Can I Play Valorant With A VPN?

The availability of Valorant is limited in certain parts of the world, making it difficult to access and play. Whether a VPN is the solution and what to do best in this situation is what you'll find out in this article.

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It's a sin not to have such a glorious game available everywhere but worry not, we will guide and help you play Valorant in the safest way possible. Virtual Private Networks, often abbreviated as simply VPN, are mechanisms we usually use to browse the internet privately and more importantly safely. In simple words, it changes the location that your system sends to the service provider and keeps you safe from various things that might harm you. Here's whether you can use it in Valorant.

How To Play Valorant With a VPN

Valorant has no restrictions when it comes to playing the game via VPN, as long as you don't abuse their rules. Ethically using the VPN to access the game will not get you punished, and if you're from a place that has Valorant on some sort of a black-list, feel free to use one. Lately, there has been a growing trend of people from EMEA using a VPN to create a Turkish account, and later buy VP points since they are cheaper from Turkey. This kind of VPN usage will most likely get you punished eventually as it breaks Riot's rules.

If this is your first time using a VPN, we will give you a couple of suggestions to get you going. VPN providers have their own software that you will install on your system. That application will need some system rights to override some network settings, after which will provide you with the available locations from which you can later play. The first and most important advice is to use a VPN location that is closest to you and will let you play Valorant. The VPN alone will increase the ping naturally, and having the location farther from your internet provider will make your ping suffer even more.

Which Are The Best VPN Providers For Valorant

Since Valorant doesn't have many restrictions, any of the common and trusted providers will do the job. Most of the streamers use VPN to protect themselves from various attacks, and the most common providers that they use are:

  • NordVPN
  • Surfshark
  • ExpressVPN

Make sure to do your own research as well, and choose the one that best fits your budget and needs. Valorant should be a game available to everyone to play, but when there's no alternative, you do what's best for you. That's all for this article, and we hope we helped you on your VPN journey. Surf the internet privately, but safely.

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