Valorant is a pretty intricate game to master. With the tactical maps and agent roster for the title, you need sheer resilience and dedication to ace it. And the ranking system in the game shows exactly how much you have progressed through your journey.
All of the ranked matches are based on the players’ ranks. Except in the case of ‘smurfs,’ you are more likely to get teammates on the same level as you. But is that really the case?
Is There a Skill Gap in Valorant Match Making?
Recently, a dedicated Valorant fan shared his frustrating experience of getting stuck in a specific rank zone. Despite reaching Gold 3 once in Episode 6, this fan has admitted his average rank to be lying between Silver 3 and Gold 1.
After that rank reset, this fan was placed in Bronze 3 in Episode 9, Act 1. He reached Silver 1 pretty quickly after that but again was demoted. Right now, the player is testing his patience between Bronze 3 and Silver 1. But why is that? Is the rank-reset system in the game doing any good for the player?
Huge skill gap in te current act?
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This gamer thinks the reason for this anomaly is the huge skill gap in matchmaking. As per him, every time, the matchmaking process seems pretty random.
Sometimes he gets an overpowered player on his opponent’s team, and sometimes the opponent’s team seems to be well-balanced, according to his team’s skill. On the other hand, he gets teams that have an awful balance as well, occasionally consisting of two pro players and three below-average players.
He has also stated that despite being the match MVP in his recent two games, he still lost both of them. According to him, his teammates didn’t have the skill set to match the caliber of the other team. That’s why it has become impossible for the fan to rank up this act due to abnormal matchmaking with a huge skill gap.
There’s a Huge Skill Gap for Crossing the 20-Level Mark
The skill gap is not just a problem in ranked mode. In order to unlock these matches, you first have to reach level 20, and for that, you need to play other modes like Unrated, Deathmatch, Spike Rush, and more.
XPs earned through these matches will take you closer to ranked matches. However, for new players, that doesn’t seem to be very easy.
All the other game modes’ matchmaking processes are random. So despite being a level 15 player, you can find an opponent team consisting of level 150 players. The reason for this unbalanced team is that there is no proper parameter to match players in normal game modes, unlike ranks in ranked mode.
These normal game modes are somewhat warm-up grounds for pro players. So, for new players, even thriving in these modes is pretty tough these days.
What’s your opinion on the huge skill gap even in the ranked matches in Valorant? Let us know in the comment section.
