Will Diablo 2 Resurrected still have ladder?

Update as of December 2021

Diablo 2 Resurrected's first ladder season will begin in 'early 2022' and the currently proposed season duration is 4 months. Source

Blizzard wrote:

We will have some more info on seasons/ladder. I would expect it wouldn't be right at launch for the start of one an more so around a diff time that we specify after launch.

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Blizzard wrote:

So we have the leaderboard where you can see each class going to level 99 - there are easier ways to filter through that. We're also looking into saving that - so that you can always look back to previous (ladder) seasons. So in a way we're creating that legacy now that has been drawn from the past.

Andre Abrahamian - Lead Designer 33:12 19th Feb 2021

Blizzard wrote:

We're reducing ladder seasons overall. Right now ladder seasons in Diablo 2 are six months - and we're looking at reducing that as well, to have more engagement and kind of drive more incentives too you know... six months is a long time, so if we make it shorter we can have greater feats throughout the year as well as seeing people strive harder to get that level 99.

Andre Abrahamian - Lead Designer 32:22 19th Feb 2021

Awesome preservation of this legacy feature, and good to see that improvements on exploring the leaderboards have been added. I also like Andre's reluctance on 'rewarding' people for reaching the top spot... after all that is the reward in and of itself.