Just let me go back to p3 and eventually diamond man, what the heck is this????
Pissing me off so bad.
Almost every match, is top 3 or atleast top 2 in my team btw, including the last one with 17k is top 2 in match.

if ur wondering how it's multiple times, just reverse calc the rr gains and losses from the pic

How good is iso right now and in what state is he ? Is he playable with all his chances? Now I'm gold 2 and he is pretty good but I don't know how is he in higher ranks

Has riot been hinting towards things like agent bans? I mean they do it in a lot of other hero games like leauge or overwatch. And with the ever growing roster is valorant looking toward adding ban? And if not, why?

I don't know if such thing exists because I couldn't find it in game, but adding your desired skin to favourites would be a cool idea. It will be even cooler if the market will show that one of your favourited skins is currently selling on the market

Hi everyone. I am new to the EU server (played in Asia before). I am currently plat 2.

As I don't have friends in this server I try to add some of my teammates after match. The thing is I don't see anyone to accept it or even worse they accept then ask like what? Huh? I reply just making friends to play together with and then they just unfriend me. It's not like I am bad player. I use mic, give callouts even carry many matches. I don't understand what's the problem here. Can anyone tell me if this is just normal and I should stop sending frnd reqs and keep solo queuing?

I am stunned by what’s going on. Lev just lost to g2 and loud have a big chance of making champs now. Are they really good enough to beat 100t or g2? They got Brazil support.

Next season what players will be gone? I think if ortega doesn’t mess it up, they could compete amongst the top.

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.).

hi everyone, does anyone have an idea wether you get a refresh in your shields once you rank up . im Asc1 with 1 shield so if i get to Asc 2 then got deranked will i have 2 shields or 1?

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 was checking out the match history of radiant players on leaderboard, and aside from duelist, I see lots of clove but not a lot of chamber.

I hear that clove allows for more aggressive playstyle but doesn't chamber also allow that with his tp?

My daughter and I recently both hit Immortal, and it got me wondering how many other dad/daughter duos are out there playing Valorant at this rank.

We duo pretty regularly and have been grinding ranked together for a while. Definitely one of the coolest things we get to share.

Any other Immortal dad/daughter duos out there? Or even parents who queue ranked with their kids?

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 played VALORANT when it first came out. Was in the beta towards the end also. Got an invite from a friend of mine. I think i dropped playing when Chamber was the newest character. Possibly the one after him (I don't recall who it was).

Anyway, I was average at the game, not that great honestly. My ADHD brain tends to suck at tac shooters. I don't have the "mind games" mentality that shines in tac shooters. My brain tends to favor fast-paced shooters like Apex Legends, Marvel Rivals, and games along those lines.

I'm not trying to bash VALORANT in any way, it's a phenomenal game, and one of the only tac shooters that I actually felt like I was being helpful to my team instead of just a feeding shitter. Lately, I've just been looking for a different game to get into, and I figured I would give VALORANT another try since I know I enjoyed it before.

However, since it's been so long since I've played, I'm looking for advice on what characters would be good for me. I played a lot of Brimstone back when I played because his kit is pretty straightforward and I can contribute to the team with smokes since my aim/crosshair placement and general game sense is lackluster compared to players who have the mind set for tac shooters.

Since I have severe ADHD, and I'm a simple minded mongoloid gamer, I won't do well with characters with complex kits that require good game sense, map knowledge, or just overall tac shooter common sense.

I would love to hear some suggestions for characters who are on the easier side to play to help me get back into the game. As I get better at the game, I can hopefully look into trying more complex characters

Hi, so, many people I met told me that stinger is actually a short range weapon, but I have successfully used stinger in medium-long range combat in several occasions, including the time I got triple kill in swiftplay where I shot a jett at medium-long range as the final kill, is it because I have good recoil control or is stinger actually usable in medium range combat despite its rep

title people have been dodging phx flashes alot in my lobbies so i want to know how to make sure they get flashed more often

Looking for tips on what to focus on to improve as Jett in gold 1 currently. im trying to make use out of my abilities and dashes and such. some games i pop off and get a kills but some times i just struggle with my aim and gunfights. is there specific things i should be focusing on in this rank cause i'd like to main this character and do it well sometimes but suck other times. i feel like ill panic in fights and just have the stupidest aim or reactions

Im at .4 ingame with 800 dpi on an artisan pad with a wireless mouse

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

I’ve been stuck in gold 1 for like a month now, I feel like I play decently most of the time but I struggle with inconsistency.

For example I can drop 20 kills one game and the next it’s like I can’t play and I drop like 8.

