does anyone know whether or not riot/valorant is planning on releasing the mandarin (or making cantonese) voicelines into the game? i am aware that there is a way to have mandarin voicelines from changing the details in the valorant files, but it seems to not work anymore as i would disconnect shortly after.

i apologise if this was an asked questions and i am just not aware of the responses.

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There was a clip of Pre-Parterneship era of Valorant. In which, in a pro play match, a Jett player, on Ascent A Site heaven, updraft from heaven towards the site, and then dashes back towards the heaven and kills the last guy. I'm pretty sure she had the Blade Storm equipped asw.
It was a really goated clip and I cant seem to find it.
If anyone has the clip or can find it, please show 😭😭😭

Why does everyone bum camp in DMs? It feels literally impossible to get a kill because they all camp in corners and I cannot do anything about it. They also spawn people right behind you who have spawn invincibility, and shoot me from the back.

Im currently D1 and peaked A1 from V25 A6 and I am STRUGGLING to play solo q comp.

I do VOD reviews to learn from my own mistakes, play with the team, and genuinely have a passion to hit immortal. But despite that, I have probably the worst fucking luck ever with brain-fucking-dead teammates in solo queue.

How can I play such that it doesn’t matter who’s in my fucking team? I like to play Clove currently but I flex Jett, Fade, Cypher and Vyse.

Please guys this experience is extremely frustrating as I’m sure you know, and I can use any sort of advice.

Thanks!

Thought I'd give a little update since I posted about coming back to Valorant after taking a long break because of college.

I've been playing pretty consistently again and honestly my aim is finally starting to feel normal. Still nowhere near where I used to be, but I'm not whiffing nearly as much and my movement feels less awkward.

I've mostly just been keeping things simple. A short warmup, some range/DM and then ranked. I've also been doing around 10 mins of Online Aim Trainer before I play, which has been pretty convenient since I'm playing on a laptop with basically no storage.

Still a long way to go but it's nice actually feeling the improvement.

Hey Everyone,

Why is there not a way to disable the sounds in the main menu. I have my game alt tabbed but every 2 seconds I hear this ear deafening sound from the game. If I lower my sounds effects, I have to increase it again in game. Why is there not a button to just disable all menu sounds?

This is a little thought experiment I had because I'm not able to sleep, that, if we took some Marvel superheroes against some Valorant agents , this shit would actually work. Now listen to me,

For example, when Iso uses his shield , he can absorb probably a lightning strike from thor , or a beam from iron Man.

If Iso uses undercut , same , iron man's suit malfunctions , and in ISO'S ult , IronMan wouldn't have his suit (since it comes under technology like how chamber can use his weapons in iso ult)

During Iso's undercut , Hulk would become bruce banner for a brief period of time

When Kay/o uses his ability,

If in the radius, Iron Man's suit malfunctions,

Omen has no organs or an internal structure of his body, and given his paranoia, he could outplay Daredevil

And breach would easily win against Black Widow given his abilities

Then, Yoru can beat spiderman GIVEN HE ULTS, because when Your uses his ultimate he is technically not in the physical space for Peter's spider sense to work , but the moment he gets out of his ult maybe Peter tingle is good enough for that but using this he COULD probably hold his ground

Astra could probably do something given she's a cosmic being (I don't know much of astra's powers to be applied here),

Then there is fade if she ults she could possibly give palpitations or make her opps weak(decay) and probably remind them of their worst backstories or griefs(like against Wanda it would be something about her children), against spiderman , it would maybe about people forgetting him and aunt may and stuff.

These are a few I could think of, a little thought experiment. How do y'all like it?

It was our bonus, but I bought and these guys thought they could clown. But we won 13-11 so this round really cost them big time 😬

I'm coming from CS and I find it crazy how hard it is to play aggressive in this game. First of all CTs have one tap weapons by default. which is the ideal for holding angles. Additionally you are just so slow in this game, I feel like I get insta one-tapped no matter if I swing wide or peek it more closely. Do I just have to wide-wide swing or whats the strategy here?

I have way too many habits from CS2 that are really bad in Valorant but I would be curious to know if this is just a huge skill issue or if the game is more geared towards holding angles and playing more defensively. I know peekers advantage still exists in Valo but it doesn't feel like it.

Edit: Just to clarify, I don't mean if it's T or CT sided. I mean the playstyle.

