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Overview
Review the VALORANT rulebook:
Preseason and Regular Season Format: Best-of-One (Bo1) games
Playoffs and Finals: Best-of-Three (Bo3) games
Join the lobby and Ready Up within the grace period.
Communicate via Match Lobby Chat.
Teams will complete the Map and Side Selection Process.
Home teams will create private matches and send invitations.
If there are any issues, finish the current game, then notify PlayVS Support for further assistance.
Please review the PlayVS Game Day Protocol.
Setting up the Match
Map Pick and Side Selection for Match
Before the first game, teams will ban and select maps from the Rotating Map Pool and choose sides for each game using PlayVS Match Lobby Chat. The pick, ban, and side selection process will proceed as follows:
Regular Season (Bo1)
Ban Phase #1 | Map Pick and Side Select |
Home team | Home team ➤ Picks map 1 |
Away team | Away team ➤ Selects side |
Playoffs and Finals (Bo3)
Ban Phase #1 | Map Pick and Side Select: Game #1 | Map Pick and Side Select: Game #2 | Ban Phase #2 | Map Pick and Side Select: Game #3
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Home team | Home team ➤ Picks map 1 | Away team ➤ Picks Map 2 | Home team | Remaining map is chosen |
Away team | Away team ➤ Selects side | Home team ➤ Selects side | Away team | Home team ➤ Selects Side |
Rotating Map Pool
To mimic the competitive format of VALORANT, maps will rotate during the regular season. The maps available to pick and/or ban starting Aug 19:
Map Pool
Abyss | Haven |
Ascent | Lotus |
Bind | Sunset |
Corrode |
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Home team move to Create the Custom Lobby and the Away team move to Join the Custom Lobby.
Create the Custom Lobby (Home Team)
Open VALORANT.
Click Play.
Select Custom Game.
Change from Open party to Closed party.
Game MODE: Standard
Click Options and confirm the following settings:
Allow Cheats: OFF
Tournament Mode: ON
Overtime: Win By Two: ON
Play Out All Rounds: OFF
Hide Match History: OFF
Invite the Away team captain to the lobby.
Join the Custom Lobby (Away Team)
Open VALORANT.
The Team captain will accept the invite from the Home Team captain.
Invite all team members to the Custom Lobby.
Match Protocol (All Players)
Once both teams are ready, use the lobby chat to perform the map pick and side selection.
Once the map(s) have been determined, update the map and move to the starting side.
The lobby owner will click Start and proceed to Agent Selection for the map.
Teams will select their agent.
Once all players have selected their agent, or after the 80-second countdown, they will be taken to the map for the first game.
Once the game begins, refer to section 1.5 Stoppage of Play in the VALORANT rulebook if the following occurs:
A pause is needed.
An in-game dispute must be submitted.
A player or the entire team disconnects.
Once the game is complete, take screenshots of the post-game lobby for your records.
Both teams submit results using the Match Assistant.
For playoffs, repeat the previous steps for the continuing maps until the match is complete.
Post-Match Process
After both teams agree to the final game's result using the PlayVS Match Assistant, the match will be complete, and results will be recorded.
If the Match Assistant is skipped, sponsors are responsible for verifying that results have been reported manually.
Matches without results risk a match loss for both teams by default.
In the event of an error, contact PlayVS Support for further assistance.
By default, Rulebooks overrule Match Instructions. Please reach out to support if you find any conflicting information.