Valorant is mainly known for its hip-fire headshots, hyper-natural flicks, and Nail-biting bomb plants.
This fast-paced 5v5 tactical shooter is also developed by the same studio as LOL Riot Games.
But similar to League of Legends, the Discord utility freezes when you close Valorant after playing.
Well, dont be.
This issue is quite easy to solve.
Just grab your coffee and apply the fixes.
And it wont bother you anymore.
It mainly happens for overly conflicts and errors in the Debug feature.
Also, Discords Hardware Acceleration option stops the app from working when your hardware isnt properly equipped.
However, you could solve all these issues very quickly by following 3 simple solutions.
Here are the 3 fixes for Discord Freezing issue with Valorant:
1.
However, this option interferes with the Valorant client.
Thats why you better disable this option if your Discord app stops after closing Valorant or League of Legends.
So you need a desktop client to disable this feature.
Deactivate Hardware Acceleration
Discords hardware acceleration ensures better performance by using the extra processing power.
However, this hardware acceleration technology conflicts with your Valorant game client.
But in critical gaming moments, the processor transfers most of its power toward the gaming system.
So ultimately Discord freezes for lack of processing power.
Thats why you should kill the Hardware Acceleration if you have a low to mid-end gaming rig.
Now you wont see the lagging issue with Discord while playing League of Legends or Valorant.
you might easily get that news from the Valorant Updates andDiscord Twitteraccount.
Because without optimization, Discord will crash or freeze at a vital moment.
These tips will make your user experience with Discord hassle-free.
FAQs
Does Discord affect gaming?
From my experience, Discord uses up to 200MHz processor speed while running in the background.
It wont usually impact gaming.
Why is Discord so unstable?
Discord becomes unstable mainly for an unstable internet connection, faulty app configuration, corrupted cache file, etc.
Also, any internal error can make it unstable.
Can Discord detect PC games?
Discord usually detects your game when you activate the activity status feature and shows it to your friends.
Turning off this feature will stop Discord from accessing your game data.
Wrapping Up
Discords freezing or lagging issues with Riot Games are quite common.
If that doesnt solve your issue, you should check the server status of Discord from Twitter.
After applying the fixes, Im sure Discord stopped freezing after closing Valorant or LoL.
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