In Valorant the new ranked mode with the leaderboard battles is online. However, according to top Twitch streamer Myth, the system has a major weakness. Because those who compete alone may have severe disadvantages.
What is Myth’s problem with the ranked system? In the beta of Valorant, the long-awaited ranked system went live in early May. In it, you can play in rankings and thus be matched against opponents and teammates of your skill level.
But Ali “Myth” Kabbani, a popular and one of the most successful Valorant streamers (over 6 million followers) on Twitch, is not very impressed with the new ranked system. According to him, it is a very bad idea to compete alone, as a solo player. The reason: the matchmaking does not differentiate between group sizes.
So it could very well be that you, as a solo player, face a well-rehearsed 5-man team, all of whom signed up together for the ranked match.
The 5-man group clearly has the advantage, as they know each other and play coordinated, while in the random group on the other side, they might not even speak the same language.
Why is there no ranked system like in LoL?
Here’s how the problem could be solved: According to Myth, it makes almost no sense to compete alone. You would just ruin your rank and regularly get wiped out by well-coordinated 5-man squads. He would really like to play solo, but he just doesn’t want to deal with losses. Therefore, in his words, the system is also “garbage” and simply “stupid”.
It would make much more sense for him if a ranked system was used that maintains different leaderboards. Specifically, one for solo and duo players and one for 5-man groups. They would then each have their own ranks, as they are two completely different things.
Other streamers, such as CS:GO veteran Spencer “Hiko” Martin, see it similarly. Interestingly, Riot Games has exactly such a ranking system with solo/duo lists in its other game, League of Legends. So it is quite possible that Riot will take this system as a template. After all, Valorant is still in beta. By the way, a particularly good player has already reached the maximum rank after 30 hours, despite all the weaknesses of the ranked system.
