Riot’s FPS Valorant has only been out for a few months, but there are already numerous rumors about possible new agents. Now the developer has brought some of its plans to light.

Since the release of Valorant, numerous questions about Riots FPS have been circulating on the Internet. One of the most asked is: how many agents will there be in the coming years? Currently, there are 12 different characters to choose from, but even though we haven’t even gotten past Episode 1, a new agent could be released as early as next month.

Anyone familiar with League of Legends knows that the release of new characters is a special event. The same could now happen with Valorant. Riot’s Ryan “Morello” Scott already announced that each new agent will be special and should turn the existing meta upside down. In a Reddit post, Riot employee “Pwyff” hinted at some numbers:

“The perfect agent roster balance…. I think Morello said at least ~50? 60? I think we’re starting to understand how flexible the agent roster is the more new agents we add. So I don’t think we can say “100 is crazy” or “100 is great”. I personally think ~50-60 feels right. (Say 5 per role).”

Pwyff goes on to say that Dota 2 is a good comparison. There, every unit is unique, but in high-end gaming it is important to find the perfect combination and that weaker agents can be strong in every situation when combined correctly.

That Riot employee Pwyff sees Dota 2 instead of LoL as a reference is of course extremely interesting. Does Riot see Valve’s MOBA as having a better mix in its champion pool? However this is to be interpreted, the fact should be that some agents are planned for Valorant in the future. Considering that with a current selection of 12 agents, a total of 60 are targeted, this could be a few years away.

Twelve Valorant agents are pretty few in a skill-based FPS. By comparison, Blizzard’s Overwatch launched with 21 heroes and now has a total of 32. Riot will definitely try to release new agents at a high frequency. Big advantage would be that a larger agent selection would mean more possibilities of team combinations. In the pro scene, Cypher is currently considered a must-pick. Although Riot Games indicated that a ban system is not planned, this could become almost inevitable as the number of agents increases.

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Agents are the playable characters in Valorant. Each agent belongs to one of four possible classes and has four abilities. In addition, almost every agent represents a country.

There are nineteen agents in total, although in the earliest versions of the game there were only eight. The rest were added gradually.

There are four different classes: Duelist, Initiator, Controller, and Sentinel.

Agents have one Signature Ability which they get free of charge each round.

The riot was meaning to send off the game with 12 agents, however, just 8 were accessible in the early press constructs. On March 29, 2020, a confidential occasion presented Breach. Since the Closed Beta send-off on April 7, 2020, Raze was added alongside the guide Split, bringing the Agent complete to 10. Five agents are accessible at the first send-off, with two more that can be effortlessly opened by stepping up in the game. More agents can be opened by taking Contracts and assembling XP on them.

Agents have base well-being of 100; Light Shields carry the most extreme well-being to 125 and Heavy Shields to 150.

It is the goal of the designers that another specialist be delivered around once per act. New agents require 12-15 months to create, and their plan is engaged around focuses, for example, what’s absent from the game’s current playstyles, are there any imminent thematics that present large open doors, and what’s required for better game wellbeing.

Roles

Every specialist satisfies one of four jobs, characterized by their capacities and playstyle:

• Controller agents are specialists in cutting up perilous domains to get their group in a good position.
• Duelist agents are independent fraggers who their group anticipates, through capacities and abilities, to get high frags and search out commitment first.
• Initiator agents challenge points by setting up their group to enter the challenging ground and push safeguards away.
• Sentinel agents are protective specialists who can secure regions and watch flanks, both on assailant and protector adjusts.

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