Ranking Every Valorant Agent by their Canon Power

[@gekuul9616]

Why is Kay/O so low when you literally said he killed Reyna? Yes, he has to supress some Radiant's powers to defeat them, but that's a standard ability he has so I don't see the problem. When so many regular people are on the bottom of the list because they don't have a way to overcome superpowers, I don't get why Kay/O, who has the ability to overcome them, is also so low.

[@KindaSubpar]

I should probably make a pinned comment because of how often I see this lmao I’m ranking them based on how powerful they are objectively. Not necessarily who beats who (I mention this 0:45) Think of it like this. Ranking dcs kryptonians. But there’s one that instead of the super strength, speed, lasers, etc. radiated red solar energy and could conjure up kryptonite. He is not more “powerful” than the others on the list, but hard counters them and would most likely beat a majority of them

[@gekuul9616]

@@KindaSubpar That's fair, but Kay/O, even without counters, is still really strong and skilled. And because of his physiology he should also be far tankier than at least most humans. Though if it's like, sheer destructive power and hax and whatnot, I can understand his placement.

[@LeniusRiven]

@@gekuul9616I think in terms of combat potential, KAYO is easily top 3 losing to Astra and potentially Yoru. This is because he simply disables all radiantite powers including technology like Sova’s eye or Killjoy’s turrets. However, he is just an above average frame as he was built to copy Brimstone’s frame and physique. He does not have crazy hax abilities that manipulate space and time like Astra. So the main point of this video is what they could do rather than who they would beat. It’s a little weird but it is what it is.

[@peachiegracielovesu]

Because it’s based on opinion and there will never be a 100% accurate list unless released by riot themselves which probably won’t happen.

[@disbade]

​@LeniusRiven yeah but if it was like who u could beat I feel like a few grenades could beat kayo no?

[@BowenHan-f8j]

Bro I’m getting small KZbinrs on my fyp but I’m starting to notice it’s so much more effort than big channels

[@ciel7291]

frl omg main stream valorants SUUCKS

[@hydroclaws7285]

Fr

[@nokashimukashiyoshi77]

Because they want to grow their channels those who are mainstream have high effort videos but older

[@ConfusedWonkie]

sameeeee

[@brabbits5308]

All my yt recommendation is small ytbeer

[@MJneerGaming]

phoenix is now officially my second favourite art school student

[@yatomon]

out of curiosity is the 1st Austrian?

[@ralliedcookies4403]

They should add an Austrian agent

[@Balanced-jv3of]

We don't talk about the first one 💀

[@asherbeck4001]

The replies are dumb he didn't actually get in

[@v1nus-136]

@@Balanced-jv3of like the pink one? (iykyk)

[@Jtowchi]

Everyone else: has cool powers Astra: is literally a god

[@KatieK-OnYt]

In lore as in the game😋

[@33_77.]

But why is she so underrated? :(

[@danielganiyu8350]

Astra phoenix jett and neon are lowkey gods but astra on a dif level

[@menacingbread7909]

​@@danielganiyu8350the only agent I can think of that can potentially be on par with Astra in lore is Yoru. Because he can tear through dimensional fabrics and could potentially do some damage to Astra. Even Kay/o said he should be contained so I guess he's powerful enough.

[@kevinomar1588]

@@menacingbread7909 If you realize that Yoru and anyone with a gun can kill Astra XD, Astra can't resist bullets (she's physically a human) so you should just shoot her well and that's it

[@frostbvrn]

Neon can also run fast enough to run on water. There's a lore message saying she ran home to the Philippines for a weekend.

[@RodgeOzCairoEstrecho]

Fucken what, that shits impressive

[@vivsterspark5771]

where?

[@LucasPlay171]

​@its one of those brim mails vivsterspark5771

[@LucasPlay171]

​@@vivsterspark5771one of those brim mails

[@SheerVoid]

And she is the only one that can give enough power to power the portal

[@ARClegend]

Cypher is a force multiplier. Not strong himself, but it doesnt matter how hard you strike if you can't find your enemy.

[@rishabhabek1996]

he also can stop a team

[@thunderp1719]

Nobody cares about all these things. Here we are comparing agents with their radiant elements power

[@cynthiahembree3957]

Yeah he's pretty ruthless at times too. Cypher scares me to be honest. Luckily I do believe he would do anything for the protocol

[@krisdounut7880]

Cypher does literary have intel ove EVERYONE he sees/fights against to the point that he can kill the families of his enemies, he should be a lot higher

[@krisdounut7880]

And he is a skilled marksman. Like he's John Wick of this universe

[@banan9377]

It's a common misconception that Sage uses Ice, she doesn't. What she uses is more similar to a crystal, it seems to be a form of crystalized radianite. The Valorant team also lore dumped that her radiant power is Geomancy, aka she's an Earth Bender and not an Ice Bender. If you want source, the valorant lore wiki lists her as a Geomancer with a citation from a reddit comment by user Altombre who has a product manager badge in r/Valorant 4 years ago that goes: "Sage is actually a geomancer. She's the earth bender. She doesn't use ice. Everyone thinks she does though! We don't have a waterbender on the roster." Note that this was 4 years ago which is why Harbor who's a waterbender isn't on the roster yet.

[@KindaSubpar]

Yea I saw that somewhere but wasn’t sure exactly what it was. So I said they’re “ice looking orbs”

[@gamersreactions9267]

Its Jade

[@Capboomboom]

@@gamersreactions9267 It’s jade

[@Ace-it7es]

​@@CapboomboomIt's jade

[@derpydqelinuent]

​@@Ace-it7es It's jade.

