Trash talk that stays a game
Every competitive game has its taunts, and Valorant’s all chat is where they live. The arts on this page are the classics of the genre: EZ after a clean round, diff after a one-sided half, an L to hand over, a row of question marks when the other team does something strange.
They are all banter. There is no insult, no slur and nothing aimed at who a player is. That is a deliberate choice, and it is also practical: Riot mutes and restricts accounts for abusive chat, and a report after the match is one click away.
Getting the timing right
A taunt works once, at the right moment: right after the round, during the buy phase. Sent before the round is over, it is a promise you now have to keep. Sent five times in a row, it is spam, and spam is what chat restrictions are built to catch.
It also cuts both ways. Paste an EZ at 9-3 and you have personally invited the 9-3 curse.
If you would rather be nice
The GG theme has the opposite set: well played, nice try, thanks team. They get a better reaction than most players expect.
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Questions players ask
Can toxic text art get me banned in Valorant?
Banter like EZ or diff is a risk only if someone reports it as part of a pattern: repeated spam, or aimed at one player all game. Riot's chat penalties target harassment, hate speech and spam. None of the arts here contain insults or slurs, and we will not publish any.
How do I send it to the enemy team?
Open all chat with Shift+Enter, paste with Ctrl+V and press Enter. If you only press Enter, the art goes to your own team, which is rarely the intended audience.
What is the most used toxic art?
EZ, by a wide margin, followed by the question mark and the big L. They are short, so they do not hide the chat, and everyone understands them in any language.