Valorant Rank Distribution: Where Will You End Up?

Valorant rank distribution has become a major talking point in the esports world following the game's global release on June 2.

Players around the world have hopped on the Valorant bandwagon. Riot Games' new first person shooter has become arguably the most popular competitive game in the world in the month that it's been out.

Valorant Rank Distribution

The Valorant rank distribution is divided into eight levels: Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Immortal, and Valorant. Each rank except Valorant is divided into three tiers, meaning there are a total of 22 possible ranks in the game.

The Valorant ranking system is quite complicated, as it changes based on how long a player has been playing the game. According to the Valorant website, newer players' rank is primarily determined by personal performance, but wins become more important the longer a player has been around.

While this ranking system makes sense because it prevents bad players from ranking up quickly while being carried by great players, it seems unnecessarily complicated. Players should be judged primarily by their personal performance, regardless of how long they've been playing.

After receiving a Valorant rank, players will only be matched with players within two ranks of them. Devs explained that this was introduced to keep teams even, instead of throwing a novice on a team with much more experienced players.

Valorant fans should also check out the T1 x Nerd Street Gamers Valorant Showdown, which starts today at 2 p.m. PST on T1's Twitch channel.