The time has come: our Valorant Guide goes into the last round! After aiming, map knowledge and skills, it’s now time for game sense. We show you some tips!
- Aim
- Map skills & abilities
- Game Sense
What does Game Sense mean?
If professional players were to answer this question, they would probably understand game sense as the ability to anticipate things and react to them accordingly well. For new players, this can be a challenge, of course. Over time, however, every player develops a certain feeling for the situations in the game and knows how to assess them better.
How do I improve my understanding of the game?
As in all the other parts before, experience and practice are the key words here. Anticipate opponents in the right places and surprise them with a skillful prefire. Try to understand enemies’ paths and, of course, how to react to them accordingly.
Watching good Valorant players can also be a great help here. Streamers like Michael “shroud” Grzesiek have developed an understanding of the game through years of experience that allows them to literally see through walls.
Of course, the mental attitude is already decisive. Play as if it were a matter of life and death at all times. If you give everything, you can win everything!
Factors that influence your Game Sense
When playing Valorant, several factors play into your Game Sense. If you understand and can analyze these, you will be able to react better to certain situations:
- Map knowledge
- Ambient sounds
- Patience
- Information from your team mates
All these factors can give you clues about the tactics of your opponents. If you can combine in Sherlock Holmes fashion, you will be able to react to situations accordingly and thus gain an advantage.
If your teammates are of the more silent variety, the in-game sound is crucial. Turn off the music and crank up the effects – every little sound, whether it’s an opponent’s step or ability, can be vital information for you.
Patience is also crucial. If you are frustrated, you run the risk of losing those. Often you run towards opponents regardless of losses and rely only on your motor skills. In Valorant, however, you let a large part of the game fall overboard this way. Stay calm and patient – think about how you can best defeat the enemies.
We hope our guide has helped you. If you train and internalize the three aspects mentioned above, you will quickly climb to the top of the scoreboards. But patience is required, after all, practice is half the battle. And if you don’t get it right the first time, don’t be discouraged-everyone started somewhere, even a Shroud.
Valorant Beginner’s Guide
Overwhelmed with Valorant? No wonder… Without experience in similar games (such as CS:GO or Overwatch) the start in Valorant is difficult. But don’t worry, we are here to help you with our Valorant Beginner Guide.
Valorant is a special game. Many think that getting into the game is easy, but without shooter experience, you’ll quickly be on the ropes. Even CS:GO veterans can get into trouble… In Counter Strike, there are no flying knife-throwing things-people. But that’s why we are here.
This beginner’s guide is meant to help you get started in Valorant and introduce you to the world of Valorant. After that, the most important features should be clear to you, so that the fun in Valorant is not lost.
Valorant Beginner Guide: Basics
Let’s start with the meaning behind the game. In other words: What is Valorant anyway? Valorant is a first-person shooter in which two teams consisting of five players face off. The first team to win 13 rounds wins. Both teams have a different role – attacker and defender.
The goal of the attackers is to place a spike and protect it until detonation. This must happen on one of the three spots (A/B/C). In turn, the defenders must prevent the attackers from doing so.
Each match consists of two halves. After the first half (12 rounds), the two teams switch roles. The attackers become defenders, the defenders become attackers. Easy.
Agents
Before the start of a match, each player must choose an agent. Agents have unique skills, which in most cases also require a certain playstyle (offensive, defensive, support, etc.). Currently there are 16 agents in total, but new agents have already been leaked and should be added soon.
As a new player, you can initially choose between 5 free agents: Brimstone, Phoenix, Sova, Jett and Sage. To unlock more agents, you will have to sign contracts, which is mostly done via Daily Quests or earning experience points.
Valorant Beginner Guide: The best agent to start with
Phoenix is by far the easiest agent to start with in Valorant. His skills are not too complicated, can be combined well in any situation. But watch out with the flashbangs (aka your Q skill)! You’ll probably flashbang yourself and your mates quite often in the beginning, but practice makes perfect!
Valorant Beginner Guide: The best mode to start with
Stay away from Unrated mode for the beginning. This may sound strange, but especially the beginning of Valorant might be hard for you. Frustration will lead to quick quits, which in turn will get you involved in penalties and XP loss. That’s why you should start with Spike Rush first. An average game here lasts 8 minutes, while other modes can easily go over 50 minutes. In Spike Rush, you’ll be quickly released from suffering without having to take any penalties.
In addition, you don’t have to do any eco rounds in Spike Rush. This means that you’ll be able to try out your agents’ abilities, as well as the most varied weapons. Spike Rush is a great mode to learn the basics of Valorant. When you feel like you’re firmly in the saddle, you can try your luck in Unrated mode. After 20 matches in Unrated mode, you’ll gain access to Competitive mode, where you can earn ranks.
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