VALORANT are adding a third armor type...

VALORANT are adding a new armor type in Patch 9.10 called the 'Regen Shield'. We know very little about how it specifically it'll work, other than it seems to replenish some of your health shortly after you take damage. Also keep in mind the Regen Shield & Phoenix Buffs WON'T be releasing tomorrow (Patch 9.08), and instead will release in November.
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[@ITZ_CUL]

i think the idea is you have a light shield (so 125 hp in total) but when u get damaged the 50 extra shield just regens your current armor(up to 125 again)and i think it has like 2 full recharges from what we've seen

[@bopy1669]

Exactly

[@shaf2806]

This sounds so bloody op

[@ITZ_CUL]

@@shaf2806 not really ig,its more bassically a light shield(i think the max armor cap is 125 so any rifle 1 taps

[@dev_s0mple]

As a Reyna I essentially get 75 hp heals now 🎉

[@filipivis9427]

​@@shaf2806 Not really In a straight up duel, you're still getting 1 tapped by everything pretty much but what this could do Is nerf spaming through stuff a bit since if you take smaller damage it regenerates back up. But if there is 50 shield version of this then it's OP.

[@ONCLR]

I think it’s only gonna replenish armor and not base health. It seems like him regenning his base health is a Phoenix buff where you get a bit of healing when you throw your wall or molly and that you won’t have to stand in them anymore but we will see I guess.

[@thishandleistaken1011]

wrong

[@Jupiter02]

Makes sense but I don't think the phoenix buff would really suit his kit tbh

[@mikenelson263]

@@thishandleistaken1011 I think he's right. Phoenix already has a healing buff active before/while getting shot by the Jett. That obviously stops the heal and it starts up again after a few moments. Probably means he doesn't have to stick to his wall or molly the whole time to get the full heal. That makes sense, since pretty much all other heals don't force you to stay in one spot. Looks like the new shield tops at 25 armour and will regen twice after taking damage.

[@thishandleistaken1011]

@@mikenelson263 The healing buff is the regen shield. It will regen health and armor but only up to a maximum of 125. It's obvious.

[@SomebodyIK]

@@thishandleistaken1011would be funny if you say all this and be wrong

[@Jupiter02]

For those wondering, there is absolutely NO way that riot will make the shield regen give you a total health of above 150. I think its safe to assume that One taps are still a thing, and the max shield regen has to be 150.

[@orvilleperrin6496]

I believe this as well. Would be a nerf to vandal and even burial of the phantom tbh

[@LucasPlay171]

​@@orvilleperrin6496 op would be ni longer op

[@WH1T3Freedent]

Safe to assume that one taps are still a thing ? What about iso shield ? Riot has been lost and can't seem to be able to make new agents without making weird health abilities or shields

[@EnderKnightBG]

It is definitely interesting, im curious to see how this new regen shield mechanic will be implemented to all the agents. This would probably also mean that low-HP clutches will be slightly more winnable. Overall, im really excited for these changes and cant wait how these will turn out.

[@diamondguy-xs4lg]

Fr, it’s always such a disadvantage when you’re in a 1v1 clutch and you know you’re gonna lose because you have low health, you’re not playing an agent who can heal themselves like Reyna, clove, sage, and phoenix

[@brighthought11]

@@diamondguy-xs4lg yea thats called a comp game, theres consequences, not everything is even.. this sounds like catering to low skill new players constantly and slowly ruining the game.

[@diamondguy-xs4lg]

@@brighthought11 bruh new players are new players, they have no impact except to people who've reached immortal or radiant for the ten thousandth time reaching the same high ass rank all over. smurfs, team comps with the most heavy utility based agents, odin spammers, smoke and wall bangers are the most annoying players to play against

[@Mommyyriah]

The region shield is so useless. Its like why fix a problem that never needed fixing? All were asking for is a replay system

[@KikiiKun]

Honestly, I 100% have to agree. It seems pointless in my opinion.

[@LucasPlay171]

To change it up a bit, i think its fine since its not bad

[@Mommyyriah]

@@LucasPlay171 sounds like your trying to cope its unnecessary

[@tinytempa3093]

I remember h commenting on like Tacticalrabs clips and others like a year ago didn’t know u were still hating kmao

[@-ValorantProVODs]

What I think for the regen shield mechanics: - Probably only for light shields - Won’t replace lights and will be the midrange option(like the outlaw) Total HP will be 125 but the 50 under it will be like “fuel” to recharge your shields when you’re not in a fight. When this 50 fuel runs out, no more regen. Total HP will never go over 125/150 in this case so one-tapping is not an issue still. Extra on why it won’t go to 175 - Riot have publicly said about their dislike for adding shields as abilities to the game. Since Iso had a shield, we can assume this means shield as equipment or extra HP which would shift the gun meta.

