Valorant has formally launched its new Act for Episode 9. The Act comes with a brand new battle go, premium bundles, map modifications, and a brand new agent coming into the protocol.
New Agent: Vyse
Vyse has entered the Valorant Protocol, and he or she’ll be a brand new Sentinel Class agent whose talents deal with liquid metallic. She’s the twenty fifth playable agent, however lore-wise, she’s truly the twenty sixth as a consequence of Agent 8 nonetheless being a thriller in Valorant’s story. Listed here are Vyse’s talents and the way they work.
Arc Rose (E)
Arc Rose is Vyse’s Signature Skill. It permits her to position a metallic rose on any floor, resembling partitions and flooring, and, as soon as triggered, blinds all enemies in proximity. Gamers have two roses whole that may be picked up and redeployed.
Shear (Q)
Shear is Vyse’s Fundamental Skill, permitting her to position a wall entice. When the enemy triggers the tripwire for this entice, an indestructible wall bursts from the bottom for a quick time, trapping them and leaving them remoted from their workforce.
Razorvine (C)
Razorvine can be one among Vyse’s Fundamental Talents. This skill permits her to place traps on the bottom, that after activated, may have metallic thorns that burst forth and canopy the world. Any participant strolling within the entice’s radius will take harm.
Metal Backyard (X)
Metal Backyard is Vyse’s Final skill. Any enemy participant inside radius may have their Main gun jammed by this skill, leaving them with solely their secondary and melee weapons to make use of.
Map Updates
With each begin of a brand new Act, the sport will reset each participant’s rank and tweak the Map Pool Rotation for Aggressive mode. Valorant has a complete of 11 maps to play on for the brand new Act. Right here’s the record of all playable aggressive maps for Act 2:
Abyss
Ascent
Bind
Haven
Icebox
Lotus
Sundown
Followers of Cut up shall be glad to listen to that it’s again on the map rotation for Unrated and Swift Play. For gamers who need to play on different maps not talked about within the Aggressive Map Pool, all 11 maps are accessible in a Customized Sport.
New Battle Go and New Bundle
A brand new act means new battle passes. You’ll have to pay 1,000 Valorant Factors to unlock the premium battle go, which incorporates rewards resembling gun skins, buddies, participant playing cards, and sprays. Right here’s an inventory of notable skins to stay up for within the battle go.
Overlay Assortment
Dagger Melee
Phantom
Outlaw
Stinger
Sheriff
Frequency Assortment
Operator
Bulldog
Bucky
Ghost
Yoonseul Assortment
Guardian
Ares
Spectre
Traditional
Valorant additionally launched a brand new Premium Pores and skin Assortment dubbed Nocturnum to start out the brand new Act with a bang. This assortment shall be a part of the unique tier and can function a grim, darkish aesthetic much like these of Primordium and Prelude to Chaos. Listed here are the weapons included within the assortment.
Noctornum Assortment
Noctornum Scythe
Noctornum Phantom
Noctornum Bulldog
Noctornum Marshal
Nocturnum Traditional
The gathering may have 4 ranges to improve and can include 3 different variants coming in Black, Blue, and Yellow. One distinctive facet of the gathering is its melee, the Nocturnum Scythe. In its default mode or Degree 1, the melee will seem as a dagger, however as soon as upgraded to Degree 2, you’ll unlock its transformation function, the place it could actually flip right into a scythe. It’ll even be the primary melee in Valorant with a change function.
With the beginning of Episode 9, Act 2, anticipate a increase in numbers, with aggressive and informal gamers alike flocking to the sport. You possibly can anticipate extra content material for the sport because the Act goes on.
