{"id":6186,"date":"2020-07-08T13:34:31","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T13:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/riot-introduce-overtime-system-to-valorant-ranked-matches"},"modified":"2024-07-19T16:04:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T16:04:37","slug":"riot-introduce-overtime-system-to-valorant-ranked-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/valorant\/riot-introduce-overtime-system-to-valorant-ranked-matches","title":{"rendered":"Riot introduce overtime system to Valorant ranked matches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It wasn&#8217;t announced initially in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/valorant\/valorant-patch-notes-v1-03-guardian-buff-new-spike-rush-orbs-more\">patch notes for v1.03<\/a> but Riot have confirmed the addition of a new overtime mechanic to Ranked or Competitive playlists matches.<\/p>\n<div id=\"traffective-ad-Content_1_292364\" style=\"display: none;\" class=\"Content_1\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Valorant v1.03 overtime, how does overtime work in Valorant, how do you draw in Valorant? How many people need to decide to draw in Valorant?\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cf.ginx.tv\/imgcdn\/rFOld-pz8VtdSuM7UdU2l_ODQanOposqM0sVLQs7qcA\/rs:fill:0:0:1\/g:ce\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ2lueC50di91cGxvYWRzL0Jhbm5lcl9pbWFnZXMvVmFsb3JhbnRfdjEuMDNfY29tcGV0aXRpdmUuanBn\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 338px;\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:11px;\">(Picture: Riot Games)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/playvalorant.com\/en-us\/news\/game-updates\/valorant-patch-notes-1-03\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">amendment<\/a> to the patch notes Riot laid out how overtime will work in Valorant, which will see teams tasked with winning two straight rounds, alternatively, there will be the option to call a draw.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, a draw will need six players across&nbsp;both sides, but as the match gets longer, the percentage of players needed to force a draw will decrease.<\/p>\n<p>The current system in a match that ends 12-12 is to see just another round play, with no switching of attacking and defending sides giving those that defend in the second half of a map a clear advantage.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read more:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/valorant\/valorant-patch-notes-v1-03-guardian-buff-new-spike-rush-orbs-more\">Valorant Patch Notes v1.03: Guardian buff, Twin Hunter orb, more<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The new overtime feature is expected to be implemented in Valorant v1.03, which, at the time of writing, has no scheduled release date.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>How does Valorant&#8217;s overtime work?<\/h2>\n<p>Valorant&#8217;s overtime feature only comes into play in Ranked or Competitive playlists, and of course, only comes into play when a match goes 12-12.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Competitive matches have a new win-by-two overtime format with automated votes on whether the game should continue or end in a draw.\n<ul>\n<li>Instead of playing a single sudden death round, teams will alternate playing rounds on attack and defence until a team claims victory by being up by 2 rounds.<\/li>\n<li>Each round will have a full reset, setting all players at 5000 credits and 4 points short of their ultimate.<\/li>\n<li>After every two rounds of overtime, an automated vote will trigger to determine if the match should continue or end in a draw\n<ul>\n<li>The threshold for continuing the match will become stricter as more rounds have been played:\n<ul>\n<li>First vote: 6 players needed to end match in a draw<\/li>\n<li>Second vote: 3 players needed to end match in a draw<\/li>\n<li>Third vote and on: 1 player needed to end match in a draw<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>If the vote fails, the match will end in a draw.<\/li>\n<li>Players might gain rank off a draw but will never lose rank<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It wasn&#8217;t announced initially in the patch notes for v1.03 but Riot have confirmed the addition of a new overtime mechanic to Ranked or Competitive&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1325,"featured_media":6187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-valorant","genre-fps","content_type-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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