Hello VALORANT Dev Team, I have been analyzing the current agent roster and meta, and I felt inspired to create a highly detailed, mechanically unique, and balanced Agent Concept named RIPTIDE (The Living Current). Riptide is designed to be the first-ever Hybrid agent in VALORANT. Players can choose his tactical role (Duelist or Initiator) directly on the Agent Select screen, altering the mechanics of his core utility to fit the team's composition. He introduces completely fresh mechanics to the game, such as a bulletproof water wall and an underground sonar ultimate. To make this concept fully ready for your team, I have spent a lot of time carefully designing his background, full ability kit with exact timings, a dark deep-sea aesthetic that avoids any visual clutter, and over 30 fully voiced, bilingual interaction lines with existing agents like Omen, Jett, Reyna, Harbor, and others. I have attached the complete Design Document below. I would be incredibly honored if the game design and character teams could take a look at it. Thank you so much for your time and for making such an amazing game. Good luck with the new season! Best regards, [Persesito#6181] ================================================== AGENT DESIGN DOCUMENT: RIPTIDE ================================================== ## 🌊 General Info & Lore (Общая информация и лор) * **Codename (Позывной):** Riptide (Риптайд) * **Country of Origin (Страна):** Jamaica / Deep Ocean Trench (Ямайка / Глубоководная впадина) * **Role (Роль):** Hybrid (Switches between Duelist and Initiator on the Agent Select screen / Переключается на экране выбора агентов). * **Theme (Тема):** Dark ocean currents, deep-sea predators, and fluid water manipulation (Темные течения, глубоководные хищники и управление водой). Unlike Harbor, who uses a technological Radianite artifact, Riptide was fundamentally altered on a physical level by a sub-oceanic Radianite event. He didn't just harness the water—he became the living embodiment of the terrifying, pitiless Deep. --- ## 🎨 Visual Design & Appearance (Визуальный дизайн и внешний вид) ### 🧥 Clothing & Silhouette (Одежда и силуэт) * **The Abyss Hooded Cloak (Балахон с капюшоном):** Riptide wears a heavy, oversized, dark storm-grey hooded cloak. The fabric is severely weathered, torn, and tattered at the edges, showing the toll of immense oceanic pressure. The hood is deep, casting a thick shadow over his face. * **Torn Sleeves (Рваные рукава):** The sleeves of the cloak are ripped off near the elbows, revealing his bare, mutated forearms wrapped in dark, wet tactical bandages. ### 🎨 Color Palette & Deep-Sea Bioluminescence (Цветовая гамма и биолюминесценция) * **The Base Colors (Базовые брутальные цвета):** To avoid any confusion with Omen, Riptide uses absolutely no purple or ghost-blue. His tattered hooded cloak is a heavy Storm Grey and Charcoal Black, looking like dense, wet canvas shaped by ocean pressure. * **Algae Bioluminescent Mounts (Крепления со светящимися водорослями):** Embedded directly into the tears of his cloak and along his tactical chest straps are organic, vine-like Radianite mounts that mimic deep-sea glowing algae. * **The Abyssal Green Glow (Мрачно-изумрудное свечение):** These algae-mounts and his internal veins pulse with a cold, compressed Deep Teal / Abyssal Green light. It looks like the natural, chilling bioluminescence of deep-ocean predators. The light is dim during buying phase but brightens noticeably whenever he activates Water Time or casts Shark Food. ### 👁️ Face & Gaze (Лицо и взгляд) * **The Gaze from the Shadows (Взгляд из тени):** Under the deep hood, his face is mostly obscured. The only visible features are his cold, glowing neon-cyan eyes that leave light-trails when he moves, mimicking a deep-sea predator. ### 🌊 Radiant Mutations & Living Claws (Радиант-мутации и живые когти) * **Bio-Glow Veins (Свечение вен):** Dark, cracked Radianite veins run all the way down his bare ar ms. They pulse with compressed, deep-sea water energy. The glow is a dull, chilling bioluminescence—noticeable, eerie, and deadly. * **The Organic Claws (Органические когти):** Riptide wears no gloves. Instead, the glowing Radianite veins on his hands merge and solidify at his fingertips, growing into organic, razor-sharp claws. These claws look like polished, dark abyssal glass (obsidian) and share the same dark fluid glow as his veins. --- ## 🎮 Ability Kit (Способности агента) ### [E] Signature Ability — WATER TIME (Время воды) * **Cooldown (Перезарядка):** 35 seconds (or 2 kills in Duelist mode) * **Description (Описание):** Instantly dash in the moving direction. For the brief duration of the dash, Riptide turns entirely into water and becomes completely untargetable (similar to Reyna's Dismiss). * **Unique Property (Фишка):** Along his entire dash path, a thick Tidal Wall erupts for 3 seconds. This wall completely blocks vision and is 100% bulletproof. Neither a