Episodes

are the biggest competitive time frames in VALORANT. They contain 3 Acts, meaning that one episode is about 6 months long.
Despite being the biggest part of the VALORANT calendar, episodes don’t bring much more unique content than an Act would; large additions like agents, game modes, and maps are all released in Acts. A new episode does however have an effect on Competitive. Players will receive a buddy based on their highest Act Rank they achieved during the previous episode, and their ranks will receive a soft reset. Players must play 5 placement games at the start of a new episode before they are given a rank for it.Episode 2 Act I Competitive Changes
A new episode is also usually accompanied by a new cinematic that takes place within the lore of VALORANT.
==List of Episodes==
Episode 	Splash Art	Launch Date
Episode 09: COLLISION 	 	June 25, 2024
Episode 08: DEFIANCE 	 	January 9, 2024
Episode 07: EVOLUTION 	 	June 27, 2023
Episode 06: REVELATION	 	January 10, 2023
Episode 05: DIMENSION 	 	June 22, 2022
Episode 04: DISRUPTION	 	January 11, 2022
Episode 03: REFLECTION	 	June 22, 2021
Episode 02: FORMATION 	 	January 12, 2021
Episode 01: IGNITION 	 	June 2, 2020
==References==
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