VALORANT Patch 13.06 Expands Voice Chat Abuse Detection
Riot Games is expanding its efforts to address abusive voice chat in VALORANT. Patch 13.06 updates Riot Voice Evaluation (RVE) to better detect toxic comms in Spanish, Portuguese, and Korean.
Riot says support for more languages will improve in the coming months.
The update follows other changes to RVE over the past year. According to Riot, those improvements have helped it detect and penalize twice as many instances of voice comms abuse.
What Riot Voice Evaluation is changing
Voice chat plays a major role in VALORANT. Teams use it to call enemy positions, coordinate abilities, and plan their next move. Harassment, threats, and disruptive noise can make that communication harder and affect the match for everyone involved.
RVE is Riot’s in-game system for identifying voice comms abuse. With the Patch 13.06 update, it is better equipped to evaluate Spanish, Portuguese, and Korean comms. Riot says player reports remain an important part of the process, both for identifying incidents and improving its detection systems.
Is trash talk allowed in VALORANT?
Riot says the goal is not to remove all trash talk. Banter about a match or a play can be part of a competitive game. Its suggested rule is to keep comments about the game rather than make them personal.
Repeated personal attacks, threats, hate speech, and slurs cross the line. Riot also asks players to pay attention to how others respond. If teammates object or go quiet because of someone’s comments, that may be a sign to dial it back.
The same rules apply when responding to abuse. Players can stand up for themselves, but a toxic message from someone else does not excuse an abusive response.
How to report abusive voice chat
If another player abuses voice chat, Riot asks players to submit an in-game report using the Voice Comms Abuse category. Reports help Riot evaluate the interaction and take action when its policies have been violated.
Riot says it will continue improving RVE and expanding its language capabilities. For players, the immediate steps are straightforward: keep comms focused on the match and report abuse when it happens.