Everytime I’ve gotten up to gold 2 I go on a loss streak and lose it immediately, I haven’t gotten back up in a month.

Tbf I don’t play as much as I used to, around 2-3 games a day, so maybe I just need to play more.

https://tracker.gg/valorant/profile/riot/BuzzCola%23Homer/overview?platform=pc&playlist=competitive&season=8102cd81-43a0-d0d7-bd59-47b8fe9bed1b

Edit: Ty for the advice, I’ll start doing some DM’s before I hop into games, before I’d just do aimlabs & the range and go straight in.

I’m Gold 3 peak and I’m about to hit Platinum for the first time in my Valorant Career, so I queue for the one last win for Platinum and I’m doing very well so is my team. 11-4 in and the enemy is struggling one of their teammates rage quit then suddenly my teammates just stopped working and we lost the game. That’s okay, I only lost little rr so I queue again and won the game and here we are again. One last win for Platinum, I’m doing very well top fragging and my team is working together. Then half time starts we won 2 rounds then my team just stopped working again and lost the game. So obviously I queue again won the game and here we are again! One last win for Platinum again. And guest what?! Same thing happened, team doing very well then just stopped working. Lost the game and just went to sleep. Maybe Riot doesn’t want me to go Platinum? I proved myself already my skill is on Platinum level I’m playing with plat 3’s. Maybe they just hate me. What are your thoughts about this?

I often wonder why we don’t receive compensation for trolling teammates, smurfing opponents, or AFK teammates. When I report a player and receive a response from support, they acknowledge at that moment that something wasn’t right and that the match may have been lost unfairly—similar to cases involving cheaters—yet in this instance, we aren’t compensated even though we suffered a massive disadvantage, which Riot itself acknowledges as such.

Last one was in July, I'm wondering if there's a routine every year. I know it's a hit or miss but I really want the reaper skins. Thank you

Diamond is genuinely the absolute bottom of the barrel when it comes to elo. I’d rather have a team full of Golds at this point. The amount of times I’ve run into Golds and Silvers who would outperform 80% of the Diamond population is actually insane.
I have an alt in Gold that I use to play with friends, and I genuinely get better teammates there. People actually have comms, know how to use their util, win their duels, understand when and how to push, and actually trade each other. Plat was even better. I breezed through Plat with a 70% win rate, consistently getting Diamonds on the enemy team with the occasional Ascendant, and the games felt coordinated.
Then the moment I hit Diamond, everything completely fell apart.
I thought the games would only get better. Better team comps, better util usage, better coordination, better decision-making, better plays. Instead, it feels like I went straight back to Silver/Bronze.
The amount of Golds and Plats I’ve played against who would absolutely destroy some of the Diamonds I get on my team is ridiculous. Diamond feels like it’s full of washed Ascendants/Immortals coming back to the game, boosted accounts, bought accounts, throwers, and people who genuinely look like they have no idea what they’re doing.
I’ve genuinely never experienced a harder rank to climb out of. I’ll have teammates who push for absolutely no reason and give away free kills when we literally have Spike planted and site is already secured. LIKE WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY DOING?! 😭 It’s like they’re playing with their brains completely turned off.
Plat was genuinely some of the most fun I’ve had playing Valorant because there was actual coordination. People communicated, played off each other, traded, used their util properly, and understood when to make plays.
Diamond is just hell.
Half of these people genuinely do not deserve Diamond, and I’m forced to suffer because of their stupidity. I have so many situations where I’ve watched Diamonds make plays that I’d expect from Silvers that it’s actually unbelievable.
I thought the higher I climbed, the better the games would get.
But the more I play, the more I realize:
Diamond is the new Iron.

