I Built a Free Valorant Tournament Bracket and Map Veto Tool

Rurunsky — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:28:58 +0000

I’ve been building a side project called Draftix, a free web toolkit for Valorant teams, scrims, and tournament organizers.

The goal is simple: give players and organizers one place to manage the competitive flow of a Valorant event without switching between multiple websites.

You can try it here:

https://draftix.tech

What is Draftix?

Draftix is a free Valorant tournament toolkit that includes:

Valorant tournament brackets
Valorant map veto / pick-ban
Agent banning
Team balancing
Match result tracking
Champion / winner pages
Shareable tournament pages

I built it mainly for small tournaments, school esports events, LAN tournaments, Discord communities, and custom games.

Why I built a Valorant tournament tool

A lot of smaller Valorant tournaments use separate tools for different parts of the event.

One website might be used for the bracket, another for map vetoes, and team balancing might still be done manually.

I wanted Draftix to handle more of that workflow in one place.

For example, an organizer should be able to:

Create tournament → add teams → generate bracket → veto maps → play matches → record results → declare the champion

without making the process unnecessarily complicated.

Building the Valorant map veto system

The map veto feature was one of the more interesting parts to design.

A Valorant map veto tool sounds simple at first, but there are several things to consider:

Best-of-1, Best-of-3, or Best-of-5
Which team bans first
Alternating map bans
Map picks
Current competitive map pool
Side selection
Decider maps
Showing the veto history clearly

The challenge wasn’t just making the logic work.

It was making the map veto process easy enough that tournament organizers and players could understand what was happening immediately.

Valorant tournament brackets

Draftix also includes a Valorant tournament bracket generator.

The idea is to let organizers create a tournament, add participating teams, generate the bracket, and update match winners as the tournament progresses.

Once the final match is completed, Draftix can show a champion result page for the winning team.

I’m also working on improving public tournament pages so organizers can share their tournament directly with players and viewers.

Agent banning and drafting

Another feature is a Valorant agent ban / draft tool.

This can be used for custom formats, community events, or tournaments that want to experiment with agent drafting and banning.

It isn’t meant to replace Riot’s competitive rules. It’s more of a flexible tool for custom tournaments and community game formats.

Valorant team balancing

Draftix also has a Valorant team balancer for custom games.

Instead of manually dividing players into two teams, users can enter players and create more balanced teams for scrims or custom matches.

This is especially useful for community games where players have different ranks or skill levels.

What I learned while building Draftix

I’m an IT student, and this project gave me a chance to work on something beyond a normal school CRUD application.

Some of the things I’ve been learning through Draftix include:

Designing real user workflows
Managing tournament state
Building interactive drafting systems
Responsive UI design
Reusable components
SEO for web applications
Public shareable pages
Building features based on actual user feedback

One of the biggest lessons has been that creating a feature is only part of the work.

Making that feature obvious and easy to use is usually the harder part.

Keeping the interface simple

I wanted Draftix to feel like a competitive gaming tool without becoming an overwhelming esports dashboard.

For small tournaments, organizers usually don’t need hundreds of settings.

They mainly need the important actions to be fast and clear.

That’s why I’ve been trying to keep the tournament workflow straightforward and make tools like map vetoes accessible with as little setup as possible.

What’s next for Draftix?

I’m currently working on:

Better tournament bracket management
Improved BO3 and BO5 map veto flows
Competitive map pool presets
Public tournament pages
Better match sharing
Tournament champion graphics
Improved mobile support
More customization for organizers

I’m also looking for Valorant tournament organizers, school esports groups, LAN events, internet cafés, and Discord communities willing to test the platform.

If you organize Valorant events, I’d especially like feedback on the tournament bracket and map veto workflow.

You can try Draftix here:

https://draftix.tech

Feedback, criticism, and feature suggestions are welcome.

DEV Community: Rurunsky

I Built a Free Valorant Tournament Bracket and Map Veto Tool