[@pennydime4562]

one thing about clove is that they state in one of their voice lines that they can just out live the enemy team, so in the end they will always win

[@KindaSubpar]

Yea it was kinda weird to gauge how “powerful” that makes them. But I figured I wouldn’t put them too high since you can still lose fights and whatnot while immortal (Deadpool as an example)

[@pennydime4562]

@@KindaSubpar yeah thats fair i guess if u count them "dying" as loosing the fight they would definetly not be placed very high

[@Yttrin]

literally knock clove out, put her in cement, drop her in the bottom of the ocean. it's just that simple. Immortality doesn't make a powerful character on it's own

[@plugshirt1762]

@@Yttrinyeah lol immortality means nothing if you can’t outfight your opponent

[@BlackxExorcistitsyaboi]

I always saw immortal as cannot die by natural causes. Not completely unkillable. Like Dio from Jojo. Or Dracula from yanno Dracula.

[@MysticMushroomReal]

Omen is actually one of the most skilled gunmen. Iso has a voiceline where he talks to Omen about stories he heard while working as an assassin for the scions of hourglass

[@Klipik12]

Doesn't omen not have those memories though?

[@pabloruiz2370]

@@Klipik12 To all I know, he whas a scientist before being omen, also, with the power to tp anywhere at any time, I think no one could escape that Edit: Forget it, theres an email from omen saying that he has seen it before but cannot recognize it, so yeah, he was the assassin in the world probably before having any abilities, thats amazing

[@Gigadomdom]

@@pabloruiz2370 The cinematic confirmed that Omen was the best assassin in the world before becoming Omen, and only failed and became Omen because Viper trapped him in the chamber and gassed him (literally, toxic radianite-infused gas)

[@pabloruiz2370]

@@Gigadomdom That just makes me respect Omen even more haha, legends that even dudes like iso who have powers look up to and be amazed by it

[@user-SugoMaBa11s]

Iso be pulling out that domain expansion

[@skywarrior66]

ryoiki tenkai: 1v1 me noob

[@IgorSupremacist]

Underrated comment

[@mostdefinitelynotalpharius4803]

@@skywarrior66 Ryoiki Tenkai: Skill Issue

[@Geheimnis-c2e]

Yoru out here pulling out his innate domain lmao

[@mysticalnexus1881]

​@@Geheimnis-c2e nah it's more like some extreme version of domain amplification where the domain he coats himself in is so potent it warps space and time

[@NightRyder19]

Fun fact. In the lore Harbor before getting his bracelet is referred multiple times as a cool guy when he is not on the field but as a Demon or Monster when he is in the battlefield. Also he has a cruiser bike.

[@You_the_first]

"i've been playing this game for a little under a year and ive been playing pretty consistently since then so i think im qualified to tell you that i suck at this game" had me dead in the first 10 seconds

[@KindaSubpar]

I’m absolute buns 90% of the time lmao

[@XF_Chaos]

@@KindaSubpar don't worry dude, been playing since ep1 act 3 and i'm still garbage at this game too 😆

[@You_the_first]

@@XF_Chaos ive been playin since the beta came out and i still suck

[@Negativeduelist]

6:36 he couldn’t actually strip Reyna of her powers instead Reyna couldn’t beat him as he had no soul Reyna was too powerful taking to long to be suppressed and killed brimstone because of it

[@pterodactyl662]

Brim did get shot in that timeline tho

[@WhiteKnuckleRide512]

Source?

[@Negativeduelist]

@@WhiteKnuckleRide512 it’s more of a educated guess as Reyna can still be seen in her ult form with util out during kayo ult

[@cynthiahembree3957]

@@WhiteKnuckleRide512 Well it is true that Kay/o does not have a soul as he is an AI. However we have no exact knowledge of what happened in that timeline as Kay/o does not seem eager to talk about it

[@glAssiscracked]

Nice vid! you seem like a chill guy, and it's cool to see my main at the bottom of the list. Man already lost his wife and kid and now this :)

[@KindaSubpar]

Had to hit him with the triple whammy

[@rrl6164]

*and his life in every cinematic

[@jesiel99013]

12:09 yoru's mask is believed to be an amplifier to his radiant powers, that's why he can only walk and see through dimensions with the mask

[@little_monstar]

sorry that I am writing only now because I decided to review some of my favorite videos But the Yoru mask does not actually enhance but is a catalyst but not enhancing in its nature it is only a need to have vision in two spaces at once because the Yoru space into which he enters is only under the space of the main reality but is separate which is not connected with it from this it follows that the mask is a kind of window that gives vision to see what is in the main space but does not have any other properties, making a shorter answer: the mask is just 3D glasses for cinemas to see 3D animation of the main space the mask does not enhance but only gives access to the already existing Yoru powers, I generally consider the power of Yoru if not the strongest then certainly the most dangerous force with which even Astra should reckon I am generally surprised why in the timeline Kaio Yoru was not mentioned in any way, one can only assume that Yoru either died there before he gained power (this is also a separate topic because I believe that Yoru is a hereditary radiant and not a mutated person who received power upon contact with radianite) or is Yoru in that timeline just an example of the discovery of time manipulation technologies but many other versions can be put forward but I am too lazy to describe all this in the comments because it is only a theory

[@x3woots]

A real cypher would have more than 2 tripwires, so imagine a site as an actual spiderweb and you've got the cypher special

[@miraijfish]

Pls no 2 wires is already hell as the person always entrying site, I'd actually die if they gave him any more.

[@Kelastris]

​@@miraijfish I still really want that Cypher Vs 5 game mode they teased in the April fool's cinematic a while ago, cypher with Infinite abilities vs 5 would be so fun

[@miraijfish]

@@Kelastris chaos incarnate

[@lonefox31]

About omen iso was essentially the best assassin in the world able to use one bullet per person yet when threatened with having to fight omen switched sides

[@KindaSubpar]

It was portrayed as more of a moral thing holding back rather than fear of fighting omen Would’ve been so cool to watch though

[@themanwhocantbemovedbyatru1988]

​@@KindaSubpar no literally, best assassin in the world. He dominated the world of assassins without the need to use radianite. He's just a pure skill one shot assassin.

