*UPDATED 6/24/2020
By George Wood Jr.
Prior to the official launch last month, players participating in the beta version of Valorant were swept up in the frenzied ferocity of trying to achieve “Radiant” rank, the highest honor a Valorant warrior can achieve.
After a certain number of Ranked matches within the beta version of the game, players were assigned a tier ranking of Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Immortal, or, the designation of absolute arena superiority known as Radiant.
It was all blood and sunshine for the beta community until April arrived and the official version of the game dropped.
Release of the game offered a nasty surprise for the Valorant community: No more ranked play.
Utter chaos. What’s the point of killing hordes of virtual strangers if you can’t flex on your haters with a bonafide title?
Rejoice you excitable Valorant players, for Riot Games has announced that Ranked mode is currently live!
Now is the time to sharpen your down-sight killabilities. This will require the mastery of Valorant gameplay fundamentals and, following that, a disciplined adherence to the ten suggestions listed below.