Valorant is a fantastic game, and I have seen a good amount of posts talking about toxicity which can make someone's loss much much worse than if comms were silent the whole game. Ive collected some ways to be a better teammate and maybe win more games because of that.

1.) Nice Try: Imagine, there is one teammate left, up against 3 enemies. He's planted on B, he gets two kills, but dies to a molly that lands in his corner. He's most likely mad and having a teammate say things like "What why were you in that corner?" or "OMG viper lit 125 why didn't you just jump out and kill her?" will just tilt that player to the point it may take a couple of rounds to get back to the head space they were at. Saying things like Nice Try might give that teammate reassurance that they tried their best and may not tilt as hard from that mistake.

2.) We all have good games and bad games: Teammates are people too, and the environmental factor they face can change the way they play the game. Nobody plays in a empty white room, be understanding when the highest ranking player in your game may not be performing to where they should be. What I do is cheer them when they do a good job, this normally helps them get into a better headspace to play. After a round try things like "Wow that was a really good wall" or "dude that double kill was sick" just anything to reassure them that they aren't playing like garbage and missed a headshot or two.

3.) Fight Toxicity: If someone on your team is being toxic, try your best to make them "less toxic" than they currently are. In most cases with toxicity comes tilting, so if someone is being toxic I try and say things like "buddy calm down, this is a CT sided map, well make it up in the next half" or "Hey man we know how they play now lets try and counter their mid push" Sometimes this works, sometimes it doesn't. I have a rule that if it takes more than 5 rounds to change someone's attitude its not going to change and then just mute them.

4.) Be Toxic to the enemy: Nothing brings a team together like shit talking the enemy team, but remember to only shit talk players you have "authority over" for example don't shit talk the 13-1 reyna when you are 8-14, go after someone your own size. Double points if you make it funny, something that makes your team more light hearted, might also get them to speak on commas more. I don't attack their personal character, just things to tilt them in game like "Brim are you trying to give me a haircut lol" "Raze what kind of ulti was that" or "lmao what kind of shit clutch was that". Not only will this bring the team together, but also tilt the enemy team making them make more mistakes.

TL:DR : Just be a better person in your games. Valorant is less of personal skill, and more of "Which team will make the least amount of errors". The better you can be as a team mate is one less factor which might be a cause of you losing games.