[@themanwhocantbemovedbyatru1988]

​@@KindaSubpar unlike ISO who uses radianite for things like construct and pocket dimensions, he just uses it as a bullet. From tracking down enemies, to infiltration, all is done with his skills alone.

[@JoelJoy-r3b]

@@themanwhocantbemovedbyatru1988 kindasubpar is right, iso has a range voicemail explicitly stating he felt guilty about killing innocent ppl for the hourglass and had a change of heart when he was infiltrating valorant so became loyal to them

[@digestivepikachu3721]

skye boutta go ‘with this wooden figure i summon’

[@ink-T]

If she can apply any ability to a wooden figure fictional or not then like she could legit make a mahoraga 💀

[@VAMiyoyu]

In Kay/0's universe Skye discovered anime​@@ink-T

[@TrulyRandomPersonage]

soul multiplicity ahh ability

[@alligatoraidan]

she doesn't actually need the wooden figures to conjure creatures. she just uses them to channel her focus to create something

[@cynthiahembree3957]

I have a theory that Skye could potentially be more powerful if she just knew the value of her power. Her power is literal life energy

[@Gb484]

Actually kay/o ult and knife turn off radiants powers and radianite(which is in tech every non-radiants use) so if any one has tech that uses radianite it's now useless.

[@KindaSubpar]

I mention that in the video. I don’t think it makes him “powerful” just a counter to to the other agents

[@I-C-N-H]

@@KindaSubpar I think it kind of does, just not "destructively powerful." In a war where everyone is reliant on radianite, being a counter to it is a pretty "powerful" thing to be

[@KindaSubpar]

@heatingfire1 I agree in the context that you’re using. 0:45 - 1:05 sums the idea of this video up pretty well

[@I-C-N-H]

@@KindaSubpar I do honestly think this is a pretty well made ranking. But regarding to "a single powerful opponent or a team of enemies," It is highly likely if not guaranteed that anyone more "powerful" would probably be a radiant and can be disabled. Against a team of enemies, he can probably hold his own better than sova or phoenix since he's a machine built for war and if the trailers are any accurate, he calculates scenarios to find the most efficient way to deal with multiple enemies. The only thing I can think of that would definitely lower his ranking is the sheer skill of the other agents like sova, chamber, omen and iso, which makes me wonder why phoenix is pretty high up on the list considering how inexperienced he seems in combat in the cinematics (at least compared to other agents)

[@KindaSubpar]

@I-C-N-H yea I should’ve clarified what I meant by powerful enemy or group of enemies. I just meant any standard powerful opponent not necessarily from the Valorant verse Phoenix was hard carried in my ranking by his abilities and general power although I could see him being lower

[@VcentChips]

The Replay system is certainly the strongest

[@MJneerGaming]

my father is stronger

[@A_paper]

wrong channel he aint valorant

[@shino.non1]

This aged well, we re getting one eventually

[@Leo-hb6uh]

it might seem crazy what I'm bout to say

[@josuevargas1952]

About Sage beeing dangerous with the kayo voiceline saying she's a weapon in his future Another voiceline is one from omen, saying something like "when you heal sage, have you ever tought where are you taking from the life you are giving"

[@adamhawke7134]

Possibly she can take life force from the others just like reyna, who knows cuz she said to reyna " there are better ways to live" speaking from experience ?

[@XF_Chaos]

I can quote the actual voiceline for you: "Sage, the life you give... Do you ever wonder where it's taken from?"

[@josuevargas1952]

@@XF_Chaos Thank you for the actual quote! c:

[@XF_Chaos]

@@josuevargas1952 no problem, my weaponized autism got my back on knowing it off the top of my head 😆

[@Ackerman._.Mikasa]

​@adamhawke7134 wait what?

[@Lykardss]

lowkey feel like omen was done dirty, after all as per his voice line he survived "annihilation" which means he was able to reform himself - kinda op? Also he is reminded he is not a monster a lot, which seems to imply he is able to murder his whole team if he goes off the leash

[@thepowerofsand6180]

That's a bit of a stretch. The annihilation probably refers to the event that turned him into omen and the monster probably refers to his emo nature.

[@SyntheticNuclear]

Omen also has to engage in calming activities to prevent himself from falling apart so

[@Geheimnis-c2e]

There's a teleporter in Breeze on A site that Chamber invested in. He needed a power source for it, so he called in Neon. Neon, understandably upset and hesitant she was used as a fucking battery, became an agent of the Valorant Protocol. Considering the amount of energy required to continuously power a teleporter roughly enought to fit an entire person like in Bind, safe to assume Neon can power an entiry city block for a long time, or an entire city for several minutes or even hours. Also since she's literally electricity safe to assume she's borderline lightspeed and when he dashes or slides it should create thunderclaps.

[@broyousmart9288]

ASTRA RECOGNITION!!!!!!!

[@EthanWood-cs2jx]

riot could never :(

[@VAMiyoyu]

Well she is the gaurdian of the cosmos So no matter how bad her kit is ingame lore wise she's the strongest

[@cynthiahembree3957]

@@VAMiyoyu Honestly the day she gets powercrept in lore will be insane. I'm not sure how you powercreep the equivalent of a demi god

[@raychen6140]

I’ve been doing a power analysis of the agents myself, and I’ll certainly take your notes in account cause I’ve been looking for other opinions. One thing I was wonder though (mostly because valorant refuses to elaborate) is how stamina plays into Radiant powers. The agents never ever seem to get exhausted using their abilities, no matter the power output. Cool vid

[@KindaSubpar]

We’ve also never seen them use their powers for extended periods of time. Neons in game power implies that she can get tired (I assume after a longer duration than the game lol) but I assume that everyone has their limit maybe aside from Clove

[@rice_wife]

@@KindaSubparThere’s a clove voice line where they say every time they come back from the dead it gets harder, so their self revival most likely will reach a limit eventually

[@cynthiahembree3957]

Pro tip consider that the actual universe operates very differently so it's hard to know with our limited information at present. Basically you can't take in game things like the lack of as stamina system as an absolute. People make this mistake constantly. I can say lorewise Jett seems to be always hungry. She talks about food a lot. She even brings snacks to missions. This implies two things. Radiants have similar needs to humans and radianite affects different people differently.

