Sorry about the previous post. Honestly, I admit I got a bit lazy and used AI to help write it, so I’ve decided to repost it.

Over the past few patches, Sentinels like Cypher, Killjoy, and Vyse have all been nerfed, yet Veto is still rarely picked. At Shanghai Champions, these agents, along with Chamber and Sage, all saw play, while Veto was barely seen.

The problem isn't just numbers. His role itself is conflicted.

A Sentinel's main job is to control space, gather information, and delay enemy pushes. However, Veto's trap is easy to spot and destroy, and even when triggered, it doesn't reliably stop enemies from pushing. He tries to stand out through his anti-utility and mobility, but neither mechanic provides enough value to justify his place as a Sentinel.

Then there's Chamber. Many consider him a direct upgrade over Veto, but nerfing Chamber doesn't mean Veto will suddenly become viable. Chamber's instant TP allows him to take aggressive fights and quickly escape, an advantage Veto simply can't replicate.

More importantly, Veto's problem isn't just that Chamber outperforms him. His kit is fundamentally caught between different roles. His anti-utility isn't reliable enough for a defensive Sentinel, while his mobility isn't strong enough to make him a better choice for taking gunfights.

Personally, I don't think Riot had a clear idea of Veto's identity when they designed him. (Let's be honest, even if Chamber disappeared, that still wouldn't guarantee Veto a spot in the meta.) I've spent quite a bit of time thinking about how Veto could be buffed, but I've come to the conclusion that his kit has some pretty fundamental flaws. (Putting aside his weak ability to hold against rushes, pretty much everything Veto can do, other Sentinels can do Better.)

CS2 was my first fps and im from EU and you barely never got girls in your lobbies,only if its faceit or very high ranks,but so far in Valo i had like 5 matches and almost all had girls in. Why do so many girls love this game but not CS2?

Low rank comp is almost unplayable because of people sumurfing and dodging bans. In the previous 10 or so games I have played there has been AT LEAST one person smurfing or on an alt account in 8 of them. People below level 40 top fraging playing with better map knowledge, game sense, and aim (aim being debatable) than someone with the amount of time in to be that level should possess. And when they get banned they make another account. Because actions don't have consequences am I right? Riot should implement a two factor authentication system for ranked not casual but ranked. They already have an intrusive anti cheat so why they wouldn't make this simple change confuses me. But I digress. Thoughts?

hiii, so i'm a guy with a pretty feminine voice, and i swear sometimes just trying to communicate in this game feels like i'm signing up for a medical exam ._.

like i'll literally say "two mid" and suddenly it's "u a trans girl? U a boy?" And its nonstop, sometimes its not even asking its just bullying or straight up slurs. CAN WE PLEASE JUST PLAY THE GAME

and honestly i don't even mind people being curious!! it's when they start making fun of me, treating me like some kind of joke or making everything weird after finding out i'm a guy that it gets exhausting :u ive had people add me before, hang out, snd then they hear my voice or suspect im "actually a guy" and im immediately blocked or harrassed.

i mostly play sage and killjoy, and i genuinely love being helpful and making people feel comfortable when we play together. i wanna be able to make "cute" comms, heal my teammates and just have fun without feeling like i'm being judged every time i open my mouth...

i see people talking about meeting their closest friends or even their partners through valorant and i'm just sitting here wondering WHERE ARE YALL FINDING THESE PEOPLE 😭 i'd love to have that kind of experience too, especially with a sweet guy who doesn't make a huge deal out of how i sound. let me be someone's pocket sage in peace PLEASE, which isnt me asking btw, its litterally everything ELSE i run into with the ekittens on this game ._.

so i'm genuinely curious, especially for other guys with feminine voices or anyone who's been treated differently in vc, how do you deal with this? and how do you actually end up meeting nice people who stick around without having to immediately talk about ur privates so they dont block you? Its a problem in every community but more prominent on vc games....

I put a post earlier today about people who say "X player reached Radiant with 60 FPS" and they are all saying they have met people who have reached Immo with 60 FPS but nobody says they have done it themselves lmaooo

This is the worst map pool I’ve ever seen this game have competitively. Do you know how awful it feels to play summit, then bind, then abyss? And then you have these people that treat you like you’re subhuman. I don’t think I can play ranked at all this act

35% winrate over 10hrs of gameplay!

Pookie#feet is my tracker, is there anything I can do about this??? bottom 5% for winrate is actually horrific I can’t lie.

Every time we lost too many games in a row I could tell riot felt bad because they game me a mandatory win but holy shit!

