VALORANT finally adds practice queue, timeouts, and playoff seeding to Premier

The first season of Premier, known as Launch Stage, has officially wrapped up, but Riot isn’t waiting long to introduce a slew of new changes to VALORANT‘s competitive seasonal tournament. Starting next season, three major quality-of-life improvements will be added, to the delight of all Premier players.

The next Premier stage, which begins with the launch of Episode Seven, Act Three, will feature a practice queue that teams can participate in during select non-match days, the addition of a single tactical timeout for each team, and the introduction of playoff seeding that rewards the best-performing teams in a division with more favorable matchups.