Regarding how you're spending time, in League Of Legends, 80% of the time you're using different abilities that are all unique to your hero. In Valorant, 80% of your time is with your gun out, which is not unique to your character. So there's a much smaller portion of time that you're using the distinct Agent abilities. From that perspective, I think it gives us constraints, but not too m

With the latest champion development video, Riot Reav3 has stated the next three releases will be directly tied to the Ruined King's return. While players won't be getting more answers until February, the champions were teased as an AP fighter, a gloomy artillery mage, and a non-traditional AD carry. From these hints, there are several possible guesses to their currently unknown identit

** TheGamer: ** When designing Agents, one goal is to create characters who will make for exciting team comps. However, I was curious if you ever develop Agents specifically to be "appealing" or "easier" for new players? I got the impression that Killjoy might be an Agent meant for newb

Since Ivern doesn't dish out damage, none of the offensive Mythic Items really work for him, and Jungle items don't offer much because his passive allows him to take down monsters without fighting them. This leaves tank items, and Ivern isn't meant to be a t

In his base form Gnar is arguably the cutest champion in the game, but appearances can be deceiving. After building up enough rage, Gnar transforms into a massive, muscular beast who can throw giant boulders as if they were pebb

It's really up to the Apex Legends to determine whether or not the battle royale has the same staying power as League of Legends does. League of Legends has been around for over 10 years, and still remains one of the biggest MOBAs and esports games of all time. In comparison, Apex Legends is a far younger game that released a year and a half ago. Granted, if the Titanfall games are looped in, then the overarching Apex Legends - Titanfall universe has been around for six years. That's still comparatively a short time, which means asking if Apex Legends has the same character reputation as League of Legends is a valid question, at least when strictly talking about spin-o

A prophecy states that Aatrox will destroy all life by himself, and under normal circumstances he and Kratos would probably kill each other, but if he enters his demonic form, he will gain an advantage because he will receive extra damage, movement speed, and heal

But knowing about this 2.0 patch, the Yordle Expedition , will benefit players who haven't been able to play the game just as much as those who are currently enjoying it. The odds are good that this trial event will be laying the groundwork for how all such events will happen in the future. The Yordle Expedition, therefore, will probably be around again sooner rather than later after the actual game officially relea

** TheGamer: ** Was there a particular inspiration for Killjoy, be it aesthetics or playstyle? She's compared to the Engineer from Team Fortress 2 in terms of how she plays, and that her visual design was similar to Dokkaebi from Rainbow Six: Siege. If there was no direct inspiration, does the team try to steer away from making Agents that might be too similar to characters from other ga

League now has Mythic Items, and players need to build one of these items first because they have unique passive abilities and they also buff other items. Certain champions benefit way too much from these items and are now kind of broken, but there are also champions who haven't profited that much from t

** TheGamer: ** A problem that hero shooters struggle with is balancing abilities. Often, meta and competitive play come strictly down to how practical special skills are. Upon reveal, many people thought Killjoy's ultimate looked unfair, but the truth is all you have to do is shoot her and her bot. Do you believe that Valorant's emphasis on skill-based gunplay ultimately frees you from the "ability balancing" problems that similar games f

At the end of last year, Riot Games announced an effort to expand the League of Legends IP beyond its MOBA roots. Acquiring and partnering with several third-party studios, Riot Games' new initiative for its 10th anniversary has spawned a League of Legends fighting game, a popular FPS called Valorant , a collectible card game called Legends of Runeterra , and even a business/management sim for LoL esports. The League of Legends universe will soon reach far beyond the base game into a ton of new gaming experiences, a sentiment that Respawn Entertainment recently expressed with the hit battle royale Apex Legends as w

I recently had a chance to speak with Max Grossman, senior game designer on Valorant, combat tips about helping ease people into the game. From creating Agents like Killjoy who are beginner-friendly to making sure everyone is on equal footing, Riot is committed to making Valorant as fair as it is bone-crushingly diffic