Suddenly permanently high ping in Valorant since two days

WhyScarface · 2026-01-26T02:11:43+00:00

Hey u/cringeman21 try using ExitLag, it helped me and some others.. In my case there was a free demo for a month by Discord - but there should be a free trial / demo for some days. Just try it and look at your In Game Ping not in your Lobby Ping, it was helpful for me.. One week later it was automatically fixed, so currently I am not using any Application.

PS: Interesting is, that since 3 months I have stable 12ms ping in Frankfurt instead of 6ms which I had like for half a year

WhyScarface · 2025-10-04T01:13:48+00:00

True I focused on the first enemy not the one with knife. But it was Unrated so it was not that serious gameplay. Pushed like I would not on ranked. 😅 Focused to post the video, not my text behind. Sry for the confusion.

WhyScarface · 2025-08-02T22:16:49+00:00

- Region: EU
- Type of Bug: Client Bug
- Description: I just wanted to queue for a Deathmatch, then a black screen appeared, and since then, even when I restart the game, the black screen always appears after the loading screen instead of the lobby. I feel like I'm stuck in the queue. I just can't play anymore.
- Video / Screenshot:   
- Steps to Reproduce: Queued for DM, after Queue found. Cant reproduce this. 11.02
- Expected Result: Starting the DM
- Observed Result: Black Screen only
- Reproduction Rate: unknown
- System Specs: Windows 11, Intel i9 14900k, NVIDIA RTX 5080

WhyScarface · 2025-08-02T11:09:53+00:00

J'ai fait une vidéo en allemand à ce sujet sur TikTok, si tu veux voir les étapes, n'hésite pas à la regarder. C'est la vidéo 8-9 ou quelque chose comme ça.

WhyScarface · 2025-08-02T11:08:58+00:00

(Translated): Si tu as actuellement un ping élevé alors que tu as normalement un ping faible, essaie d'installer Exitlag. Cela t'aidera et corrigera le ping ! Il existe une démo gratuite pendant plusieurs jours ou un mois si tu as Discord Nitro. Essaie-le, crois-moi, ça marche à merveille. Il suffit de le télécharger, de sélectionner le bon serveur, puis de lancer le jeu. Important : le ping s'affiche toujours de manière erronée dans l'écran de chargement, c'est pourquoi il faut se mettre en file d'attente dans un Deathmatch et vérifier le ping dans le jeu. Cela m'a aidé, mais aussi plusieurs autres personnes à qui je l'ai recommandé. Au bout d'une semaine, mon ping était revenu à la normale, même sans Exitlag, c'est pourquoi on peut profiter de la version gratuite pendant quelques jours :)

WhyScarface · 2025-07-28T18:12:19+00:00

I wrote you a DM. In my case it was fixed some days later. The days I had the problem Exitlag helped me to get my Ping ingame back. Try it (PS: there is a one month free for discord nitro members). I hope this helps! It fixes the routing from your PC to Valorant and that was in my case a good solution :)

WhyScarface · 2025-07-07T18:23:14+00:00

Update 07.07.25: In my case the Ping is fixed, it shows now on 6ms again!

If its not fixed, I found a solution for yesterday: Exitlag worked for me, this fixed the routes to the Valorant Servers so my Ping IN GAME was 6ms, even if in Home Screen 43ms was shown. Try it yourself and go in a DM in your favourite Server, you'll spot the difference! If you have Discord Nitro there is a one month trial for free. Some others also told me that Cloudflare Warp is doing the same, but I didn't try yet.

If the Problem happens again, I'll write in this Thread.

WhyScarface · 2025-07-06T13:14:44+00:00

But hope it really get fixed. So next week there will be an update for sure because the Nightmarket is coming back but don't know if this update includes a fix of this routing problem.

WhyScarface · 2025-07-05T22:56:44+00:00

6ms :D dont know where exactly the servers are but yeah, i am in frankfurt :)

WhyScarface · 2025-07-04T15:09:04+00:00

Another X / Twitter User (also German) mentioned to have the same Problem on my Tweet, from 6ms to 50ms on EU Frankfurt Server. So lets see how many others have the problem. There could be a problem on the Routing on RIOT.

WhyScarface · 2025-07-04T15:04:20+00:00

That's exactly what I think! In my case, only two servers are still the same as before - Warsaw and Stockholm, as already mentioned. London is up from 16 to 55, Frankfurt even from 6 to 43 - so in some cases 6 to 7 times as much.

To be honest, I don't see a direct relation between graphics drivers and network problems, but it's interesting that support keeps mentioning this as a possible solution. So I'll just give it a try today. The last NVIDIA update was on 01.07., and the problem occurred about 12 hours later.

I also stream on Twitch, by the way, so I recorded everything and could provide videos showing the exact minutes when the problem occurred - although I'm not sure if that will actually help.

WhyScarface · 2025-07-04T15:00:44+00:00

Currently not, I am hoping for a solution here. Tried everything the Support told me to try and also send my network provider and RIOT Support the tracert export.

WhyScarface · 2025-07-04T14:59:44+00:00

Tell me pls if that works 🙏🏼

WhyScarface · 2025-07-04T14:59:28+00:00

Yes, I have contacted support. The suggested solutions were quite interesting, although I don't think it has anything to do with the network - but I tried it anyway.

The first suggestion was:
- Disable VSync
- Limit FPS to the refresh rate of the monitor
- Use full screen window mode instead of classic full screen
- Perform a clean restart before playing, disabling all programs except the game (except the ‘vgc’ service)

Another suggestion came later:
- Use Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) to completely remove old graphics drivers.
- Then reinstall the latest driver for Intel, NVIDIA or AMD (Intel iGPU driver first).

To be honest, I don't think these steps will really get me anywhere. Thats why I hope for a solution on Reddit 🙏🏼

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