[@KikiiKun]

I think this is the best take for sure

[@jurasicers.r.o7174]

But it coud also make Reyna and Clove even more anoying, becose on top of there healing they will get this.

[@Sikawi]

Yep

[@mythlessrwf]

In some cases yes, but regen shield’s main benefit seems to be long-term survival instead of being an immediate benefit for fights, which both Reyna and Clove only have. They rely on being topped off as much as possible to have the best chance to frag, so having 125 instead of 150 in between fights hurts a lot even if it can regen outside of combat. I’d imagine this new shield will be popular with controllers and sentinels since they usually stay back and have the most value alive

[@jurasicers.r.o7174]

@@mythlessrwf Aha so that means as a guy who mains Cypher and Omen i shoud try this out for extra backline benefit. The only thing that im afraid about is if it gets obused on hit and runners like Yoru and Jett. Cos they can get in a fight run away, get some helth back and get in again.

[@mikenelson263]

@@mythlessrwf I think you are right. Probably comes down to how much it will cost compared to half armour. Say, 400 for half, 600 for new armour and 1000 for full armour. That would make sense. You definitely always want to buy full armour if you can afford it. This new armour is a little extra juice for half-buy rounds, but is still weak against Phantom 1-taps and Outlaw body shots. Also remember Reyna's overheal is now permanent. If it stacks with this that would be strong. Also looks like it pairs well with a Skye on your team, since she can heal the body health you don't regen, otherwise the value diminishes with each duel you take.

[@xIceBites]

I don’t like it, makes it over complicated. Might as well make it like call of duty where it takes 20 minutes to make a class, and tune all your attachments

[@somestatik4943]

I was expecting a new agent ability to regen shields... so this will be interesting (not overheal, like actual shield health that can carry over into other rounds)

[@kakarot9k9k]

Shit decision, why would you get a shield refresh in a tac FPS game. Not everything you steal from Fortnite is good

[@rudrasankhe7002]

Anyone notice phnx flash is his new E ability in trailer and molly is Q ability that means only one molly per round

[@rudrasankhe7002]

Pause at 1:00

[@germytv]

yes he made a whole ass video explaining this lmao

[@ildna]

It's likely going to work in a way where it's 75 shield total, but it actively caps out at 25 and regenerates so the maximum effective health a player can have is still 125.

[@diamondguy-xs4lg]

I really hope this gets added into the game soon, I’m sick and tired of having no chances during clutches when majority of my health gets chucked down by people spamming through smokes or wall banging with the fucking Odin/ares. It’s always super annoying that healing agents are the most picked agents in ranked

[@soulkillgod69420]

skill issue truly

[@diamondguy-xs4lg]

@@soulkillgod69420 bruh this ain’t no skill issue, it’s like a little kid fighting a bully who’s much bigger than the kid. Tell me, how is THAT skill issue

[@vizdrom]

How shields strats would work now : pistol round - no/light shields 2nd round save - no shields/ 2nd round force - full shields (due to exisitence of outlaw) then Regen shields makes sense for full buy rounds as you're gonna get one tapped anyway (vct half shields strat before outlaw)- but Regen shield should give you 125 + 50(?) full round which will f*ck up enemy comms because u never know if they are one shot or not

[@Xealous]

The Regen shield makes sense as anti-eco - their Glocks can't kill you and 175 total (125 then heal) is more consistent

[@a_diplodon]

I think one of the reasons for regen shield is to make guns like the outlaw more usable against buy rounds

[@mrpineapples9716]

the regen to the health is from something else because the shield heal starts before it and the 25 loss from regen shield directly correlates to the 25 shield increase. i hope you can still buy light and heavy since I cant see riot changing max health considering what it would do to the gun meta, especially with the phantom. My best guess at how this all works is that everything is the exact same except you get this for free at the start of every round. The reason being this is quite a strong ability so if you could buy it, it would cost a lot, raising the full buy cost from 3900 credits to probably 5000+ credits. It would be too much to have to buy shield and this anyway. Riot could do something where on round 1 you dont get a regen shield and then round two you get 25 then round 3 its 50 till half.

[@bopy1669]

They will keep 25 and 50

[@beegyoshi6525]

Maybe using the wall auto heals you or something and you no longer need to be in contact with it?

[@elchinuoficial]

So this means low hp rounds have more clutch potential unless you get headshoted? So now someone can potentially eliminate the enemy team one by one as long he hit all headshots and enemy team don't.

[@jethroxdd]

I don't think it's any kind of armor but the maximum amount of health you can regen from your fire in one round.

[@cynthiahembree3957]

It's literally confirmed to be a new armor type in the trailer.

