VALORANT Team Deathmatch: Release, features, and how to play

If you can’t care less for VALORANT’s highly unpredictable Deathmatch mode, a new variation—Team Deathmatch—is on its way to spice up your mandatory warmup routine in the tactical shooter. 

Soon, you can team up and practice your raw aim with your weapon of choice, all while playing your favorite agent and deploying abilities—potentially an excellent, all-around practice session to indulge in before you start your ranked matches. 

The mode’s release is still a couple of weeks away, but Riot Games has announced all of the interesting features one can expect from Team Deathmatch (TDM). Here’s everything you need to know about the upcoming game mode in VALORANT.  

When will Team Deathmatch launch in VALORANT?

The highly anticipated TDM mode will be playable right from the start of Episode Seven, according to Riot game director Andy Ho. The TDM announcement video also confirmed the same launch date.

Right now, Episode Six, Act Three is slowly inching to a close, with the game’s timer indicating June 27 as the end date for the competitive frame. The new Episode should kickstart a few hours after the ongoing frame ends, so Episode Seven should commence on the same day.  

Expect to be able to drop into VALORANT’s TDM mode right after you download the seasonal patch on June 27.

All VALORANT Team Deathmatch gameplay features

VALORANT‘s Team Deathmatch mode will pit two teams of five against each other in a 10-minute race to get 100 kills, separated into four timed stages. Each stage will feature a set of featured weapons:

• Stage I: Pistols
• Stage II: Ares, Stinger, Sheriff
• Stage III: Spectre, Bulldog, Guardian, Ares
• Stage IV: Vandal, Phantom

Team Deathmatch will feature a set of new maps created specifically for the experience: District, Piazza, and Kasbah. The maps for TDM are stylistically similar to those in the standard map queue but designed for the TDM experience: no spike sites, just player spawns, and a lot more obstacles and objects to hide around and peek from.

Players will be able to choose their loadout for each stage at the start of the match, or whenever they find themselves in the spawn area. Weapon spawners placed around fixed locations will feature stage-specific weapons for pickup, with limited ammo available. Recovery orbs that heal health and shields, as well as Ultimate orbs are also available for pickup.

One thousand XP is granted per match of Team Deathmatch.

How to play Team Deathmatch in VALORANT

Like all other modes, Team Deathmatch should be listed on the horizontal modes menu when you click on the Play button from VALORANT’s lobby screen. Simply team up with friends or queue solo for the game to fill you in a team. 

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Team Deathmatch officially arrives with the launch of VALORANT Episode Seven, Act I on June 27, 2023.