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Hello / May 20, 2026

Introducing EchelonHQ

Why we built EchelonHQ, the home for our community's VALORANT Skirmish custom matches.

EchelonHQ is the queue we built for our own community, so EchelonHQ Skirmish matches stop living in scattered Discord threads. Players hop into the bot, pick a format from 1v1 to 5v5, ready up, and take the agreed sides into a VALORANT custom lobby. That is the whole loop.

What it is

  • A Discord-first queue for EchelonHQ Skirmish custom matches.
  • One web profile per player for stats, rank, and the Riot Sign-On link.
  • A leaderboard scoped to EchelonHQ Skirmish play, not VALORANT Competitive.

What it is not

EchelonHQ is not a tournament platform, not a replacement for VALORANT Competitive, and not a scouting tool against other players' ranked accounts. It is a pickup-game queue for our community, seeded fair.

Where to find it

The bot runs in our Discord. The web app is the static side: profile, leaderboard, rules, and the bits that need a real page. Most of the playing happens in the bot.

If you've already been running EchelonHQ Skirmish nights and tired of recruiting one stack at a time, this is the version of it that starts from a fairer place.