Fanart i painted for my girlfriends birthday, i hope some people here like it as well.
no AI was used

The whole time I thought the things holding her neck piece (the straps...I can't think of a word rn) were just different color patterns of her suit. When I realized they were straps it was too late to fix things properly and it's driving me insane how incorrect it looks. 😭😭😭

https://reddit.com/link/1xg5brx/video/g45khlsovuxh1/player

i was playin comp with a friend then out of the sudden a vandal starts flying to my face, then both of my opponents show without anything in their hands and i get destroyed.

what happend???

Deadlock just feels like the half baked versions of different sentinels rolled into one. She doesn’t slow down enemy pushes as well as Sage, she cant hold down an area as good as KJ or Cypher or even Vyse, she cant take duels like Chamber, and she doesn’t have the counter potential of Tejo. So like…what exactly does she do? I want her to be good because shes my main and theres definitely a lot of cool thinhs you can learn to improve with her but in so many instances i just think “if i was cypher” or “if i was chamber” instead of “i got that kill/defended area because i was SPECIFICALLY deadlock.”

She just has no niche to carve out it feels like and even the devs dont really know how to change her without her making other sentinals then obsolete if they did buff her. Honestly her wall needs a rework and the trips need to be given a more guaranteed effect or REALLY make getting a trip trigger actually be basically a guaranteed duel win. I am coming back to val after not playing for like a year so mabye im wrong but it seems she’s gotten 0 changes and shes constantly seen as “the other sentinel” people just dont pay any mind too. Nobody is afraid of a deadlock on the other team or even has a strong opinion on her whatsoever when they see shes chosen, shes the most nothing burger slot it feels like.

in 0:10. Maybe it was a skin? Never seen this before lol. This was like 2 days ago, in a normal match.

Riot keeps each of Clove's abilities to the point where they seem like they're desperate do anything possible to have them not near the top even if that means having an agent with gutted identity. Her aggressiveness and post death smokes have been constantly nerfed. Doesn't seem to healthy for Clove.

How about buffing other controllers?

As the title asks, would a fully indoor location fit a 2-bomb format game mode?
I always wanted a map to be located inside a skyscraper, with A-Site, Mid, and B-Site being 3 separate floors in the building.

- What weapons would be meta?

- What agents would be meta?

i love seeing hush in different art styles! here’s my version. p.s. so excited to see her in pro and how she changes the meta.

According to tracker.gg, my headshot percentage of 11.8% is worse than the average Iron player. Yet I reached Gold 1 this week and am doing just fine despite usually having the worst hs% of my teammates. Some games I'm in the single digits while the average Gold player gets about 20 to 30%, so clearly that metric is flawed. I think having a high KAST value is more indicative of actual skill level. Maybe cause I main as Cypher and love to spray through cages and smokes, that plays a part. Thoughts?

Iso's C ability, contingency, is now semi-transparent for iso. He can see through it, but not shoot through it. Enemies and his allies will not be able to see through it.

Would this be too strong of a buff for him? I feel like it would help him to scale better if enemies had to fear and respect his wall a little more, knowing that he would have an advantage if they decide to peek into it.

I have proof that sage is Mason from call of duty black ops 1

Now I know what you're going to say: "Are you insane?", well I am, but you need to genuinely hear me out.

Black Ops 1. Mason and the numbers, what did the numbers mean? For starters, let's ignore the fact that Mason's main personality is saving life's, he's always been a fighter that trains hard. So initially I thought he could be brimstone, but sage just made more sense.

Sage has never been confirmed to be a girl, in fact, we never saw sage dating someone, sage was also never explicitly confirmed to be trans so we can't count on that.

What is the story of Valorant? Alpha earth and omega earth. 2 different earth's. 2. And in one of riots lore podcasts, David Nottingham stated "Who is to say there is only 2 earths?". This is a direct hint at more than 2 possible earths. But how can Black ops 1 and Valorant take place in the same universe? Well they do.

https://youtu.be/jAj\\_nbWYb7g?si=uFfQ1ToqhlK\\_\\_8A\\_

in valorant official music video at 1:14 YOU CAN littesrly see exact debree from Raul menendez that take place after the assumed death of Mason. clashing down on earth. Same fire. And to fully seal this, the pony tail of phoenix's sister makes out the number 357 from top to bottom.. One Google. Search can confirm to you that these are the exact 3 numbers that mason experiences.

Let's go back to my previous statement. The assumed death of Mason. **When did the valorant music video release?** 2025. Now tell me. **When did judgement day happen in black ops 2? It happened at 2025 in game date. Nope, I'm not lying, search it on Google. Right now.** so this is direct proof that what we saw in that music video was judgement day that happened at black ops 2.

Now we've confirmed they are from the same universe, how is sage related to mason? Well it's actually really straight forward.

Sage was one of the first people to found the valorant Protocol alongside brimstone. Again 2020. Masons assumed death happened all the way back in 1989 in the docks. So we aren't talking about a case of 2 people existing at the same time. The cannon ending for mason at the time as confirmed by Activision was that he survived that encounter. This explains why we never see him again even though he's alive. It's because he traveled to valorants universe. To escape his past, and start a new future. A future where he can finally achieve what he wanted. A team of people he can count on. And trust.

