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# Preferential matchmaking

A narrower battle-tier spread on some vehicles, so they never meet opponents two tiers above them.

Also known as pref mm, preferential mm, limited matchmaking.

A handful of vehicles, nearly all of them premium, see only one [tier](/glossary/tier.md) above their own. A Tier VIII with preferential matchmaking meets Tier VIII and IX, never X.

It is a real advantage and a real [trade](/glossary/trading.md): those vehicles are usually weaker than their peers precisely because the narrower [spread](/glossary/dispersion.md) was priced in.

## Related terms

[Battle tierThe tier bracket a battle is fought at, which is what decides who a vehicle meets rather than its own tier alone.](/glossary/battle-tier.md)[MatchmakingThe system that builds the two teams of a random battle, balancing them by battle tier, vehicle class and platoons rather than by player skill.](/glossary/matchmaking.md)[Premium tankA vehicle bought rather than researched, which earns extra credits and trains any crew of its nation without penalty.](/glossary/premium-tank.md)[Bottom tierBeing two tiers below the top of the battle, which is where seven of every fifteen vehicles start.](/glossary/bottom-tier.md)

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