History of the Most Broken Metas in VALORANT

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[@greengem]

Riot deleted Viper from ranked without ever tackling what makes her strong in pro play

[@schwerzeli]

The Orb Pickup denial is a big Pro play Nerf but doesnt really affect Ranked as heavily

[@Kat-y_L]

The problem with viper was never that she was op or broken but the fact that she had no competition , no other agent was able to do what she was doing , she had no replacement .

[@lirinnaufal]

@@schwerzeli well it does lol. Removing 1 snake bite already and decreasing smoke time a lot has already made it hell to play viper in ranked and add onto that the orb pickup and the agent is almost useless except on her main maps on breeze and icebox. Used to be a viper main for a long time but all of these nerfs stacked up has made it extremely difficult to play viper when you can even play brim who would provide better value right now in ranked.

[@zeckex564]

​@@Kat-y_L Actually no, if Viper has a competitor it needs to be an agent who has similar stall capabilities and can apply pressure on attack as she does. The problem is, if there is ever such an agent, everyone in pro play would pick both of them. Think about it, why wouldn't you want 2 Vipers on your team? If 2 agents like Viper were on a team, the attacking team would never break through your defenses and it would be busted af I don't know about ranked, everyone there is just braindead and every team comp ends up being Iso, Chamber, Clove, Jett Reyna or maybe a Gekko if u're lucky. But the problem it would create in pro play is insane

[@Kat-y_L]

@@zeckex564 playing 2 vipers would be invalid cause viper is controller . She has the ability to lockdown one site like kj or cypher but that's not her main goal . In a map where dome smokes are needed , she'd be played for her stall abilities and another for smokes , why would they pick two agents with stall abilities who are controllers and not sentinels ? I was talking purely based on her smokes , two controller meta was already a thing where people picked viper with omen or astra or brim . In a larger map where wall smokes are primary necessity people have no choice but to go for viper because she can provide for stall as well as her wall . Harbor is too weak to be considered as competition for her .

[@frederikeriksen2390]

I think the Skye Meta was really important in 2023 as well. Probably should have talked about that as well.

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[@heimsuchen]

I still remember playing Raze when u just have to double satchel on corner to kill somebody, i've tried that before and it's freaking OP.

[@ne0nn3on]

Riot is unironically so very terrible at understanding what makes an agent weak or strong in either ranked or pro play, which is why they keep missing with their balancing so often

[@schwerzeli]

Pro Play and Ranked are so fundamentally different that it‘s extremely hard to balance an agents abilitys for both simultaneously. They do try to not make a agent power creep by only buffing them slightly. However their reworks tend to overtune all the time

[@babusseus1105]

schwerzeli is right. Also keep in mind that a one-dimensional meta would be boring. I agree that they made an oopsie with keeping Astra, Viper and Chamber so dominant for so long but it made for some of the coolest metas IMO

[@troua2001]

@@schwerzeli can u provide and example of an agent thats hard to balance for pro n ranked?

[@kingofthecort9578]

@@troua2001Reyna they are goated in ranked but sucks in pro play. Or in the video kanga mentioned astra, who at her peak was crazy in pro play but was just average in ranked.

[@troua2001]

@@kingofthecort9578 ty

[@kazepool]

Reyna’s 4 orbs as well

[@slapstickers]

Another thing you missed about early Beta Viper is that you couldn't put her wall down through the walls of the map which was so dumb LMAO

[@yerriff8115]

Thank you for pointing out the stuff regarding Astra's cooldowns. It was insane to me that when Riot announced that she was getting her 5th star back, people were worried that we would enter another period of Astra dominance, when in fact, that almost certainly won't be happening due to the nerfed cooldowns and suck. People also tend to forget that Omen used to just be terrible at the time, with a very delayed smoke travel time and slower TPs. Also maybe you just didn't want to ramble for too long so I totally get it, but it would've been worth mentioning the phase where she could sell her star to buy a stinger on pistol round.

[@SLiX-thatguy11m-]

Killjoy before there was a range limit to her turret and alarm bot, together with them being up when she died just like Cypher trips at the time. Literally unless you dedicated a smoke for it, you weren't flanking a team with a KJ turret

[@sulaimankhan0609]

You forgot beta cypher when the camera could shoot

[@funkycrawler619]

I know it was small, but Reyna Release deserves an honorable mention and def began the discussion of "Rank vs. Pro Balance".

