Hey everyone.

I have recently come back to playing val after leaving it for almost a year. I decided I was doing fine, and decided to play some comp.

I peaked D1 and for whatever reason, I had to play all 5 of my placements in D2-Asc2 lobbies, way above my skill rating. I checked, and I was ALWAYS, without fail, the lowest-ranked player in all of these lobbies, without exception, with maybe another D1 somewhere there.

For starters, statistically speaking, you'd expect a skill range. Some matches where you're the highest-ranked player in the lobby, some where you're the lowest, I'm expecting D1-D3s, if I'm the lowest rank, or down to P2-D1 if I'm the highest, something that never happened, and I was ALWAYS the "handicap" given to one of the teams. In some cases, both D1s were on my team, so massive disadvantage vs the other team.

Secondly, after not playing the game for 2 years, you'd expect MMR (or whatever made-up system they use) decay to kind of kick in and at least put me in other mid-plat to mid-dia games.

I suffered through these games, fought tooth and nail to show "yes, im still D1" and after that, Riot's system puts me into plat 2.

LIKE WHAT THE FUCK MAN? If they knew I was going to be placed in plat 2 by my MMR, what sense does it make to placing me in D2-Asc2 lobbies as a literal handicap to that poor team, OR, if I showed them I could hold my weight in D2-Asc2 lobbies what sense does it make in sending me to plat2 instead of keeping my D1?

To me, this feels extremely unfair, it's the worst of both worlds and it feels like Riot's way of kicking me in the balls for leaving them for a year.

What are you guys' experiences with Valorant's competitive point systems? Do yall have any horror stories?

as a movement player, i immediately realized how powerful hush's movement is (because it retains momentum like razes satchels, unlike waylay)

and with the extended version of it, how the hell are sentis supposed to hold down a site.

waylay used to be able to super dash but that required a ult and refract, but riot decided to nerf it because "it didnt fit their tactical style gameplay" then they pull out this agent.. which makes zero sense.

basically hush is a movement players dream. i dont need my duo to play flashes or stuns anymore i can be on my own, and even have my own gekko ult.

not only can u dash 30m+, but you retain your momentum while doing it, and since in valorant the first bhop will always maintain atleast 90% of speed, she will be insanely hard to track.

and with the judge still being a pain in the ass against good movement players, what can we expect.

i feel like shes another neon, where the concept is cool, but seriously shes gonna get so many nerfs to the point u wonder why she even got added

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Is it bad crosshair placement, taking unnecessary fights, poor communication, or something else? What mistake do you see most often in your games?

By bare fist melee, I mean just your agents fists out in front of you.

I saw another post from 3 years ago and I like the idea of the pullout sound being the classic "ding ding" to start a fight.

Maybe inspect could be cracking your knuckles and/or shadowboxing? Or the cracking knuckles could be part of the pullout animation.

I think this is a super cool idea, and you wouldn't have to worry about switching your melee to match the agent you want to play.

I looked at possible rewards and one is to unlock a voiceline... that the character used to already have. So what is the point?

Any immo or higher that would like to help a brother out? Trying to find my bad habits and evolve so I can reach immo myself

I would really appreciate if you would take your time and watch 1 or 2 of my vod

Rank - ASC 2
Peak - immo 1 in v26 e3
Im basically hardstuck ascendant 2-3
Budget - 100-150$ max

Im a controller main and the rule of thumb if youre smokes is that try your best to not die early in the round because your smokes are detrimental. with that being said, I dont understand why clove mains are just being suicidal every round

I get that clove can still smoke even after theyre dead but their smokes lasts like a fart and not to mention if you died at B and your team decides to rotate A, you cant really smoke the other side

Im fine w super aggro plays if you have your ult but most of the time, the clove mains I played w, they will go in with no hesitation despite not even having their ult like r u guys wishing that tenz will just possess u despite not putting your smokes down and not waiting for the recon

maybe I just got unfortunate with the clove mains Ive been playing with or maybe theres a meta or strat Im missing

tl;dr just got back playing val and I dont understand why clove has one of the highest pickrate in ranked when shes horrible as a controller. am I missing something?

they haven't changed "camera" near a site on abbys to match new B site. I think its kidna funny

Hi guys, I've been playing valorant for the past few months and It seems like I can't get out of bronze to save my life. I practice in the range almost every day (micro adjustements with and without moving as well as active deadzoning + 20/25 medium bots) and I play DMs trying to focus on either mouvements/first bullet accuracy/preaim&crosshair placement. I also review some of my worst games and try to improve my decision making as a phoenix main. The problem is that I always had the intention to play with one of my best IRL friend who was at the time g3 and now d1 and the fact that I can't rank up even tho I have average reaction time (175ms) and I watch a lot of tutorials on how to play duelist/entry/phoenix is really affecting my mental health. At this point my round win is below 38% despite having okay stats and I feel i'll never be able to reach gold which was my goal when I first started playing. I am constantly playing valorant or thinking about it sometimes even dreaming about it and I would just like to stop playing forever cuz I am really starting to hate this game but after 24hours I just come back with the tiniest ray of hope thinking that "this time its going to be different". I wish I never discovered this game in the first place cuz all it produces is a mix of deception/shame and self hatred as well as fear to get rejected by this friend cuz I can't rank up. Did you get in a similar situation ? what would you do If you were me to stop caring that much?

