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

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.

I’ve never played games on my pc before except minecraft and got Valorant to play with my hb. I mean i knew it was gonna be hard as a first timer but this is crazy hard. But yeah it’s almost been one month and im learning everyday.

But playing bad is so embarrassing and it feels worse when people call you out for “being a girl” as a reason for being bad. It’s gone to a point where i say “Gang i’m new here sorry in advance if i play bad” when a match starts. The environment is so toxic. The cussing and being crazy loud and saying stuff like “atleast do this right that’s the least you could do”…it just makes the learning environment so toxic. I wish the environment was a little bit more beginner friendly and yeah sure maybe valo isn’t beginner friendly but it’s not like i’ve never had a good match. There have been times i do play well. But when it’s bad ah it just ruins my mood and it gets so embarrassing.

I know it is possible to have a good environment coz my hb is always so supportive and helping me out. He’ll be like don’t listen to whatever they be screaming. I wish everyone was like that but of course everyone does just want to win. But like it’s not even ranked matches tho. cries

I hate how my mood gets ruined trying to play the game. Everytime i say “this is the last time im ever playing this” cause im that annoyed but i keep coming back coz i do genuinely wanna learn and become better.

I just hope people try to understand that. Is that too much to ask for?

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.

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???

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.

Her dash can scale from main to backsite. Its insanely fast and you get control over your movement. She can pop a flash mid dash so her entry is literally unstoppable. Her entire kit makes a dive duelist not need an initiator AT ALL. She can pull rats out of the corner and pop a flash with insane control. Is this just a retaliation to the fact everyone just locks jett every game and they want to power creep the hell out of a new agent so people finally switch? like you can hit switch from main on ascent without even having to get out. This goes with so many other things as well that im to lazy to speak on.

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.

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?

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.

Recently, I've run into a lot of people who won't enter or smoke properly in Bronze, which has cost us many rounds on Attack when defenders already have 5 people on site and we try to dry-swing out of smoke. What can I do to help my team win on attack as a senti/initiator? Or should I play smokes/duelist myself? What smoke/duelist agents can solve this problem effectively?

I was watching YouTube about how you should confirm your shot before you shoot but when I look at game play. Bye the pros or streamer neither of them are confirming there shot more like instincts take over well maybe if holding corner but besides that I never see Pearson take there time confirm there shot just instinct soo my question is should be confirming my shot and take the time or let instinct take over

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!!

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

I just entered the range, tried to change between a few characters, and I somehow gained Reyna's abilities??

So long story short i come from CS, play some high elo faceit, im just learning valorant with a irl friend, and its bad...

i see him using wallhack, weird aimbot, like on a toggle or something, pre-aim through smokes, walls, he just plays dumb as expected, like a gold 2 with steroids, he is plat 2, im diamond 2, just trying to learn the game and climb up while having fun.

Should i write a message with Riot? like video or something? Will i get in trouble since i played with him? (its not like he carries the game, its so weird to watch cheater noobs, if ykyk.)

Hello everyone!

I'm most wanted, a 650rr peak eu radiant player, and i'm offering coaching since i see a lot of people here asking for help. My main languages are english and german. I'm doing this because I enjoy helping others improve and want to gain more experience as a coach.

Here's my tracker for proof: https://tracker.gg/valorant/profile/riot/most%20wanted%23caja/overview?platform=pc&playlist=competitive&season=d816f426-48ea-f052-117f-9697a155b319

The coaching is mainly aimed to help you build a better game sense but also other aspects like mechanics, agent-specific advice, common mistakes and erasing bad habits. I'm thinking of reviewing VODs and breaking down round for round but we can also arrange live-coaching or tracker reviews. That said: Any rank is welcomed!

If you're interested just comment or shoot me a dm!

Can someone help me figure out what I need to improve?

I'm currently Gold 3, playing in Plat lobbies, and I recently played a game against a Diamond 1 player. I don't think I'm just unlucky, but I can't quite figure out what I'm doing wrong or what I should focus on improving and I cant climb past Gold 3.

I'd really appreciate it if someone could take a look at my tracker or opgg and give me some honest feedback. Im constantly getting mvps

My Riot ID is LMB Boteras#BOT. https://tracker.gg/valorant/profile/riot/LMB%20boteras%23BOT/overview?platform=pc&playlist=competitive&season=d816f426-48ea-f052-117f-9697a155b319

Im a controller main and the rule of thumb if youre smokes is that try your best to not die early in the round because your smokes are detrimental. with that being said, I dont understand why clove mains are just being suicidal every round

I get that clove can still smoke even after theyre dead but their smokes lasts like a fart and not to mention if you died at B and your team decides to rotate A, you cant really smoke the other side

Im fine w super aggro plays if you have your ult but most of the time, the clove mains I played w, they will go in with no hesitation despite not even having their ult like r u guys wishing that tenz will just possess u despite not putting your smokes down and not waiting for the recon

maybe I just got unfortunate with the clove mains Ive been playing with or maybe theres a meta or strat Im missing

tl;dr just got back playing val and I dont understand why clove has one of the highest pickrate in ranked when shes horrible as a controller. am I missing something?