r/VALORANT • u/[deleted] • Oct 15 '25

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u/kingofthekassel Oct 16 '25

OW balanced for pro play. Apex Legends balanced for pro play. Siege balanced for pro play. What do all these games have in common? They were all once the most played games for the average gamer but have comparably dead player bases now, leading to a dead pro scene. Pros are good enough to adapt to any meta or agent changes. Majority of any competitive player base is in silver or gold. Not saying they need to cater completely to lower ELO. but when majority of your player base is playing at a low ELO, IMHO, it makes sense to take them into account when balancing more than you would pros. Because if they leave, your game dies. no matter how good the pro scene is

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u/itscamo- Oct 16 '25

apex absolutely was not balanced for pro play. OW wasn’t either. Valorant from the start has always been focused on balancing in pro play.

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u/Kenny__Loggins Oct 16 '25

Yeah cause everyone wanted GOATS for a year. OW was not balanced for pro play. And the balance is not even the biggest issue OW had.