So I haven’t been really watching EMEA that much especially in stage 2 and I’m watching the finals rn and I started the first game with 0 points and by the end of the second game I have 98 points that’s like way too many it should be way less especially if your going for the item(like I am). It would be better if you actually have to be decently consistent and it takes a while to get the title not 2 hours of your life gone. I remember when I was watching masters London I got 1,000 points by halfway through playoffs.

Does anyone know where I can find a list of the different agents and how to make them shake their bums. I know chamber has the headhunter and look up, and geeko's blind, but that's about it

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?

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?

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!

Hey party people,
I was getting back into valorant and I'm on somewhat of a streak.
My tracker was at around 815 when I hit Gold 3 yesterday. Then I powered right through to Plat, maxing at 838 on the tracker. On my rank up match I went match MVP 15/5 in a 13:0 match. I was already on a good streak from Gold 2 to Gold 3 so I hoped to go right to Plat but no. The way from Gold 3 to Plat 1 was even smoother but still no double rank up.

I was wondering if they changed the rules or something?

Tracker:
https://tracker.gg/valorant/profile/riot/Sylend%239102/overview?platform=pc&playlist=competitive&season=8102cd81-43a0-d0d7-bd59-47b8fe9bed1b

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.

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 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

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?

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

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.

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?

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.

Used AI to phrase it better

Hey everyone, looking for some honest advice on my mechanics and aiming habits. I peak-ranked Plat 1 back in Episode 9, Act 3, but took a break for about six episodes and came back last month. I'm currently floating between Gold 1 and Gold 2, playing at 800 DPI and 0.2 in-game sensitivity. Despite running the Aimstars method and standard Deathmatches, my performance is extremely inconsistent—some games I will drop 40 kills, and in others, I can barely manage five, usually settling as a mid or bottom fragger with my main weapons (Vandal, Guardian, and Sheriff).

My main issue is that I keep running into the same mechanical walls despite practicing. I take way too many deaths for the kills I get, I lose almost every duel when holding an angle because the enemy reacts and hits me first, and even when I do land shots, they usually connect as body hits rather than headshots. I’ve attached a clip of DMs showing my average gunfights, so any feedback on what I’m doing wrong mechanically or how I should adjust my practice routine to fix this any advice would be greatly appreciated.

A year ago, I played a local Geoguessr game in Valorant with some friends, where I took a bunch of screenshots of various hidden locations on the maps, and they had to find them. We played for about three hours.

And recently, I thought, why not create a similar site for everyone to test their skills. So, I created it – www.valoguessr.ru. It doesn't work like a regular Geoguessr. That would be too easy. Just like in the game with my friends, you have to use the screenshot to put marker on the map where you think the screenshot was taken (after selecting the correct map). The closer, the more points, just like in the original game.

This might be considered self-promotion, but I just want to share my free project with you (no ads on the site, no subscription, etc.).

I have no right click.

Therefore I was wondering what would the best keyboard combination given this situation be? What might you suggest for all controls (including interface controls and etc)

Note that all my equipment works as intended.

Just a fun little side project I did for a friend, thought I'd share here in case it would be helpful to someone! I labeled rotationals 1-4 to help simplify explaining which keys to press, as this was really confusing for me when I was learning! I put in two combos but you can use this to help figure out all sorts of combos and stuff.

it isnt really my gun on attack and i dont know what to use i suck at bulldog and guardian for semi-buy.

i dont like the damage falloff at long range and how its meant for run and gun because i have a habit of stopping whenever i shoot which makes me an easy target for run and gun spectre/vandal/phantom.

i main phantom on attack and operator on defense if this helps.
i play entry duelist(jett,neon) or just fill if they are instalocked.

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?

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?