# Repeat opponents in Casual PVP **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [May 10, 2018, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/repeat-opponents-in-casual-pvp/39413 "2018-05-10T23:37:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sir\_Real](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/sir_real/32/29206_2.png) [@Sir\_Real](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sir_Real)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/repeat-opponents-in-casual-pvp/39413/1 "2018-05-10T23:37:32Z")
Hey Guys, Maybe an issue, maybe just a thing that doesn’t work the way I expected. I was skimming Casual PVP today, looking for blue teams for the event (and maybe pet gnomes). And I noticed I was seeing the same unusual team a lot, so I jotted down the name of the player. And sure enough, I’m getting matched with the same player every 5-6 battles. Is that supposed to work like that? Even through refreshes? Just to be sure I wasn’t imaginging it, I jotted down the names of my opponent in 20 straight battles of lvl1 casual. I got the one opponent 4 times, and three other opponents 2 times each. Is that meant to work like that? ---
**Author:** ![Calv1n](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/calv1n/32/28721_2.png) [@Calv1n](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Calv1n)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 12:04am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/repeat-opponents-in-casual-pvp/39413/2 "2018-05-11T00:04:17Z")
Yes that has been the norm as long as I have been playing. Annoying but expected. Cheers Calvin ---
**Author:** ![Maxthor2789](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@Maxthor2789](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Maxthor2789)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 1:28am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/repeat-opponents-in-casual-pvp/39413/3 "2018-05-11T01:28:56Z")
Always happen to me this week whereas last week I was getting far more low level player on 1 trophy fights(at least 5 times more). I have refresh more than 500 times this week so I have an okay sample size. ---
**Author:** ![Slypenslyde](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/slypenslyde/32/30373_2.png) [@Slypenslyde](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Slypenslyde)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 3:19am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/repeat-opponents-in-casual-pvp/39413/4 "2018-05-11T03:19:36Z")
Part of the PvP match algorithm is it tries to pick “recent” teams. So if there aren’t a lot of people who meet the other secret criteria matchmaking uses, you’ll see repeats. There’s a handful of people I tend to see every night 2-3 times. I remember them because their names stick out. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Real](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/sir_real/32/29206_2.png) [@Sir\_Real](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sir_Real)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/repeat-opponents-in-casual-pvp/39413/5 "2018-05-11T15:36:21Z")
Thanks All. Annoying, if none of your regulars have chosen to post event teams, but good to know to expect it. I guess I just never noticed before… ---
**Author:** ![Calv1n](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/calv1n/32/28721_2.png) [@Calv1n](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Calv1n)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 5:06am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/repeat-opponents-in-casual-pvp/39413/6 "2018-05-12T05:06:05Z")
What I do to mix up Ranked PvP is I change my team every week for my “main” PvP team and than I have a couple specific teams to take out specific meta teams like Psion / Famine and the new Divine/Infernus/Mercy meta it helps break up the monotony. If they won’t change I will is my strategy 😉