Introduced a year ago, Valorant Premier emerged as a competitive gameplay mode with the aim of setting new standards for high-level Valorant competition. Just ahead of Valorant Premier’s official launch in August 2023, Leo Faria, Valorant’s Head of Esports, expressed his vision for the mode as a potential gateway to the VCT Challengers leagues, possibly supplanting the current open qualifying system. In Premier, players form teams and compete in scheduled matches over a season, creating a unique path to professional play. Each season reaches its climax with a playoff, where the division’s elite teams battle for the title of Division Champion.
