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    VALORANT Introducing Killjoy // New Agent Reveal Trailer - VALORANT

    VALORANT Introducing Killjoy // New Agent Reveal Trailer - VALORANT


    Introducing Killjoy // New Agent Reveal Trailer - VALORANT

    Posted: 29 Jul 2020 08:03 AM PDT

    Killjoy's appearance revealed

    Posted: 29 Jul 2020 03:13 AM PDT

    Face

    Full Body + Turret

    Concept Art

    Final design

    Edit: Since a lot of people asked, here are her abilties and lore:

    Abilites:

    Alarm bot

    You can place the little bot anywhere on the map. There he then waits for enemies passing by and rushes at them. But instead of doing a lot of damage like Razes Boom Bot, it helps you debuff your opponent so you can get them done easier.

    The alarm bot does not do much damage itself, but rather serves as a reconnaissance ability and debuff - it is therefore similar to Cyphers tripwire. In contrast to Cyphers wire, the alarm bot cannot be placed on walls. You can buy a bot for 200 credits per round.

    If you take a closer look at the Alarmbot and Razes Boombot, you may recognize the one or the other similarity. This is because Raze stole and modified one of Killjoy's alarm bots for himself - as developer Zach Betka tells us in an interview.

    Turret

    Killjoy's turret works much like Tobjörn's gun from Overwatch. You can put it anywhere and it will start shooting enemies as soon as they come in sight.

    • According to the developers, the turret starts shooting in three volleys after 0.75 seconds.
    • You get 8 damage per ball if you are close to the tower.
    • From 20 meters, there are only 6 damage points
    • From 35 meters only 4 damage per ball.

    With its 125 life points, the tower can be shot very quickly, so attackers cannot switch it off too late. The turret is Killjoy's signature ability, so you can count on your tower every turn.

    The tower and the alarm bot can both be resumed after their placement. You don't have to stand directly at the objects.

    Nanoswarm

    The Nanoswarm is a small grenade or trap that you can put on the floor. It deals a lot of damage, but you have to activate it yourself. Once placed on the floor, it becomes invisible to the enemy.

    Lockdown

    Lockdown is Killjoy's ultimate skill and costs 7 Ultimate Points. So it takes a while for the skill to be operational. But once you've successfully deployed them, they'll debuff your opponents within a certain radius, preventing enemies from using weapons or skills for a while. The developers explain to us:

    This is by far the most punishing debuff in the game. But we believe that players are rarely hit by the debuff once they get used to it. After Lockdown is deployed, it takes 13 seconds to detonate and unlock the debuff, giving players the opportunity to get out of the field.

    Killjoy must also be careful that she places the lockdown ability in a safe place. After all, the lockdown device with just 150 life points can be quickly destroyed by enemies.

    Lore:

    Killjoy is a German agent who has traveled the country a lot and developed the majority of the technology for herself and the other agents from Valorant - for example, Brimstone's bracelet. Together with Raze, she is one of the "geniuses" in the team, which is why she maintains a "friendly rivalry" with the bomber.

    Zach Betka, lead narrative writer for Killjoy, describes the agent as follows:

    Killjoy is our brilliant inventor. She is the smartest of them all and you can see that in her way: "I thought of everything you could do. It's a bit boring, but let's just do it." She is steadfast, calm, cool, composed and I loved writing it.

    Killojoy has a particularly close bond with Brimstone, who took her under his wing as his protégé and from whom she learns a lot in the area of ​​tactics. Betka says:

    You can think of Killjoy and Brimstone as students and teachers. You have known each other for a very long time. He probably knows her since she was very young and probably developed the feeling that she wanted to protect her.

    Why is she called Killjoy? Although she is a German agent, she has an English code name. Betka explains that all agents come from different parts of the world and, for simplicity, call each other by short code names.