I have been playing on my ASUS TUF Gaming F15 laptop which has Intel i5-10300H, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti, 16 GB RAM, a generic keyboard, an AntEsports GM320 mouse, and an external monitor of refresh rate 165 Hz. I was playing pretty good (high average) in Bronze-Silver lobbies, and then I ranked up to Silver-Gold lobbies and I have been getting low ranks (7th-10th). It's weird because I get 100-130 FPS during fights which is good enough for Silver-Gold as I remember that I peaked Platinum 2 once with the same system, and Platinum 1 a while later. I change settings all the time, by which I mean that I change resolutions, not graphics settings which are all set to low and the FPS is uncapped for the least input lag. I have tried 1920x1080, 1024x768, I have tried true-stretched, and I have tried very low resolutions, and none of them seem to work anymore when majority of the players in the lobby are gold. Just one year ago, I was shitting on Gold players, if I remember correctly. My ping is also great, around 30 ms. I have a sensitivity of 0.193 on 1600 DPI. I have noticed that my input lag between shots is much higher than the average Silver-Gold player. I cannot even crouch-spray as fast as them. So, I wonder, what systems do the Silver-Gold players use. I play in Mumbai server as I live in India. A friend of mine with the exact same system peaked Diamond 1 once. I have a better aim than him, he himself admits it. I use Turbo mode as well. And, utilizing Optimization Packs just doesn't show any improvement.

500 FPS players when you tell them you are sucking at Gold with maximum 150 FPS: "Your laptop is not holding you back, it's all about game-sense, X player reached Radiant with 60 FPS"

I always seem to over micro adjust is 1600 dpi .35 in game the problem or is that not too high? Any recommendations?

Hi! As the title suggests, I want to get better aim. I am currently p1 and my aim is very inconsistent. I am unsure if it is a sensitivity issue or not aim training. I play 0.1 on 1600 DPI. Can someone recommend me aimlabs or kovaaks playlist that actually shows improvement? I would also like input on the type of mouse grip I should be using. Thank you so much!

I played a lot of AAA tittles and story mode games but i am kinda inclided toward playing valorant

Any valorant player here??? I dont know how to play btw learning rn

What's a good coaching site and how do i get better im struggling every game to get kills cause my aim feels like trash and my reactions are bad due to my age I'm 35 so I wanna prove these pricks wrong tbh I just don't really know how to get better I've tried dm but do far my aim still trash.

Running around map going round corners feels uncomfortable and people just headship me before I can aim at them not even spraying works also trying to kill an annoying strafer is a problem and I've practised movement in dm to and yet I still can't track someone's head while moving and shooting with A n D.

https://tracker.gg/valorant/profile/riot/Roos%238998/overview?platform=pc&playlist=competitive&season=d816f426-48ea-f052-117f-9697a155b319

I have been valorant a lot more recently and I wanted to know how I can improve enough to carry my team on most matches, I seem to either I hit a lot of HS or I just start whiffing everywhere I go, it makes me so mad, also there's matches that just look impossible to win, then I see the replay and my enemies gameplay is way worse then mine, does anyone relate to this? please help, Thanks!

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

Ive been hardstuck iron 3 , for how long now and it really pisses me off on how valorant gives me TenZ level opponents every rankup

Can we have a feature where we can flag teammates who dont use coms with riot checking and verifying if they use coms or not with some back end feature and if a lot of player flag the account. Then before player agent selection screen we will have an option to not queue with the player who dont use coms.
Sometime we get many player who dont use coms and it ruins the experience and sometime cost us the game above flagging feature will help a lot.
It doesnt remake so people cant exploit it when they are losing rather just give them option to not queue even before knowing the map.

Ive been struggling in diamond for multiple acts now after being ex asc 3 so this was refreshing af.

Also realised, watching pro games helps my aim a lot.

Melee skins are $50, why do they not have finishers on them. I feel like it would really incentivize melee kills. There should also be melee kill counters for the agent cards.

The person in charge of balancing must have the easiest job in the world. All they have to do is nerf the agents based on the pick rates of pro players. Right now, all the agents are just weak and boring.

what kind of drugs were the devs on when they were making the matchmaking? holy fucking shit this game is so unmoderated, im fighting immortals while my teammates are plats like what the fuck. and dont give me some bullshit about "hidden mmr" or whatever the fuck. seriously fuck this game

I don't care about esports.. just want the coconut raze if possible. Can anyone please help me sort something out?

My rank currently is dia 3 trying to push forwards. I want to be as consistent as possible. Specially when it comes to non-mechanical stuff that can stay consistent easily in every single game. I am comfortably playing 5 agents. Jett, Reyna, Phoenix (depending on which map) chamber and clove. But I feel like as much as they all have aggressive play styles which is what I always do, I feel like they are still played differently and the switch of playstyle every game would lead to inconsistent due to rapid adaptations. Like Jett is an entry duelist, Reyna and Phoenix are just lurk/ first contact frag secondary duelist and they are played differently. Chamber and clove are self explanatory. Is it too wide? If yes what should I sacrifice?

its probably because im low elo but the hardest flashes that i can almost never dodge is phoenix's flash and breach's flash. what do you guys think?

Hello, I’ve been playing valorant for about 5 months now and I’ve been playing with an MMO mouse “mainly because it’s the only mouse I have”.
I’ve bound all of my abilities and guns to the numbers on the side of the mouse and I’ve found that to be the most comfortable way to play the game. Now, when I’ve told people that I use an MMO mouse, people have said it’s not the most optimal way to play the game and it’s going to hold me back. I’m curious if anyone else uses MMO mice for valorant and if they’re able to climb to high ranks with it.

It was basically 3 v 5,but im starting to like this game now,i just dont know what Sage's ult does really. All in all love the game so far,im only really picking her.

These are all my games so far.