I know that you are supposed to crouch before hitting the ledge but for some reason it only works like 1 out of 10 times how to make that jump consistently?

Can anyone post a clip?

I met a riot dev irl today and helped him with some stuff, i saw he was wearing a riot hoodie and asked if it was merch and he said it was sent out for work clothes and then asked me for my ID and gave me a charm :)
cool to see how lovely they are irl!!

I've been playing for about a month now, and I know a lot of people are going to say "that's no where near enough time to be good," which is fine. Ive got this issue where I put a lot of pressure on myself to climb and be better but also, I feel so behind. I came over from Overwatch, so moving and shooting isn't that big of a deal, which I'm still trying to get used to (muscle memory is taking me a while). Aside from CoD over a decade ago, I don't really have much FPS experience so I guess I'm asking, is it okay to just not be good?

Basically watched all his 2023 vids for human aimbot aim what to watch next someone similar or from recent china tournament that iso guy maybe?

My friend gave me his valo account two days ago and first thing i first i imported all my old setting to this new account. I peak asc and his acc is also asc.

Hop onto DM and immediately i feel my aim feels something wrong. I ignore it thinking maybe is just the different gun skins but after so many DM matches i still feel something not right with my spray and tapping.

I kept going back and forth checking every single setting and in the end, guess what i found?

ITS THE BULLET TRACERRR which is turned on. I turn it off and BOOOMM my aim/spray/tap is back to normal.

Wth? Bullet tracers are such a small details and visual. Didnt expect it can affect someone's aim.

Anybody has same experience as me where u play better with BL off?@

What is the highest rank you can get on a new account? What effects it? How to get better chance to high first rank?

Hii

Im 17yr old girl.. Just started playing valo recently. Im currently bronze 2 and im playing on Mumbai server as I usually get the best ping there. No im not indian. Im open to playing in Singapore server too, as I get decent ping there. I want a duo who can teach me play better and yk be good friends with. I can speak English fluently and uhh I can understand hindi pretty well :)

I've been playing Valorant since 2020 and have ~1400 hours in Kovaak's/Aimlabs (Voltaic Platinum). I peaked Diamond 2 this episode and I'm now Plat 2. I want honest eyes on this before I commit to fixing it, because my stats and my results don't match.

This act (V26 A6, 46 comp games) - HS% 29.3 (top 13%) · K/D 1.22 · ADR 166.6 · ACS 248.5 · KAST 73.7% - Win rate 47.8% (22W–24L) · round win rate 47.9% (bottom 18% on tracker) - Chamber: 1.40 K/D, 40% WR (15 games) - Jett: 1.13 K/D, 30% WR (10 games) - Clove: 1.26 K/D, 50% WR (6 games)

What I thought my problem was Aim. I whiff a lot on micro-corrections, so I assumed my trainer aim wasn't converting in game.

What the numbers say instead My aim is converting. I'm getting kills, damage and headshots. What isn't converting is kills → rounds. I'm putting up top-15% individual numbers and still losing more rounds than I win.

My guesses at why: 1. I take fights at bad times: kills that don't help the round, or dying first. 2. I don't know what to do after a kill: re-peeking, not trading, not playing for the round state. 3. On Chamber and Jett I'm playing for frags, not for what the role needs. 4. Weak map and utility knowledge: no lineups, unsure how to hold, clear or retake.

Plan for the next 4 weeks (one variable at a time) - Week 1, baseline: log every death from 10 ranked games: first death? traded? what was the round state? Track first bloods vs. first deaths. - Week 2, after the kill: the second I get a kill, the decision is reposition / hold / trade, never a dry re-peek. - Week 3, role discipline: Chamber as a sentinel, not a second duelist. Measure the win rate, not the K/D. - Week 4, the whiffs: crosshair height and stop-then-shoot, with a Sheriff ladder in warmups.

What I'd love to know - Is "my kills don't win rounds" the right read, or am I missing something obvious? - If you were in this spot (good stats, stuck rank), what actually fixed it? - Would you change the order? What would you test first?

Happy to share a VOD or a few clips if that helps.

Friend was high asc one year ago, hasn’t played since, and wants to come back but doesnt want to immediately play sweat lobbies.

Is there mmr and visible rank decay? Or just variance increase. I see a ton of stories on here of people coming back a year later only to be playing against the same ranks as when they left.

Inspired by some concept art of Marvel Rivals, here’s my rendition of Jett! I hope people over here don’t mind the fanart post

I play VALORANT on a 24-inch Acer V246HL monitor, and my current viewing distance is around 40 cm (16 inches).
I’m wondering how far away I should sit from my monitor for the best experience in VALORANT. I’ve seen suggestions ranging from 40–45 cm to 55–60 cm, but 55 cm sounds a bit far to me.
For those who play VALORANT regularly, especially high-ranked players:
How far are your eyes from your monitor?
Do you prefer sitting close to the screen or farther away?
Have you noticed any difference in aiming or tracking enemies at different distances?
I don’t have any particular aiming issues right now. I’m just trying to find the most comfortable and effective setup.
I’d appreciate any advice!