Valorant: How To Change Account Name

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Valorant has taken the tactical FPS genre by storm ever since its release in 2020. As one of Riot's newer IPs after their wildly popular MOBA League of Legends, it follows the new Account system that Riot put in place. This new Account system involves having only one account across multiple games, reducing the clutter and need for multiple accounts. That being said, it is definitely a good idea to learn how to change Riot names as it'll be the name the player uses on all Riot Games.

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Changing an account name in Valorant is simple, but not done through the Valorant client. This can make things a little confusing. In order to change a Valorant name follow these steps:

Unlike League of Legends summoner names, Valorant names are tied to a Riot Account and are completely free of charge for all players. The main issue about changing Valorant names from one to another is the one-month wait period that happens each time, this however is pretty common practice for online games. Make sure when changing names players ensure that they've chosen a name that they'd be happy with for at least that month period.

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Another neat feature of changing Valorant names is the ability to change the tag (i.e the # behind the main name). This is a unique identifier for players which can also be changed to whatever the player prefers. This also allows for multiple copies of the same Valorant name to exist at the same time, which opens up more possibilities for players to share the same name. That means that a player can share the same name, as long as their tag is different and vice versa. For example, in this version of Riot's naming system, if