VALORANT’s Premier team-based league lets players test out their chemistry against some of the other competitive teams floating around your region. You’ll feel like a professional as you squad up and build strategies to throw your opponents off their game. But the first question you should ask yourself is: How do I find teammates?
If you don’t have a rag-tag collection of gaming buddies to bolster your squad, don’t fret. There are tons of like-minded individuals just itching to get into the server and prove themselves to their new teammates.
Once you’ve hyped yourself up to compete, you’ll need to spread your wings and find those fellow gamers, eager to tap heads as a cohesive team.
How do I get teammates in VALORANT Premier?
You’ll need five to seven players for your VALORANT Premier team, so looking for some gamers on the same wavelength is your first step.
Firstly, Discord servers are one of the best places to search. Turn your microphone on and get talking to some of the community. Odds are, you’ll find someone in a Discord server like the ones in this article.
Related: All VALORANT Premier play requirements
Your second option is to head to Reddit forums like r/VALORANT. These types of forums host plenty of players posting in the “New” section, looking for a squad to buddy up with. Now that Premier is here, there’ll likely be a large number of players looking for teammates.
Another option is to head to tracking websites like Tracker.gg. On websites like this, you’ll find sections dedicated to helping players find teammates.
Other websites designed for team-building can be incredibly useful. Websites like Teams.gg can help find the second to your dynamic, site-holding duo and some squad members to match—and not only in VALORANT.
Best teammate qualities to look for in VALORANT Premier teammates
Here are some tips for qualities to look out for when scouting for Premier teammates in VALORANT.
Good communications
Seek out players who use their microphones, who relay necessary information when they can, and who are cohesive in a team environment. Here are some other things teammates that are good communicators should be able to do:
- Coordinate during agent selection and buy phases.
- Use pings and voice comms without spamming.
- Call out rotations, enemy utility usage, when they’re pushing, etc.
- Not be toxic or vocal with frustrations
The perfect agent pool size
When it comes to finding teammates based on the agents they play, you want to look for players who are between one-tricks and those who say “Oh, I just play anything.” One-trick players, unless they are especially talented on a single viable agent like Jett or Killjoy, limit the number of team comps you can run with.
Related: Best and worst VALORANT agents for each map
But honestly, you’re better off with a great one-trick teammate than the kind of player who is OK with most agents but not particularly great with any of them. While this does offer a team some flexibility when it comes to compositions, the team’s actual performance can be affected if the player in question isn’t providing the maximum usage of that agent’s abilities. Ideally, you want players who play somewhere between three to five agents confidently across at most two different roles.
Balanced rank distribution
Premier teams can be made up of players from across any rank when created during the enrollment phase, but you should stray away from making teams with a large gap between ranks. A team with a couple of significantly higher-ranked players will effectively be reliant on those two players having monster performances as the rest of the team will be fighting an uphill battle against higher-ranked opponents.
It’s as simple as that. Don’t forget that if you’re climbing the normal competitive ranks, you might find someone in your lobbies that’s dreaming of dominating as a cohesive team. Play nice and you’ll find someone soon enough.
