unless they actually change something for once, add 2 agent bans per team with no duplicate roles allowed to be banned, would make it sm more interesting surely
League of Legends started with 40 champions and currently stands at 171 champions. This was a quantity that could sustain an agent-ban with no mirror picks.
I agree that Valorant needs some drastic change for certain maps because it is absurd how comps from 2021 can be meta in 2025. I missed when Riot would at least change up details in a map so there was some difference in the gameplay. I understand that for some maps it's a case of "if it's not broke, don't fix it". However, there are several maps will fairly stale metas that could be spiced up.
The idea of not having mirror match-ups is a nice idea since it's akin to other games like R6. However, there aren't really enough agents to balance out bans. You've got agents like Omen who have an incredibly high pick-rate and then agents like Harbor and Breach who are never getting picked.
agent bans will ruin competitive valorant. watch teams who are required to play their permaban, or the level of play in the experimental pick ban 3rd party tournaments they've done. the level of gameplay is so low and unenjoyable. if you think 2 agent bans and no mirroring would make it 'sm more interesting,' than you watch valorant at a silver level already.