What is Valorant?
Valorant is a tactical First Person Shooter (FPS) game. There are many different FPS games on the market right now, but they are not all tac-FPS. The two leading games in that category right now are CS:GO and Valorant. Tac-FPS are different in that as you shoot consecutively or move, your gun's accuracy get's increasingly worse. Rather than running helter-skelter you are required to play slower. In addition, health is a much smaller commodity in tactical FPS's, with one-shot kills being common - adding to the daring, difficulty, and suspense.
With 10+ agents, 4 abilities per agent, and 10+ guns to choose from based on the round, momentum, and credit value, there are so many creative scenarios players can create to outwit the oponents. Each agent has a designated role wherein they thrive, but are not limited to perforiming within. If you enjoy strategy and gaming, don't mind commiting 40min to a game, and work well in teams, you should definitely give it a try!
Current State of Things
| Agents | (Pick%) | Maps | (Map Rating) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killjoy | 32.2% | Fracture | 6/10 |
| Viper | 27.9% | Breeze | 9/10 |
| Raze | 35.2% | Icebox | 8/10 |
| Brimstone | 19.3% | Bind | 4/10 |
| Sova | 35.8% | Haven | 5/10 |
| Astra | 9.3% | Split | 7/10 |
| Chamber | 17.3% | Ascent | 5/10 |
| Jett | 65.0% | ||
| Skye | 23.8% | ||
| Sage | 72.9% | ||
| Reyna | 72.7% | ||
| Breach | 9.5% | ||
| Cypher | 15.8% | ||
| Omen | 31.0% | ||
| Phoenix | 17.0% | ||
| Kay/O | 9.9% | ||
| Yoru | 8.9% |
As expected, there are many more agents than maps, but obviously more maps are coming out, as well as agents - so both lists have plenty of room to grow! Some maps are the clear bad ones that nobody likes to play; and some of the agents are clearly not as well polished to compete with the rest of the other agents. But this comes with every game, so it would be a surprise not to see this on the list.
Where does the Centuryon Part come in?
I am glad you asked!
I have been playing Valorant ever since it's release to the public in 2020 under the tag name of Centuryon. This is my tag name because I stream on Twitch under the tag "Centuryon05" (straight "Centuryon" was already taken). I play as the controller characters who use smokes to give our team positional advantages. These include Omen, Astra, and Viper. However, I do dabble with other characters just because it's fun; I have come to like Chamber, Jett, Sova, and Jett
Over the year, I have gone from the bottom of board to one of the players in the top 10% of all valorant players - which is still a massive amount. I have competed on a team in tournaments and currently am just playing for fun and to have fun with my friends. Someday there may be a time when I go pro, but that is only if many things happen, both on my end and a ton on luck's end!