How a Riot ID works
Your Valorant name is a Riot ID: a game name, a hash sign and a tagline, as in Whiff Lord#1TAP. Other players see the game name in the lobby and on the scoreboard. The tagline only appears when someone adds you as a friend or looks you up on a tracker.
Because only the full combination has to be unique, common names are still available: you just need a tagline nobody else paired with it. The tagline list above gives you fifty to try.
Choosing a name you will keep
A name change is free but limited to one every 90 days at the time of writing, so it is worth a minute of thought.
- Say it out loud. Teammates will shorten it on voice chat.
Kestrelbecomes “Kes”,xX_Dark_Xxbecomes “you, the Jett”. - Avoid a name tied to one agent unless you really are a one-trick.
Jett Laggedis funny until you get filled on Sage for a month. - Check the scoreboard length. Names near 16 characters get tight on the scoreboard and on kill banners. Ten or fewer reads best.
- Keep it clean. Offensive names get reported, and Riot forces a rename.
Duo names
For a duo, pick a pair that only makes sense together: Flash and Bang, Entry and Trade, Plant and Defuse. Each half must work as a name on its own, because your duo will not always be online. Matching taglines, such as #DUO, finish the set.
Names with symbols and fonts
If you want decoration around a name, the symbols page lists characters by category and the font generator converts a name into styled letters. Riot filters many of them out of Riot IDs, but they work in Discord names, tracker bios and stream overlays.
Once the name is set, announce it properly: the text art generator turns it into a block-letter banner for the chat. And to finish the profile, pick a crosshair code in a color that matches it.
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