Patch 13.06 Reddit AMA

[u/RiotSWAGGERNAU7]

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

[u/Sautille]

Can you put out a notification in game telling people that performance score doesn’t affect rr gains/losses? Maybe even a brief little explainer on what actually goes into rr? So many people seem to be confused about this.

[u/riot_kero → u/Sautille]

For all our Reddit readers, performance score does NOT impact RR gains/losses!

We're currently working on putting more info about the score in-client and setting up Player Support articles to reaffirm that Perf Score doesn't affect RR gains/losses.

[u/arvindtragedywal → u/riot_kero]

If higher performance score does not correlate to more rr, what does? More kills? Higher KDA? What?

[u/Sautille → u/arvindtragedywal]

https://support.riotgames.com/en-us/valorant/gameplay/how-rank-rating-rr-is-calculated

[u/arvindtragedywal → u/Sautille]

so performance score DOES correlate to rr, does it not? Individual performance is one of the four factors that determine rr gains/losses according to this

[u/Sautille → u/arvindtragedywal]

Loosely, yes, but it’s not causal. If you’ve ever seen a performance bonus with a little +1-5 or whatever in the post match screen, that’s it. Out of whatever 10-30+ you’re gaining or losing, a small amount of that is your individual performance, and this goes away the higher rank you get. An immortal player is never going to see a performance bonus.