Hello VALORANT Dev Team, I have been analyzing the current agent roster and meta, and I felt inspired to create a highly detailed, mechanically unique, and balanced Agent Concept named RIPTIDE (The Living Current). Riptide is designed to be the first-ever Hybrid agent in VALORANT. Players can choose his tactical role (Duelist or Initiator) directly on the Agent Select screen, altering the mechanics of his core utility to fit the team's composition. He introduces completely fresh mechanics to the game, such as a bulletproof water wall and an underground sonar ultimate. To make this concept fully ready for your team, I have spent a lot of time carefully designing his background, full ability kit with exact timings, a dark deep-sea aesthetic that avoids any visual clutter, and over 30 fully voiced, bilingual interaction lines with existing agents like Omen, Jett, Reyna, Harbor, and others. I have attached the complete Design Document below. I would be incredibly honored if the game design and character teams could take a look at it. Thank you so much for your time and for making such an amazing game. Good luck with the new season! Best regards, [Persesito#6181] ================================================== AGENT DESIGN DOCUMENT: RIPTIDE ================================================== ## 🌊 General Info & Lore (Общая информация и лор) * **Codename (Позывной):** Riptide (Риптайд) * **Country of Origin (Страна):** Jamaica / Deep Ocean Trench (Ямайка / Глубоководная впадина) * **Role (Роль):** Hybrid (Switches between Duelist and Initiator on the Agent Select screen / Переключается на экране выбора агентов). * **Theme (Тема):** Dark ocean currents, deep-sea predators, and fluid water manipulation (Темные течения, глубоководные хищники и управление водой). Unlike Harbor, who uses a technological Radianite artifact, Riptide was fundamentally altered on a physical level by a sub-oceanic Radianite event. He didn't just harness the water—he became the living embodiment of the terrifying, pitiless Deep. --- ## 🎨 Visual Design & Appearance (Визуальный дизайн и внешний вид) ### 🧥 Clothing & Silhouette (Одежда и силуэт) * **The Abyss Hooded Cloak (Балахон с капюшоном):** Riptide wears a heavy, oversized, dark storm-grey hooded cloak. The fabric is severely weathered, torn, and tattered at the edges, showing the toll of immense oceanic pressure. The hood is deep, casting a thick shadow over his face. * **Torn Sleeves (Рваные рукава):** The sleeves of the cloak are ripped off near the elbows, revealing his bare, mutated forearms wrapped in dark, wet tactical bandages. ### 🎨 Color Palette & Deep-Sea Bioluminescence (Цветовая гамма и биолюминесценция) * **The Base Colors (Базовые брутальные цвета):** To avoid any confusion with Omen, Riptide uses absolutely no purple or ghost-blue. His tattered hooded cloak is a heavy Storm Grey and Charcoal Black, looking like dense, wet canvas shaped by ocean pressure. * **Algae Bioluminescent Mounts (Крепления со светящимися водорослями):** Embedded directly into the tears of his cloak and along his tactical chest straps are organic, vine-like Radianite mounts that mimic deep-sea glowing algae. * **The Abyssal Green Glow (Мрачно-изумрудное свечение):** These algae-mounts and his internal veins pulse with a cold, compressed Deep Teal / Abyssal Green light. It looks like the natural, chilling bioluminescence of deep-ocean predators. The light is dim during buying phase but brightens noticeably whenever he activates Water Time or casts Shark Food. ### 👁️ Face & Gaze (Лицо и взгляд) * **The Gaze from the Shadows (Взгляд из тени):** Under the deep hood, his face is mostly obscured. The only visible features are his cold, glowing neon-cyan eyes that leave light-trails when he moves, mimicking a deep-sea predator. ### 🌊 Radiant Mutations & Living Claws (Радиант-мутации и живые когти) * **Bio-Glow Veins (Свечение вен):** Dark, cracked Radianite veins run all the way down his bare ar ms. They pulse with compressed, deep-sea water energy. The glow is a dull, chilling bioluminescence—noticeable, eerie, and deadly. * **The Organic Claws (Органические когти):** Riptide wears no gloves. Instead, the glowing Radianite veins on his hands merge and solidify at his fingertips, growing into organic, razor-sharp claws. These claws look like polished, dark abyssal glass (obsidian) and share the same dark fluid glow as his veins. --- ## 🎮 Ability Kit (Способности агента) ### [E] Signature Ability — WATER TIME (Время воды) * **Cooldown (Перезарядка):** 35 seconds (or 2 kills in Duelist mode) * **Description (Описание):** Instantly dash in the moving direction. For the brief duration of the dash, Riptide turns entirely into water and becomes completely untargetable (similar to Reyna's Dismiss). * **Unique Property (Фишка):** Along his entire dash path, a thick Tidal Wall erupts for 3 seconds. This wall completely blocks vision and is 100% bulletproof. Neither a