Ultimate abilities must be used correctly to triumph in Valorant. You need to know exactly when and how to use your Ulti. Be sure to check out the first part of our tutorial on this before reading on. In the first part, we covered the six most commonly used agents and their ultimate abilities. The second part will cover the remaining agents.

Breach – Rolling Thunder

• Equip Seismic Charge. Fires to send a cascading quake in a large cone throughout the terrain. The quake disorients and shakes anyone who is hit by it.

Rolling Thunder is the Ultimate you use to create space. It allows your entire team to move to safety. Use it to throw yourself into fights, stun enemies and give away their position. However, make sure that your teammates always run and follow behind you, otherwise, they can also get hit by your Ultimate. As a defender, you can use the Ultimate to stop enemy advances or retake locations after placements.

Brimstone – Orbital Strike

Equips a Tactical Map. Fires to launch an orbital laser at the selected location, dealing damage over time to players standing in the selected area.

The most common mistake that the majority of players make is trying to get kills with Orbital Strike. It’s really difficult to get kills with this weapon, as it’s relatively easy for your enemies to dodge it. Instead, this ultimate should be used primarily to take up space. Use it to create space for your teammates to attack. You can even isolate Haven and force opponents to come out. It’s also useful in post-plant situations to prevent someone from defusing. As a defender, you can use the Ultimate to prevent pushes and activate it at key choke points on the map when enemies are in a hurry and you might even get some kills.

Cypher – Neural Theft

• Instantly apply a dead enemy player in the crosshairs to reveal the location of all living enemy players.

Cypher’s Ultimate is unique because it can only be used after a successful kill. Cypher needs a dead enemy to activate Neural Theft. Once activated, it gives information about the enemy’s location for a certain amount of time. When playing as Cypher, you should let your teammates know when you plan to use your Ultimate. Everyone needs to be prepared to immediately look at the mini-map and see which agents are where. Knowing how many enemies hold which location can help you decide where to attack. However, the enemy team will know that Cypher’s Ultimate has been used and they’ll probably reposition themselves immediately, so you’ll have to act quickly.

Killjoy – Lockdown

• Equip the Lockdown Device. Fire to activate the device. After a long wind-up period, the device locks down all enemies caught in the radius. The device can be destroyed by enemies.

One of the most useless Ultimate abilities in this game is certainly Lockdown. This Ultimate ability can only be used for post-plant situations and has no other use. Use it after you have placed the spike to keep your enemies away. You can also use it when you need to retake the location to continue keeping enemies away from the location. Alternatively, you can use the Ultimate to delay pushes as a defender, but in most situations it’s not so wise to waste it on that.

Omen – From the Shadows

• Equip a Tactical Map. Fire to begin teleporting to the selected location. While teleporting, Omen appears as a shadow that can be destroyed by an enemy to cancel the teleport. Press the ability button again to cancel the teleport itself.

Omen’s Ultimate ability, From the Shadows, allows him to teleport anywhere on the map. Many players use this ability early in the round to teleport behind enemy lines and flank from behind. Although this tactic may work at lower ranks, it is not as useful at anything above gold. Enemies will hear the teleportation and everyone will be looking for you. Instead, it’s better to use it for quick rotations. Play as a lurker and then quickly switch positions to help your teammates. Enemies will still have to check every corner, since they won’t know where you are. You can also use it to get free installs in 1vs1 situations or to rotate faster when recapturing.

Raze – Showstopper

• Equip a rocket launcher. When you fire it, you shoot a missile that causes massive area damage on contact with anything.

Raze’s showstopper is nothing spectacular. It’s a simple bazooka that can only be used once. It would be best if you combine it with C4, with which you can get over walls and attack your enemies by surprise. This way, they won’t be prepared for you and they won’t shoot at you before you can fire a missile. Even though it’s good to kill multiple enemies with a single shot, you need to be aware that the enemies won’t just assemble so that you can kill them. So don’t be greedy, one kill is more than enough to give yourself an advantage and win the round. You can also use this ultimate to punish revives and stop pushes if you are a defender.

Skye – Seekers

• Equip a Seeker Trinket. Fire to send out three Seekers to track down the three closest enemies. When a Seeker reaches its target, it takes away its vision for a short time.

This Ultimate can be great for both defense and offense. As an attacker, you can use it to attack locations and see where enemies are. Since it blinds them, this allows you to enter a location and hit up to three blinded enemies. The flash lasts for about 4 seconds, which is similar to Paranoia. As a defender, you can use the Ultimate to retake locations or to hold locations and delay any advances. You can also use this flash in other situations, but we would rather not recommend it.

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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