Valorant

Valorant

Valorant is one of the best free to play competitive game first-person hero shooter developed and published by Riot Games. Valorant is inspired by the Counter Strike Global Offensive game and incorporates several mechanics such as purchase menus, spray patterns, and inaccuracy when shooting while moving.

If you’re a fan of tactical shooters, you’ve probably heard of Valorant, but if you’re new to the game or just curious about how good it is, you’ve come to the right site. In this article, we’ll provide you with a Valorant review and explain why this game is better than other tactical shooter games.

Riot games free to play Valorant game mechanics and in depth review

Riot games free to play Valorant game mechanics and in depth review

Valorant is a team-based first-person hero shooter game. Players take control of one of several Agents with unique abilities. Just like any other tactical shooter games, Valorant incorporates competitive formula from other games with hero shooters aspect like games such as apex legends. For new players during character selection, you need to pick a hero that defines your playstyle since each of Valorant agents or hero have different unique abilities and skills. Valorant Agents have unique skills that require charges, as well as a special ultimate ability that requires charging by kills, deaths, orbs, or objectives. During the start of the match all players get a basic handgun and one or more signature ability charges. Other weapon and ability charges can be acquired using money earned based on the previous round’s result, any kills the player is credited for, and any objectives achieved. During the Buy phase Players can buy different weapons in the game, as well as secondary weapons such as sidearms and primary weapons such as submachine guns, shotguns, machine guns, assault rifles, and sniper rifles.

Game modes

Plant/Defuse

Players are assigned to two teams either the attacking team or defending team with each group having five players. The attacking team need to go to the bomb site and plant their spike while the defending teams need to to stop the enemy team from completing their objective. Players will have to be familiar with map knowledge to take advantage since there are many maps on the game and each map design is unique. On Valorant you cannot choose a map since it is random. Valorant is an exceptional FPS game that has a steep learning curve but if you play for a few weeks, Valorant feels easy in the sense that you have an idea what do during the match.

Unrated

The standard Plant/Defuse mode in Valorant is Unrated. Teams alternate between Attack and Defense for 12 rounds before switching sides for the next 12 rounds.

Competitive

Is a higher-stakes variant of Unrated in which you compete for a rank by playing against other player.

Replication

Is a 5v5 Bo9 mode in which every player on a team takes on the role of the same agent. Players vote for the agent they want to play, and the game then chooses one at random.

Spike Rush

Is a Bo7 5v5 variant in which all players start with the same random weapon each round.

Deathmatch

Is a 12-player free-for-all game option that allows players to refine their gunplay techniques and warm up before playing Competitive.

Escalation

Is a 5v5 team deathmatch mode in which players kill and race the opposing group using a cycle of weapon and abilities while progressing through Escalation levels as a group.

Cosmetics

Cosmetics

Cosmetics are items in VALORANT that change the appearance of weapon or the player’s account. Gunbuddies, cards, titles, sprays, and skins are the five types of cosmetics. In the Collection tab, a player’s cosmetics can be modified and equipped. Battle Passes, contracts, and the Store are all options for obtaining them. Most sorts of cosmetics include some that may be acquired with Valorant Points. Others can be unlocked with Radianite Points or by progressing through the game and earning Experience Points.

Gunbuddies: Weapon charms that connect to the side of weapon are known as Gunbuddies.

Player Cards: Player Cards are graphics that alter several aspects of a player’s account, including their icon, loading screen banner, and backdrop image shown by enemies after they kill them.

Player Titles: Player Titles are the titles that appear beneath each player’s in-game name in the lobby or on the game loading screen.

Sprays: Sprays are images that can be used to decorate any map. Some of the sprays are animated, while others include sound effects.

Weapon Skin: Weapon Skins change how weapon look.

Battlepass

Battlepass

Battle Pass allows players to unlock a variety of cosmetics as they gain experience via missions and match XP. Battle Passes, like Contracts, are divided into tiers and chapters. Players progress through a pass by gaining experience points (XP) completing objectives and matches in XP-generating Game Modes.

