Ex-CS:GO Pro Becomes First Highest Ranked Valorant Player

Valorant is growing with each passing day as they get ready for a full-fledged release. This week, developers introduced a Competitive Mode where players can earn their rank for matchmaking. As we had reported earlier, Riot Games announced a structure for the system, with different ranks and tiers. They even announced how the system would work and what would affect the players’ ranking and matchmaking. In simpler terms, the system would help users match up against similarly skilled players.

Among the total eight ranks in the Competitive Mode, VALORANT is the highest one of all. While the VALORANT rank was never meant to be unattainable, we weren’t really expecting a player to achieve that one for a while. Everyone is still coming to terms with the game mechanics after all. However, today developers announced a player had indeed made it to the very top of the rankings.

TenZ is VALORANT

Tyson “TenZ” Ngo is a retired professional Counter Strike Global Offensive player, who has taken up Valorant as his new game to compete in. TenZ has made a fantastic start to his new venture, becoming the very first player to reach the top rung of the rankings. But this did not come easy. he had to work for it and work hard.

After weeks of slogging it out, he finished up a game today

The official valorant Twitter handle also congratulated the Cloud9 member for his achievement.

TenZ is also a streamer on Twitch with over 90K followers on his channel. The moment the news broke of his rank, many viewers flocked to his channel to take a look at this best-ranked valorant player.

While this is absolutely wonderful news for the young gamer, it also comes with a set of new challenges. For one, there will be a lot more focus on him moving forward, especially from the Valorant community, which is already quite huge. Moreover, being the highest-ranked player, TenZ will now face the very best shooters in the gaming industry.

You can expect some exciting new battles up ahead featuring TenZ and other highly skilled players like Shroud. We simply cannot wait to watch the upcoming spectacles.