[@MuzMysyq]

very good video with an interesting premise. also, i am not gonna lie your top is surprisingly coincides with mine. I would expect people to put Chamber lower, as he mostly has "rich dude" reputation in the community. It is kinda interesting how different agents are not exactly radiant or non-radiant. In one of the emails Sage mentioned that Gekko has some connection with his buddies, which are visualized through his tatoos. Another point is that strange glow you can see with Deadlock in cinemativ for 7 when she gets bitten, and sunset when she interacts with wingman. It also might include Chamber, as he too has tatoos(covered with radianite(?) or nanos which might explain their higher usefulness), and an ability to teleport, on a whim which are limited to radiants otherwise(yoru and omen). Also a condition was mentioned in his cosplay video, though that might not be cannon. Probably the only problem I have with this list is putting yoru so low. If we are talking about a proper 1vs1 combat situation, an ability to simplay leave the combat, flash the opponent and then judt kill them from behind seems to overpowered.

[@Rise_54]

Love the video. I would reccomend doing a video on which agents would beat who in a fight too!

[@AcostaAc]

Really good vid!! Just thought I'd mention, Iso's ultimate actually suppresses enemies caught in it, im not sure if it's a game or a lore thing tho

[@KindaSubpar]

Yea I was also wondering if it was just an in game mechanic. I’d assume Iso at the very least would keep his own powers

[@AcostaAc]

Yeah, I just thought it would add a little flavor to the Iso positioning since he basically gets kayo's whole thing in his pocket dimension lmao, loved the vid!!

[@nyxiis624]

There's something i like about characters not being radiants Like, what made them get recruited for the Valorant protocol was their fighting capabilities, strategy and inteligence being able to face actual radiants or aport help against them

[@pabloruiz2370]

I feel the same, specially about sova and cypher, they seem to be pretty dangerous rather than the best engineers

[@od813]

They’d be way too strong if they were

[@eme6039]

As an Astra main, I'm glad that you recognized her capabilities. She's so powerful that even while playing her makes me smarter and stronger than any agents

[@toastsandwich4862]

as a breach one trick, I am very offended by this (no I'm not, I'm just joking around) breach was a career criminal before joining the valorant protocol, his utility is very explosive and he's worked alongside raze, (raze helped build his arms, cuz he was born without them (yes, he's a congenital amputee)) breach's utility is great for all ranges and is so powerful that he can break safes with it (it shows this on his final player card with a vault that has his signature orange cracks). here's an "erm acktually" moment, but his aftershock is the big damaging blast that he shoots, his long stun is called fault line

[@KindaSubpar]

Please find it within yourself to forgive me toastsandwich (I’ve never played breach literally ever)

[@jackrobinson4857]

Had me hella invested. great vid

[@KindaSubpar]

Thanks Jackie Robinson I’m a huge fan

[@AnaCorralejo]

Thanks!

[@wholuvchii]

This list is actually kind of fire and I’m happy about the way you broke it down too

[@emranao]

the best thing about valorant is it has a huge and interesting lore and so many unique characters with abilities. the one thing i love most.

[@KindaSubpar]

Lore in multiplayer games always reels me in

[@emranao]

@@KindaSubpar same same

[@Adoreoo]

Kayo is a robot created to neutralize all radiants right. He has survived a timeline where all the current roster was at their MOST powerful state, not just astra stars or jett smokes, we're talking severing of galaxies and hurricanes at will. Plus him being a robot created for this task he has instant detection and reaction time plus perfect accuracy. This instantly puts him above all Non-Radiant humans in a battle setting. Now knowing Kayo clearly can beat any human due to being a literal aimbot (pun intended), and have defeating all radiants at their most powerful state, that means the radiants (except for clove) from Alpha world in their current state are no match for him at all. You mentioning that he can only kill them once he strips away their powers is the whole point of Kayo in a fight! If youre accounting for all the Radiants abilities then Kayos ability to prevent them from using theirs (turning them into a normal human which is no match for him) is what makes him almost OP imo. Great vid tho!

[@slyphknttdotdotdot637]

In current timeline he got defeated by robot that sova could kill

[@Adoreoo]

@@slyphknttdotdotdot637 Maxbot was designed to defeat all the agents 1 on 1, Including Kay/O. The only way the Valorant team defeated it was by working together utilizing eachothers strengths as shown in the video. Sova finished maxbot off with a trickshot right before it used NULL CMD (kayo ult). If Max bot is considered capable of using NULL CMD then we can assume it would be capable of defeating sova 1 on 1 as well. But max bot isnt a Valorant agent unfortunately so Kayo is still logically/technically the strongest. But just my opinion

[@dixie3601]

@@Adoreoo how far do kay/o's abilities extend? if gameplay is anything to go off of, then he can be caught by surprise even while disabling enemy abilities. unless he himself caught the enemies by surprise, there should be no reason for him to have defeated the enemy reyna and astra

[@Adoreoo]

@@dixie3601 I mean if we were to go off of gameplay, wouldn't you just look at a tier list? JK, but seriously if we're talking about getting a jump on other agents that isnt staying true to the idea of strength, the video did state a 1 on 1 which does remove any notion of the enemy to get a potential "jump" on either agent since they know who they're up against (to put it simply its impossible for Kay/O who knows more about the Agents own powers than themselves can fall victim to any of their low tier tricks since he was put through endless combat testing and defeated every Valorant Agent in their most powerful state from the alternate timeline). Also if going off of gameplay, Null CMD has 1 of the biggest ranged ultimates and it can pass through walls, simply put the moment radiants are caught in that its over for them.

