Yesterday, VALORANT data miners found information and footage regarding the newest agent coming to VALORANT in Act 2, Killjoy. Here below are all the abilities:
Ability details
- Alarmbot (C) – Killjoy throws a deployable drone that detects enemies that enter its range. If an enemy is caught in its range the alarmbot will damage and render them “vulnerable to double damage from all sources”. According to data miners, it is stated that the alarmbot will cost 200 credits.
- Turret (Q) – Killjoy deploys a turret which will be able to shoot down enemies which are in range of its 180-degree cone. It has a total of 125HP and will deal 8 damage if in very close range, 6 damage in 20 meters range, and 4 damage in 35+ meters.
- Nanoswarm (E) – Killjoy throws a grenade which turns invisible once placed, it can then be activated to release a swarm of nanobots which damage all enemies in its radius.
- Lockdown (X) – This is Killjoy’s ultimate ability which costs 7 ultimate points. She places a device that traps all enemies in its radius for about 8 seconds and once activated disarms all enemies within its boundaries. Important to bear in mind that the device has 150 HP and can be destroyed by enemies.
VALORANT Community reaction
Upon release of the above footage, the entire community was confused as to why this is Riot’s approach for a tactical FPS, and rightfully so, as Riot Games had promised that the game would be about gunplay, and not damaging/killing abilities.
To be clear, in Project A, shooting matters. You don’t kill with abilities. Abilities create tactical opportunities to take the right shot. Characters have abilities that augment their gunplay, instead of fighting directly with their abilities.
— nicolo (@niiicolo) October 16, 2019
What are your thoughts?
Personally I feel like a new agent will keep the community active and interested in the game, however I think that the game does not need robots and turrets to hold down bomb sites. This new agent Killjoy is very interesting, and it will certainly shake up the current agent pool in the pro scene. Can’t wait till she is fully released in Act 2 on the 4th of August.
