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The new Ranked Shield arrives with VALORANT patch 10.01, stopping you from dropping ranks after you have a bad game.
Another fortnight has passed, which means Riot Games' popular first-person shooter gets an update. VALORANT patch 10.01 goes live and adds the new Ranked Shield to the game. We’ve got all you need to know about it here, along with a look at the rest of the patch notes.
How does the Ranked Shield work in VALORANT?
Ranked Shields, of course, are only available inVALORANT’s Competitive queue. Each player gets two of them while in the first tier of any rank except Radiant. That means the likes of Silver I, Gold I, Platinum I, etc.
If you lose a game while at 0 RR, the first of your shields is consumed. Lose another game any time after that at 0 RR, then the second shield is consumed. Once that happens, you’ll derank if you lose a game at 0 RR.
There are no Ranked Shields in the other tiers ofthe VALORANT ranked system. If you make it out of Gold 1 for example, you won’t retain your shields in Gold 2. They’ll only be usable in that first tier.
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Everything else in the VALORANT 10.01 patch notes
The Ranked Shields are definitely the most important part of VALORANT patch 10.01. Everything else in the patch notes are just bug fixes found across all platforms, and for PC and console specifically. So, here you are:
