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Riot Games reminds fans to team up and enroll at Premier Ignition, the community-based VALORANT tournament.
Mark your calendars because Premier Ignition weekly matches are coming up. Five to seven players can create a team and enroll on or before July 20. After the enrollment period, the teams will compete in pre-scheduled matches.
Riot will designate the divisions based on the MMR of the top five players on your team. You cannot add players outside your division after the enrollment period. Specific maps will be played out per week in a best-of-one series.
A weekly match win grants teams 100 points, while a loss awards them 25 points. Teams must accumulate 375 points to qualify for the playoff tournament that will be held on August 13.
The mechanics are similar to the Premier global beta launched in April. VALORANT Premier is a new competitive mode designed to create a more challenging and rewarding avenue than the ranked mode. It aims to gather aspiring pro players from the comfort of their homes and create a new path to the big stage.
Leo Faria, VALORANT's Head of Esports, told fans that the Valorant Premier will soon be the path to VCT Challengers League. Once the system is smoothed out, it will replace the current VCT open qualifiers.
According to Riot, the Premier Ignition is still a test run of Premier and it will showcase an improved system based on the community feedback from the global beta. Some of these changes are tailored queue schedules per zone, real-time updates on tournament brackets, deletion of consolation bracket, and extended schedule for team enrollment.
An exclusive banner will be given to players who played at least one match during the Premier Ignition. Meanwhile, a unique 3D gun buddy card and title will be awarded to the winners of the playoff tournament.
