The first of Cypher’s moves are the main staple of his playstyle and that is his Trapwire. As the name implies, Trapwire operates as a powerful trap to place throughout the map. When using the ability players will need to attach the long string-like wire to two close walls. Once attached and players walk through the Trapwire, that enemy will be stunned and appear as an outline in your perspective. Making it a powerful tool to keep enemies away from a particular location, or to notify Cypher players when players are approaching a particular destination. When placing the Trapwire be sure to place it about chest height, that way an enemy isn’t able to either jump or crouch under the wire, avoiding its effe
Cypher’s Spy Cam and Neural Theft primarily operate as powerful recon abilities. When used correctly, a Cypher player should have eyes on the enemy team at nearly all times. Be sure to abuse the oppressive capabilities of the Spy Cam’s Marking Dart as often as possible. A sole enemy death can lead to an incredible momentum shift when playing Cypher, as it can reveal the location of the entire enemy team, leading to a potentially devastating counter-attack or ambush. Use these abilities wisely and matches will end as quickly as they be
With a roster bursting at the seems with charismatic and interesting characters, Valorant players are spoiled for choice. However, choosing a « main » character is one of the hardest aspects of the game. With such a diverse and interesting roster, each member of the Valorant cast is as interesting last the last. One of the more unique designs found in the title is the technology-savvy Cypher, who provides an under-utilized niche to the competitive scene of Hero Shooters. His trap-heavy playstyle is one of the most difficult to master but yields an oppressive and dominant presence when mastered to its full
Support plays a huge role in any team-based shooter. Being able to heal, or even revive, teammates can give a team a huge upper-hand. Luckily for Valorant players, there is only one support style agent to choose at the moment: S
Cypher is the number one defensive character. His Trapwire and Spycam abilities are perfect ways for your team to allocate more resources towards other defensive points. Trapwires work completely passively. When an enemy is caught, they are revealed, dazed, and tethered. Even if destroyed, it will disappear on the mini-map, still alerting the entire t
Brimstone’s Ultimate Ability is his Orbital Strike. Activating this is almost identical to how you activate the Sky Smoke; the difference being instead of dropping smoke from the sky, you’re dropping giant death lasers. This does heavy damage over time, so if an enemy doesn’t hightail it out of there immediately, they’re going to be watching the rest of the round from the spectator cam
This is a fantastic way to take care of an enemy planting the spike if you don’t have a line-of-sight on them; they can try to stick the plant through the damage, but they’ll pay for it with their l
Another reason for the necessity of communication is the common occurrence of call-outs within a game of Valorant. A player may see an enemy player attempting to flank their team, and if that player does not communicate that with their team than they are certainly going to be quickly wiped out. However, having the ability to quickly say that the enemy player is attempting to flank can be the difference between winning and los
Brimstone’s signature ability is his Sky Smoke. Activating this ability will pull up a map, allowing you to select one-to-three areas on the map where you would like to drop smoke, blocking lines of sight. The usefulness of this ability is going to up as you get more familiar with the maps, and it can go a long way in either helping or pixelated cosmetics hurting your team, depending on how they’re u
Sova is an archer who has a purchasable drone that he can fly around the map to locate enemies. This makes peeking around corners far less dangerous, and the drone has the ability to mark enemies and reveal their location to teammates. Sova also has a recon bolt that recharges over time and can be used to locate enemies. Wherever the bolt is fired it will shoot off three pulses and reveal the enemy’s locat
In the heat of a game it can be easy to miss obvious signs before catastrophe. The idea of having a coach is only relevant for those players who are looking to master the game and have the resources to do so, but another option is simply to record competitive matches on OBS or other free capture software and swap with another competitive player who also wants to improve. By watching each other’s gameplay footage one can learn new tips and get feedback about how to impr
While there is not a lot of mobility in Valorant, to begin with, characters who possess mobility skills can take the upper hand in almost any battle. As aiming is a key element in Valorant, any skils that disrupt the normal amount of mobility are sure to mess with a player’s
