Emerging as a seemingly overnight success, Riot's Valorant , _ has taken over the competitive First-Person Shooter market. The game combines two of the most popular titles to ever grace the genre, the first being the _Counter-Strike series and the second being Blizzard's Overwatch. What makes Valorant such a unique experience is its masterful combination of both the realistic and brutally difficult qualities of Counter-Strike with a cast of loveable and unique characters. Both of its inspirations have been huge successes in the genre, so the combination of the two would have to yield some success. Combined its incredible gameplay with arguably the most intelligent marketing campaign for a major competitive online game, and you have the recipe for astronomical success. The only way for players to gain access to the title is to watch popular Twitch Streamers play the game in hopes of gaining access to a "dropped" key. This in turn with its incredible gameplay has made the game an incredible success on the platform, clocking in numbers over 100k at its p

Another reason for the necessity of communication is the common occurrence of call-outs within a game of Valorant. A player may see an enemy player attempting to flank their team, and if that player does not communicate that with their team than they are certainly going to be quickly wiped out. However, having the ability to quickly say that the enemy player is attempting to flank can be the difference between winning and los

A common phenomenon of hero-style shooters is a player who hops onto a competitive match, and instantly locks their main character. These players are referred to as "one-trick ponies" due to their skill being deeply connected to their one and only character main. If their particular main is locked from their use they become more of a liability than an asset to their t

Valorant _ is Riot Game's most recent tactical shooter that players are calling a mix between Counter-Strike and Overwatch. The game is a 5v5 Search and Destroy game much like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, but players also have to select different Agents which have unique abilities much like Overwatch. _Valorant currently has nine playable agents each having their own skill set that can help a team claim victory over their opponents. While players chose and buy whatever weapon they want to go with their agents, pairing agents' abilities well can help turn the tide of bat

One of the best features so far in the game is its training grounds, which allows players to practice in a multitude of different ways. Players can load up bots with different difficulty levels to practice aiming, as well as use targets to measure weapon spread at different distan

Valorant will use 128 Hertz tick rate servers for multiplayer, which is significantly higher than Modern Warfare's 12 tick rate servers or Overwatch's 62.5. If you ever played a shooter and felt your bullets were lagging, low tick rate servers are likely to blame. With 128 tick rate servers, Www.fpthoughts.com bullet impacts will be near-instant and bullet ghosting shouldn't ex

Firstly, Jett has a passive ability that allows her to glide when jumping from a high point, and it negates fall damage. She also has an updraft ability that allows her to jump very high in the air to get the "jump" on her enemies. Jett can also use a quick dash that recharges after getting two kills. And if that were not enough, her ultimate is endless. She summons five kunai blades that she can throw at enemies. There is no timer on her ultimate so she can summon it at the beginning of a match and use it all the way through. AND her ultimate resets if she gets a kill with her blades. Meaning as long as one of her blades kills someone she will get all five b

Playing Default refers to splitting up at the beginning of a round and not stacking as a group, which can be a common mistake early in ranks as players attempt to rush a point. In those low-level ranks, such tactics might yield an occasional win, but in higher ranks it is ineffective, leads to team wipes, and serves to give the opposing team information about where the other team is loca

Curveball is Phoenix's second ability in which the Pyromancer fires a flashbang-style fireball. When using Curveball the Phoenix player can curve the trajectory of the attack in either a right or a left angle allowing Phoenix to use the attack to blind players camping behind or around the corner of pesky choke points. This makes Curveball one of the best abilities for a team to use to counterattack a well set-up team and change the tide of battle in their fa

Each agent represents one of the four archetypes found in the game: Duelist, Sentinel, Initiator and Controller. With agents coming from a diverse selection of countries and backgrounds, there's bound to be a main for everyone. Plus, more agents are no doubt to be introduced in the fut

The bane of any competitive FPS title is balance. If maps feel biased towards one side or if weapons feel too strong, it can reveal a meta that is unpleasant to partake in while the developers spend months changing