![]() ![]() ![]() The importance of agent selectīefore a match starts, players will have an opportunity to select the agent they wish to play, referred to in-game as agent select. While Initiators are in a category of their own, they could easily perform the defensive role of a Sentinel or Controller, or take a more proactive role like a Duelist. Breach and KAY/O on the other hand use their abilities to flush out and disrupt opponents in hard-to-reach locations from relative safety. Sova, Skye’s, Fade and Gekko's abilities allow for them to recon areas of the map where the opponents may be contesting and convey this information to their team. Sova, Skye, Fade and Gekko rely on their abilities to perform reconnaissance in an area while Breach and KAY/O specialise in disrupting enemies in their path through the use of their crowd control abilities. There are six Initiators in VALORANT: Sova Skye Breach KAY/O Fade and Gekko. Initiators excel at gathering information and controlling the movements of opponents through the use of their abilities. With more team-focused gameplay when compared to CS:GO, Duelists in VALORANT should leverage the supporting abilities from Sentinels, Controllers, and Initiators to maximise their own potential to dominate opponents. The Duelist role is particularly volatile and leads to players experiencing a feast-or-famine scenario in performance, thus teams should give these roles to teammates with excellent aim. They will typically fulfil the role of Entry Fragger, being the first person to enter an area of the map in contention and perform high-risk, high-reward actions to gain an advantage. By role type, Duelists like Raze should be dealing the most damage to opponents based on how their abilities are constructed.ĭuelists are expected by their teammates to be proactive and are the stars within the team that garner the most amount of kills. There are currently six Duelists in the game: Jett Phoenix Raze Reyna Yoru and Neon. Duelist - Entry Fraggerĭuelists are the offensive experts in VALORANT with abilities that allow them to be aggressive and self-sufficient when creating opportunities to engage with opponents. ![]() The agent known as ‘Omen’ is a proficient Lurker with an ultimate ability that allows him to teleport to any location on the map, making him particularly deadly when infiltrating the backlines of the enemy. There are currently four controllers in VALORANT: Astra Brimstone Omen Harbor and Viper.Īs mentioned previously, the primary responsibility for Controllers is the ability to control sightlines on a map, this is important in VALORANT because it narrows down the opportunities an enemy has to engage a teammate from a favourable position.Ĭontrollers such as Viper, Brimstone and Harbor will typically use their abilities prior to a team executing a strategy on a bombsite, following the Duelists on their team as a Secondary Entry Fragger once they’ve used their smoke screens.Īlternatively, Controllers can act as Lurkers, who are responsible for guarding against enemy flanks or performing a flank of their own. Their abilities disrupt their opponents’ sightlines whilst providing cover for teammates as they take control of an area. Controllers - Secondary Entry Fragger and LurkerĬontrollers are experts at controlling the battlefield by the use of smoke screens. Sentinels aren’t expected to perform as well on the scoreboard when compared with their Controller and Duelist counter-parts instead, their primary purpose is to enable their teammates to shine while they work quietly in the background. The IGL is responsible for outlining the overall team strategy, coordinating team movements around the map, and ensuring teammates communicate enemy locations effectively. Sentinels will either move around the map to gather more information or when defending, will be an anchor on a bombsite with the goal of slowing down opponents so that teammates have enough time to provide assistance.ĭue to the passive nature of their abilities, players that use Sentinel agents are typically responsible for being the In-game Leader (IGL). A Sentinel is typically responsible for providing support to a teammate much like the Support role in CS:GO functions. There are currently four Sentinels in VALORANT: Cypher Killjoy Chamber and Sage. ![]() Sentinels are defensive experts that have abilities that manipulate the battlefield, lock-down areas of contention and provide utility such as healing. ![]()
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