    Their team saw how outstanding they were and they said "Dang, you are such a killjoy" . And she says, "I like the nickname, I keep it."

    source: https://www.gamestar.de/artikel/valorant-killjoy-neuer-agent-release,3360310.amp?__twitter_impression=true

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    Unpopular Opinion - I like the fact Riot is willing to experiment with new abilities / agents.

    Posted: 29 Jul 2020 02:51 AM PDT

    While some of you may want VALORANT to just be a carbon copy of CSGO, it isn't and wont ever be.

    I love the fact that Riot is willing to go against the fundamentals and experiment with different agent designs and abilities, pushing the boundaries of what this style of FPS is about.. and if they were wrong, i'm sure they will be the first to hold there hands up and admit they were wrong (which they have done numerous times on past issues).

    I think a lot of people are forgetting we get fortnightly patches on this game, we don't have to wait months or even years like other games.. if something is broken, does too much damage, isn't right for the game.. it can be tweaked and changed - it's what we all praise Riot about, their willingness to change something, adapt and communicate with the community.

    Only thing I wish is that we would get more Maps than Agents, as it's what the game is severely lacking at the moment.

    TLDR; Nobody wants another CSGO copy, its the reason your all here and playing the game.

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    Made the entire valorant team as Kirby

    Posted: 28 Jul 2020 06:19 PM PDT

    This honestly took longer than I'd like to admit and not all the characters turned out like I wanted them to but hopefully you guys enjoy the kirbys

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    This is your brain on act 1

    Posted: 29 Jul 2020 04:51 AM PDT

    Phoenix's Ult should have a separate combat report.

    Posted: 29 Jul 2020 01:10 PM PDT

    After killing Phoenix's clone, doing damage to Phoenix, and I die, I should be able to see how much damage I've actually done to the Phoenix so I can give an accurate call out to how low he is. Instead, the combat report shows a combined damage given.

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    Why do some matches feel snappy and responsive, while other matches feel like my shots take a second to register and I can't react fast enough?

    Posted: 29 Jul 2020 09:49 AM PDT

    I have exactly the same ping every match with 0% packetloss. My test for this is when I start a match, I use my knife on the wall and see how long it takes the knife mark to appear. Some matches it takes longer for the mark to appear and some matches it's quick and responsive, even though I have exactly the same ping (average 23-40 ping). It's only a very small delay but it's noticeable when it comes to gunfights.

    Very frustrating in gunfights where I feel like I just can't react fast enough.

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    Killjoy's playlist is now on the official Valorant Spotify.

    Posted: 29 Jul 2020 08:05 AM PDT

    You can find it here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2CBDwqW6mYrvrmTBY3XNYJ?si=JjqBUKATQ1S9ujcshruZqg

    It's also one of the first official art we have, not counting the ones that just got posted. I think this is probably the splash art(?) since the other agents have their splash art as their Spotify playlist pictures too.

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    I made a montage of my grind to immortal, I started it as a meme but somehow it turned into a banger

    Posted: 29 Jul 2020 09:12 AM PDT

    KILLJOY Wallpaper 4K

    Posted: 29 Jul 2020 11:14 AM PDT

    Valorant Bind wall glitch allows wall hacks pretty much.

    Posted: 29 Jul 2020 07:12 AM PDT

    Here is the Answer for what will Cypher throw if he gets to use the ULT twice

    Posted: 29 Jul 2020 07:59 AM PDT

    Riot is Broke (A skit my friends and I made)

    Posted: 29 Jul 2020 01:42 PM PDT

    More info about Killjoy on German news site

    Posted: 29 Jul 2020 02:58 AM PDT

    The German VALORANT twitter account just shared an articles which provides insight into Killjoy and her abilities: https://twitter.com/valorantde/status/1288406696289882112

    Translation of the main points on her abilities:

    Alarmbot:

    The bot itself doesn't deal a lot of damage and is mainly used for the debuff. - Cost: 200

    Turret:

    Starts shooting three bursts after 0.75 seconds. Damage 8/6/4 for <20m/20-35m/>35m. Turret has 125 HP. - Cost: Signature

    Nanoswarm:

    High damage grenade which needs to be activated manually. Invisible once deployed.

