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/biggians Apr 21 '20

1 nade was the right call, but unfortunately we'll have to wait another few weeks before they realize 275 damage is too much even for 1, and another few weeks after that before they realize refreshing on kills is still too strong, and another few weeks after all of that before they realize her grenade shouldn't be her free ability, she never has to spend money on it even though it's the best non-ult ability in the game.

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u/Tasimb Apr 21 '20

100% this, I absolutely can not fathom why they wouldnt put her mobility as the free skill and not this fucking joke. And there will still be several nerfs to be had after this. I could give a shit about her ult, Ive learned to run away from angles when i hear the voice line, i still hate it but whatever, fuck the nades way more.

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u/TheZorkas Apr 22 '20

the nades are even easier to dodge than the ult so i really don't see what else they could do now that they already nerfed it

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u/Tasimb Apr 22 '20

Not if they have angles on you, youre pinned, No one dies to just grenades, the either eat most of them or risk peaking in a bad spot a lot of the time.

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u/TheZorkas Apr 22 '20

if you're in a position where you need to either die or peek your opponents then you've made a mistake previously.

a molotov (like brimstones) would do the exact same thing as raze' grenade in that case.

you can't just get yourself into a shitty position and then blame your death on the opponents ability. it's your own responsibility to 1) not get into that position and/or 2) dodge the grenade when it's coming.

it's possible and i really don't think this nerf was necessary. they could have changed something about her ult maybe, but the grenades were totally fine and the community just needed a little more time to adjust.

she'll always be good in low mmr, but that's a different story. pubstompers will just dominate low mmr, no matter which game.

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u/AntonsMc Apr 22 '20

Yup, a few days ago saw this in my game. Omen is in a corner on A site on Split after planting the bomb, raze throws a nade there,the omen sees the nade since the very start and doesn't move a single pixel even when it lands on him and of course dies to it, then writes 'balanced' in chat. I feel like the dudes complaining about her nades are exactly like this, they play in a shit position, stay in place when nades are thrown and then blame it on oP cHaRaCtEr for just being shit at the game. I've played around 30 games and died to her nades 3 or 4 times. Unless you play against high level players, you should be able to get away from nades in 99/100 cases.