04/07/2020/
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The closed beta of the hotly awaited shooter Valorant from Riot Games has started. These agents are available to the players.
Valorant is the new game from the games manufacturer Riot Games, which is mainly for their eSports hit League of Legends are known. The card game appeared only recently Legends of Runeterra and now the shooter started Valorant in the closed beta. The fact that you can already play there requires a little luck. Because currently beta access is only granted via “Twitch-Drops”, which are randomly distributed among Twitch viewers by selected streamers.
And the interest in the new shooter is huge: On April 7, when the closed beta started, over 1 million viewers were already watching the streamers on Twitch as they play the new game. Many, of course, hoping to drop and play themselves.
What Valorant is? You can find out in this video:
10 agents to start
If you are lucky enough to have access, you will be presented with a selection of 10 agents with whom you can fight. Each agent has its special skills, strengths and weaknesses. We have listed them here for you.
The agents are divided into four categories:
- Duelist: Knock out as much damage as possible
- Initiator: The frontline that firefights best initiate (as the name says)
- Tactician: Control the battles with crowd control
- Guardian: Ensure that the team is doing well and classic support actions
After we have the categories behind us, let’s start looking at the characters individually.
Jett
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Skills:
- Cloudburst – Throw a projectile that turns into a cloud that blocks your view
- Aufwind – catapult jump
- Tailwind – keep catapulting yourself in the direction you’re moving
- Blade Storm – Equip throwing knives that recharge for every kill. Can be thrown individually or all at once.
Phoenix
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Skills:
- Wall of Flames – Creates a wall of flames that blocks your view and damages passers-by.
- Nasty Throw – Throw a ball with an arcuate trajectory that blinds enemies
- Hot hands – Throw a ball that turns into a carpet of flames upon impact, harming passers-by
- Revenge – place a marker on the floor. If Phoenix dies, he will be resuscitated there in full health.
Raze
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Skills:
- Explosives Pack – Throw an explosives pack that sticks to the surfaces of the victims. When activated, this deals damage to enemies and hurls them back.
- Color Bombs – A cluster grenade that damages on impact and within a certain radius as well.
- Boom-Bot – Sends a bot forward that chases enemies and explodes on impact.
- Full Pipe – Equip a rocket launcher that deals heavy area damage.
Breach
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Skills:
- Aftershock – sends an explosive charge through a wall that deals heavy damage to enemies hit.
- Lightning Charge – Send a glare charge through a wall that blinds enemies.
- Faultline – A forward blast that disables all players hit
- Rolling Thunder – A seismic charge that penetrates any terrain. All players hit become disabled and are thrown into the air.
Sova
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Skills:
- Owl drone – Send a drone that can track down enemies with location arrows
- Shock Shot – Arrow shot that explodes on impact
- Reconnaissance floor – arrow that is activated in the event of an impact and reveals opponents
- Hunter’s Wrath – Three shots that penetrate walls, do damage and reveal enemies
viper
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Skills:
- Contamination – Shoot a chemical canister that leaves a harmful puddle.
- Poison Cloud – Throw a valve that lasts through the match. Reactivate to ignite a cloud of poison gas.
- Toxin Screen – Place valves that, when activated, create a wall of poison gas.
- Snake Pit – sprays a chemical cloud around Viper that slows enemies and limits their range of vision
Brimstone
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Skills:
- Stim Beacon – Throw a beacon that leaves an area. Teammates in the circle receive rapid fire.
- Fire bombardment – A grenade launcher that leaves temporary carpets of flame. Of course, these harm.
- Smoke in the sky – fire targeted clouds of smoke that block the view.
- Airstrike – Targeted laser airstrike that deals damage over time.
omen
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Skills:
- Foggy Steps – Teleport to the desired location nearby.
- Paranoia – A shadow projectile that temporarily reduces the view of all players. Even through walls.
- Sinister Veil – Creates a long-lasting shadow sphere that blocks your view.
- Out of the shadows – Teleport yourself anywhere on the map.
Cypher
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Skills:
- Trap Wire – Place a hidden and destructible trip wire. Captured enemies will be tied down and unable to fight if they do not destroy the wire in time.
- Cyber Cage – Creates a zone that blocks enemies’ vision and slows them down.
- Spy camera – place a spy camera at the destination. Cypher can control them and thus shoot location arrows.
- Neural Theft – Use this ability on a dead opponent to reveal his team’s position.
legend
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Skills:
- Barrier Sphere – Places a solid wall that is impassable and opaque.
- Slow Sphere – Throws a sphere forward that leaves a temporary field on impact that slows enemies.
- Healing Ball – Hurls a ball at friendly players that heals it over time. Can also apply Sage to yourself.
- Resuscitation – After a short sewer, bring an ally back into play with full health.
And these are the ten agents that can be played at the launch of Valorant’s closed beta. There will certainly be a few more to come before the release. Have you already discovered your main?
