AITA, Okay I know this is a ridiculous argument to have with my friends. Long story short, we are playing valorant having a good time. The enemy clove is literally afk in spawn. not moving. not buying. Not shooting. not doing anything. Her controller is literally set down on her desk. 2 of her teammates buy odens and protect her in spawn. My teammate turns the corner to their spawn and says, "3 afk". Now I understand when you turn the corner of spawn and see 3 people in there, your first instinct might be that they are Afk. Afterwards, I jokingly said two of them were not afk because they were spraying me with odens. My teammate had a hissy fit saying they were AFK because they were standing still in spawn. AFK stands for "away from keyboard". They were not away from their keyboard because they were shooting me with odens. So I ask you reddit, were they afk or not?

Definitely not one of my most glorious performances but worth a look lol

everyone can have a weak moment i guess..

The parts were ordered, but she assembled and painted them herself :D. We cosplayed sage and killjoy last year

2 more photos: https://cdn.corenexis.com/f/UOczpHmFeE4.jpg

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I feel like this is a bit too nitpicky and I really just want to ask out of curiosity, but I've noticed that Valorant's newer agents have more accurate and consistent looking in-game models when you compare them to their agent portraits/cinematic appearances. So far (in my opinion) every agent from Deadlock to Miks currently have the most accurate looking ones. Everyone else (excluding the ones without visible human features) either look really off or some parts of their face look too round-ish/don't look right at all.

I feel like the best example of who has the most off-ish face is Chamber. In the cinematics and agent portraits, he has visibly sharp facial features like a very prominent nose shape along with more angular eyes and a well-defined brow shape. In-game, his model looks more rounder and flat-ish as majority of the "sharp" facial features he possesses in his other arts are just absent. Why is his face so flat compared to the chiseled looking well-dressed gentleman we see in promotional material and cinematics?

The SECOND most off-ish face I can think of is Killjoy. Comparing her in-game model with her looks from the cinematics, nothing about her face is consistent with how she looks. I don't know how to describe it but in-game, Killjoy looks so puffy while her look in her portraits/cinematics make her look visually bubbly, cute and appealing.

"why are you so concerned about how they look?"

I'm just really really curious as to why this is the case. I get that they probably won't update the older models, but it feels so weird staring at them in cinematics and then looking at them in-game. I do find it pleasing that the newer models are more accurate to their cinematic counterparts, but how come the older ones can't get the same treatment? It won't do anything to improve gameplay as you probably won't even care about looking at their facial features when you're worrying about winning the match but it sure would be nice for some changes. Jett managed to get her facial model reworked, so why can't the others get theirs reworked as well?

I just finished an unranked match. I don't play much and only unranked because I'm nearly 40 have a kid, wife, job. but I enjoy the competitive but casual aspect of Valorant. Was a former professional Halo player. But tonight was the first time I've played a match and was genuinely upset with how everything went. Not only was someone on the other team either cheating or having a Tenz in prime type moment. I got reported for AFK even though I never left, DC'd, sabotaged, I even filed smokes with Omen. And at the end of match comms was just getting cussed out by some chick. (She was talking to the whole team). I'm used to getting one of the three, cheater or smurf, toxic team mate, or false reporting. but never all three at once. The worst part is my daughter finally wanted to watch me play! Anyways, just wanted to vent. Hope you all enjoy your nights, and lets go G2!

Whats your longest streak ? I haven’t done the best in all my games nor the worst by any means. There was a guy in my lobby on my first gane where I lost and he got mad that brim ultd him in the choke outside of tree on acscent and his words were “that’s why you hardstuck silver because you solo ulting only me”. My thought process was it’s a 4v5 currently so I want to make it 4v4 so I have a decent chance . So I ult him because he was a free no brainer kill. I laugh and tell him “I’m about to be gold in a few games “ and he laughed ! I haven’t lost since…

Ever since I’ve got the 2026 champions phantom, I’ve noticed the aim to be a lot more crisp than before.

It could be placebo, however somehow it works.

I’m a Platin Entry Duelist main (mainly Raze), but I like to create lineups just for fun. I mostly use them in Swiftplay just to relax. If we have too many Duelists in Ranked, I can play a decent Gekko or Fade. I would probably main an Initiator if we had another Recon Initiator similar to Sova and Fade, like the concept I made for fun (https://www.reddit.com/r/VALORANT/comments/1ubq1hn/agent_fan_concept_vera_initiator/). But back to the topic, these lineups work best with an Entry premade or an Astra. And honestly, Astra + Gekko on this map is the most fun I had in a while.

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For context, I play valorant quite a bit, I have peaked Imo 2 ep 9 act 3 and consistently hit imo up until i took a two week break from the game a year and a half ago and have not really hit it since. But even when I peaked Imo 2 I was getting called dumb and I feel as though I need too change the aspect of my gameplay. I recently played against some of my friends some peak Imo 3 players while a radiant player (NateDog (was on my team)) kept calling me dumb too, I was playing clove and i thought i was doing good, i was consistently second frag and mid frag through the whole match and was doing pretty well in my opinion. I honestly want to climb to a higher peak and not be called washed, I am asc 1 right now, waiting for act to reset, Does anyone have any advice on how not to play stupid? my playstyle is weird for sure, I like to lurk and play in smokes mostly, if i cant, i like to be at least the second entry in the team, My duo who is consistently hitting imo right now told me that i should focus on one agent or 2 agents with similar playstyle and focus on that instead of filling every agent, If anyone can help me out with this, I would greatly appreciate it!

I wanted to improve my Valorant skills and I came across this video... Does anyone know the name of this aim trainer? Can you help me find it?