[@sheppyplayz709]

good vid i respect the ranking

[@crane5103]

omens new buff can allow him to activate switches etc in his ult shade (I think) this implies that his shadow (and perhaps his others like smokes) can interact with the world tangibly it also implies he can ult to the other side of the world pick up a gun a few feet away assassinate someone and just cancel his to to go back

[@condorello3746]

Nah man you did Kay/O dirty. He fought and won a war against the radiants, nullified Fade who was whooping several agents asses and is a machine programmed to face and adapt in every situation (if we consider his introduction cinematic). Wouldn't consider him top 3 but at least top 7

[@KindaSubpar]

I didn’t rank them in relation to each other. Kayo is a hard counter to radiants and radiant tech. But he isn’t as objectively powerful as those higher than him on the list

[@pauloazuela8488]

Top 7 must be due to his frame being akin to Brim. Because even without radianiate silencing he still can be beaten just by pure brute force, or wits.

[@seif5328]

Astra: create black hole and destroy world Cypher: cameras goes brrrrrr

[@quantumtwig1303]

I love researching the lore of games so i love this video. Just one note, im pretty sure Sages orbs are jade, not ice.

[@KindaSubpar]

Me too, I love looking into the lore of games without a clear story And yea I assumed it wasn’t ice so I said “ice-looking orbs” 7:50

[@bruhthemrwhit]

6:25 Uhmm, actually KAY/O DOES suppress non-Radiant agents gear because non-Radiant agents use radianite as an energy source. KAY/O suppresses radianite generally with his EMP knife and the radianite core on his chest. I don't exactly remember how, but he is able to suppress pretty much anything that works with radianite.

[@Tekologic]

and kingdom use radianite to power 2/3 of the worlds power so it can probably disable alot

[@VAMiyoyu]

For Neon She has an unlimited or infinite amount of Bioelectricity in her body She even powered a portal to go to the other universe in the cinematic Shattered With her speed and destructive capability in mind i think she'd be stronger than Reyna but still weaker than Astra maybe Fade is a wild card can probably beat Reyna aswell But i agree with Astra being the strongest so far She is the gaurdian of the cosmos

[@sarahg6551]

amazing video! all of these rankings make so much sense.

[@NevrA-bj9nz]

I kinda want to agree but you kinda have been selectively blinded by the lore you've picked while also using inference by deduction on some while some agents lacked the deduction, Added that you missed some parts of the greater world building Stuff like 1.) Reyna getting stronger the more souls she collects. (More she kills, The more dangerous she is) 2.) Neon being connected to the radianite mesh (which for better understanding just think of it as her being connected to Earth's Magnetic fields, Essential making her a walking world wide emp) 3.) Iso having his own pocket dimension that only he can access (inferring from Clove's lines, He doesn't even need to be inside it for it to be active) 4.) Yoru's ability is not teleportation, But ripping through the fabric of reality and manipulating it. He probably is even the one responsible for the interdimensional rifts happening in lore (example of which is the thing that Skye sees during her pv) Don't understand? Basically he's someone who is split between infinity and 0 at the same time, If he masters the thing he can basically make portals to other realities or straight up fck up the entire universe by making an imaginary number paradox to appear Tldr : Man can either make parallel universe connection happen, cause the heat death of the universe, or create a new universe from nothing All of these, none of these or one of these can happen if he masters or fcks up using his ability 5) Astra is the antithesis to Yoru instead, If Yoru manipulates the instability of reality. Astra's job is to ground it so that it doesn't get fcked up. Her main speciality is "Space Manipulation" and really the fact that her kayo alt future form allowed her to destroy stars is not that far fetched, Considering that interdimesional travel technology is available. What says that intergalactic is impossible? I find it more absurd that you can travel to different dimension but not travel to space? 6) Harbor, He controls water, Not that simple actually, From what was stated omega Harbor is the keeper of the powersource of the omega valorant. But I'd rather infer that it's not water manipulation but molecular, Water just happens to be the easiest to imagine when manipulation abilities are talked about. Anyways even if it was just water, The universe has alot lot of it. Like the thing that's needed to make stars is literally made out of giant space water clouds. 7) Viper is underestimate due to the fact that she is not a radiant but don't forget she has mastering of posions and anything toxic, She's basically a walking geneva convention war criminal already by clause of chemical weaponry.

[@gooovy1452]

@@NevrA-bj9nz a lot of what you are saying is head canon tho, we don’t know if Yoru can actually manipulate reality, we don’t know, and as far as we know harbor can only manipulate water not on a molecular level, I’m not saying any of these aren’t plausible but a lot of it is a reach, especially yoru, harbor, and astra, also space manipulation is different then cosmic manipulation which is what astra and, space manipulation is something like what Gojo from jujutsu Kaisen has where can manipulate the space between him and an attack

[@burner1burner1daklf]

@@gooovy1452 use ya brain man the game limits their powers so it's fun

[@gooovy1452]

@@burner1burner1daklf Well obvs but don’t tell me to use my brain when you clearly aren’t using yours 💀, if you see valorants cinematics, in game interactions, riot character descriptions etc, which is the only canon source for Valorant lore, none of what dude said is backed up by any facts and is pure speculation and head canon

[@burner1burner1daklf]

@@gooovy1452 ...but i am. Yoru's whole power is that he can manipulate and tear through dimensional fabric. Pretty crazy, right? Astra's thing is that she manipulates stars. Crazy, right? Harbor manipulates water. Crazy, right? It's in front of your face, man.

