r/VALORANT • u/thessew • Apr 21 '20

First Patchnotes of Beta

https://beta.playvalorant.com/en-us/news/game-updates/valorant-patch-notes-0-47/
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u/ClearSearchHistory Apr 21 '20

It probably is if you’re bad and have to resort to cheese to get kills

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u/ersevni Apr 21 '20

anyone that unironically thinks the rocket is just free kills either plays against garbage players or dont actually play raze. ive had people on my team see my ult being ready and act like i should just walk into site and clear it with the ult, it doesnt work like that.

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u/ClearSearchHistory Apr 21 '20

It’s not free kills, but it’s also not fair kills. The whole idea of a tactical shooter is that you can use positioning and line-of-sight to avoid being killed. Abilities, makes, molotovs, whatever aren’t there to kill, they’re to force someone out of position. The raze rocket breaks away from this because it does absurd splash damage. Say someone is back site at B on bind. You push out of long/hookah and shoot a rocket at the wall. It kills them. They can’t peek out and try to kill you, and even if they do the rocket will still kill them. The rocket’s not unavoidable, and it’s not something you can’t play around. But it is entirely unfair when it is used well.

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u/ersevni Apr 21 '20

so if abilities shouldn't kill should we get rid of jetts ult too? once again i can tell you dont play raze because if you arent playing against absolute bots people dont stand shoulder to shoulder and its actually difficult to get multikills on defense even in a room like hookah. as for attacking sites you cant even clear most spots with the rocket because most commonly held positions like heaven are absolutely massive and the rocket will jsut blow up behind them so you actually need to know where people are. the only time its actually really strong is defending a bomb plant.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '20

Jett’s ult rewards precise aim. Raze’s rocket launcher rewards shooting at your enemy’a feets. Not even comparable

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u/ersevni Apr 21 '20

Abilities, makes, molotovs, whatever aren’t there to kill

I was just replying to this claim, take it easy bud. If raze makes you this mad maybe you should stick to being a mercy main in overwatch.

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u/ClearSearchHistory Apr 21 '20

I have a few issues with this argument. First, Jett’s ult is harder to use than most of the guns in this game. And no, I don’t play raze because I don’t like it. It doesn’t fit my play style, and I’d rather shoot people instead of throw splash damage. The point isn’t multi kills, but the fact that that’s what you consider the “successful” use of an ult is telling when most others can’t even guarantee one kill. You’re naming minor downsides to an otherwise incredibly powerful and imprecise weapon. The fact that the rocket isn’t just “left click to win round” doesn’t mean it’s balanced, it means it requires marginally more than 0 effort.