The tournament was chock-full of excitement, with no shortage of head clicks and insane clutches that kept viewers on the edge of their seats the whole way through. But it wasn’t just the crazy plays that made T1’s tournament so significant. The community learned a lot about VALORANT as an esport through watching the game’s top talent square off. Here are five of those things that we lear
This smoke can also be used to the advantage of the defenders. This smoke can force Attackers to enter a site blindly, making them easy pickings unless they choose the right angle to look at immediately upon leaving the sm
Perhaps Riot’s financial strategy revolves around the promise of esports as a spectator sport, something as big as the NBA or the NFL. Coming from a company that already has proven its commitment to esports success, it’s highly plausible competitive esports are what’s driving the game at a corporate le
Several leaks have cropped up around Valorant , including screenshots and the title itself before the official reveal, as well as some official reveals that include alpha gameplay. Another official announcement has now revealed one of the most important aspects of the game: the characters that players will take control of. Each one of these characters has their own name, distinct look, and powers available to them, making each one play differently and allowing them to come together into a cohesive team. It is not a far cry from Riot’s original League of Legends or from more recent shooters like Overwatch and the earlier Battlebo
And Jett – Perhaps the most mobile of the characters. She can toss out a sphere of obscuring fog and also launch herself upwards to reach advantageous positions. Her signature ability is a short dash forwards (think Tracer) and her ultimate arms her with several knives. She can fling the knives to deal damage or kill with a headshot, and she gets them all back on a kill (that’s her bel
Similarly, we know nothing about VALORANT’s meta. If you thought you were already an expert on VALORANT and its tactics, guess again. Viewers of the tournament saw what were considered the « stronger » teams lose to « weaker » teams who had a better grip of the game’s early m
Keep coming up with new and creative ways to hit the enemy, always ready to switch to a new tactic the moment the last becomes predictable. Pretty soon, the enemy is going to be jumping at shadows, and then you’ve got them exactly where you want t
This is one of the most balanced guns in the game. It has good range and deals an impressive amount of damage. The Vandal is also quite accurate and has a large 30-round magazine and 1.25x zoom. It is easily one of the most popular guns in the game due to its all-around effectiveness and high one-shot potent
Viper – Also a zone control character, although she uses poison. She can create pools of acid, or place a poison cloud emitter that she can pick up and move. Her signature move is a wall of poison gas, and her ultimate is a zone of poison that fogs enemy vision, outlines enemies who stand in it (for her), and stays as long as she stays in it (it doesn’t hurt h
Phoenix – A zone control character who manipulates flame. He can throw fireballs that explode in an area or create a wall of damaging flames. His signature move is a curving flash grenade, and his ultimate lets him mark his location and teleport back there on de
It still remains to be seen whether or not Valorant will put Riot Games in direct competition with Blizzard in the hero-shooter market. Riot Games is already poised to compete with Blizzard on a different front, with its Legends of Runeterra card game already in open beta and eventually to be in the same market as Hearthsto
This SMG is ideal for stealthy players with its silencer. It deals decent damage, especially with headshots, and is fairly accurate at close range. Compared to the Stinger, it has a large ammo capacity with a 30-round magazine, but less wall penetrat
Omen’s teleport also allows him to get some cool vertical angles not available to many different characters. Being in an unorthodox spot can really throw an enemy off, as they have to choose where to look when they round a corner. If they choose wrong, and they usually will if you’re somewhere high that is generally inaccessible to most characters, then you’ve got another free kill, ripe for the tak
Omen – An assassin who uses the dark to his advantage, ensuring his foes cannot see him before the kill. He can use a special shot to restrict enemy vision and teleport a short distance after a delay, akin to Reaper from Overwatch . His signature ability is an invisible shot that bursts into a sphere of obscuring shadow, and his ultimate allows him to appear anywhere on the Fortnite Dust 2 map, go briefly incorporeal, and appear back at his initial location with full health when kil
Emerging as a seemingly overnight success, Riot’s Valorant , _ has taken over the competitive First-Person Shooter market. The game combines two of the most popular titles to ever grace the genre, the first being the _Counter-Strike series and the second being Blizzard’s Overwatch. What makes Valorant such a unique experience is its masterful combination of both the realistic and brutally difficult qualities of Counter-Strike with a cast of loveable and unique characters. Both of its inspirations have been huge successes in the genre, so the combination of the two would have to yield some success. Combined its incredible gameplay with arguably the most intelligent marketing campaign for a major competitive online game, and you have the recipe for astronomical success. The only way for players to gain access to the title is to watch popular Twitch Streamers play the game in hopes of gaining access to a « dropped » key. This in turn with its incredible gameplay has made the game an incredible success on the platform, clocking in numbers over 100k at its p