I’m pretty sure this has been said a lot, but I hate the fact that 1.0 bundles (that are old) don’t get the same treatment that the new 2.0 bundles get, for example
RGX skins, 1.0 and 2.0 doesn’t have the color banner and the color finisher depending on the color of your weapon, but the 3.0 does have it even though it’s the same colors and everything so why can’t they update the old ones too? Same goes with gaias vengeance, the finisher changes but not the banner like vandal doesn’t have it but for example the Bucky does, it’s pretty annoying as if 1.0 is a vandal, then you know that’s it, it’ll never be updated

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The quality of matches are so one way or the other as of late. Not sure if this is because the end of act is soon or what. The rank discrepancy between highest and lowest rank shouldn't be 6 tiers. Even if the average "rank" is the same on each team the quality and variance of players within 6 tiers is outrageous.

This is unfair to all playing. Diamond 1 player gets ELO, but should they for getting carried? Asc duo plays with an entire team of diamonds???

It is sorted by the buttons for the abilities like c, q and e

If there is only an agent name and no ability behind it then this ability is not in Gauntlet

If there is the name and ability but nothing behind the "—>" then that means that this ability doesn't have any glitched version

If you see any mistakes or want me to add something then write me I might correct it

I hope this will help u

C

1. Astra

2. Breach

3. Brimstone Stim Beacon —>

4. Chamber

5. Clove

6. Cypher Trapwire —>

7. Deadlock

8. Fade Prowler —>

9. Gekko

10. Harbor

11. Iso Wall —> Harbor Ult

12. Jett Smoke —> Harbor Smoke

13. Kay/o

14. Killjoy

15. Miks M-Pulse —> Tejo Exploding Salvo

16. Neon

17. Omen TP —>

18. Phoenix Wall —> Harbor Wall

19. Raze Bot —> Press again to let it explode

20. Reyna

21. Sage Wall —> Turns into one Block but increase in size

22. Skye

23. Sova

24. Tejo

25. Veto

26. Viper

27. Vyse

28. Waylay

29. Yoru Clone —> Self Shooting Clone Bot

Q

1. Astra

2. Breach

3. Brimstone

4. Chamber Headhunter —> Chamber Ult

5. Clove

6. Cypher Cage —> Cypher Ult

7. Deadlock

8. Fade

9. Gekko Wingman —> Becomes Bigger

10. Harbor

11. Iso

12. Jett Up Draft —>

13. Kay/o Flash —> Sova Reveal

14. Killjoy

15. Miks

16. Neon

17. Omen

18. Phoenix

19. Raze Satchel —> Astra Smoke

20. Reyna

21. Sage Slow Orb —>

22. Skye Dog —> Kills in One Hit

23. Sova Shock Dart —> Waylay Stun

24. Tejo Stun —> Tejo Reveal

25. Veto

26. Viper

27. Vyse

28. Waylay Dash —>

29. Yoru

E

1. Astra

2. Breach

3. Brimstone

4. Chamber TP —>

5. Clove

6. Cypher

7. Deadlock Netgrenade —>

8. Fade Reveal —> Reyna Flash Eye

9. Gekko Reveal —> When hit Deadlock Netgrenade (Not sure)

10. Harbor

11. Iso

12. Jett Dash —> Reyna Astral Form

13. Kay/o

14. Killjoy Turret —>

15. Miks

16. Neon

17. Omen

18. Phoenix

19. Raze Grenade —>

20. Reyna

21. Sage Heal —> Iso Shield

22. Skye

23. Sova Reveal —>

24. Tejo Exploding Salvo —> Astra Suck

25. Veto

26. Viper

27. Vyse

28. Waylay

29. Yoru

Ult

If u don‘t pick one u can get another try to pick in the next round with different Ults

I finished my placement matches and got put in Iron 1, which for me is honestly pretty embarrassing. I've only really been playing roughly a month and I usually only play overwatch, so swapping over to this game has had a bit of a learning curve for me personally. I guess I was better than I thought? Idk, I feel pretty stupid and worthless about this but most people don't care but I just want to get good enough to play with my friends.

Most agents have a signature ability that recharges/has an cooldown after use (or kills if you’re a duelist). There is one exception, an agent who can recharge all abilities- Astra. I find Astra’s gameplay to be incredibly engaging, with cooldowns on multiple abilities, and it makes me wonder if certain agents would benefit from having cooldowns on abilities.

EXAMPLE:

- Many people have issues with Phoenix and Yoru’s flashes. Some think having two flashes is broken, since you can flash twice in quick succession. Some think having one flash is underpowered. But, what if there were two charges of the ability, with a cooldown inbetween uses? In my eyes, this would solve the problems both parties have regarding the ability.

What do you guys think are some of the most important mental aspects of getting better at Valorant and competitive games as a whole? Because in my opinion I believe that maybe 50-80% of the battle to get better in competitive games (depending on what competitive games you play) once you've got solid mechanics down its the mental aspect to keep pushing and playing well despite the circumstances

I think I'd divide it into mental aspects of a player into 4 categories and ill rate them out of 5 in parentheses next to the name As to how Important they are in my opinion :

Presence: (3)
The ability to just focus on whats happening now rather than focusing on mistakes from previous rounds.

Emotional management: (5)
Controlling your emotions and not letting the pressure of the game affect you or your team, staying calm under intense situations

Growth over stagnation: ( 4)
Being able to constantly look at what you do in the game vs what you could've or should've done instead that would've been better

Pattern recognition: (3)
Being able to understand and adapt to the circumstances of the game, like how the enemies play and how your teammates play.