How many rounds is unrated?

In unrated matches, the first team to win 13 rounds wins the game, with each half consisting of up to 12 rounds before the teams switch sides, unless the score is tied at 12-12, in which case the match will proceed to overtime in competitive matches, but in unrated matches, the team that first wins 13 rounds wins. The duration of an unrated or competitive match is approximately 30-40 minutes, making Valorant a fast-paced and exciting game.

Frequently Asked Questions

General Questions

1. What is the win condition for a Competitive Match? The win condition for a Competitive Match is the same as an Unrated Match, with one difference, whereas the first team to get to 13 rounds wins in an Unrated Match, if two teams reach 12 rounds each, a Competitive Match will go into overtime mode.
2. How long is 1 unrated game? It only takes ~30–40 minutes for an unrated/competitive match, and for a Spike Rush match, it will only take 8–12 mins.
3. How many rounds are in unrated Val? Each team will start as either Attacker or Defender and play in these positions for the duration of the half, which lasts for twelve rounds, once the half completes, the teams will switch sides and will play up to another twelve rounds until someone reaches the thirteenth round win required to win the match overall.

Game Modes

4. What is the shortest game mode in VALORANT? Swiftplay is a 5v5 Bo9 Plant/Defuse mode, it has most of the same gameplay rules as Unrated, but adapted for a shorter match length, Swiftplay has an estimated game time of 10-15 minutes.
5. How long is Spike Rush? Here’s Spike Rush at a glance: Games will last about 8 to 12 minutes on average.
6. What is the longest Val game? The Longest Game Is Actually…, according to them, the actual longest Valorant game ended in a 29-29 score and ran for a total of 1:29:53.

Technical Requirements

7. Is 60 fps playable in Valorant? It depends on what you are doing, 60 FPS is good if you just want to play causal for fun but you’ll still be at a disadvantage in front of someone who is at a higher Frame Rate, and if you are looking forward to the competitive scene then it’s recommended to look forward to around 144 or 240 FPS.
8. Is Val a heavy game? Although it is free to play, the Valorant requirements of a Radeon X1600 GPU is not too heavy of a graphical cost, however, to experience Valorant as intended your computer should meet the recommended requirements of a Radeon R9 280 GPU to fully eliminate crashes and stuttering.

Agents and Ranks

9. Who is the easiest player to play in Valorant? Killjoy, KAY/O, Omen, and Reyna are the easiest beginner agents to start your VALORANT journey to Immortal rank with.
10. Is Iron 1 higher than Iron 3? Here are the total competitive ranks you can achieve, in order: Iron 1, Iron 2, Iron 3.
11. What is the max RR from a draw? Wins earn a player around 5-50 RR depending on rank, and losses cost a player around 0-30 depending on rank, draws grant a maximum of 20 RR.

Miscellaneous

12. Can you get Lotus in unrated? Now we’ve answered the question, is Lotus in ranked VALORANT, what about unranked, well, Lotus is still in unrated queues.
13. How many unrated games to play ranked? In order to gain access to the new ranked mode, you will need to play enough matches of unranked Valorant to become familiar with the map layouts, weapons, and character abilities, this will take the form of twenty matches in the standard mode.
14. Why is CS harder than Val? CSGO just has tougher mechanics, it takes a lot more practice to master the mechanics and aiming in CSGO, which is why the pros are often respected for being the best of the best when it comes to accuracy and speed.
15. Is Val or CS more popular? So according to activeplayer.io, Valorant has a monthly player count of around 15.5 million whereas CS has 32 million monthly players.