Each act has its own pass, with each new act ending the current pass and resetting all players to the start of the new pass. The act pass offers cosmetic prizes to all players, but the majority of the pass content may only be obtained by paying Valorant Points.

Valorant Agents

Valorant Agents

Agents are playable characters who portray Valorant Protocol agents. Each agent has a distinct class or role class with four abilities and a unique Contract. Each round, agents receive a free Signature Ability. Each agent is assigned to one of four roles based on their skills and game style:

Controllers: Are proficient in slicing up risky terrain in order to put their squad up for success. Agents in this role can help their teammates by cutting enemy visibility, gaining control of an area, and driving attackers into choke points.

Duelist: Are self-sufficient fraggers whose squad expects them to earn high frags and seek engagements first due to their ability and capabilities.

Initiator: Agent in this job are tasked with flushing foes from hiding nooks and corners so that your teammates can charge into battle.

Sentinel: On both attacker and defender rounds, Sentinel agents are defensive masters who can shut down areas and monitor flanks. Agent in this job are focused on defensive play, with a focus on assisting the rest of the teammates by giving intel, holding down sites, and stopping the opponent from flanking.

These are the Valorant review for 19 agents that are currently available:

Brimstone (Controller)

Brimstone can equip himself with a grenade launcher and launch a grenade that explodes as it lands on the ground, leaving a lingering fire zone that hurts players inside it. He can also use sky smoke using a tactical map to create landing zones for the smoke clouds. He can also deploy a stim beacon device in front of him that grant allied players rapid fire who are near the device. Orbital strike is Brimstone’s super ability that shoots an orbital laser strike at the targeted area causing high damage to those caught in the area.

Viper (Controller)

She can launch a gas emitting device called poison cloud which will generate poisonous cloud. Her second ability is toxic screen which a long line of gas emitters will be deployed, this ability can build a high wall of hazardous gas. Her third ability is snake bite which fire a canister that shatters on impact, leaving a chemical zone that harms and delays foes. Lastly Viper’s Pit is her super ability that allows her to spew a chemical cloud in all directions surrounding Viper, forming a huge cloud that decreases players’ vision range and maximum health.

Omen (Controller)

His first ability paranoia that will launch a shadow missile forward, limiting the vision range of all players it comes into contact with. This missile is capable of passing through solid objects. His next ability is dark cover which he can launch at long distance that will form a shadow smoke. The next ability is shrouded step which gives him the shadow ability to teleport at a closer area. His super ability from the shadows is a teleportation ability, with the use of tactical map he can teleport to any place in the map.

Killjoy Sentinel (Sentinel)

Killjoy can setup alarmbot. The alarmbot deployed will have stealth which will hunt down enemies who come within range. The bot explodes after reaching its target and applies Vulernable. One of her ability is turret that can fire in a 180-degree cone at opponents that it detected. Another ability that killjoy use is nanoswarm, it moves underground after deploying then can be trigger to explode a swarm of nanobots. Her super skill is lockdown, which she will deploy a device which detains all opponents caught in the radius after a lengthy windup.

Cypher (Sentinel)

His ability cyber cage can instantly toss a cyber cage in front of him that creates a vision-blocking zone that will slow enemies passing through it. His next ability is spycam which he can equip and deploy it on walls or targeted area which he can control the camera and shoot dart on the enemies that will also reveal the location of the enemy player. Trapwire is another ability that can be deployed a stealthy tripwire at the designated spot, forming a line between it and the opposing wall. Cypher’s super skill is neural theft which can be use on a dead enemy player that show all living enemy players’ locations.

Sova (Initiator)

His special abilities is shock bolt a shock bolt-equipped bow, which will detonate when it collides with other players. Next is recon bolt, an ability which will launch the recon bolt forward, which will activate upon contact and show the position of surrounding enemies caught in the bolt’s line of sight. Owl drone is another abilities that Sova have which he take control of the drone’s movement and he can fire dart while controlling the drone. The location of any player struck by this dart will be revealed. X hunter’s fury is his super ability Three long-range wall-piercing energy blasts from the bow.

