Valorant has been in closed beta for over a month, and a lot has changed in that time. However, some things have not changed, such as the lack of a solo cue in the rankings.

Players have been criticizing Valorant’s ranking system for some time now. The biggest criticism is that it heavily favors premades and parties. Consequently, trying to play your way up the ranks as a solo player is not such a pleasant experience. Valorant’s developers recently published a response explaining, among other things, why the ranking system is the way it is.

It’s important to us that team play is at the heart of competition at VALORANT, because we believe that playing as a team is an important component to overall mastery of the game. When players have a group of teammates with whom they perform well, we don’t want to discourage them and set a precedent that the true test is in solo play.

Needless to say, players were not satisfied with the reaction and criticized Riot Games’ decision. Some of them claimed that for a fair competitive experience a solo cue was mandatory.

Others gave examples with famous CS:GO teams like Astralis, which probably wasn’t the best idea. The reason is that CS:GO doesn’t have a solo cue either, and solo players are often matched against a five-man team. Riot’s response wasn’t all bad though, it also mentioned that the game tries to match smaller groups against similar groups.

For those playing solo or in a smaller group, we have made an effort to ensure that our matchmaking matches players against similar pre-made team sizes.

Despite this, some players claimed that they preferred to avoid the Valorant Rankings altogether.

The 10-mans mentioned by Mendo seem to be an alternative, but they will not be part of the ranking system. For now, those who want to move up in the rankings will have to accept the fact that there is no solo cue.

Riot’s decision to force team play is not an unusual one. As we mentioned above, CS:GO doesn’t have a solo cue either, for which it was heavily criticized. Valve’s other title Dota 2 briefly had the option to play only against other solo players, but this was eventually removed as well. One of the main reasons Valve gave for its removal was the longer wait times for matchmaking. Obviously, Dota 2’s player base is currently much smaller than CS:GO or Valorant. Riot still has plenty of time to change their mind, as their tactical shooter is still in beta after all, so nothing is decided yet.

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What is Valorant?

Valorant initially appears to be a cross between CS:Go and Overwatch . A competitive shooter where two small teams compete against each other.

Your team is either ready to attack or defend, with the attackers placing a “stinger” (essentially a bomb) that the other team must then defuse or preferably prevent you from placing at all.

The attacking team can win by either eliminating the defenders or placing the stinger and then protecting it from defusing until the timer runs out. The defenders can similarly win by destroying the attackers before they have a chance to plant their stinger, or disarming the stinger after it has been planted.

Each team of five can play as both attackers and defenders during a game. Each game has a total of 25 rounds, with the first team to win 13 rounds declared the winner

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