Riot keeps VALORANT ranked queue in Korea, Brazil, and Latin America after “healthy” weekend

Things went well over the weekend.

Preston Byers

Published: May 18, 2020 07:49 pm

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While Riot Games said ranked VALORANT wouldn’t be staying for long in Korea, Brazil, and Latin America, the developer has reversed course.

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Ranked VALORANT queues will stay in those three regions for the duration of the closed beta on condition the queues remain “healthy,” Riot announced via Twitter. The ranked mode debuted in the Korean, Brazilian, and Latin American regions before the weekend for what was supposed to be a limited-time event.

We saw healthy ranked queues over the weekend for Korea, Brazil, and LATAM, so we will be leaving them on for the rest of Closed Beta!* (as long as they continue to stay healthy)
— VALORANT (@VALORANT) May 19, 2020

But after seeing “healthy” queues, Riot said it would keep the ranked mode in the game. Initially, the mode was going to be removed May 19 so the develoeprs could evaluate “server stability.”

The three regions join North America and Europe in having a stable ranked queue. The two Western regions received ranked queues over two weeks ago.

To queue for ranked games, players have to play at least 20 unrated VALORANT games. Ranks range from Iron One to VALORANT.

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Preston Byers

Dot Esports associate editor. Co-host of the Ego Chall Podcast. Since discovering esports through the 2013 Call of Duty Championship, Preston has pursued a career in esports and gaming. He graduated from Youngstown State University with a bachelor's degree in journalism in 2021.