Act 3 of Riot’s competitive shooter Valorant is just around the corner, and fans are excited to know about what awaits them in the new Valorant Act. Luckily, Riot devs have finally revealed the Act 3 roadmap in a blog post today, with plans including changes to the competitive ecosystem, a new snow-themed map,’ and a new agent which will drop a patch later.
While the new map Icebox will be available to play as soon as Act 3 drops on October 13th, players won’t be able to enjoy the competitive mode on the map till two weeks later on October 27th. The new Agent is also set to arrive on the same date.
Competitive Changes
Act 3 will bring with it a number of competitive changes primarily focused on balancing out queues in higher ranks. The competitive changes will include
- A new Act Rank badge which can be upgraded by increasing your in-game ranks.
- Rank queue restrictions made tighter from 6 tiers to 3 tiers, to reduce rank disparities in competitive games.
- Freedom of players to pick servers.
- Immortal plus rank changes will be completely decided by wins and losses.
New map
As mentioned earlier, the new map Icebox will be available to play in Unrated mode from October 13th. Riot may alter the map depending on player feedback before implementing it to ranked mode on October 27th.
New Agent
No concrete information is available on the upcoming new agent, but it’ll be available in the game from October 27th.
New Skin
The new skin collection will be named ‘Singularity’ and will be added to the game alongside Act 3.
“Singularity exists in a far future, vast in its journey from the beyond. Powerful, abstract, and mysterious,” the Valorant blog states. “None know where it came from or how it came to be.”
