When the next act begins, will I start at my last rank, or my act rank?
After every act you play some placement matches. Do you begin at your act rank after the act ends? Like, if my act triangle is diamond 2 but my current rank is plat 3, will I begin my palcements at plat 3 or diamond 2?
Thanks!
Posted by Otto
Monday, December 28, 2020 8:55 PM
How to fix being stressed out and unconcentrated in Post-Plant/Clutch situations
Hey everyone,
so I played the whole beta and came back to Valorant like 3-4 days ago and have shit tons of fun. I did my placements 2W-3L and got Gold 1. After losing 2-3 more games I'm now Silver 3. Now, I'd love to improve, aimwise I kno...
Posted by Otto
Thursday, November 26, 2020 12:31 PM
I’m losing every peek/hold fight. I’ve watched a bunch of videos on different kinds of peeking and angle holding but I’m still trash and getting one tapped.
My pre crosshair placement is always on their head. I stay far from the corner so they can’t see me first. Sometimes I’ll jiggle peek or shoulder peek. I’ll take tight and wide angles when holding. But I’m still losing every time. Is there...
Posted by Otto
Friday, November 27, 2020 6:02 AM
The Vandal kinda slaps...
I used to be a Phantom boy through and through. I saw all the obvious benefits (silencer with no tracers, can shoot through smokes easy) but for some reason lately I've been getting held back by not finishing kills.
I had been trying to be...
Posted by Otto
Friday, December 4, 2020 9:53 AM
My journey from Iron 1 to Gold in 2 months, and how you can improve.
For background, this is my first FPS game, although I've used MNK my whole life and I started Valorant 10 days before act 2 ended.
I had no idea what act triangles were, and I just saw you needed 10 wins to get one, so I played comp until...
Posted by Otto
Thursday, December 17, 2020 6:31 PM
I've had the best night playing Valorant yet today.
**TLDR**: After 3 acts I finally learned that
1) If I don't feel like my aim is warmed up, it isn't, and I should play until I feel like it. Using the spike plant/defuse is a really good practice(at least for me).
2) Invite good playe...
Posted by Otto
Saturday, November 28, 2020 11:19 PM
I love and hate being in Iron.
I recently dropped to iron from gold due to me doing bad in placement's, internet dropping in and out, smurfs, etc. But whatever, many people told me that if i truly don't belong in a rank i'll climb out of it.
So, I go into a gaming sessi...
Posted by Otto
Sunday, November 29, 2020 12:02 AM
Fan Valorant agent concept - Set
Instead of waiting for a new Controller agent, I tried to design one myself!
https://preview.redd.it/l5qjdhtbvs661.png?width=700&format=png&auto=webp&s=f4c7bedb6cdfb19f6191773dc8f432111e442930
Introducing Set, based on the Egyptian god o...
Posted by Otto
Wednesday, December 23, 2020 11:19 PM
You don’t need super good hardware to hit dai
Today I hit dia 3 hoping for immortal tomorrow it took me 6 games after placements (placed plat 3) I have a really good pc but my monitor is 60hz and my mouse is like a 40$ Alienware mouse. If you want to hit dia all you have to do is know...
Posted by Otto
Sunday, November 29, 2020 7:43 PM
Advice on how to practice movement and breaking bad habits?
I've noticed a very bad habit in myself that I can't seem to break, and it leads me to losing a ton of gunfights. I tend to start shooting just a FRACTION of a second before my movement penalty is up, and this often leads to my first bulle...
Posted by Otto
Sunday, November 29, 2020 9:09 PM
It's just all smurfs.
I'm garbage at this game. I am hard stuck in bronze but I am learning how to play mouse and keyboard on this game and it's only been about a month BUT literally every game I get into has a Smurf. Sometimes they're on my team, sometimes they...
Posted by Otto
Sunday, November 29, 2020 10:07 PM
How the Ranked System Works and Why Smurfs Became a Problem
I'm an Immortal 3 player who made a new account to play in it when I'm not 100%. I'm trying to filter my games better in my main account to reach Radiant (which has been a struggle), so I just want to have an account to spend my energy on....
Posted by Otto
Monday, December 21, 2020 3:24 PM
Common mistakes that low Elo players still make
I've been playing this game for quite a while and I still see very common mistakes that almost everyone in low Elo still does. A huge reason how I ranked up was eliminating bad habits like these and get the basics right first. I actually st...
Posted by Otto
Monday, November 30, 2020 9:24 PM
The Rank Reset how you de-rank so easily in Valorant
So early on in its release, Valorant decided that they want to farm as many gameplay hours out of each player as possible. That is not in itself a bad thing as every game tries to find ways to maximize player engagement.
Think about the...
Posted by Otto
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 7:00 PM
Genuinely Trying to Fix The Smurf Problem
TL:DR Nothing is gonna change until Valorant's dev team requires some sort of time investement in order to unlock ranked.
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I've been lurking around on Reddit, speaking my PoV in comments. Same idea on Valorant's Twitter, Val...
Posted by Otto
Monday, December 21, 2020 9:24 AM