Sage (Sentinel)

Her ability slow orb which will toss a slowing orb forward that explodes when it lands, leaving a lingering zone that slows players trapped inside. Next is healing orb which can heal damaged ally or can heal herself. Barrier orb is another skill of sage that she can create a solid wall. Her super ability is resurrection that is able to revive dead ally.

Phoenix (Duelist)

His special ability curveball is an ability in which he throw and orb with a curving path to the left, detonating and blinding any player who sees the orb. Next ability is hot hands, in which he will throw a fireball that bursts after a defined length of time or when it hits the ground, damaging foes and producing a lingering fire zone. Blaze

Jett (Duelist)

Her ability up draft can propel Jett into the air. Her next skill tailwind, will make her propelled in the direction she is going. Next is cloudburst that allows her to throw a projectile vision blocking cloud on impact. Her super ability blade storm, is a set of razor-sharp blades that reload after killing an opponent which she can toss all remaining daggers at your target.

Reyna (Duelist)

Her ability devour, when she kills enemies they leave behind a soul orb that last three seconds which she can devour that will heal her quickly for a short time. Another ability is dismiss when she consume a nearby orb making her intangible for a short duration. Leer is an ability that will make all enemies near sight. Her super ability empress will make her into a frenzy with increase firing speed and reload speed.

Raze (Duelist)

Her ability blastpack which will throw a blast pack that will be glued to surfaces, reusing the ability after deployment will make it detonate. Paint shells is an ability that fires cluster grenade which does damages to anyone near in range. Boom bot is another ability that will deploy bot which will travel in a straight line and lock on any enemies it sees and chase them then will explode. Showstopper is a super ability that shoots a rocket that does large damage in the area it contact.

Breach (Initiator)

His ability flashpoint will charge to burst to any wall then will blind any players looking at it. Fault line is an ability which fires seismic blast which will set off the quake, which stunned all players in its zone. Aftershock is a fusion charge skill which sill set a slow acting burst through the wall. It will cause heavy damage to any one that is hit. Rolling thunder is his super ability that will fire a seismic charge to cause a massive cone of quake to spread across all terrain Anyone caught in the tremor is dazed and knocked out.

Skye (Initiator)

Her ability Trailblazer will equip a tasmanian tiger trinket which will dispatch a predator that she can control and make it explode in a concussive explosion. Guiding light is a hawk trinket which can transform and be guided in to flight and can be able to flash. Regrowth is a channeling ability that can heal allies but cannot heal herself. Seekers is her super ability that launches three seekers to track down three closest enemies, once it is near to the enemies it nearsights the enemy.

Yoru (Duelist)

His skill blindside is a skill that throw a fragment and can activate to flash. His next ability is gatecrash in which he sends out a rift tether which he can then teleport when the tether is stationary. Fakeout is an echo ability that sends out a mirror image to send it forward and can blind enemies when the flash is destroyed by enemies. Dimensional Drift is a super ability that Yoru can travel in a dimension unaffected or seen by enemies outside by the drift.

Astra (Controller)

Her skill nova pulse can activate a star then the nova pulses charges then detonates which will concussed all players in the area. Nebula is an ability that is able the star to transform in to a smoke. Gravity ability is an ability that will make a star to form a gravity well, making all players trapped before it explodes. Her super ability astral form/cosmic divide where she will enter astral form then place stars within the map into a nova pulse, nebula, or gravity well. The two spots you choose are connected by an infinite Cosmic Divide. Bullets are blocked and audio is significantly muffled by Cosmic Divide.

KAY/O (Initiator)

Flash/Drive a skill that throws flash grenade that will blind any one. Zero/Point is a suppression blade ability that can stick to any surfaces it hits that suppresses the abilities of the enemy within range. Frag/Ment is an explosive fragment that sticks to the floor and will explode continuosly. Null/cmd is a super ability that will emit pulses that when enemies are hit they are unable to use there ability, If KAY/O was down while doing this ability, he can be revive by his allies within a period of time.