[@drakev7193]

I feel like fade ability to incapacitate. Somebody is slightly overrated because I feel like that’s just blinding them and knocking them out while showing your nightmares for a few seconds or minutes, but it won’t have any long-term effects and the ability to just shoot them in the face while their blinded would really only work in a one V one situation or when she knows where everybody is so if you can just hide and catch her off guard, you could probably kill her pretty easily

[@sweak8348]

bro yoru can tear through dimension like dimensions u know how fukin much power that takes

[@lukeanderson6545]

Raynas so strong she’s able to keep her SISTER ALIVE ON HER DEATH BED by stealing other people’s souls even though she was in a radiant accident caused by killjoy meaning she can kill then heal everyone around her depending on the amount of souls she steals and how injured they are

[@leonarduxis12]

So glad neon is on the top 5 ⚡️⚡️⚡️ Great video man 🔥

[@danielvenancioduartecarval242]

for me he deserved top 3 fade just take down 5 agents because no one knows her power, after that it will be easier to fight (he still will be in top 5) iso can do the same, just take him one by one with his ult and no one will notice, but if they know about his architect skill he becomes a more trivial opponent sorry, i'm min neon, it's just i want see how much power he have without her suit

[@verdurite]

this is a great video, I don't agree with every placement but i'm still giving a like. Hope you do more valorant lore videos

[@cZk75137]

Great vid, man. Been looking for a lore channel after the disappearance of Sir Jeppy. Only one issue with the list, tho, and that's Yoru's placement. I nelieve he should be above Jett at the minimum, seeing as he beat her in a fair 1v1 in the Retake cinematic. His tp was just better. Also, we see in his "My Typical Day" cinematic released by Valorant Japan on KZbin, he's capable of dealing with multiple armed targets without a weapon. Didn't see too many people talking about this so I wanted to bring it up.

[@KindaSubpar]

Yea I watched a few Sir Jeppy vids when I was preparing to make this vid But I probably won’t stick to Valorant though (I literally talk about anything lmao)

[@cZk75137]

@@KindaSubpar don't worry, man, this game is trash anyways. When you said in the vid that you started playing it a lot, a wave of dread washed over me, like we lost a good man lmao

[@realElectroZap]

true, yoru in the lore probably doesn't have a time limit of his ult, maybe it taxes him physically? but whatever the case may be, yoru really is OP

[@muzankibutsuji8919]

All the radiants: "i am super strong" Astra: hah KaYo:

[@M0n4rc]

Misconceptions btw, omen doesn’t exactly teleport. He is everywhere at all times. It’s why he needs to focus so hard to not vanish from reality. He is basically shroudinger from hellsing ultimate but with shadow powers as well

[@librastellium185]

So, if you were to construct your Perfect Team that can be adaptable for every mission and handle any threat, who'd you choose?

[@KindaSubpar]

Killjoy (brains), Kayo (nullification), Reyna (powerful), Sage (healing/reviving), Iso/Omen (shooter/interchangeable)

[@poopman4]

kayo(brains/nullification), sage(healing/revive), neon(power/skilled shooter), omen(stealth), cypher(intel) i wouldnt take reyna as there could be bots with no soul so reyna's power cant be utilised, aswell as kayo calculates scenarios to find the most efficient way, so no need for killjoy, aswell as we can see neon having frenzy one taps, quick reaction time and good sound/spatial awareness in the fight with viper ult i forgot name so two birds one stone

[@HarryPotter-ru4vc]

Cypher (Intel), Omen (stealth), Fade (nightmare), Iso (assassin), Yoru (infiltration). Just scare the s**t outta any enemies.

[@TestifyToTruth]

Cypher, because he can beat anyone already via information. Reyna, so that the team will grow in power as it completes missions, eventually becoming unstoppable. Clove, because she is immortal. Sage, because she can revive anyone infinitely with no restrictions. And Kay/O, so that no other radiant team will stand a chance against this team.

[@heyheyhello3733]

astra has such an amazing visual design like i wanna play her just to look at her ability’s

[@-dracopyro-]

Ranking in the vid: 24 - Cypher 23 - Killjoy 22 - Raze 21 - Gekko 20 - Viper 19 - Deadlock 18 - Brimstone 17 - KAY/O 16 - Sova 15 - Breach 14 - Sage 13 - Clove 12 - Chamber 11 - Phoenix 10 - Harbor 9 - Yoru 8 - Jett 7 - Omen 6 - Iso 5 - Skye 4 - Neon 3 - Fade 2 - Reyna 1 - Astra

[@angl_ertv5094]

I like how he himself says that Pheonix is straight up immortal but still just puts him in 11th

[@KindaSubpar]

Immortality ≠ Power which is why Clove is low

[@OPTIMALCABBAGE]

As an Astra and fade main, if only she were like this in game☠️☠️ either way I’m so proud of them both lmaoo

[@felixarvid6411]

this channel is absolutely underrated

[@allyzero]

as a subpar valorant player who likes lore this video is awesome 🤠

[@tristanallred4863]

Personally I think that sage should be higher, because if we are using implication like with Skye, then kayo saying, "you were only a weapon" when she has the power to bring people back from the dead and bind a fragment of a soul into armour (omen) well just being a healer, then that could mean she can probably remove a soul from a body or do something similar to what Reyna can do. There is also the fact that Reyna says "we're the perfect pair. you give life, I take it" which could mean their powers could be pretty similar, like, imagine if Reyna, instead of stealing peoples life to extend her own was to steal it and give it to others like cloves line suggests "Reyna, take what ever life you need from me. she deserves it" meaning she probably can transfer the life she takes from people. There is also the fact that omen has probably gotten stronger since he "died" because of the fact that now he has a higher spatial awareness and can teleport anywhere without needing to look like in the game, along with we don't actually know whether he gits stronger from the other omens he kills, and if this is the case then he probably could become infinitely strong depending on how many times he got "ripped apart" as he puts it.

