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Valorant ping test

See your ping to every region where Valorant has game servers, and find the one that gives you the lowest ping before you queue. Your browser can't reach the game servers themselves, so each region is measured to the nearest public test server in the same place: a close estimate of the ping the game will show you there, and the fastest way to see which region to pick.

Is the game down? See the live Valorant status page, or try the League of Legends ping test.

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Median ping. Start the test to send 40 pings, one after another.

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What is a good ping?

Ping is the time a small message takes to reach a server and come back, in milliseconds. The lower it is, the faster games, calls and websites react. These are the usual ranges:

Under 20 msExcellent

Feels instant. Typical for fibre or cable to a nearby server.

20 to 50 msGood

Fine for online games, video calls and everything else.

50 to 100 msFair

Noticeable in fast games; calls still work.

Over 100 msPoor

Games lag and calls talk over each other.

Distance sets the floor: light in fibre needs about 1 ms for every 100 km there and back, so a server on another continent can't answer in 20 ms however good your line is.

How this test works

Your browser sends small HTTPS requests and times how long each answer takes. The first request opens the connection and isn't counted, so the timed pings measure the round trip rather than connection setup.

None of these are Valorant servers: a browser cannot send anything to them. Each row is the public health-check address Amazon Web Services runs in the region where that Valorant server stands (the game's own location is in the row), so the ping you see is the distance part of your in-game ping; the game adds a few milliseconds of its own.

The servers aren't ours. "Nearest Cloudflare data centre" is the Cloudflare location that delivers this site to you; it answers by itself, without contacting our server. The other 22 are the public health-check addresses Amazon Web Services runs in each of its regions, which answer instantly and stand in well-known places.

One-server tests send 40 pings one after another and report the median, which isn't thrown off by a single slow ping, plus the minimum, average and maximum, jitter and lost pings. The world test reports the fastest of four pings per server, the value closest to the network's real delay. Expect a few milliseconds more than the ping command shows.

Ping test questions

What is a good ping for Valorant?
Under 30 ms is what most players on a wired connection get to a server in their own country, and anything under 60 ms plays well. Above 80 ms your shots register late enough to notice, and above 120 ms peeking and duels feel unfair. The region with the lowest ping here is the one to pick in the game.

How do I change my Valorant server?
In the game, open the play menu and pick a server from the list under the map choice; the game shows its own ping next to each one. You can only choose servers in your account's region (North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and so on); playing in another region needs an account made there.

Why is my in-game ping higher than this test?
This test measures the network distance to a data centre in the same place as the server. The game adds its own processing, and a busy Wi-Fi network, a VPN or other devices downloading at home add more. If the two numbers are far apart, the extra delay is on your side, not the distance.

What is a good ping?
Under 20 ms feels instant and is typical for fibre or cable close to the server. Up to 50 ms is fine for online games and video calls. Between 50 and 100 ms you start to notice a delay in fast games, and above 100 ms calls and games feel sluggish.

What is jitter?
Jitter is how much your ping changes from one ping to the next. This test reports the average difference between consecutive pings. Calls and games need steady timing, so 30 ms with 2 ms of jitter feels better than 20 ms with 40 ms of jitter.

Why is my ping higher here than with the ping command?
A browser can't send the ICMP packets the ping command uses, so this test times small HTTPS requests over a connection that is already open. That adds a few milliseconds of browser and server time. The command also usually pings a different server, which changes the distance.

How can I lower my ping?
Use a cable instead of Wi-Fi, pause downloads, cloud backups and streams on other devices, turn off your VPN, restart the router, and choose a game or app server in your own region. If every server is slow at all times of day, contact your internet provider with your results.

Is it the service or my connection?
If pings to every server are fast and steady but one app or website still fails, the problem is most likely on the service's side: look it up in our list of services to see whether other people are reporting it. If pings are slow, jumpy or lost everywhere, start with your own connection. Browse all services.