    Lockdown:

    Prevents enemies from using weapons or abilities. Takes 13 seconds to detonate after deployment. Device can be destroyed and has 150 HP. - Cost: 7 Ult Points

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    The Knife is the best weapon in Valorant.

    Posted: 29 Jul 2020 02:22 PM PDT

    DO NOT HUNT THE HUNTER - Sova Montage

    Posted: 28 Jul 2020 06:24 PM PDT

    Killjoy wallpaper!

    Posted: 29 Jul 2020 10:16 AM PDT

    I saw the concept art and couldn't resist, you may remember me as I have already done wallapapers for all agents

    Here is the desktop version and the mobile one

    I'll leave a download link for all the other wallpapers in case you want any of them ;)

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    Killjoy News on abilities, stats and lore

    Posted: 29 Jul 2020 05:30 AM PDT

    If you want to see her appearance you can check out this reddit post:https://www.reddit.com/r/VALORANT/comments/hzy6p5/killjoys_appearance_revealed/

    I quickly translate the important things

    Alarmbot: costs 200, does not deal much damage. Its mostly to give enemys the vulnerable debuff. Why does the Alarmbot is so similar to Raze boombot? because Raze has stolen one of the Alarmbots and modified it for herself. You can pickup the alarmbot after placing it if you stand close

    Turret: the turrets starts shooting after 0,75s in triple shot. It has 125 healthpoints and is the signature move.

    0-20m -> 8 dmg per bullet

    20-35m -> 6 dmg per bullet

    35m+ -> 4dmg per bullet

    You can pickup the turret after placing it if you stand close

    Nanoswarm nade: its invisible, you need to activate it like Cyphers cage and "It does a lot of damage" no more info about that

    Lockdown Ultimate: 7 ult points are required. The device has 150 healpoints and after the placement it need 13s to detonate. If you get hit by the detonation you are **unable to shoot and unable to use abilties!**Riot explained: If you get used to the Ultimate, its unlikely that you get hit by the detonation. In most situations its easy to avoid it, or shoot it.

    more lore: Killjoy and Brimstone are friends, she is very intelligent and invented Brimstones bracelet thing. Raze and Killjoy have a "friendly rivalry" as they are both

    My english is not the best but I hope you understand the most. You can correct me if you want.

    The info is from a interview between a german website and Valorant devs

    https://www.gamestar.de/artikel/valorant-killjoy-neuer-agent-release,3360310.html

    edit: text formation

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    Guys let's calm down and judge Killjoy AFTER she gets released

    Posted: 28 Jul 2020 04:30 PM PDT

    I'm seeing so many people on this sub complaining about Killjoy's abilities.

    Like they're saying she's gonna be the next Raze. That's just not true.

    Remember when Reyna came out and players were saying she's broken? Now nearly no one in high elo is using them. During the PAX invitational she had an 11% pick rate.

    • TURRET: If you take a look at the amount of damage her abilities do then you'll notice that they're not as OP as they seem to be. the turret for example shot 6 bullets on the Jett but still needed 3 Classic body shots to get killed, meaning that it's more of like an alarm rather then an actually damaging turret. There's also a near 100% chance that it can be destroyed.

    • ALARMBOT: For the Alarmbot, that thing is tiny it's bound to have very low durability, yes it can give you the ''Fragile Debuff'' just like Viper can, but that debuff lasts like 2 seconds and i still have yet to see a Viper player make good use of it. The only OP thing is that it likely does more then 50 damage on impact assuming the Sage didn't have heavy armor.

    • NANOSWARM: Her Nanoswarm is the only thing i would consider OP but it also heavily depends on luck, it can be placed beforehand and it goes invisible just like Cypher's Cyber Cage, however, since you have to place it beforehand, it also means that the enemy might plant on different spots to avoid you activating it on them while they're planting it.

