Riot Games announced that the ranked and competitive queues for the Valorant console beta would be disabled for a few days, and players’ ranks would reset. As of August 2, ranked has returned and the game has left the beta phase.
The competitive queue for theValorant console betabecame available on June 25 with theintroduction of patch 9.00. Since then, players have been able to grind through the ranked ladder playing against other Xbox and PlayStation owners.
Riot has also introduced new maps and adjustments to the console version of Valorant in every patch since.
On July 30, Riot Gamesannouncedon social media that competitive queues across PC and console players would go down for a short period, starting at 6 AM PT.
PC players had their ranked queue return just an hour later, as the downtime was needed to update Valorant Premier and its otheresports offerings.
Console players, however, had to wait until August 2, 9 AM PT, for the competitive mode to return.
Why the Valorant console ranks reset
The developer stated that the reset was donebecause of insights they gleaned from the beta period for the console version of Valorant.
⚠️COMPETITIVE DOWNTIME⚠️To prepare for the future of competitive in VALORANT, the Competitive queue will be down for ALL players starting July 30 at 6AM PT🖥PC players: Comp will return approximately around 7AM PT🎮Console players: based on our learnings in beta, we’ll be…
Riotexplained in a postabout the reset that they underestimated how well console players would improve on the ranked ladder, so they needed to reset everyone’s ranks to resolve “inconsistencies” that arose during the beta period.
The developer announced thefull release of Valorant on consoleswith the return of Ranked Play on August 2.
During the competitive downtime, console players could still play Unrated, Swift Play, Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, and custom games.
Players looking to improve their play while waiting for ranked to become available again should check to see that they havethe best controller settings for Valorantor find theirnew favorite crosshairto unlock their aim.
Declan McLaughlin was a Gaming & Esports Writer on Dexerto’s US team, specializing in Valorant and League of Legends. He has bylines at Upcomer and Inven Global.
