Fast forward two weeks. You’re matched with that same Reyna again—except this time, they’re carrying your team, dropping 30 kills, and being weirdly positive. Now you want to comm with them. But you can’t. Because you blocked them in a moment of molten rage.

Here’s something most guides won’t tell you: Valorant’s system subtly tries not to put you and a blocked player on the same team again for a while , but it’s not a hard lock. Unblocking signals to the system, “Hey, we’re cool now,” and matchmaking relaxes. But if you want guaranteed teamplay, you’ll need to manually invite them.