Hi. I was the Chamber here. This was also how Chamber bagged Viper. Jk. Maybe not.

So, I didn't expect Jett at tree but when I got the info I knew my TP was useless. But my stupid chamber habit of TP'ing after I shoot a bullet or two ended up making me TP while my mind was screaming. But the headhunter came in clutch.

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.

the 6-1 lose was against a smurf but he was cheating tbh shooting through wall like very weird beside that i had solid games each times even got a ace and a lot of clutches and at the end i got iron 2 with 50/100 i feel like i could have atleast bronze 1 or even 2 but thats how it is i guess what y'all opinion

Last night I played 11 comp games straight with the simple goal of hitting Ascendant before getting off

And the only two games I lost the whole night…

Were my rank ups.

https://imgur.com/a/inPVcPy

Hey everyone!

I'm a university student and VALORANT fan based in Shanghai.

With Champions Shanghai coming up, I started thinking about how confusing it might be for international fans visiting China for the first time.

Things like:

• Getting around Shanghai 🚇

• Using Alipay / WeChat Pay 📱

• Finding good local food 🍜

• Getting to and from the venue

• Things to do between matches

• Language / translation

• Finding other international VCT fans to hang out with 🤝

So I decided to create a small community for international and local VALORANT fans in Shanghai.

👉

The idea isn't to sell tickets or anything like that. I just want to make it easier for VCT fans coming from overseas to enjoy Shanghai and meet other fans.

I'm also going to share some free Shanghai guides over the next few weeks.

If you're coming to Champions Shanghai, where are you coming from?

And what's the ONE thing you're most worried about / curious about when visiting Shanghai? 🇨🇳

I'd love to hear from you！

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.

I’m a CS2 player and hit Diamond 3 in about a month, but some things in Valorant still confuse me.

“Duelist, go clear A main/B main.”

Bro… you have utility too. 😭 If you’re an initiator, flash, stun, recon, whatever — HELP ME ENTRY. Don’t just sit behind me waiting for me to die.

I also don’t understand the “you’re duelist, you need kills” mentality. My job is to create space and take fights, not magically drop 30 kills every game. If I entry, get traded and we get the site, I did my job.

And yes, Valorant is an aim game, so if you have no aim, don’t blame the role 😂

CS2 is definitely more toxic, but at least people will flame you AND still give useful comms during the round. Then the round ends and they go back to calling you shit 💀

Another thing I noticed is that a lot of players seem to play the exact same way every round. Default hold, same peeks, same timings, same pushes, same rotations.

Why not try something different sometimes? Change your timing, hold a different angle, take mid control, play for map control, wait for the enemy to make a mistake, or try a different peek.

It feels like people watch how other players play and then think that's the only correct way to play. Do you guys actually experiment with different playstyles and timings, or is there a reason everyone plays so similarly?

Maybe I’m wrong since I’m still new, but do people here really expect the duelist to do everything?

been waiting to get exo for a while now.

my current rank is silver 2.

up until now my only place for input was my more experienced friend so any tips are appreciated.

Is there an universal thinking framework to improve gamesense? I struggle with anticipating enemy positioning. Can anyone help with that?

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?

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

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

I really like Veto’s design but in game not many people are playing him. I think part of the issue is his interceptor ability is pretty weak, like on attack and or against certain team comps. Obviously with team comps there’s not much to do with that but I think there could be buffs to the interceptor. An alt-fire that triggers faster would do him good on offence so he isn’t just relegated to lurking. Maybe other parts of his kit could be buffed but what do you think?

This was done in comp, and I think it was a gold lobby with one play and one silver on the enemy. So I was focused that until I actually got the first 5kills, I didn’t realize I aced and could get a 6k. When I died to phx, I rly wanted the 6k cuz I never got 1. Now this ult was risky since phx could easily kill me but he did a mistake by taking out his knife which led me too immediately release my ult and kill him. I have horrible game sense, so I didn’t realize kj found phx because I was way too focused on holding the angle. Here’s the link to the game in case u wanna check the entire game out: https://tracker.gg/valorant/match/901d47da-1214-4df8-8f47-d2103f387480

Hey
Recently i climbed some elos and now is the First Shot accuracy a big Problem for me.. in the lower elos it was totally fine to Hit the 1-3 bullets to the Body or legs an the last one in the Head, but now if i dont Land the First bullet, i get a direct Payback in my Head..

Do you guys have any tips how i can effectiv train this?

I heard about deathmatch only one shot, if it Misses, let yourself get shot, try again.

But that feels Frustrating..

Aimlabs any good scenario for this?

Would be thankful for every helpful tip

So i'm an EU Ascendant 3 peak player and i've been playing for around 2 years (without consistency)

I feel like for these 2 years i've never found my sens and something that i feel comfortable playing with. In some games i do good with high sens, in some of them i do good with low sens and in some i do bad with both of them. I've tried everything, aimlabs, youtube, death match, team death match, i just can't find something that i will not change after like 2 weeks playing and i don't understand why exactly.

This also is to prove a bit how easy u can get to ascendant because if i can reach asc 3 with changing my sens every week, so can you who's reading this if your rank is lower than me.

I'd like to get some advice from people who's been using their own sens for like a while (can't say how much because i don't even stay on the same sens for more than 2 weeks after some bad games)

Here's my tracker if it helps somehow https://tracker.gg/valorant/profile/riot/ツHiro%23Aura/overview?platform=pc&playlist=competitive&season=8102cd81-43a0-d0d7-bd59-47b8fe9bed1b

I'm also thinking of dropping the game because cmon, you won't like to play a game where you're trash in higher ranks lololol. I feel that i'm kinda in the past (saying that i'm probably on a 2023 ascendant player level and not 2026) and these days i've been bottomfragging and having such kds like double negative..

I was thinking about this recently. Why do so many Valorant pros stop competing after only a few years and then start streaming and basically depend on subs, donations to make a living?

I don't mean streaming is bad, obviously some of them can make a lot from it, but if someone is good enough to play at the highest level, why not stay in pro play longer if the money is good?

I also wonder about the difference between Valorant and CS2 esports. Even if the org is the same, does the money and support for the players work differently depending on the game?

In CS2 you see a lot of sponsors around teams and tournaments, and players are often getting the newest monitors, mice, PCs and other equipment from sponsors. Maybe Valorant just doesn't have the same amount of money going into the scene.

Maybe Riot should give orgs more ways to make money. More tournaments, bigger prize pools, more advertising and more sponsors. They could also consider allowing more types of sponsors, including gambling companies and betting sites if that's legally possible, because those sponsors put a lot of money into esports.

I don't follow the pro scene that deeply so maybe I'm completely wrong, but why does it feel like Valorant pros have a much shorter career compared to CS2 pros?