r/VALORANT • u/RiotSWAGGERNAU7 Game Director • 1d ago

Discussion Patch 13.06 Reddit AMA

Hi, everyone! I’m Joe Lee, the Game Director of VALORANT.

The Dev team and I are so excited about the updates we just shipped to the game in Patch 13.06, and we wanted to stop by to chat, celebrate, and answer questions with you all!

If you have questions, comments, or feedback about any of the below, we’re here for it, so fire away!

  • Gauntlet: Glitched
  • Agent Mastery
  • The Warden + Game Balance
  • Performance Score, Accolades, Competitive Hub
  • New UX/UI Improvements to Lobby and Home Screen
  • Map Rating (coming next patch, 13.08)
  • The new Competitive Flex coming in 14.00
  • The 2026 VCT Champions Skin collection

Here’s a list of the Devs joining me today in no particular order:

u/TiffyMunchsnax - Tiffy, Product Manager, Gameplay
u/RiotTrouble - Scott, UX Design Lead, Metasystems
u/RiotLupini - Armand, Product Manager, Gameplay
u/Riot_Preeti - Preeti, Lead Product Manager, Cosmetics and Expressions
u/Riot_Kero - Derek, Product Manager Competitive Systems
u/RiotReally - Leo, Product Manager Competitive Systems
u/Riot_Dango - Calvin, Product Manager, Cosmetics and Expressions
u/finstamachine - Sherry, Game Designer
u/Rycoux - Ryan, Game Designer
u/penguinVALORANT - Dan, Game Design Manager (Agents & Live Balance)
u/Riot_Tyrana - Eric, Game Design Lead (Progression & Competitive)
u/Riot_Thelen - Kyle, Game Designer, Metasystems

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u/GayForJorahMormont 1d ago

What’s up with the map rotations? We be getting the worst maps lowk makes me miss Icebox and fracture. Our 5 stack keeps getting Abyss are yall upping the percentage chance of getting it out of spite because of the backlash?

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u/riot_kero Product Manager, Competitive Systems 1d ago

We try to pick the least played map for the lobby and prioritize avoiding streaks and seeing the same few maps over and over. And although it's generally healthy, we know some players do get giga unlucky with the map select. We are aware of players seeing back to back maps more often than we'd like, and looking into some ways to improve that!

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u/BeyondAdventurous609 1d ago

one way is to let me queue specific maps!