After working with the esports team, surveying players, and talking to professional organizations, seven came out to be the sweet spot that offers both variety and mastery. However, now that Pearl will be added to the game, there will be eight maps to choose from.īesides this, learning and then mastering too many maps can be overwhelming for players out there. Joe "Pearl Hogbash" Lansford, design lead on the Maps team, has discussed that with seven maps in the pool, two maps used to be banned without any repeat picks in the best of five matches.
Valorant: Why Split getting removed from the competitive and unrated queues Split will be deleted from the competitive and unrated queues indefinitely.