Since Episode 4 Act 1, you need to have an account level of at least 20 to earn ranks in Valorant’s competitive mode. Once you’ve hit that threshold, you can engage in ranked play. At the ...

Season 2025's Valorant requires understanding of each agent's strengths and weaknesses to succeed. Top-tier agents like Tejo, ...

Valorant isn’t the first game with a ranked mode to get a protection system and it certainly won’t be the last. The more forgiving nature of Rank Shields will be a welcome implementation among ...

VALORANT's Ranked system will fundamentally change in Patch 10.01. / Riot Games Before this patch, players would progress through every rank (except Radiant and Immortal, which are numbered ...

Sometimes, you’ll pop off and play like an absolute demon ... With the FPS game‘s latest patch, though, Valorant’s ranked experience will be more in line with League’s, but with a much ...

Back in Patch 9.10 and 9.11, Riot updated Sage’s Slow Orb, Vyse’s Razorvine, and all abilities with concuss status effects to cut down enemy dash speeds (Jett’s Tailwind and Neon’s Slide) by 50 ...

Killjoy and Cypher are two of the most frustrating agents to go against in Valorant since they can set up their utility on a site and play far back while getting free kills and damage on the enemies.

VALORANT players will receive Ranked rollbacks for games with cheaters ... to a game that’s free from players that don’t want to play it fairly. It might get a little rough from time to ...

Viper borders on being one of Valorant's mascots, but is she actually good? Here's where she stacks up in competitive ...

Vandal is a popular AR in Valorant due to its high damage, tap potential, and no damage falloff with distance. Prime, Reaver, Gaia's, Valiant Hero, Prelude, Kuronami, & Araxys are some of the best ...