there will be no skill-based matchmaking in the casual playlist. As part of XDefiant's "commitment to transparency," Ubisoft outlined what matchmaking will look like in a blog post on XDefiant's site.

Ubisoft has announced that its upcoming first-person arena shooter, XDefiant, will not utilize Skill Based Match Making (SBMM) to connect lobbies in casual playlists. SBMM as a lobby assembly tool ...

The matchmaking system in Call of Duty has been a hot topic of debate for years, often sparking theories and tests to uncover how it works. At the center of this ongoing discussion is Skill-Based ...

When playing against other players on Black Ops 6 and Warzone, the matchmaking will be based on a skill rating but you can’t see what is your Skill-based matchmaking (SBMM) rating in-game or anywhere ...

XDefiant is everything that fans asked of Call of Duty but they didn't deliver. It has a robust anti-cheat system, arcade gameplay, no Skill-Based Matchmaking, and a lot more, basically everything ...

XDefiant is a first-person shooter that ... including ping-based matchmaking instead of skill-based matchmaking, or SBMM. As of yet, Ubisoft has not announced an actual release date, but a ...

I reviewed XDefiant shortly after launch ... and after a slightly longer matchmaking time than I’m used to, I was dropped into The Division’s New York. For a moment, I was pretty excited ...

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