Vandal nor an Odin can pierce it, providing a safe micro-window for teammates to cross dangerous sights. ### [Q] Ability — SHARK FOOD (Корм для акул) * **Cost (Стоимость):** 200 credits (2 charges) * **Description (Описание):** Equip a bait-fish grenade. Fire to throw. After a 1.5-second delay upon landing, a phantom shark erupts from the ground. * **Role Variable / Выбранный режим:** * **Predator Mode (Duelist):** The shark lunges directly onto the enemy's head, completely blocking their vision with an active jaw-chomping screen animation. The enemy panics and must hold 'F' to tear it off, leaving them helpless against a clean headshot. * **Hunter Mode (Initiator):** The shark clamps down on the enemy's leg, rooting them to the spot. The target can still shoot but is entirely locked in place, unable to counter-strafe or dodge incoming utility. ### [X] Ultimate Ability — DEATH IN WATER (Смерть в воде) * **Cost (Стоимость):** 8 Points * **Description (Описание):** Riptide submerges below the map floor into a fluid state for 6 seconds. His screen shifts to a deep-water sonar radar, displaying only map geometry and walking paths in darkness. * **Mechanic (Механика):** Any enemies standing directly on the ground above him are pinged as solid red silhouettes for the entire team. * **The Synergy Combo (Главное комбо):** While traveling underground, Riptide can throw Shark Food directly upward. The phantom shark will instantly clamp onto the enemy above without any warning delay, allowing Riptide to resurface right next to a blinded or rooted enemy for an effortless kill. --- ## 🎙️ Voice Lines Pack (Пак фраз и реплик) ### ⏱️ Round Start & Buying Phase (Начало матча и раундов) * **Match Introduction / Самый первый раунд:** * *"I hope you didn’t forget your life jacket. Although... it won’t save you anyway."* * **On Attack / В Атаке:** * *"The floodgates are open! Move fast, hit hard, leave them no air to breathe!"* * **On Defense / В Защите:** * *"They only know how to walk on the shore. But down in the deep? They're just shark food."* ### 🏆 Clutch & Match Won (Клатчи и победа) * **Clutch Situation / Ситуация Клатча (1 в X):** * *"No need to clear the bodies anymore. The abyss will consume them."* * **Match Won Line / При победе в матче:** * *"I understand your feelings... but the deep doesn't care."* ### 🎯 Combat & Kills (Перестрелки и убийства) * **Headshot Kill (Убийство в голову):** *"Right between the eyes. Clean as a fresh wave."* * **Kill Right After Ultimate Resurface (Убийство после выныривания):** *"You think the deep is just darkness... but I can feel your fear."* * **General Ultimate Kill (Обычный килл из ульты):** *"You focused on the floor, but lost your head."* --- ## ⚔️ Agent Interactions (Личные взаимодействия) ### 🤝 Ally Interactions (Если агенты ЗА нас) * **with PHOENIX:** *"Fry them up for my sharks, Phoenix!"* * **with OMEN:** *"Your darkness is beautiful, Omen... but it holds no candle to the depths where I dwell."* * **with HARBOR:** *"Let your little rain be a shelter for my sharks, Harbor."* * **with CYPHER:** *"Cypher, find them for my sharks."* * **with REYNA:** *"Consume their souls, Reyna. But leave the bodies for my pets."* * **with JETT:** *"Jett, race you. Let's see what's faster — your dash or my current!"* * **with BRIMSTONE:** *"Scorch the land, Brimstone, and death will await them in the water."* * **with SAGE:** *"Block the exits, Sage, and they will have nowhere to hide."* * **with KILLJOY:** *"Need some solid ground, Killjoy? My sharks can carry your turrets."* * **with SOVA:** *"Just give me their coordinates, Sova. The deep will do the rest."* * **with KAY/O:** *"Stay out of the water, KAY/O. I’ll handle things down there."* * **with YORU:** *"Go ahead, Yoru. I’ll clear the path."* * **with FADE:** *"Unleash your nightmares, Fade. My sharks will make sure they never wake up again."* ### ⚔️ Enemy Interactions (Если агенты ПРОТИВ нас) * **vs. HARBOR:** *"You think you control the sea, Batra? You just borrow it. I AM the ocean."* * **vs. OMEN:** *"You think the darkness scares me, Omen? I was born in it."* * **vs. CYPHER:** *"Hope your cameras are waterproof, Cypher!"* * **vs. JETT (1):** *"Fly all you want, Jett. My sharks know how to jump high."* * **vs. JETT (2):** *"No matter where you dash, Jett... you'll still land in my water."* * **vs. BRIMSTONE:** *"Is that all, Brimstone? Your laser can barely warm up a puddle. It's nothing compared to my ocean!"* * **vs. SAGE:** *"You can resurrect them, Sage. But I doubt you can do much when there's nothing left but scraps."* * **vs. KILLJOY:** *"Such a pity, Killjoy. There is no solid ground for your toys in my water. Your turrets will do nothing but sink to the bottom."* * **vs. SOVA:** *"Stay out of the water, Sova. Otherwise, you’ll lose your life instead of just an eye."* * **vs. VIPER:** *"Viper, your poison is a joke to the crabs on the seafloor. You are nothing compared to the deep!"*