T1, with the help Nerd Street Gamers, hosted VALORANT 's largest event to date on Monday, which showcased legendary names such as Jay "sinatraa" Won, Michael "Shroud" Grzesiek, Spencer "Hiko" Martin and more facing off against a multitude of professional gamers, including many who have already declared their intention of playing VALORANT professiona

Each Agent in Valoran t has unique abilities that set themselves apart. There are four different types of Agents in the game: duelist, initiator, sentinel, and controller. However, since there are 5 players on a team, minecoins there will be at least one type that will be doubled up. In a game like Overwatch , abilities are used nonstop and often to get kills, as lives don't really matter and the objective is to do as much damage as possible to try to move forward with the goal. In Valorant , however, gunplay still comes first, and the Agent abilities are really used as a complementary pi

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

Players like sinatraa and brax, who were both high-profile signings, did shine but so did lesser known players like mouseSpaz's Yassine "Subroza" Taoufik and Prospects' Ryan "Winsum" Johns. It's possible that the rush for organizations to start bidding wars over big name players may be misguided. It could prove beneficial for teams to do their own scouting, and sign lesser known players for less mo

With Riot unveiling their early plans for VALORANT esports, we know there will be more tournaments to come in the near future. As teams fill their rosters with players both known and unknown, the tournaments will become more competitive and more exciting, following in the footsteps of the T1 x Nerd Street Gamers Invitatio

These can be used in an offensive or defensive capacity, with the latter usually used in order to force attackers around corners or through hallways blindly, giving you a severe advantage in any gunfight as they'll have to get their bearings as soon as they exit the sm

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

However, her ultimate packs the biggest punch. When her ultimate is ready, Raze fires a rocket launcher that causes a massive explosion wherever the rocket lands that deals devastating damage to those within the blast radius. This can be compared to Brimstone's airstrike, but there is far less warning for Raze's incoming roc

Sage has the unique ability to heal players or herself, but her other abilities can be used defensively to control the battlefield. However, her ultimate can be used to resurrect from the dead. This effectively gives a player another life. She can also wall off teams from coming on to the point and has a large area of effect ability that drastically slows enem

Gen.G, seemingly had the greatest understanding. Despite being arguably outclassed mechanically by Team Brax, Gen.G's defense often seemed impregnable and their offense would steam roll through teams caught off guard. Michael "MkaeL" De Luca's Cypher play was masterful, and the information he gained allowed Gen.G's defense to become a brick w

Unlike many games such as _ Fortnite _ and _ Apex Legends _ , VALORANT PC controller players won’t have the option to use aim assist. Aim assist a point of contention in competitive play. While most people won’t deny that keyboard and mouse players benefit from enhanced movement capabilities when compared to controller players, prominent pros claim aim assist offers an overpowered advantage that amounts to a cheat. The reality is that the majority of controller players aren’t skilled enough with the controller and rely on this to make these games fun for them to play on PC, but highly skilled controller players are at an advantage given the fact given their natural high level of precision on the control

This smoke can be used offensively to great effect too, used to block off valuable enemy sightlines allowing for you and/or your team to enter a site without defenders having access to their most favorable positions. Defenders are going to adjust to this as the match plays out, and you'll have to feel out which areas they're moving to in order to continue getting value out of these the longer the match g

Even on the game's home page, the VALORANT touts its gaming specs . It also highlights its anti-cheat mechanisms. While the anti-cheat isn't without controversy , these things are both testaments to the fact that the developers created the game with high expectations for competitive p