Riot Games says it is removing four-stacks (groups of four players) from the competitive queue in Valorant, due to ongoing “toxicity reports”.Essentially this means that groups squadding up and communicating as a team of four cannot go into competitive five player games.
According to recent patch notes post, this has been done for multiple reasons:“Alongside the five-stack changes, we are also removing four-stacks from the competitive queue,” read the post.
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