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The newest VALORANT<\/em> map Lotus was loaded into the game on Jan. 10 at the start of Episode Six.<\/p>

Lotus, however, won’t be available in competitive from the get-go. Riot Games has made Lotus available only in Swiftplay queue for the first week of launch, so players get to learn the map before heading to competitive matches.<\/p>

After the Switfplay-only period, Lotus will officially become a competitive map in VALORANT<\/em>, rounding out a map pool that also features Haven, Ascent, Icebox, Fracture, Pearl, and Split. Bind and Breeze were removed from the map pool rotation on Jan. 10 at the start of Episode Six.<\/p>