The basic format remains intact but condensed with the first Valorant Challengers events kicking off in February, and Valorant Champions taking place in September.<\/p>\n
Challengers sees the biggest format changes.<\/p>\n
This year’s format was considered overly long and offered up many games, if not of low quality, then of unimportance, with many dubbing them “qualifiers, for qualifiers, for qualifiers.”<\/p>\n In 2022, teams will compete in open qualifiers before moving to, previously unseen, league style play, a Challengers Finals will take place and successful teams will earn a spot at the returning Valorant Masters events, of which there will be two, one in April and one in July.<\/p>\n The Last Chance Qualifier will take place in August, before the Valorant Champions event in September.<\/p>\n The number of spots available in Challengers, Masters, and Champions was not revealed, nor were the locations of the LAN events.<\/p>\n In an attempt to cultivate a thriving pro-am scene, Riot Games announced the creation of national leagues.<\/p>\n In a similar vein to that seen in their MOBA title, League of Legends<\/a>, which has national leagues across the world, Valorant will get national leagues in 2022. <\/p>\n Starting in Europe and with plans to expand further, while no countries were mentioned, national leagues are likely to appear in Spain, France, the UK\/Ireland\/Nordics, Germany, and possibly Turkey.<\/p>\nValorant national leagues start in Europe<\/h2>\n