[@Deviantfps]

I think it works as 125 hp but u can get back the 25 armor. So in total you have 175 hp but only 125 at one time making it balanced. You don't have 150 like full shields but it's worth in the way u have a higher max hp over time . Maybe make it cost 1500 or 1250. Cool concept.

[@Seo_Ah]

Nah, it's worse than heavy armor If you take 120 damage from vandal, you'll have 5hp and 25 shield, which still takes one vandal shot to death Also for 80damage and 40damage

[@bemindful9286]

I’m not hating but I doubt they will make health regen. The pool of regenerative resource seems to be 1 to 1 with the shields. As the shield number increases the pool decreases. Also that just seems like harsh design in a tactical shooter. I think the “healing” will be part of Pheonix passive when he gets a second kill or something (his flash comes back off cd after the kill in this clip so that is my assumption) Also the “healing” buff text appears which usually indicates that agent is gaining health by some sort of effect.

[@FRUNk808]

The regen armor is a huge L

[@lobsterfulyes9652]

how so?

[@KennyKennTV]

Is this a buff to phantom as a side effect

[@trapshooter]

It will probably be a new shield type and I’m guessing it would cost the same as heavy shields. This is super interesting and would basically play as a the light shield meta x3

[@talhajubayer6219]

I switched to finix for his Healing ability like this guy can heal from anything.except of his flashes but i really wish he could. Now he has a Regen Shield Krrraaaa Kicing Lessgoooo

[@GnaReffotsirk]

Make the headshot sphere smaller on agent hitboxes

[@KianFloppa]

this will make people camp

[@Cacz_98]

Bro what? The entire point of defense is holding sites.

[@Kurai_Ryu]

It might also be for 50 not just 25 sheild tho heighly dought it

[@PrestonHuffman-pp6of]

So no more one taping with vandle?

[@Jupiter02]

The total health never goes above 150. So one taps are still possible.

[@H0ffnungsv0ll]

doesnt this make clove and reyna even more powerfull? they get another heal now

[@mythlessrwf]

Reiterating my reply to similar comments In some cases yes, but regen shield’s main benefit seems to be long-term survival instead of being an immediate benefit for fights, which both Reyna and Clove only have. They rely on being topped off as much as possible to have the best chance to frag, so having 125 instead of 150 in between fights makes them susceptible to many more sources of deaths like phantom and outlaw oneshots I’d imagine this new shield will be popular with controllers and sentinels since they usually stay back and have the most value alive

[@calmcat8073]

so it's kind of like regenerating shield in overwatch?

[@nischalthapa2460]

Damn i wasnt far off in my assumption

[@nezuko2163]

phoenix gets more flashes

[@hlee-k1r]

Light plus regen = three sets of light shields 🥴

[@purplealarmclocker]

NO MORE VANDAL ONE TAPS

[@fancho123]

the dev play strinova's beta and try to implement it in valorant

[@enjoymyloot]

This is bad, very bad if it is going to be implemented the way i think it will be, if it does then i think vandal will not be able to one tap people, phantom will just eventually get better and also change the style of gameplay in esports

[@Jupiter02]

The total health will never go above 150. One taps are still very much going to be possible.

[@Mommyyriah]

@@Jupiter02isnt it like 175 hp now?? Im so confused

[@-ValorantProVODs]

I think it’s 125 hp total and the 50 at the bottom is like “fuel” to recharge the 25 shield you have when out of combat

[@Jupiter02]

@@Mommyyriah you can see two different numbers. The large number is your actual shield (the one that tanks damage) and the number below is the backup shield. If the large shield decrease below 50, the backup shield decreases to increase your actual shield backupto 50. (Still an assumption tho, but I think its safe to assume this)

[@cynthiahembree3957]

I'm starting to think y'all didn't watch the vid. You can only have 125 armor at a time. Kanga even explained this in the video

[@nafimkhan9462]

So iso has another shield

[@Dhxeraj]

Why bro? Just making the game over complicated for no reason!!. Adding another factor to worry about

[@prakharchaurasiya8107]

Was someone asking for this?

[@hspengu4019]

Am I the only one that is worried about vandal not 1 tapping?

