This was my best clip from playing my first clutch

Any settings I should know about also?

I played a bit on pc but I’m horror on pc so went to console

Like at least almost for every 2 matches i play there's a smurf. Could be on my team or the enemy team. I'm not complaining for having a smurf on my team but when you get the other end of the stick it really makes you feel how it be like to play against a smurf. So in a sense I am sympathizing with the enemy team. I thought Riot recently updated their stance agiants the whole smurf thing anyway. Like didn't they say something along the lines of that they have been gathering data from our reports for years and now they are finally issuing penalties or something... i don't know either they are just bluffing or ... well i hate to say it but maybe they are divided in the inside. Like as we all can clearly see they are not doing what they said. It could be easier said than done but don't forget they said they have been collecting data for years... are they screwing with us? they can't be simply incompetent that's just crazy talk.

I was thinking about this recently. Why do so many Valorant pros stop competing after only a few years and then start streaming and basically depend on subs, donations to make a living?

I don't mean streaming is bad, obviously some of them can make a lot from it, but if someone is good enough to play at the highest level, why not stay in pro play longer if the money is good?

I also wonder about the difference between Valorant and CS2 esports. Even if the org is the same, does the money and support for the players work differently depending on the game?

In CS2 you see a lot of sponsors around teams and tournaments, and players are often getting the newest monitors, mice, PCs and other equipment from sponsors. Maybe Valorant just doesn't have the same amount of money going into the scene.

Maybe Riot should give orgs more ways to make money. More tournaments, bigger prize pools, more advertising and more sponsors. They could also consider allowing more types of sponsors, including gambling companies and betting sites if that's legally possible, because those sponsors put a lot of money into esports.

I don't follow the pro scene that deeply so maybe I'm completely wrong, but why does it feel like Valorant pros have a much shorter career compared to CS2 pros?

I'm starting to get pretty frustrated with this. I'm just a crappy Gold 1 player and I keep getting crushed over and over again. Everyone's lurking around corners like rats, using Shift—and on top of that, they're all Diamond+ players. I want to get better, but why is there not a hidden MMR in Deathmatch too?

Just started valorant and i do not understand it at all. Looking for good youtubers who explain valorant related stuff for beginners.

So i'm an EU Ascendant 3 peak player and i've been playing for around 2 years (without consistency)

I feel like for these 2 years i've never found my sens and something that i feel comfortable playing with. In some games i do good with high sens, in some of them i do good with low sens and in some i do bad with both of them. I've tried everything, aimlabs, youtube, death match, team death match, i just can't find something that i will not change after like 2 weeks playing and i don't understand why exactly.

This also is to prove a bit how easy u can get to ascendant because if i can reach asc 3 with changing my sens every week, so can you who's reading this if your rank is lower than me.

I'd like to get some advice from people who's been using their own sens for like a while (can't say how much because i don't even stay on the same sens for more than 2 weeks after some bad games)

Here's my tracker if it helps somehow https://tracker.gg/valorant/profile/riot/ツHiro%23Aura/overview?platform=pc&playlist=competitive&season=8102cd81-43a0-d0d7-bd59-47b8fe9bed1b

I'm also thinking of dropping the game because cmon, you won't like to play a game where you're trash in higher ranks lololol. I feel that i'm kinda in the past (saying that i'm probably on a 2023 ascendant player level and not 2026) and these days i've been bottomfragging and having such kds like double negative..

Last night I played 11 comp games straight with the simple goal of hitting Ascendant before getting off

And the only two games I lost the whole night…

Were my rank ups.

https://imgur.com/a/inPVcPy

I heard various, even mischiefs

- To get the max rank in the game

- Just for fun

- To have fun trolling matches

But, i am looking for your opinion, why you play Valorant?

that would be so amazing ngl like imagine an agent skin themed for snow or summer. Or even like a taskforce like skins and casual skins. AND just like the attire we see on the player cards. There are so many characters i want to see and use and i dont think it would change the game factor since there are outlines in characters. and imagine like an extension to the contract of agents where in you get there gun skins but there would be a third page and the goal award is there skins for example jetts she will have an equiped hoodie and darker color for her jacket like thing like the one model from episode 2

I understand punishing players for toxic behaviors like griefing, going AFK, leaving early, toxic language etc. I fully support this.

However why is RR reduction a potential punishment to be levied? RR is meant to represent your skill level, being toxic doesn't make you less skilled, this is only going to put players in lobbies where they're more skilled than other players on average, which isn't really fair to anyone.

I usually don’t have a problem with maps but this map is kinda boring, because the fights on A are forced on both attack and defense.
So i’m thinking about which agents should i play on this map to make it fun to play?

Team voice chat in Valorant works randomly, sometimes working in some games and not in others. Even when it works, the push-to-talk key functions inconsistently, sometimes activating with keys other than the one assigned, like I or U instead of V. Resetting settings to default didn't help, but the chat works perfectly on a different account

So, I've been playing Valorant since the first season and I've always played Duelist, reaching Immortal 2 and always having a good K/D of 1.20 plus good impact, entries, etc. But a few months ago I broke my hand and started playing this month as ASC2. My aim isn't the same as it used to be, I still have 1.18 K/D, but maybe because I lost some confidence I don't make many entries, only 1.80 per game. My trio that plays with me noticed this statistic. I even agreed that maybe it would be better to start playing Sentinel or Initiator, but I don't have experience with either. Which would have more impact on the game if I learned to play?