[@novaueclipse]

0:12 the instalock reyna on my team

[@KindaSubpar]

I vowed to never insta lock a duelist again

[@evilellis]

putting a literal immortal under "dude with gun" is really funny lol

[@th-wicked]

I like your original idea of placing Yoru higher, since I'm a firm believer that the rift is OP. I'd say he's second only to Astra - That is, unless his rift's can manipulate time, in which case, it's unbeatable. Though, there's also the question of whether manipulating/altering dimensions is stronger than controlling galaxies, which is entirely possible. Also, we don't seem to get much info on Yoru in Kayo's old world, which can mean many things, but let's take the whole Skye discussion of her unlocking more potential and doing the same with Yoru, considering he's also a bit of a new radiant lore-wise. If Yoru gets a better hold on his powers, I don't think it's too far fetched for him to be able to just use the rift to straight up decapitate people ngl - Which could also easily be capable of killing Astra if he's in his ult, unable to be seen or retaliated against. And there's probably a lot more he could do as well, too. Good video btw! Got me thinking a lot, since I love exploring power-systems.

[@JackDaniel-yl6hl]

Saw another comment explaining how yoru can open muiltiverse portals so at this point he is somewhere between God and where he placed him on the tier list although I think jett was place a little high considering how powerful phoenix is described as lol

[@destroyerlog3261]

One thing about sage. It’s a bit controversial but there is some good evidence and I’m pretty sure even some dev confirmation that Sage controls Jade, not ice. Great vid though!

[@darcysthegoat]

someone actually worked out that yoru uses the most power for all of his abilities, way higher than astra

[@bonsean_]

Bffr that’s like comparing Thor to scarlet witch LOLL

[@Brentist]

After watching the tier list I can confidently say that he will never be aloud to cook again.

[@LimeSlimeee]

great video 😀 Kinda sad no one's talking about how riot doesn't care about the game's lore anymore the lore used to be awesome in 2020-2023 but now it's bland...

[@wilsonchan5711]

I agree, I'm honestly confused with the direction they are headed. One moment we were doing alpha earth stuff and lotus was a thing which was super coo and then all of a sudden the radivore plotline emerges which was a completely confusing plotline which made no sense (I get that they were trying to show that Kingdom is a problem and the alpha earth is still a problem, but i think the storyline was a little too forced to make a few characters work: Gekko and Deadlock. Iso is kinda there, but also retains the the omen storyline). They pulled it back with Omen's storyline tho!

[@LimeSlimeee]

@@wilsonchan5711 Yes the readivore thing is cool but was completely unnecessary. Why are they introducing completely new things when there are already so many questions we don't have answers for... But i like what they're doing with omen and viper's lore now it's definitely a step in the right direction

[@pluraleve]

Neon is so strong that they needed an entire device to control her powers, if push comes to shove she could destroy every agent on the liet

[@marethyumoros1741]

Thinking of Sage as a weapon only makes me think of her as a mix between Tsunade from Naruto and Toph from Avatar. Imagine an enemy that keeps coming back from heavy injuries and conjuring walls of any shape and size to crush or disorient you.

[@silaspizza2569]

Already know im loving that vid

[@destrodevil6975]

Agents in Canon lore: 🗿 Agents on release: 🧔🏻‍♂️ Agents after nerfs: 🤡

[@diamond5914]

If you’re ever wondering how to pronounce Deadlock’s profession: Ståljeger. She says it in one of her ace voice lines “There is no hiding from a Ståljeger!” You can just say it as: “Stall-jeger”

[@KindaSubpar]

Yea I looked up the pronunciation but I figured I’d just run with the joke instead

[@diamond5914]

Now it can be for those who don’t know it, cause so little people hear Deadlock’s ace voice lines

[@Sleepymaster73]

PERFECTION 🥳🎉

[@niiphox93]

ye nah the second I saw the only LITERALLY IMMORTAL agent (clove) not be number one I understood this aint worth the watch. She literally is immortal, she just cannot die, ever.

[@KindaSubpar]

Would you say a regular ol revolver that will never fail/stop firing is stronger than a pack-a-punched ak 47 with explosive rounds that will eventually no longer be able to shoot?

[@malteweiling5985]

My Main in the Last Spot😭

[@stingray541mochi2]

Still could body almost all of this list in an actual game

[@vatsalsrivastava5649]

This makes me realise a lot of the lore for almost all agents would come from KAY/O as his alternate timelines show agents reaching their potential or atleast close to it, we need some more KAY/O voice lines or lore

[@dawidjanik545]

0:12 I feel you bro

[@SkullEmojihunter]

Damn i thought you were a big KZbinr, anyways i subbed

[@KindaSubpar]

Tryna get there. Huge thanks for the sub!

[@OmarXL]

Icl, really great video, a really unique concept, however, limiting urself to the game by saying "oh sova has 3 energy blasts" is kinda lame imo, ur rating them by in-universe and not by game standard. Also Kay/o is too low in the list, he killed Rreyna, possibly the strongest radiant by all means, and that is NOT a lowly feat, his ability is a hard counter to all Radiants, dont forget that he can also revive (given someone resets his core or whatever) but ey, you gained a sub. 🔥🔊🗣

[@OmarXL]

oh brother this guy is yapping 💀

[@KindaSubpar]

I figured i wouldn’t count Kayos nullification (0:45 - 1:05) but killing Reyna was definitely something worth considering Main thing with that is idk how impressive it was since she wasn’t as powerful as she normally would be since he hard counters her

[@KindaSubpar]

thanks for the sub 😵‍💫

[@OmarXL]

@@KindaSubpar think abt it for a sec a me, kayo hard counters every single radiant. Considering radiant r the most powerful ppl in the verse, kayo should insta be top 10 no doubt. But ey, ur vid not mine. 💀

