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Here’s proof that Valorant lets you outsmart rather than just outshootA Spy reborn
A Spy reborn
As I wind up doing in every class-based game, I’ve picked a character I like and now not playing them feels wrong. That character is Omen, and he is a sneaky teleporting bastard. The best kind.
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No one hears me this time, allowing me to take down two defenders before they clock what’s happened. Then I get a third, no doubt responding to their teammate’s panicked (but woefully imprecise) cries about an Omen in their backline. That’s when I teleport over to the other side of the room, knowing my two remaining opponents will have their crosshairs trained on where I was last. Sure enough, the fourth baddie bumbles straight into my sights.
I duck behind a wall, to reload and hide from my last opponent’s player-revealing arrow. Then I fire my blinding ability through that wall, before creeping round the corner and teleporting directly behind him. I then knife him in his back, because I am a showboating cretin.
My delighted squeal at the end says more aboutValorantthan I can here. This is the closest I’ve ever felt to playing the Spy inTeam Fortress 2, where success hangs on sneaky misdirection. Being quick on the draw is still ultimately more important than getting clever with abilities, but as I’ve already argued, abilitiesbring the game to life.
I am obviously chuffed to now have evidence.
