New Valorant patch adds League of Legends’ best feature to ranked

Playing any game at a competitive level isn't easy - take it from someone who's currently grinding her way through the League of Legends ranks. Sometimes, you'll pop off and play like an absolute demon, but you'll still lose due to better scaling, miracle-style enemy comebacks, or - of course - your teammates being trash. What begins as an epic climb can quickly become a streak of losses, but in League of Legends you're safeguarded from immediate demotion by buffer games where you don't actually lose any points. It's a system I'm sure a lot of us are thankful for, and Riot's now adding it to Valorant with patch 10.1.