Sage is the only valorant agent that's changing. The reason is, masons past life keep flickering back. He keeps getting reminded of what happened back at his own earth. He wants to forget but he can't. The crystals on her jaw is just masons acceptance of his new life.

But that's not all. I have many more proof. Riot games thought no one would notice. But it's getting uncovered slowly.

Feels like most tutorials go through on the "how" to satchel and not "when".

Do you just always double satchel in to site even if you have a phantom/vandal?

Do you peek with satchels (get a boost from satchel when peeking) or is it not worth it?

Who are your go-to agents and gun, and which maps do you prefer to play on? Do you guys have any tip depending on the maps?

I know she comes out today (it’s the 27th where I am) but what time? I can’t find an answer anywhere so I’d assume not but I just wanna be sure

I am plat 3 and I always insta die against higher ranked players and I want to get better. Am i peeking to slow? are they using peeking methods that I am unaware of? any tips appreciated thank you!!

Im a new player and im looking to practice some drills in the range. Everyone talks about deadzoning and it feels so hard to do, is it worth my time to learn that?
My biggest problem starting out is being a sitting duck and focusing too much on my crosshair so I shoot while I stand still so I’m trying to practice strafing in between shots. But I don’t know if I have to deadzone every time while I do that.
Do you have any recommendations for daily drills and practice ?
Thank you in advance

Every time I play ranked, most of my games I play fairly decently. However there's always a game where I just go horribly negative and I don't know why, its as if I go on autopilot and make all the wrong decisions. I was wondering if anyone else has dealt with that and if they were able to find a way to deal with it.

So guys I've been winning a lot in past few weeks and I think I am just lucky because I feel like im getting carried most of my games I instalock clove but I use sova if the map is abys or sunset also if I didnt get clove I just insta lock phoenix any advice?

this is my tracer feel free to judge https://tracker.gg/valorant/profile/riot/SIlentz%230000/overview?platform=pc&playlist=competitive&season=d816f426-48ea-f052-117f-9697a155b319

i've had the game since 2020 but never played it (hence the closed beta card), is this a "decent" rank? i'm only level 22ish and I swap between Omen and Kay/o

This is the first time in a while where I’m taking rank pretty seriously. Aim training every day, playing at least 3 matches, watching top level players utilize my agent, and playing with friends who also want to climb. Right now the goal is to hit Diamond and wanted to drop my tracker.gg in hopes you guys can give me some constructive criticism. Or even just clown on my stats, either way you’re fueling the grind and the input is appreciated.

https://tracker.gg/valorant/profile/riot/STOL4S%23ICHOR/overview?platform=pc&playlist=competitive&season=d816f426-48ea-f052-117f-9697a155b319

TLDR: look at my tracker and laugh in the comments

Hi,
I am 15yo and i ended immortal 2 172rr last act and I was really happy with my performance. This act i wanted to grind until I hit immortal 3(i really wanted to hit it before i became 16 in a couple months) but since the reset i cant be able to think, hit my shots or do anything similar and its really frustrating me. It feels like all the time I spend in my warm up is for nothing. I really want to hit immortal 3(and higher) but I am stuck in some kind of hole.
Did any of you experience this before and might know how to help me? Every idea is appreciated!!

I feel like I REALLY liked a lot of the skins I bought but for some reason i feel like I'm worse when I equip them. I think part of it is the way they look and expecting them to shoot a certain way or maybe they are just too distracting.

maybe its placebo and i juts happen to have weird games when using these skins.

I think the main ones would be BlastX Phantom, Popmonz Phantom (but only in the purple and black recolor), neptune vandal, and phaseguard vandal.

Not sure if this sounds crazy but im curious what people think.

VALORANT is expected to go down at 9:00 AM EST today and expected to come back online by 1:00 PM EST.

North America (NA): Scheduled to go down: 9:00 AM ET | Come back up: 1:00 PM ET

Europe (EU): Scheduled to go down: 4:00 AM CEST | Come back up: 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM CEST
India: Scheduled to go down: 2:30 AM IST | Come back up: 5:30 AM – 6:30 AM IST

Asia-Pacific (APAC): Scheduled to go down: 2:00 PM KST | Come back up: 6:00 PM KST

Korea (KR): Scheduled to go down: 6:00 AM KST | Come back up: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM KST

Latin America (LATAM) / Brazil (BR): Scheduled to go down: 6:00 AM PT / 10:00 AM BRT | Come back up: 10:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM BRT

Note: Check ⁠[status.riotgames.com/valorant](https://status.riotgames.com/valorant)⁠ for real-time status updates.

Note: Not official this is the best guess and 99% Likley

I am living in a huge dorm right now so my current setup is a 15inch laptop with slow wifi used by 500+ students. I am peak d2 but hard stuck p2-p3.
Ive never played consistently so I made a goal for myself to hit ascendant this year but honestly, is it even a realistic goal given my setup?
Obviously it's possible but this is my current cope.
Advice or opinions welcome.