[@hahaitsjohn3822]

really appreciating the time stamps!

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I've played this game since you had to watch twitch streams and get lucky with a drop to play, and seeing how everything has changed overtime, and now getting a blast to the past, is definitely an amazing experience.

[@MoistyHibana]

Very cool video. I’m new to Val so I only lived thru iso meta lol. But the sound of his shield coming up still gives me ptsd lol

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BRO WHERE IS SKYE META

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[@fennecfoxfello2875]

I feel like seeing as how they've promised buffs to 3 agents (sage, harbor, phoenix), and nerfs to 2 (gekko, cypher), i think we might see another duelist meta in phoenix because he's been weak for so long and valorant never seems to know what will be broken when it gets released and i think phoenix has alot of potential buffs, possibly rework. We could also go back to a sage meta in her being broken again, possibly stronger wall, have her old heal back, slow orb buffs who knows. Harbor, idk what you'd really do with him, shorter cooldowns? idk. Deadlock could also be a potential meta agent, she's seeing hardly any play but her wr% is really high overall, i think it's the second highest? with clove having the highest wr% (in all ranks, for both of them), but deadlock isn't seeing play because she's misunderstood ig, I'm a dl main personally, and i think she's broken tbh, but i think that anyone else who plays her doesn't really understand what to do and i think valorant will take that as her being bad and buff her to an extreme. I mainly think this because she's had 2 really solid buffs already and her pr still hasn't budged, i think really small buffs would put her into the meta but i don't think valorant see's those sorts of things because i don't think they'd understand a deadlock mains pov, but to anyone else who wants buffs out of her who doesn't main her, i think the main want from her is to have a passive trip, i believe this would make her busted, better than peak chamber even. Mainly, i think a phoenix, sage or deadlock meta may come soon, because they're so bad atm and valorant never knows when to stop with the buffs or nerfs, like how they just destroyed skye from being the best initiator, how they destroyed astra to where she's the worst if not second worst seeing as harbor still sucks, and with what happened with peak chamber where he stayed meta for way too long with no changes because he was so op on release they didn't know what to do with him. And i think that if they buff deadlock, phoenix or sage into meta defining agents then they'll be too afraid to nerf them because they don't want them back in the position they're in rn.

[@Ivan4o205]

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[@larryschutter]

I mostly agree with you; you make excellent points and I think you're right about Phoenix/Sage, but i do think Astra is really strong atm. I myself am an Astra main and have been playing her ever since I started playing the game. I admit that it was harder to play Astra during the time where she had 4 stars, but right now, with her five stars, she's really good. I think she suffers from the same thing you mentioned with Deadlock, where Astra just suffers from bad pr and people don't seem to realise how easy it is to get value with her kit. I could be very wrong tho, as my experience is heavily biased by the fact that I usually play with two, sometimes even four other people, which makes comboing a ton easier.

[@eychillmal]

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[@cosmiccatonmars]

@@larryschutter the biggest problem with Astra imo is that she thrives in an organized setting, particularly when you have insight into how the enemy team likes to play, so the gap between her effectiveness in pro play vs soloQ is astronomical. You can have a really well thought out plan, but then your duelist will run in and die before your stun goes off then proceed to not listen to you again for the rest of the match

[@kuraidoarauni]

I started playing when Jett meta was still ongoing and I didn't have any other agent other than the default agents because I didn't know how to unlock agents atm so I always picked Jett as I liked her design the most and my friends would get mad at me when I instalock her even though I play badly lmao

[@shorty685]

I loved the stinger back then, me and my friend would just play entire games with a stinger because it was fun to us

[@TheAmcor]

skye meta was crazy

[@mile.9768]

Finally someone who mentioned the frenzy light shield on pistol

[@neilguha1371]

Hey mate! You forgot to include Reyna. Back then, she had 4 charges to either heal or dismiss and now, she only has two.