[@cynthiahembree3957]

No but that won't happen because you can only have 125 hp at once. Then you have 50 hp worth of recharge. You can still get one tapped by everything that you could before

[@rizwanmiah2167]

Siphon in valorant be reall

[@sohummajumder9451]

Rip vandal

[@MF_Ghost-22]

i do NOT like the sound of a regen shield

[@icybutterflyqueen]

Hiyo Kanga

[@Kurai_Ryu]

The new over sheild is gonna be so nice for clutchs bro

[@Kurai_Ryu]

YESSS

[@rabhiraja2608]

Interesting

[@rabhiraja2608]

Honestly it's a pretty cool update, time to go bankrupt with the new skins again,

[@cynthiahembree3957]

Ye I'm gonna be excited to see how beneficial these new shields are for my main agents

[@anthonyslewh1711]

najm najm when whennn

[@Whatcoloururbimmer]

bro go to bed it's 3 30 i just stopped grinded ranked lol

[@dillyb54]

I really don't like this Idea. Its just more steps to make the game feel more arcade like and less like a competitive shooter. Riot games as a true fan of the game please don't constantly ruin the competitive integrity of your game. Give us something consistent to play and rely on I only dream man. Like why a new agent every act and why changes to the games armor system like bruh I just hate it tbh

[@polonium9921]

new armor will make outlaw, sheriff, phantom, and guardian better. Sure you might get more health if you survive a gunfight, but your also more likely to die in that gunfight since you have less hp at any given time.

[@RossNerdyScotsman]

Might ruin the game

[@molk2221]

But still no replay!!

[@Twentizz]

Are you a developer it takes time and money. Have patience 🙏

[@ammadali5799]

​@@TwentizzStfu. Fragpunk, a game in alpha, has replay system

[@1morningstar]

Replay system should not come because it's gonna reveal people gameplay style

[@imP4Z1V4L26]

Wait till they shift the whole system to UE5

[@Mdead26]

​@@Twentizz you're saying roit games multi-millionaire company, doesnt have money, doesn't have a dev team and doesn't have time when the game is out for idk for 4.5 years 😂

[@khangphantruong]

Phantom left the chat after 141 HP ding, and the enemy can still tank 1 or 2 more shots

[@Mimo-ye5pm]

A little worried it will make Reyna all but useless. Especially since that's her ult.

[@bopy1669]

Reyna heals hp too

[@Jupiter02]

It definetly won't make her useless as she can regen a maximum of 50x4 = 200 health within a normal round, but true it decreases her value

[@purp5458]

bruh

[@infinityimpurity4032]

I'm so tired of losing hp at the start of the round due to some bs spam or ult. This will change the dynamics to suit the better aimers with more leeway to clutch rounds without thinking too much of their health

[@datsniktho]

ye enough of this bullshit

[@thejarskifamily6848]

RIP one taps 😭

[@NotReal9T9]

I dont think so

[@thejarskifamily6848]

@@NotReal9T9 175 health and the vandal headshot does 160 😭 😭 😭

[@TheZchry19]

if you get tapped by vandal you still dead, its just refilll the armor when we get hit​@@thejarskifamily6848

[@sage9882]

@@thejarskifamily6848 it's 100 health and 25 shields, with 50 shield reserved which activate when you are low, in sets of 25 - you can still get 1 tapped

[@pauloazuela8488]

​@@thejarskifamily6848It doesn't go over your ordinary shield. It replenishes it at 25 max until the 25 refill is depleted or you gained 150 in total. It's just a regen pool for armor. So getting shot at phantom with 140 and you survived, hide for sometime and you'll be 35 in total with 10 hp and 25 armor too boot. This punishes sprays and bad headshots that makes the enemy survives than vandal and oppers

[@That1Prodigy]

This means no more vandal 1 taps…

[@TheBedrockBoy]

now phantom is the ultimate rifle

[@magmoz565]

how? it doesn't seem to increase your base health

[@iditrirajan]

Not really. You still have to survive for it to regen

[@Jupiter02]

One taps still work. Total health won't go above 150.

[@cynthiahembree3957]

It does not increase your health past 125

[@Hysznn]

GTA 6 before a replay system

[@IPV_Master]

Riot should remove this new shield ASAP as I don't want to kill the enemies with 175 health which would take literally 2 OP shots!!!

[@bopy1669]

Not how it works

[@effluxi9587]

It's 25 x3 on top of health not 75...

[@IPV_Master]

@@effluxi9587 So isn't 25 times 3 equal to 75. I may be confused on this new system

[@IPV_Master]

@@effluxi9587 U mean this will regen 3 times?

[@effluxi9587]

@@IPV_Master yes, it's 25 shields that will regen 50 total but not above 25. Essentially lights that repair. The health healing even when not in wall part is also the Pheonix rework, not the shield, since I've seen confusion around that too. So essentially the idea is that they're more health than heavies but vulnerable to Phantom/Sheriff headshots at falloff range + Outlaw bodyshots as a downside.

[@leaandarino3350]

Hope the armor can survive a 1 tap from a vandal

[@bopy1669]

No

[@Jupiter02]

It won't. The armor regen won't take your maximum health to above 150. A vandal hs is a guaranteed kill.

[@cynthiahembree3957]

It can't that would undermine the entire point of the game