    • LOCKDOWN (this name xd) : Her ultimate ability can disarm enemies and make them unable to shoot back but it takes a full 8 seconds to activate and it's destructible, this one certainly also seems OP as it puts ALOT of pressure on defenders when they have to retake a site and are in range of her ult but then again, it's an ULTIMATE ability, it's supposed to be able to change the tides of the round. You can also count on it needing 7 ult points instead of 6 since she's likely a Sentinel.

    Yes all of her abilities do damage just like Raze but it's not nearly as much as her and you have to place them beforehand. I can see many holes in her abilities and ways to counter it. You can look at her as a Cypher of which the abilities do damage and can watch flanks.

    You also have to consider that her abilities on Attacker side are weaker. There's a limit to the range of her Alarm Bot and Turret meaning that so long as players don't stay to close to the entrance of a site then those 2 abilities won't trigger and will become kinda useless. This means that her role as an attacker will be the same as Cypher, which is to use her abilities post-plant and defend the site, and for pre-plant is to put down her kit in locations where the defenders could push from and watch the flanks. And her Nanoswarm ability is gonna function like a molotov with the only difference being that it lasts 4 seconds.

    But unlike Cypher, she doesn't have smokes and her ultimate doesn't reveal enemy locations which means that it's not as valuable pre-plant unless she can plant it close to a site and 'Disarm' the defenders before entering in. Only problem is you're telling the entire enemy team that you will likely push that site. But what we don't know is whether that ability disarms teammates or not.

    But overall, all her abilities as an attacker have to be used while behind cover, she's basically the same type as Cypher and Viper where she has to plant everything first before usage. I don't think she's overpowered, she's not a Duelist after all but likely a Sentinel

    I do think she can be very useful though, one thing to consider is that she could replace Cypher, because if the Attackers do something as using 3 sentinels then they're gonna suffer on attacking side.

    What i'm trying to say here is that she has ways to be countered, just like every agent. We should stop freaking out everytime a new agent comes out and start saying this game is gonna become like overwatch because 2 weeks after Act 2 people will have found several ways to counter this agent.

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    KillJoy effects seen in live competitive game BREAKS connection to server

    Posted: 29 Jul 2020 07:01 AM PDT

    Hey y'all, back story - Valorant was working fine the first competitive game I played yesterday, July 28th, but after that I was getting kicked out of Valorant cause of random errors ranging from 7 to 12 to 31 to 38 to 51 (I have screenshots to prove it). I would at times be able to get to the main menu, and even load up into another competitive game, but the same thing would continue to happen. I then tested it out with a game of spike rush, which worked perfectly fine, but on my last attempt of a competitive game it happened again, but this time you can distinctly see Killjoy effects happening on my screen, is anyone else facing this issue or have any idea how to resolve this issue???

    https://reddit.com/link/i017dl/video/26j1wow7ysd51/player

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    Hey guys, I made a Compilation of Jason Susanto, he is a Radiant player which tries to get into the Proplayer scene, but the country he lives in doen't have many Tournaments. He really deserves to be seen. Will post his twitch link in the comments :3 For more Videos check out my profile :P

    Posted: 29 Jul 2020 01:10 PM PDT

    Thankful for Valorant

    Posted: 29 Jul 2020 09:17 AM PDT

    I know many people like to complain about the game, and some people share highlights, and others praise the game for what it does.

    I personally am just thankful to have such an amazing game to play with friends and just relax or get competitive.

    The community and support that surrounds this game is amazing and the dev team on this are doing an amazing job trying to be active and make sure this is the best game possible that's unlike any other game.

    Nice work Valorant dev team, you've made something amazing.

    And thank you!

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    Killjoy's design is already my favourite out of the agents, but I wanted to see what she'd look like in my favourite colour scheme.

    Posted: 29 Jul 2020 11:37 AM PDT

    Hey all! Now that Killjoy's design has been revealed, I can say that its already one of my personal favourites. I love bright colours, and although that doesn't help in a shooter - its still fun to conceptualise!

    Check it out!

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