Valorant Leak Reveals New Ascendant Rank Between Diamond and Immortal
By Max Mallow
A new Valorant leak from ValorLeaks on Twitter revealed a new competitive rank coming to the game.
Ascendant, featuring an emerald green design, is a new rank between Diamond and Immortal, according to ValorLeaks. If the leak holds to be true, this would be the ninth rank to be added and would also include three divisions like others in the game.
New Rank: Ascendant | #VALORANT
— ValorLeaks | Valorant Leaks & Info (@ValorLeaks) June 16, 2022
- A new rank between Diamond and Immortal pic.twitter.com/69zN3Potmj
Valorant Leak Reveals New Ascendant Rank Between Diamond and Immortal
The new ranking system, should Ascendant make its way to live servers, would look like the following:
- Iron
- Bronze
- Silver
- Gold
- Platinum
- Diamond
- Ascendant
- Immortal
- Radiant
Think of Ascendant acting similarly to Masters in League of Legends. For Riot Games' popular MOBA, there is a Masters rank between Diamond and Grandmasters with Challenger sitting as the highest rank. Radiant would translate to Challenger in this situation with Immortal essentially becoming Grandmaster.
Fans hope this new rank creates more stability in the ranking system as the game approaches Episode 5 Act 1.
UPDATE (June 16, 1:59 p.m. ET): Riot Games confirmed the new Ascendant rank in a Valorant developer live stream.
Just announced on stream, your first look at the new Ascendant Rank
— VALORANT (@PlayVALORANT) June 16, 2022
• New Rank above Diamond, below Immortal
• Adjusted Rank grouping restrictions, placements, and 5-stack penalties
• Full details to come in Patch Notes 5.0 https://t.co/nEOGnr9sLf pic.twitter.com/8ZOTwU1BI2