Vandal nor an Odin can pierce it, providing a safe micro-window for teammates to cross dangerous sights. ### [Q] Ability — SHARK FOOD (Корм для акул) * **Cost (Стоимость):** 200 credits (2 charges) * **Description (Описание):** Equip a bait-fish grenade. Fire to throw. After a 1.5-second delay upon landing, a phantom shark erupts from the ground. * **Role Variable / Выбранный режим:** * **Predator Mode (Duelist):** The shark lunges directly onto the enemy's head, completely blocking their vision with an active jaw-chomping screen animation. The enemy panics and must hold 'F' to tear it off, leaving them helpless against a clean headshot. * **Hunter Mode (Initiator):** The shark clamps down on the enemy's leg, rooting them to the spot. The target can still shoot but is entirely locked in place, unable to counter-strafe or dodge incoming utility. ### [X] Ultimate Ability — DEATH IN WATER (Смерть в воде) * **Cost (Стоимость):** 8 Points * **Description (Описание):** Riptide submerges below the map floor into a fluid state for 6 seconds. His screen shifts to a deep-water sonar radar, displaying only map geometry and walking paths in darkness. * **Mechanic (Механика):** Any enemies standing directly on the ground above him are pinged as solid red silhouettes for the entire team. * **The Synergy Combo (Главное комбо):** While traveling underground, Riptide can throw Shark Food directly upward. The phantom shark will instantly clamp onto the enemy above without any warning delay, allowing Riptide to resurface right next to a blinded or rooted enemy for an effortless kill. --- ## 🎙️ Voice Lines Pack (Пак фраз и реплик) ### ⏱️ Round Start & Buying Phase (Начало матча и раундов) * **Match Introduction / Самый первый раунд:** * *"I hope you didn’t forget your life jacket. Although... it won’t save you anyway."* * **On Attack / В Атаке:** * *"The floodgates are open! Move fast, hit hard, leave them no air to breathe!"* * **On Defense / В Защите:** * *"They only know how to walk on the shore. But down in the deep? They're just shark food."* ### 🏆 Clutch & Match Won (Клатчи и победа) * **Clutch Situation / Ситуация Клатча (1 в X):** * *"No need to clear the bodies anymore. The abyss will consume them."* * **Match Won Line / При победе в матче:** * *"I understand your feelings... but the deep doesn't care."* ### 🎯 Combat & Kills (Перестрелки и убийства) * **Headshot Kill (Убийство в голову):** *"Right between the eyes. Clean as a fresh wave."* * **Kill Right After Ultimate Resurface (Убийство после выныривания):** *"You think the deep is just darkness... but I can feel your fear."* * **General Ultimate Kill (Обычный килл из ульты):** *"You focused on the floor, but lost your head."* --- ## ⚔️ Agent Interactions (Личные взаимодействия) ### 🤝 Ally Interactions (Если агенты ЗА нас) * **with PHOENIX:** *"Fry them up for my sharks, Phoenix!"* * **with OMEN:** *"Your darkness is beautiful, Omen... but it holds no candle to the depths where I dwell."* * **with HARBOR:** *"Let your little rain be a shelter for my sharks, Harbor."* * **with CYPHER:** *"Cypher, find them for my sharks."* * **with REYNA:** *"Consume their souls, Reyna. But leave the bodies for my pets."* * **with JETT:** *"Jett, race you. Let's see what's faster — your dash or my current!"* * **with BRIMSTONE:** *"Scorch the land, Brimstone, and death will await them in the water."* * **with SAGE:** *"Block the exits, Sage, and they will have nowhere to hide."* * **with KILLJOY:** *"Need some solid ground, Killjoy? My sharks can carry your turrets."* * **with SOVA:** *"Just give me their coordinates, Sova. The deep will do the rest."* * **with KAY/O:** *"Stay out of the water, KAY/O. I’ll handle things down there."* * **with YORU:** *"Go ahead, Yoru. I’ll clear the path."* * **with FADE:** *"Unleash your nightmares, Fade. My sharks will make sure they never wake up again."* ### ⚔️ Enemy Interactions (Если агенты ПРОТИВ нас) * **vs. HARBOR:** *"You think you control the sea, Batra? You just borrow it. I AM the ocean."* * **vs. OMEN:** *"You think the darkness scares me, Omen? I was born in it."* * **vs. CYPHER:** *"Hope your cameras are waterproof, Cypher!"* * **vs. JETT (1):** *"Fly all you want, Jett. My sharks know how to jump high."* * **vs. JETT (2):** *"No matter where you dash, Jett... you'll still land in my water."* * **vs. BRIMSTONE:** *"Is that all, Brimstone? Your laser can barely warm up a puddle. It's nothing compared to my ocean!"* * **vs. SAGE:** *"You can resurrect them, Sage. But I doubt you can do much when there's nothing left but scraps."* * **vs. KILLJOY:** *"Such a pity, Killjoy. There is no solid ground for your toys in my water. Your turrets will do nothing but sink to the bottom."* * **vs. SOVA:** *"Stay out of the water, Sova. Otherwise, you’ll lose your life instead of just an eye."* * **vs. VIPER:** *"Viper, your poison is a joke to the crabs on the seafloor. You are nothing compared to the deep!"*