Chamber (Sentinel)

His skill headhunter is a heavy pistol equipped with aim down sight. Rendezvous is a skill in which he can place two anchors on the ground then he can teleport on that anchor. Trademark is a skill that traps enemies when caught by the skill. Tour De Force is super ability that can summon a powerful sniper rifle which will kill an enemy with a direct hit.

Neon (Duelist)

Her ability relay bolt throw a once-bouncing energy bolt which electrifies the earth below with a concussive explosion. Her next skill is high gear, which will boost your speed. Fast lane is an ability that fires two energy lines extending forward on the ground for a short distance or until they collide with anything. The lines form static electricity fences that obstruct eyesight and harm foes who pass through them. Her super ability overdrive, for a limited time, unleash Neon’s full strength and speed. Fire to transform the energy into a lethal lightning beam with pinpoint accuracy.

Fade (Initiator)

Her skill seize will throw an orb which will explode and enemies caught cannot escape the zone. Haunt is a skill were you throw the orb then upon hitting the ground will reveal the opponents location that is affected by haunt. Prowler is a skill that will hunt down any opponents or tracks in their frontal visual cone, nearsighting them if it gets close enough. Nightfall is a super ability send out a terrifying energy wave that can pass through walls The energy deafens and decays the opponent while also leaving a trail.

Valorant known Issues and solution

Because Valorant is known for its technical issues, the first thing you should do if you’re having problems is check the game’s minimum and recommended system requirements to avoid any issues.

game's minimum and recommended system requirements

Issue #1 Game Crashes

Valorant constantly keeps crashing is one of the most typical issues that players may encounter. Follow the instructions below to fix the problem.

Update graphics card

  • Type Device Manager in the search bar on your desktop and then click the Device Manager icon that appears in the results.
  • Click the Display adapters icon.
  • Right-click the dedicated graphics card you are using to play and then select Update driver.
  • Choose Search automatically for drivers.

Issue #2 Black Screen on Startup

The black screen issue is a regular problem that you may encounter while playing this game. This frequently happens when you first start the game and can be rather irritating. This is what you must do to correct the situation.

Reinstall Valorant

  • Click the Start button.
  • Click Settings.
  • Click Apps.
  • Find Valorant then click it.
  • Click on Uninstall.
  • Click Uninstall again on the pop-up menu that appears.
  • Find Riot Vanguard then click it.
  • Click on Uninstall.
  • Click Uninstall again on the pop-up menu that appears.
  • Download Valorant and install it.

Issue #3 Valorant anti cheat error

The Valorant anti cheat error usually occurs due to issues with Riot Vanguard application. This is an anti cheat software that aims to protect Valorant from hackers that ruin your game.

Reinstall Riot Vanguard

  • Right click Riot Vanguard from the System Tray icon then click Exit Vanguard.
  • Click the Start button.
  • Click Settings.
  • Click Apps.
  • Search for Riot Vanguard.
  • Click Riot Vanguard then click the uninstall button.
  • Click Uninstall again.
  • Reinstall Riot Vanguard.

Frequently Asked Questions

  1. Is Valorant free?

    Yes, Valorant is a free to play game from Riot games.

  2. Is GTX 1050 Ti good for Valorant?

    Yes, GTX 1050 Ti is still a good card for the game since Valorant is a CPU intensive game. Valorant can be played in a low spec PC as long as your CPU meet the minimum requirements.

  3. How many GB is Valorant?

    As of this writing Valorant has 24.3 GB file size.

  4. How do I claim Valorant prime loot?

    You'll need a prime gaming account to get your free in-game loot. All you have to do now is head to Amazon Prime Gaming Loot and collect your prize.

  5. What is the rarest skin in Valorant?

    The Imperium knife is the most powerful and rarest Valorant melee knife yet. A metal dragon motif is encrusted on the heavy-duty blade, giving it a unique touch. It was first launched in Valorant's early days and finally became extinct.