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Meet the Agents in VALORANT
With Red Bull Campus Clutch coming up, it's important to really know the Agents of VALORANT. Here's a fact sheet of their abilities.
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Riot Games new FPS is highly relevant due to the impending Red Bull Campus Clutch. We have already written about the game in general, but in this article we'll guide you through the games characters, called Agents. If you're new to the game, this is a great opportunity to read about, what's going to be, your favorite Agent.
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First off, let’s discuss how the abilities of the agents works in the game. Every agent got four unique abilities. One Ultimate, one Signature and two additional abilities that needs to be purchased every round. Similar to the purchase of weapons, ammo and gear. The Signature ability recharges automatically after every round. How often you can use it during a round depends on which agent you play. The Ultimate ability is the most powerful one in the arsenal and needs to be recharged by completing objectives or kill enemies. The other two abilities are non-rechargeable however, and needs to be purchased again after usage.
Viper
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Viper
Controls the outcome through poison and gas, recharged by Fuel.
• Toxic Screen (Signature) – Creates a line of gas emitters which you can activate to become a wall of poisonous gas.
• Viper’s Pit (Ultimate) – Emits a massive poisonous cloud that will last as long as Viper’s in it. Enemies inside the cloud gets highlighted.
• Snakebite – Fires a projectile that transforms into a pool of acid on impact.
• Poison Cloud – throws a gas emitter which will explode into a cloud of poison upon activation. Can be retrieved and thrown again after a short cooldown.
Omen
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Omen
A rouge-like agent who can teleport and render enemies blind.
• Dark Cover (Signature) – Throws an ethereal orb that bursts into a sphere of shadow that obstructs enemies sight.
• From the Shadows (Ultimate) – Select anywhere on the map to teleport. When arriving, appear as a shade, that will go back to your original location if killed. Once the teleport is complete, become incorporeal for a short time.
• Paranoia - Send out an Ethereal shadow in a straight line, Nearsighting anyone it touches.
• Shadow Walk – Teleport a short distance.
Phoenix
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Phoenix
Damage and zone enemies with fire abilities.
• Curveball (Signature) – Casts a curving flare that blinds enemies.
• Run it Back (Ultimate) – Marks your location and starts a timer. When the timer’s up or you’re dead, you respawn at the location with full health.
• Hot Hands – Throws a fireball that explodes upon impact. The AoE damages enemies and heal you.
• Blaze – Creates a firewall that can be curved. The wall both damages and blocks vision.
Brimstone
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Brimstone
Calls in smokescreens and orbital strikes to wreak havoc on the enemy.
• Sky Smoke (Signature) – Calls in smokescreens that obscures vision. Click the map to set locations.
• Orbital Strike (Ultimate) – Launch a lethal orbital strike using your map to do heavy damage to your enemy.
• Incendiary – Throws a grenade that coats an area with flame on impact.
• Stim Beacon – Calls in a beacon that boosts nearby player’s fire speed.
Sova will see you before you see him
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Sova
Uses his arrows and scouting abilities to track and make damage.
• Recon Bolt (Signature) – Shoots an arrow that deploys a sonar emitter which tags nearby enemies, revealing them.
• Hunter’s Fury (Ultimate) – Fires up to three high-damage energy blasts across the map, tagging hit enemies.
• Shock Bolt – Fires an arrow that pulses with damaging static energy upon impact.
• Owl Drone – Calls in a pilotable drone that fires a dart. Enemies who are hit are revealed.
Jett
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Jett
Another rogue-like agent. Evades and obscures enemies while using her deadly throwing knives.
• Tailwind (Signature) – Dashes a short distance in the direction you’re moving.
• Blade storm (Ultimate) – Use your knives to either throw a single one or throw the remaining ones in a burst. Does moderate damage on body but kills on a headshot. A kill restores all the knives.
• Cloudburst – Creates a controllable cloud of fog that obscures vision.
• Updraft – Propel yourself upwards.
Cypher will track your every move
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Cypher
The spy. Uses traps and other gear to keep an eye on the opposition.
• Spycam (Signature) – A remote camera that can shoot darts. Enemies hit by the darts becomes revealed.
• Neural Theft (Ultimate) – Extract intel from a dead enemy. The intel reveals all living enemies.
• Trapwire – Places a tripwire between two walls. If an enemy trigger the wire, they become revealed and restrained for a short duration. Can be picked up and placed again.
• Cyber Cage – Places a trap that slows down enemies who pass through it. Can be detonated remotely to inflict damage.
Sage
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Sage
A support who heals friends and slows down enemies.
• Healing Orb (Signature) – Heal yourself or an ally to full health.
• Resurrection (Ultimate) – Revive a dead ally. The resurrected gets full health.
• Slow Orb – Throw an orb that becomes a slowing field upon impact. Players caught in the field are slowed, grounded and makes laud noises when moving.
• Barrier Orb – Create a large, solid wall. Can be rotated before casting.
Breach
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Breach
The powerful Swede who's abilities can reach you through walls, roofs - literally all obstacles!
- Fault Line (Signature) - Daze all players in the targeted zone with a powerful kinetic blast.
- Rolling Thunder (Ultimate) - Sends forward a kinetic quake in a large cone. Knocks down any players caught in it.
- Aftershock - Fires a fusion charge through objects to inflict heavy damage to any player caught in it.
- Flashpoint - Fires a blinding charge through objects to inflict blind on any player looking at it.
Reyna
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Reyna
Reyna is a badass duelist who's almost unstoppable if snowballing.
- Leer (Signature) - Send out an Ethereal, destructible Orb that Nearsights any enemies that look at it.
- Empress (Ultimate) - Enter a heightened state of bloodlust, giving you Rapid Fire and making enemies easier to see for the duration. Scoring a kill resets the timer.
- Dismiss - Consume the life force of a killed enemy to turn invisible and invulnerable for a short duration.
- Devour - Consume the life force of a killed enemy to restore your health.
Killjoy
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Killjoy
The young genius who crushes her enemies with deadly inventions.
- Turret (Signature) - Deploy a turret that deals damage to any enemy caught in a 180 degree cone.
- Lockdown (Ultimate) - Deploy a Lockdown device. After winding up, enemies caught in the radius will be Detained (can't shoot or use abilities for 8 seconds).
- Alarmbot - Deploy a bot that hunts enemies caught in the radius. The bot will explode and cause Vulnerable (buff that doubles the received damage) when reaching the enemy.
- Nanoswarm - Throw a grenade that'll go covert upon landing. When activated, the nanoswarm will deal damage to surrounding enemies.
Skye
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Skye
Heal friends or disturb enemies through her trusted animal companions.
- Guiding Light (Signature) - Send forward a movable Hawk that'll blind enemies upon activation.
- Seekers (Ultimate) - Send out three Seekers to track down the three closest enemies. Upon reaching their targets, the Seekers will cause Nearsight.
- Regrowth - Heals friends in radius and line-of-sight.
- Trailblazer - Take control of a Tasmanian Tiger. Will explode and deal damage to enemies hit in its radius.
Yoru appears to store an Oni Mask in a pocket dimension. Neat.
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Yoru
Yoru uses deception and aggression to wreak havoc upon his enemies.
- Gatecrash (Signature) - Send out a rift tether. Activate to transport to the tether's location.
- Dimensional Drift (Ultimate) - Drift into Yoru's dimension. Unable to be seen or affected by enemies.
- Fakeout - Send forward or/and place an echo of footsteps to confuse your enemies.
- Blindside - Throw an unstable dimensional fragment that'll cause flash once it hits a surface.
Raze
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Raze
Focuses almost entirely on dealing damage. Raze is lethal with her explosive capabilities.
- Paint Shells (Signature) - Throw a cluster grenade which, upon explosion, creates sub-munitions that deal further damage.
- Showstopper (Ultimate) - Fire a rocket that deals heavy damage in a big blast radius.
- Boom Bot - Deploy a Boom Bot that'll travel in a straight line on the ground, bouncing off walls. The Boom Bot will lock on to any enemies in its frontal cone and chase them, exploding for heavy damage if it reaches them.
- Blast Pack - Throw a Blast Pack which sticks to surfaces and will detonate, damage and knock back anything in its radius when activated.
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