[@Thr3leven]

Chamber also could kill on leg shot with his ult

[@benjitobar]

No one talks about how Reyna had 4 charges of her devour and dismiss. At this point it almost feels like it never happened and I'm gaslighting myself LMAO

[@Evan-xs8ts]

5:09 i disagree. The double updrafts provided a unique ability, and giving it back would make her a lot more fun to watch. Also, it wouldn't make her OP since she's overshadowed by Raze and Neon right now.

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[@renanpalmieri2081]

since beta Jett only got nerfs after nerfs and still is one of the best characters in the game, and maybe needs more nerfs

[@RealTyrtleboi]

I really think the prime reyna meta was the strongest. FOUR ORBS. that means a team wipe and you can orb for every kill

[@Hemsaxena]

Riot mindset:- High pickrate agent Nerf Low pickrate agent buff Tbh valo is becoming trash they don't care about players they only want money riot becoming greedy.

[@shorty685]

Becoming greedy? you seen the cost of league skins? they been greedy for a long time now xd

[@Lazidiz]

ISO right now is super under powered

[@athlonzero]

Breach Triple flash isn't in the meta but it gives you a higher chance of knife kill.

[@icybutterflyqueen]

slightly surprised you didnt mention skye with how much she got played

[@ayanahmed8180]

my favorite meta to ddate is still chamber beta

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[@JoeFrogz]

ISO and chamber seem oppressive until you look at oh Jett and raze lol

[@jeroxama5877]

Astra got her 5 stars back but i never see her in any match

[@voidzdomain69]

riot really doesnt know how to balance agents all they really do is nerf an agent if its picked too much by pro players

[@Nimo892]

I saw this and thought Chamber 2nd trip is coming back😭

[@sahith621]

Remember when kj turret and alarm bot had no range.

[@heefeebee9024]

skipping reyna having 4+ charges on her stuff i forget how many was a while ago

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unrelated note but go to career and click the dropdown, are we getting a bunch of new game modes soon?

[@sprightlyebbie3022]

Bruh Since Val came to console it has a bigger audience and i got to say some of this are just hilarious to me. Raze two nades is just insane 😂. And let's not forget Sage got nerfed to the ground

[@maykr03]

great video

[@Moneyunderface]

The only thing missing is gun cam and omen paranoia

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im miss when bucky can 1 shoot right click

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[@rPenek]

Iso meta still here, not playing valorant untill they nerf his shield.

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[@Duckguy08]

it was patched ages ago

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@@Duckguy08 It looked fire :(

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Old photos of agents were gold lol

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[@waqqqq]

nailed it

[@Yahiikko]

No way u didn't mention skye with 3 flashes

[@jurasicers.r.o7174]

I didn't play the game in the beta so i had no experience with raze but other then that i lived tghrou all of this BS and still think Chamer meta was the whorse, with Astra close second.

[@BueorrFalhen]

Where's the killjoy post death nano?

[@whitedeath753]

When you talk about chamber just say he was Nerf I don't want to hear those harsh words

[@kirubelmelese]

when are we getting a knife meta

[@dhruvsharma2582]

8 seconds ago is diabolical

[@MarlockT]

Ok but considering every agent best patch, what would be the best team overall?

[@MarlockT]

I'd go with astra, viper, chamber, raze and jett just out of pure brokeness. Possibly switch raze/jett for peak skye/sova

[@DCR_RANG]

Idk man, cypher meta for the past few months has been pretty boring

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Pro players: *likes something* Rito : ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) u likey? Average players:

[@blazingexodus5556]

3000hrs in valorant with peak immo2

[@Prathameshlad2009]

No mention of Skye??

[@Prathameshlad2009]

They practically had to bury her to keep players from picking her in games.

[@jethroxdd]

poor viper

[@cotaxe2942]

Bro forgot to add reyna

[@krishmehta7903]

i and we will miss jett meta , its was hella amazing

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I want my old shorty back

[@inslander2689]

Astra was only a pro play issue not a solo q one. Astra was good on solo q. Now just terrible. There is no reason to pic her over brim or Clove. Same for viper. Love the character. But shitty game mechanics . Personally I think if viper is inside the pit.ie her ult She gets infinite gas on her other abilities. Like her abilities act like the exyension of her pit .Her wall and orb. And let her pic her orb for god sake. I'm ok with one snake bite just like brims molly or cloves orb.

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