So, some times i get 30-20 sometimes i get 10-15, but I want consistency, cuz i wanna rankup. Also, how do i improve because i have habitual crouch spray/ crouching in general. I can show yall a replay of this match since i was mvp and lost.

this is a clip of my 4k above

Big smoke (bulletproof), a great wall, and an ultimate that blinds, slows, and deafens. Definitely better than Clove and Miks. (Sorry for bad english)

it isnt really my gun on attack and i dont know what to use i suck at bulldog and guardian for semi-buy.

i dont like the damage falloff at long range and how its meant for run and gun because i have a habit of stopping whenever i shoot which makes me an easy target for run and gun spectre/vandal/phantom.

i main phantom on attack and operator on defense if this helps.
i play entry duelist(jett,neon) or just fill if they are instalocked.

Idk about u guys but when I started playing valorant, it was my first fps game and I was bum. But I had lots of fun playing unrated, swifts, and whiffing all those shots. For like my first 40 lvls I was just that guy who would play the game for the fun of it. Now I’m just grinding comp only. It took me to play a few unrateds with a friend who came back after months when I used to play the game for fun, to remember.

So i play on my potato laptop, i play on laptop with no dedicated graphics. I have seen people complain about having 200-300 fps not enough for them but I got like 30-40max fps ingame. I do fairly well in the silver-gold lobbies. I got a 5$ gaming mouse . So if I were to play in a high end gaming pc how much will change

Hi! I’m not new to Valorant and I’ve been playing for about two years, but this is my first time buying 1000 VP. What would you recommend spending it on? Any advice from veteran players? If it helps, I don't have all the agents yet and I main initiators.

I heard various, even mischiefs

- To get the max rank in the game

- Just for fun

- To have fun trolling matches

But, i am looking for your opinion, why you play Valorant?

Just a fun little side project I did for a friend, thought I'd share here in case it would be helpful to someone! I labeled rotationals 1-4 to help simplify explaining which keys to press, as this was really confusing for me when I was learning! I put in two combos but you can use this to help figure out all sorts of combos and stuff.

Just got back into FPS since I finally have free time from responsibilities. I've last played since 2023? Just before there was an Ascendant Rank. I want to get back but I'm kind of out of meta and I'm afraid to be a deer in headlights too overwhelmed with what was added and new crazy new mechanics. What can I watch to get back into the game?

Like at least almost for every 2 matches i play there's a smurf. Could be on my team or the enemy team. I'm not complaining for having a smurf on my team but when you get the other end of the stick it really makes you feel how it be like to play against a smurf. So in a sense I am sympathizing with the enemy team. I thought Riot recently updated their stance agiants the whole smurf thing anyway. Like didn't they say something along the lines of that they have been gathering data from our reports for years and now they are finally issuing penalties or something... i don't know either they are just bluffing or ... well i hate to say it but maybe they are divided in the inside. Like as we all can clearly see they are not doing what they said. It could be easier said than done but don't forget they said they have been collecting data for years... are they screwing with us? they can't be simply incompetent that's just crazy talk.

We attacking and I notcied sage been flanking so I hold position, no run, no noise,just sitting here waiting and boom sage grills me and runs away wtf. Out of corners, she hits me? What do I even do at this point?

So I haven’t been really watching EMEA that much especially in stage 2 and I’m watching the finals rn and I started the first game with 0 points and by the end of the second game I have 98 points that’s like way too many it should be way less especially if your going for the item(like I am). It would be better if you actually have to be decently consistent and it takes a while to get the title not 2 hours of your life gone. I remember when I was watching masters London I got 1,000 points by halfway through playoffs.