Valorant competitive downtime on PC and console announced (July 30, 2024)

Riot Games announced Valorant competitive downtime for PC and console players on July 30, 2024, via a post on X. The developer shared that the Competitive queue will be taken down for all players at 6 am PT on July 30, 2024. PC players won't be able to play ranked games for approximately one hour, while the same will be disabled for console players till 9 am PT on August 2, 2024.

According to the post, this is being done to "prepare the future of competitive in VALORANT." Here's a breakdown of the region-wise times for the Valorant Competitive downtime scheduled for July 30, 2024.

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When will Valorant competitive queue be taken down by Riot Games?

Here's when the Valorant competitive downtime starts in different time zones across the world:

• US (Pacific Time): 6 am local time (July 30, 2024)
• US (Eastern Time): 9 am local time (July 30, 2024)
• Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 10 am local time (July 30, 2024)
• London, UK: 2 pm local time (July 30, 2024)
• Berlin, Germany: 3 pm local time (July 30, 2024)
• Mumbai, India: 6:30 local time (July 30, 2024)
• Beijing, China: 9 pm local time (July 30, 2024)
• Tokyo, Japan/Seoul, Korea: 10 pm local time (July 30, 2024)
• Auckland, New Zealand: 1 am local time (July 31, 2024)

The Valorant competitive downtime starts simultaneously for PC and console players.

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When does Valorant competitive downtime end for PC players?

PC players can queue for ranked games again starting from 7 am PT on July 30, 2024. Here is a breakdown of the corresponding timings across the world:

• US (Pacific Time): 7 am local time (July 30, 2024)
• US (Eastern Time): 10 am local time (July 30, 2024)
• Rio de Janeiro: 11 am local time (July 30, 2024)
• London, UK: 3 pm local time (July 30, 2024)
• Berlin, Germany: 4 pm local time (July 30, 2024)
• Mumbai, India: 7:30 pm local time (July 30, 2024)
• Beijing, China: 10 pm local time (July 30, 2024)
• Tokyo, Japan/Seoul, Korea: 11 pm local time (July 30, 2024)
• Auckland, New Zealand: 2 am local time (July 31, 2024)

Here's a universal countdown to help you keep track:

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When does Valorant competitive downtime end for console players?

Console players must wait a bit longer for Valorant's competitive downtime to end. The return will take place at approximately 9 am PT on August 2, 2024. Here's a regional timing breakdown:

• US (Pacific Time): 9 am local time (August 2, 2024)
• US (Eastern Time): 12 pm local time (August 2, 2024)
• Rio de Janeiro: 1 pm local time (August 2, 2024)
• London, UK: 5 pm local time (August 2, 2024)
• Berlin, Germany: 6 pm local time (August 2, 2024)
• Mumbai, India: 9:30 local time (August 2, 2024)
• Beijing, China: 12 am local time (August 3, 2024)
• Tokyo, Japan/Seoul, Korea: 1 am local time (August 3, 2024)
• Auckland, New Zealand: 4 am local time (August 3, 2024)

The return will be accompanied by hard rank resets. Here's a universal countdown timer to help you keep track: