One key mechanic of Viper that is entirely unique to her; most of her abilities require fuel to stay active. This fuel is shown in the gauge just above your ability bar and recharges on its own over time. When certain abilities are active, the fuel is drained, and once it's empty, the abilities will deactiv
An Orb is a sphere-like object that gives the player that has picked it 1 Ultimate point. Only two Orbs spawn in a given round, and they always spawn at the same spot. Players often ignore these Orbs, but they are very crucial as they help charge the Ultimate faster. In Bind, the first one can be found in Showers near A site and the second one near B Long. Players should always try to secure these Orbs as they can turn the tide of any g
Bind is one of the four maps available in Valorant . However, its main concept of allowing major aggression and fast rotation due to teleporters that can send you across the map often catches players off guard. Both A site and B site have many small structures and corners, which really puts an emphasis on ability usage to gain site control. Bind doesn't have a traditional map layout, and it really forces you to approach the game differen
The Snake Bite is a pretty simple ability but has a variety of uses. The most obvious use is its area denial, preventing enemies from accessing a certain area unless they'd like to be acid-burned. It can also be a pretty good way to prevent a Spike Plant if an enemy is in mid-plant and you toss this down on t
As mentioned before, Viper's Pit is going to create some entirely uneven gunfights. If Viper is in the Pit and already has some good idea of where to look for enemies, those enemies are going to have a severely difficult time winning a gunfight against her. And, due to the absolutely bonkers radius this ability has, you can really lock down a huge area of the
There are ten different characters (Agents) currently available to play in the Valorant closed beta, each of them fitting into one of four different classes: Controller, Initiator, Sentinel, and Duelist. Each of those four roles has different strengths and weaknesses, and each character accomplishes the goals of their roles in a different
Viper, like Cypher, can set up her gameplan pretty early, forcing enemies to adapt to what you're doing instead of the other way around. You always want to be the team dictating the terms of the fight, and Viper can really help your team excel at that, getting you off to a good start and forcing those teams that aren't coordinated enough to adapt to a quick def
The chief aim of B site defending is to hold the choke-points and delay the push as much as possible, and because A site is larger compared to B site, it is less punishing. Site B can be held by a single player, and contrary to this, even if one player from the defending team dies at Site A, it becomes a hassle for the remaining t
Shooting and aim-based skills are what the game is built on and the abilities of each agent allow you to adapt and change firefights and engagements. A well-timed smoke bomb or grenade can alter the fight, but you'll be useless if its on cooldown when you need it m
Weapons in Valorant take some time to master. So, it’s strange that their default skins are so boring: they range from orange to gray and black. This can easily lead to confusion, as a player might pick up a certain type of weapon thinking it’s anot
If you watched any Valorant Competitive guide streamer on April 7th, the chat was full of thirsty gamers looking for a drop. People would be goading chat into spamming the chat with “/drops” after saying that was the way to get a beta key. It was a trick, but most weren't willing to take the cha
When the game was first streamed on Twitch, many viewers opened several tabs of Twitch in hopes that it would increase their chances. However, Riot Games said it did not increase the chance of getting a beta key. They even said as long as someone watched 2 hours of streams, they would have almost the same chance as someone who watched 100 hours of stre
The best Agents to play in Bind are Breach, Sova , Cypher, Raze, and Brimstone. Although almost every Agent is viable in Bind, the aforementioned ones are just a cut above the rest. Sova and Cypher are great at gathering information while the rest add a lot of value on both offense and defe
This one is a feel bad for anyone who doesn't exactly have the best aim (myself including). It feels like you have your crosshair right on the opponent's head and somehow you miss. It doesn't feel like it should be possible. Hitting that shot should have been e
Teams play as either defenders or attackers in each round, and they go for 25 rounds. Attackers carry a bomb to a designated bombsite, plant it, and try to detonate it. The defenders, though, are tasked with thwarting the attack
Valorant is one of the most talked-about games recently, and it is still only in the beta. Streamers and professional players alike have been leaving other games to move to this rapidly growing game. Hundreds of thousands of people tuned in to Valorant streamers in hopes of getting a beta key drop. Twitch chats were getting blown up with people typing /drops to increase their chances (though it didn't actually work, of cour