It's just about time to Valorant do what LoL did to Dota2
LoL killed Dota only because League is way easier to understand, and is just easier on the eyes, and teamfights and the games themselves are faster n shit. Basically ADHD content.
Valorant is 500x harder to comprehend for the average beginner than CS. The simplicity of CS is also the reason why the game will NEVER die. A million cheaters online? Ok, alongside 2 mil legits. Cheating will never kill CS. Nothing will. And I'm not even glazing here, it just is how it is. Most Valorant players who I know either actively play CS (some competitively because CS is so intuitive you can come back to CS and warm up in 5 minutes after weeks of Val) or say they respect the game, while the CS ultras I know, one of which is my best IRL friend, absolutely hate the game and say they'd rather have their hands chopped off and their parents murdered than ever play/install Valo. (yes most play faceit) My best friend said he'd have to beat me up for getting the Masters Madrid stream in my YT recommendations.
TLDR: LoL > Dota because LoL is simpler, CS > Valo for the same reason, also CS fans hate Valorant while Valo fans are ok with CS.
meant to reply to mr supernova