Hey there, casual cs player here. I saw that today is the grand final of VCT Masters or whatever and I was hoping someone could explain the basics so I know wtf is going on when I watch this today
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Explain the basics of Valorant pls
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if you wanna watch the Game and just know some basics before watching it just focus on aim and Jett (the stupid girl with white hair and speed hack).
its almost like csgo games with just a few emergency buttons after close fights.
also game is kinda a retake simulator so dont dont be surprised when you see a team run on empty side every round
Basics the same as cs. 5v5 bomb situation. Abilities while hard to understand what do what really not that hard. It's still same smokes, flashes and mollies beneath that. Looks different but u can see that some of them blocks vision and some of them blinds enemy. Only addition compared to cs is movement abilities - Jett dash, Raze satchels and yoru teleports(although ull probably never see yoru in near future and even raze is rare pick nowadays). With casters help ull pretty soon will get the grip on what's going on.
Edit: yeah forgot about heals and slow/stun. My bad
It’s cs, but:
- you play to 13 instead of 16
- you have these super cool abilities that u can buy (you’ll learn them as you watch)
- these abilities are unique to the agent (character) that you choose
- the op (AWP) is only viable when youre playing Jett
- each player plays a different “role” based on what agent they’re playing. For example, if you’re playing sova, your job is to use your abilities to find the opponents.
I’m probably forgetting some differences but yeah
Valorant is a 5v5 tactical shooter. Just like Counterstrike. But what makes it different are the agents which have special abilities. . It's too hard to explain. It's best to just watch warowls video or just some quick gameplay to understand what the things look like.
I mean I could understand overwatch proplay because of castors even though I only touched the game like 3 times. So if you just watch and focus. You'll understand it in no time. Also just enjoy the game. I mean like there's no reason to support either team. Just look at how unique this game already is in it's playstyle. I mean you might not like the game. But just enjoy the time that you do watch it rather than just hating on it because you would just be wasting your time by that point.
Ok so basically it's a 5v5 tactical shooter that is similar to cs go but with abilities. There are 4 general categories of agents, the duelists, initiators, controllers, and sentinels.
The 5 duelists are jett, reyna, raze, phoenix, and yoru. These 5 are almost always the entry fragger or the second man in. Their kit is made for taking fights and being aggressive, and it is a general rule you put your best aimers on a duelist to take advantage of their skill. Some people that play duelists are TenZ, Asuna, Cned, and Heat.
The 4 initiators are kay/0 skye, breach, and sova. These 3 are the support agents, they send out flashes, get info, and overall support their fragger with their util to make the kill easier. Breach is a straight up flasher and concuss agent, with an earthquake that causes impaired vision and the inability to ads, sova has lots of info gathering util with his drone and darts, and skye is a middle ground between the two with the added benefit of being far more aggressive than the two. Kay/0 is unique with his dart that takes abilities away for a short amount of time, along with his molly and flash. Some people that play initatiors are Ethan, Crashies, and Koldamenta.
The 4 controllers are astra, omen, brimstone, and viper. These 4 are the smokers/vision deniers, they cut up the sites and make it so the duelists can isolate 1v1s far easier. Astra, brimstone and viper also are renowned for their postplant util with brimstone and viper's molotovs and astra's suck that makes it very difficult for the defenders to defuse. Some people that play controllers are Nitr0, Marved and Zombs.
The 3 sentinels are sage, cypher, and killjoy. These 3 are the defensive anchors and lurkers. Their job is to be the site lockdown, and us their util to make a site execute as difficult as possible, and also on attack lurk and make flanks impossible or very difficult. Sage is a very unique case among the sentinels, as she is used very aggressively, as her tools are straight up delay tools, but the other 2 agents are far more passive with util made for getting easy frags on people getting caught in the util. Some people that play sentinels are NatS, dapr, and FNS.
Overall, valorant is far faster than csgo, with many agents thirsting for fights and many abilities encouraging gunfights. Also, the verticality of the game is incredibly different, with many agents being able to get onto strange off angles relatively easily. One of the most important parts of the game is the team composition, due to the fact that many abilities are unique to a specific agent. Many comps are shown to favor a specific type of playstyle, such as a double duelist set up showing that the team prefers an aggressive approach to the game, or a triple initiator setup that a team prefers fast and quick executes.
Finally a huge difference is the presence of ultimates. Ultimate abilities are huge abilities that are potentially round changing, such as jett's bladestorm, which is basically a free rifle that has 100% accuracy even while moving, and replenishes when you get a kill. Many rounds hinge on how and when ultimates are used, especially as the game goes on, and a kind of secondary goal is farming up ultimate orbs which give an ult point to make progressing to an ult far easier. Some ults are much better than others, but overall it is generally though that ultimate abilities are the most powerful in the game, and the presence of them are round changing.
For a new viewer I can see why it's very complicated, but listening to the casters will really help, as they basically just name all the util that's thrown out and really helps to be able to notice what's happening.
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