player

Gear checks - can be requested during any time during a ladder or tournament setting within reason, Player who refuses to comply with gear check is disqualified.

The player being gear checked, must not go back to stash to make changes, failure to comply will result in being removed from this ladder indefinitely.

gear check includes inventory as well as gear on the character.

Duel area - Inner cloister on the line vertical (no sideways)

Use of Exile/Tap Gear - Zeal vs Zeal only (Must be agreed upon or the duel with be standard non tap)

♦♢♦ Challenge System ♦♢♦

• You are allowed to challenge 1-2 ranks above you until you get to #3. At #3, you must challenge #2 and #1.
• 3-Day Dodge rule (AFK, No-reply, No-show = Auto-loss) 2 consecutive Dodges = Removed from ladder.
• If you cannot complete your challenge on time it is the responsibility of the challenged to post why it wasn't completed.
• To issue a challenge you must pm your opponent, then post in thread.
• Extensions will be limited to 24 hours.

• If you issue a challenge and win, you must wait 6 hours to issue another challenge.
• If you issue a challenge and lose you must wait 12 hours to issue another challenge, or 24 hours to re-challenge the same person.
• If you are challenged and win, you can issue a challenge immediately.
• If you are challenged and lose, you must wait 24 hours to issue a challenge.

All challenge cool down times have been cut in half for faster action Updated

If you cannot complete your challenge on time it is your responsibility to PM your challenger to inform
them and then post in thread asking for an extension. If you fail to do this dodge rule will Be enforced.

If you have any questions about the rules, Pm an Admin of the ladder.

★ ☆ ★ Playoffs ★ ☆ ★

At the end of the season, top 8 ranked will do a double elimination tournament to decide 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

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♢ Gm Melee Rules ♢

Prohibitions

• Do not commit acts of bad manner.
• Do not angle (both parallel on the line)
• Do not prebuff.
• Do not use slow.
• Do not enchant.
• Do not smite.
• Do not charge.
• Do not jump.
• Do not pot.
• Do not run.
• Do not whirlwind.
• Do not knockback.
• Do not use items that emit auras which affect player vs. player (PVP) and cause physical and/or elemental damage.
• Do not emit the holy freeze aura.
• Do not cast item/torch charges.

<List of BM Items>

New ROTW sunders/jewels NEW
Latent bone break grand charm / any other sunders
Protector's Stone jewel / any other new facet jewels
(BDM is currently evaluating these and might be subject to change. We will ensure it is communicated in this ladder and updated accordingly)

Weapons - Runewords
Grief
Doom
Eternity
Death (only okay for zealers vs fury)

Weapons - Uniques
Cranebeak (War Spike)
Hell Slayer (Decapitator)
Messerschmidt's Reaver (Champion Axe)
Fleshripper (Fanged Knifte)
Nord's Tenderizer (Truncheon)
Demon Limb (Tyrant Club)
Baranar's Star (Devil Star)
Horizon's Tornado (Scourge)
Stormlash (Scourge)
Schaefer's Hammer (Legendary Mallet)
Windhammer (Ogre Maul)
Astreon's Iron Ward (Caduceus)
Djinn Slayer (Ataghan)
Lightsabre (Phase Blade)
Azurewrath (Phase Blade)
Frostwind (Cryptic Sword)
Flamebellow (Balrog Blade)

Weapons - Rares/Magics
Any weapon with more than 250 total elemental damage
Any weapon that casts an elemental skill over Level 5
Any weapon that casts amplify curses ( same with any armor )
Any ethereal weapon without a zod or repair mod

Armors
Nosferatu's Coil (Vampirefang Belt)
Arachnid Mesh (Spiderweb Sash)
Cleglaw's Pincers (Set gloves)
Andariel's Visage (Demonhead)
Blackhorn's Face (Death Mask)
Giant Skull (Bone Visage)
Ethereal Fort
Ethereal Stone
Phoenix (except for Zeal vs Zeal)
Any armor that casts slow or elemental skill over Level 5
Any ethereal armor with no repair mod or zod rune (breakable armor)

~Season 5 trophy and fg prizes will be awared to the top 3~

Donations
Gtmustang - 10k
Versace -10k

Season V
Prize
➜1st 50% of pot
➜2nd 30% of pot
➜3rd 20% of pot

Pot size 20000
➜(Optional) any player may donate to make the pot greater, will periodically post on continual threads.

Season Length
3 months or 1 ladder season

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~Current Ladder Ranking ~

1. Taking Sign ups for season 5

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~ Current Challenges ~

~~Special notes~~

If you would like to join our community discord, dm an admin with your discord id.
Do not spam this topic only post if you are signing up / challenging / asking for extension.

Want to be added to the ladder?

Please post your JSP name / Character name / class
example: Gtmustang / Omy / Conc

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Update Notes

Please get challenges in.

Please Review Rules on a regular basis! See Here

This post was edited by GtMustang on Mar 26 2026 03:33am