


Remember, this is you doing better than your average, not you doing better than your teammates or opponents.

In turn, you will rank up just a little faster, and be rewarded for games where you kill it. This will help highlight those matches where you “outclassed” your average performance.We want to reward players that “pop-off” in a match, performing above expectations.Players Iron through Diamond who perform exceptionally well in a match (weighed against their own average performance) will gain bonus Rank Rating.By doubling the effectiveness of convergence, players on the extreme ends might see 40+ Ranked Rating gains, pushing them to their proper rank faster. We wanted to be a little conservative launching the new ranked system, but believe in some cases you were having to play too many games to reach your intended rank. This will help everyone get to a rank/Leaderboard Rank that best illustrates their skill more quickly.This will make it so players get to the rank they deserve in fewer matches.Increased the effectiveness or Rank Rating convergence: players will now converge to their match making rating (MMR) faster, requiring less games to prove their rank.Crouch-moving Error across rifles increased.Walking Error across rifles increased.Running Error across rifles increased 3.75 > 5.0.This alongside the changes to Convergence will reduce the total number of games that 5-stacks can play together before being forced into Solo/Duo. The in-game matchmaker has a notion of how it can expect you to play, so if you surpass those expectations you'll be getting some extra RR.To make sure players can't just 5-stack their way to the top, Diamond 3 is now being converted to Solo/Duo. Additionally, this patch is introducing a performance bonus for players from Iron to Diamond, which will reward players who perform exceptionally well in a match. This change should also lead to fewer RR losses per loss as well, and will hopefully help players reach the rank that suits them best in fewer games. Up first is the MMR to Rank Convergence increase, which will increase your Rank Rating (RR) if your MMR isn't equal to your rank faster. This is to help combat the sensation of running kills gained using rifles, and will make getting kills with rifles while moving more difficult (but not impossible if you can get close enough).Īs far as changes to Competitive mode go, there are a few new things going on. All rifles now have a much higher amount of error when moving and shooting. One of the first things the patch is touching up is rifle movement accuracy. The 2.02 patch for Valorant aims to start the process of fixing running accuracy, along with shifts to the Competitive system to help ensure players are reaching the proper rank faster while stabilizing the battle for top ranks.
