Using your ultimate ability correctly in VALORANT is essential to getting the most out of whichever agent you choose to play. Though certain agents have more impactful ultimates than others, when used efficiently, most of these hard-earned powers can make the difference between winning or losing a round.

In VALORANT, every agent has a unique voice line when activating their ultimate ability with the designated key bind (most commonly the “X” key).

The main 2024 competitive VALORANT Champions Tour season’s wrapped up, which means it’s time for Rostermania—and there’s already heaps of action on the player market.

The end of VCT Champions marks the offseason for pro VALORANT allowing teams to begin shuffling their star-studded lineups. We’ve already seen some big moves from major players, with even a couple of successful squads making the tough decision to freshen up before the 2025 preseason begins in January with KICK//OFF.

After a miraculous reverse sweep in yesterday’s semifinal and almost a year to the day since their failed VALORANT Champions Tour Ascension bid, you’d think the scriptwriters had M80 penned for redemption against 2Game. Unfortunately for the North American roster, it wouldn’t be their day—again.

Brazilian underdogs 2GAME will instead earn the coveted VCT 2025 Americas slot after a narrow 3-2 grand final victory at the Ascension tournament yesterday. M80 was up 2-1 in the final and were one solid Haven away from tasting top-flight VALORANT next season, but the Brazilian squad rallied to take the fourth and fifth map with relative ease, consigning the North American team to another year in the Challenger circuit.

Besides new skins, new agents, or a new map, one of the most exciting times for VALORANT players is when the competitive map pool changes. In Riot Games’ upcoming Patch 9.08, the map pool is changing, along with some much-needed balance changes for Sunset.

VALORANT Patch 9.08, set to drop on Tuesday, Oct. 22, is shaping up to be one of the biggest patches for competitive players since there will be two new maps added. These maps will not, however, be undergoing any design changes at this time, and are being swapped in for the sake of changing the overall variety of the pool.

The sequel to Singularity, one of VALORANT’s most popular bundles, is set to launch next week, and introduces themed skins for the Vandal, Ghost, and the highly sought-after Butterfly Knife. The collection looks like a must-get, especially if you love the Singularity’s iconic finisher. 

Riot Games dropped the Singularity 2.0 reveal trailer on Sept. 20 across all its socials, confirming three weapons will be available (including the knife) in the upcoming bundle—set to go live in the store with Patch 9.06 on Tuesday, Sept. 24. If you’re interested in adding the skin line to your collection, here’s everything you need to know about the Singularity 2.0 bundle in VALORANT.

If you’ve been holding out on buying new skins in VALORANT, then the next bundle might be the one that opens up your wallet. Riot unveiled the game’s upcoming Singularity 2.0 bundle today, and it features some of the most popular weapons in the game.

In the trailer from Riot, the Singularity 2.0 skin line will be adorned on the Vandal and the Ghost, which are two of the most-used weapons in VALORANT. Although there will be only three skins in the collection, the line will also come with a highly-coveted Butterfly Knife, which should be a huge selling point for many players in the community.

It’s been over a year since Sunset was added to the competitive queue in VALORANT, but in the upcoming Patch 9.08, players will be getting some pretty significant adjustments to the map’s design that should change many strategies for both attackers and defenders.

According to a new set of leaks from ValorIntel, Riot Games is seemingly planning some major changes in VALORANT Patch 9.08 for Sunset, including a revamped B site featuring a new entrance, new pillar areas, and an elevated back-site area that requires you to jump up on multiple boxes.

If you’ve ever been a victim of a hacker in VALORANT, you know how frustrating it is to lose RR due to a situation completely out of your hands. But Riot Games has revealed it will implement a new feature called the Ranked Rollback to restore that lost RR.

In a blog post today, VALORANT data engineer Jose “the3” Chavez explained that the developers don’t want to lower the number of matches that a cheater plays before getting caught because doing so would allow the cheat creators to adapt their software, test with a new account, and see which version avoids Riot’s detection systems.

Inaugural VALORANT Champions-winning organization ACEND Club is departing the esport ahead of the 2025 season, describing the shooter’s competitive ecosystem as “hostile” in an exit statement that has sent shockwaves through the community.

The European org announced its pro VALORANT departure on Sept. 16, citing the esport’s extended offseason, “tiny” prize pools, and overblown salary expectations of VCT players as reasons why the org cannot justify chasing a slot in Riot’s partnered league. “The increasingly hostile ecosystem has simply made it untenable to responsibly run a team.”

During an ongoing stream on the same day of announcing his retirement, TenZ reassured his gutted fans that he might still return to competitive VALORANT, and sooner than most people think.

Roster shuffles after the end of each VALORANT season are standard, but no one expected TenZ’s retirement from professional play on Sept. 14. The former Sentinels’ player, now turned full-time content creator for the organization, had already been streaming on Twitch and YouTube for two hours before his announcement dropped. He quickly wrapped up his ranked match to shed some light on his deision, opening a window of hope after addressing his decision by telling his viewers he might someday return to pro VALORANT—albeit only for a short period.