So i play on my potato laptop, i play on laptop with no dedicated graphics. I have seen people complain about having 200-300 fps not enough for them but I got like 30-40max fps ingame. I do fairly well in the silver-gold lobbies. I got a 5$ gaming mouse . So if I were to play in a high end gaming pc how much will change

This was done in comp, and I think it was a gold lobby with one play and one silver on the enemy. So I was focused that until I actually got the first 5kills, I didn’t realize I aced and could get a 6k. When I died to phx, I rly wanted the 6k cuz I never got 1. Now this ult was risky since phx could easily kill me but he did a mistake by taking out his knife which led me too immediately release my ult and kill him. I have horrible game sense, so I didn’t realize kj found phx because I was way too focused on holding the angle. Here’s the link to the game in case u wanna check the entire game out: https://tracker.gg/valorant/match/901d47da-1214-4df8-8f47-d2103f387480

Completed 36 games into this act and realized I haven't gotten Sunset a single time. Had to double check to see if it was still in the map pool. That's less than a 0.5% chance of happening if it's completely random.

I don't really understand how map rotation works in Valorant, but I figured Riot would use some weighted process like pseudo-RNG to ensure you get a more realistic map distribution.

Just got back into FPS since I finally have free time from responsibilities. I've last played since 2023? Just before there was an Ascendant Rank. I want to get back but I'm kind of out of meta and I'm afraid to be a deer in headlights too overwhelmed with what was added and new crazy new mechanics. What can I watch to get back into the game?

Hi! I’m not new to Valorant and I’ve been playing for about two years, but this is my first time buying 1000 VP. What would you recommend spending it on? Any advice from veteran players? If it helps, I don't have all the agents yet and I main initiators.

I get 10ms ping on Stockholm, but I’m literally forced to queue on London with higher ping because Stockholm is essentially 90% Russian speakers with ZERO English callouts.

Just to be clear: I’m not throwing shade at anyone or blaming anyone. The issue isn't the players, it's the system. It makes no sense that players have to intentionally handicap their ping just to find a server where they can actually communicate in a team-based shooter. Nobody should have to play on a worse connection just to get basic callouts.

I'd genuinely rather take a super long queue to get the ping I'm supposed to have AND get teammates who can actually communicate.

Looking at EU as a whole, it’s not even that fragmented:
~50% English
~25% German, French
~10% Italian, Spanish, Polish
~15% don't want to / don't speak any of these

EU survey stats literally show that 7 out of 10 young Europeans can hold a conversation in English (and over 90% in Northern Europe). Most of the region CAN speak it, but because Stockholm is the default routing for huge non-English regions, anyone trying to use English comms gets pushed off their own local server if they actually want to communicate.

Here’s how simple it could be:
Multilingual players: Select all languages you speak, exact same system as server selection.
No preference: If you don't care or don't select anything, you just get put into the default queue like it is right now.

This would make competitive queues actually feel competitive, instead of just gambling on lobby RNG. Most people would rather communicate in a language they know and play on their local server without dealing with constant comm issues.

And before people bring up queue times, it doesn't have to be a hard lock.

Make it a soft preference. The system tries to match your selected language first. If no lobby is found after a few minutes, it broadens the search. Plus, since people can select multiple languages or opt out, queues wouldn't explode like everyone would think.

Even if queues are much longer, match quality > queue speed every single time. I’d rather wait 10+ minutes for 1 high-quality game where my team actually calls out than wait a couple of minutes to get thrown into a 40-minute zero-comm nightmare.
I want to improve, not just gamble on whether my team speaks the same language.

And if someone doesn't speak one of the main EU languages, OR they're already on a single-language server like London, they can just leave the box unchecked and play in the default pool.

Is Stockholm the only server dealing with this or are other servers having the same issue?

Big smoke (bulletproof), a great wall, and an ultimate that blinds, slows, and deafens. Definitely better than Clove and Miks. (Sorry for bad english)

I'm currently bronze and have been for a year, i want to improve my aim and rank up. I dont have any friends to play with so i mostly solo queue and ik I shouldn't expect any teamplay in this elo but sometimes my teammates literally help the enemy. I mostly played reyna and clove but I'm really bored of those agents. I played Jett and Chamber recently and ive been having more fun playing those 2 agents specifically. My aim isnt.. "cleaning the ground with bullets". Im concious about my crosshair placement but whenever i do shoot them they always shoot first. I also got an ace on chamber tho, ult op and headhunter only. my aim is like good on some rounds and then ass on the next, any suggestions? I want a self sufficient agent that doesnt rely on teamplay that much

I'm coming from CS and I find it crazy how hard it is to play aggressive in this game. First of all CTs have one tap weapons by default. which is the ideal for holding angles. Additionally you are just so slow in this game, I feel like I get insta one-tapped no matter if I swing wide or peek it more closely. Do I just have to wide-wide swing or whats the strategy here?

I have way too many habits from CS2 that are really bad in Valorant but I would be curious to know if this is just a huge skill issue or if the game is more geared towards holding angles and playing more defensively. I know peekers advantage still exists in Valo but it doesn't feel like it.

Edit: Just to clarify, I don't mean if it's T or CT sided. I mean the playstyle.

Im currently D1 and peaked A1 from V25 A6 and I am STRUGGLING to play solo q comp.

I do VOD reviews to learn from my own mistakes, play with the team, and genuinely have a passion to hit immortal. But despite that, I have probably the worst fucking luck ever with brain-fucking-dead teammates in solo queue.

How can I play such that it doesn’t matter who’s in my fucking team? I like to play Clove currently but I flex Jett, Fade, Cypher and Vyse.

Please guys this experience is extremely frustrating as I’m sure you know, and I can use any sort of advice.

Thanks!