Valorant Episode 3 Act 3 begins with the new patch featuring changes to the game’s competitive ecosystem. The changes allow all Valorant ranks to play together, but there’s a catch. Show Riot Games has continued to make necessary changes to Valorant’s ranking and queue system since the game’s release in 2020. However, the new act changes everything. In order to combat smurfs, the developer has gone an extra mile, allowing five stacks for the first time. “In an effort to reduce smurfing, we’re removing all ranked restrictions from 5-stack parties in Competitive Queue. Our data has shown that the most common reason that players smurf, is because they want to play with their friends outside the bounds of our current ranked restrictions,” comms strategist Jeff Landa said. What ranks can play together in Act 3? Following the new update, all Valorant ranks can play in one lobby. Previously, a rank disparity restricted Diamond players from entering Silver and Gold lobbies, but this will change. The developer has removed the barrier in order to combat smurfs, but specific rules apply. Can five stacks play together in Valorant?Five stacks will see an increased queue time when they play together in Valorant, which has been a common problem in the first-person shooter. But after this new update, stacks above Diamond 3 might have to wait for even longer in the queue. The system will only put Diamond 3 and above stacks with similar MMR five stacks in order to ensure fair play, which will surely take time. Those who are okay with waiting should know that five stacks will also cost you plenty of Rank Rating (RR). Points gains and losses will be reduced when playing in a five-person lobby outside the rules of the previous rank restrictions. The amount that your RR is adjusted depends on the rank disparity within the group. If one of the members is outside of the rank limit, 50% RR will be deducted. The percentage will keep going up with the number of team members outside of rank restriction. RR deduction can be very high as the ranks scale upwards. For example, if one or more members of your group are Radiant, playing with any player below Radiant will reduce your potential RR by 90%. While the developer has allowed five-stacks after high community demand, the restrictions are severe. Players grinding ranked queues would be giving up on a high amount of RR, slowing down their ranking journey. It’s worth noting that only five-person lobbies are exempt from the previous rank disparity rule. Any stack under five won’t be able to queue with players who are outside of Valorant rank restriction. Along with this, the developer has also removed four-stacks to reduce toxicity in-game.
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Everything you need to know about Valorant ranks, including Act rank, rank distribution, restrictions, and what you need to do to earn a rank Joe Robinson Valorant
Want to know about Valorant ranks and how the ranking system works? Like all competitive FPS games, Riot’s Valorant has an ascending ladder of titles to sort the player base by ability. Whether you’re starting out as a lowly Iron or maintaining your dominance as a mighty Immortal, if you play Valorant competitively your life is governed by the ranking system. Valorant has a couple of different ways it measures ranking progress and the overall rating of players against each other. Each player has an overall Valorant rank, but there’s also a dedicated ‘Act rank’ for each act. On top of that, there’s also a concept called ‘rank rating’, which is connected to MMR. Here is everything you need to know about Valorant ranks, the current rank distribution, and competitive play. All Valorant ranks in orderHere is a complete list of Valorant ranks:
Valorant Act rankWhile your rank is an overall (and accurate) reflection of your skills and abilities, you also earn a separate Act rank as you play through each individual act. Your Act rank is officially the highest ranked win, which Riot likes to call your “proven skill”. There’s a hollow triangular badge you fill in during the course of an act, with miniature coloured triangles being slotted in as you play. Regardless of how many different rank colours the badge gets filled up by, only the top most triangle – your highest ranked win – will define your Act rank. This is also what governs the reward you’ll receive at the end of the Act – even if you’ve spent the majority of your time in Gold, if you have a win in Diamond 1, you’ll receive the Diamond rewards. Your Act rank resets between ranks, but your previous MMR is taken into account as you play your placement matches for subsequent acts. Valorant rank distribution in August 2022Rank distribution is important in any competitive shooter, and Valorant is no exception. Riot itself has shared information on this as far back as Episode 3 Act 1, where the studio said it was concerned there were too many people in the lower ranks and not enough making it through to the higher tiers. Fast forward to today, and the picture looks a lot better, although generally stats from esportstales.com suggests that nearly 50% of the player population is in bronze and silver. Here is the Valorant rank distribution as of August 2022:
Valorant rank placements and restrictionsSince Episode 4 Act 1, in order to earn ranks in Valorant’s competitive mode you need to have an account level of at least 20. Once you’ve hit that threshold, you can engage in ranked play. At the start of every episode, you need to play five placement matches, but for every Act 2 and 3 within an episode, you only need to play one placement match – your rank resets at the start of every Act. Valorant is a game that tries to promote competitive play between teams, although Riot has also tried to be generous with allowing friends to play with each other, even if there is a rank disparity. When it comes to playing with friends, there are some rules to keep in mind:
In terms of rank disparity, there are only restrictions for groups of two or three players. If the lowest person in the team is Iron or Bronze, then the highest can be no higher than Silver (any tier). If the lowest is Silver, then the highest can be no higher than Gold (any tier). If Gold is lowest, then Platinum is highest – again, any tier. If the lowest rank in the team is Platinum, Ascendant, Immortal, or Radiant, then the highest player can be no more than one level higher – so if the lowest is Platinum 2, then highest can only be Diamond 2. Five-stack parties ignore disparity restrictions, although depending on how big the disparity might be, there may be significant rank rating penalties. You can go to the official Valorant competitive FAQ for more details on this. That’s everything you need to know about Valorant ranks. For more Valorant guides, check out our Valorant tier list for the best characters, our Valorant crosshair codes guide to kit out your sites like your favourite pro, and then our guide to the Valorant Night Market for those discounted skins. |
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