[@OmarXL]

@@KindaSubpar yw twin 🤞🏾

[@maxkrepps9474]

I guess all I want to say is you're right, most of this is mainly based on guessing and untold lore. Maybe in the future that will change and we will see everyone's potential

[@KindaSubpar]

Mainly guesses. All for fun and I like to see other people’s takes on it

[@Rise_54]

Also if ranked by their future versions I believe the list is like this: Skye Astra Reyna Fade Jett Phoenix Sage And those are the only changes if regarded about heir future versions (unless you count Kay/o which idk if you do) I placed Skye above Astra because she could probably create her own wooden Astra or an all powerful creature

[@thatoneloneratthecorner8884]

if we go by future versions or potentials, I think astra would still be on top given she scales universal and I think that skye and sage would be closer to each other given Skye's voiceline which goes something like "Sage, how about you teach me how to revive people and I'll teach you how to control my pack". If that happens on lore, skye and sage would be op

[@turkeyturkeyturkey9855]

Killjoy is actually a radiant!! at least i think so. One of reyna’s voicelines mention her being a ‘disgrace to radiants,’ implying she’s a radiant herself. Great video!! i’d love to see more from you

[@KindaSubpar]

Thanks man! But I don’t think killjoy is a radiant. Reyna speaks lowly of agents who use tech/radiant tech. Killjoy especially since it’s implied that she had something to do with what happened to Reyna’s sister

[@turkeyturkeyturkey9855]

@@KindaSubpar ouuuu yeah makes sense

[@soap6264]

7:55 erm actuhally sage bends jade in the earth not ice 🤓

[@Blueaxolotl_dggykh]

I thought it was radianite?

[@little_monstar]

i don't want to sound like a weird fanatic but i will say that yoru is the most underestimated character in terms of his abilities and also undisclosed in terms of potential by the owner of the power (yoru) himself because yoru's power is associated with the manipulation of space entrances which is direct access and to the manipulation of the opening of wormholes which lead to control over time because from the information that i collected over months and even years of the game i concluded that yoru is a unique case among the existing agents in the protocol and legion due to the fact that he is a hereditary radiant who did not receive his power but was born with them because from his past it follows that he was a radiant before the first outbreak of radianite radiation which gave power to many agents and also his ancestors are people who discovered radianite before the first official discovery and as a result of his intentional direct contact with radiation to obtain abilities his power is something that goes far beyond the danger of other agents because his power is a power that can directly or indirectly manipulate time and space which makes him almost a god that can compete with brute force of radiant such as Astra

[@KindaSubpar]

I actually do agree that Yoru should be higher in retrospect

[@thecrispyacorn]

Clove is immortal, she will never truely die, meaning she can just keep trying over and over again, which I think deserves top 5 (omen too but he is in a lot more pain and may want to find a cure)

[@NeverEverWatchThis]

Note that iso uses ambient energy to make his bullet proof protection. The same ambient energy that lets us live. BRO CAN JUST CREATE 2000000 SHIELDS AND DESTROY ALL AIR EXCEPT IN HIS LITTLE SHIELD!

[@nipitphonwatanadiroagwit253]

Bro clove is IMMORTAL

[@frddyyfezbeer2368]

So does Phoenix and Reyna

[@slamofthedunk]

Immortal yes but powerful? No they can just outlive everyone but other agents are more powerful in strength and experience unless kayo shows up and takes there immortality away

[@officialuni1208]

Interest to lore Bad at game Did we just become best fr-

[@KindaSubpar]

perhaps…

[@SCIENCEFACTS-cz6pn]

Remember when in a deleted trailer Astra said "Reality bend to my will"

[@marek_m_mak]

I agree with most of the rankings, but i think you underestimate clove's immortality. Even though she doesn't have much experience, she can come back to life over and over and over, essentialy meaning she can just gain experience on the battlefield. While some genius radiants could figure out a way to neutralize her, i think she could definitely beat jett, neon, harbor and probably reyna too, since I don't think she can feed on clove's soul since she's immortal. Edit: Maybe neon could neutralize her if she removes her limiter thingy, but i also noticed that fade is only able to manipulate people's fears (besides prowlers and that weird instakill thing she does to that guard), so if clove just revives forever until she becomes fearless she can defeat fade too.

[@dreamwastaken2069]

Yoru should be atleast top 3 cause brother turns invisible and invincible while wearing a corona mask

[@merienda4958]

Title sucks. I thought there would be a ranking of how good their lore is not how strong they are based off it.

[@KindaSubpar]

The alternative was too long

[@merienda4958]

@@KindaSubpar Yeah you don't seem like the thinking type its ok

[@KindaSubpar]

LOL bros mad at the title

[@merienda4958]

@@KindaSubpar you're laughing but I know you'll be thinking of this when you make another title

[@jeremiii6523]

​@@merienda4958Lame

[@fysioh4284]

one thing i wanna say is that in kayo's universe, skye and sage are both VERY powerful. we can actually see what sage was capable there in the 'die for you' music video, where in her 'vision' encased EVERYTHING around her in 'ice' (im fairly certain her powers are purified radianite in some form but thats not the point) skye is a little harder to gauge but even in our universe we get constant reminders that she has much more potential than we see in game.

[@FrankieLee-cg7wv]

Overwatch is better tho??

[@reflectionstudios5423]

Reel

[@KindaSubpar]

Reel (I’ve never played)

[@soulpolska2046]

True (valorant worst game) [still playing tho]

[@sohanghosh9765]

You don't really need to assume how big the storm was ( 13:15 ) because there's a player card that shows how big the storm actually was, there's also a player card that shows how phoenix's school looked when it burnt

[@GeorgePisarek]

Jett is also the reason ascent is the way it is. She was some how able to level a city and now it is perpetually floating

[@pigeon4422]

watching this made me realize how sick a valorant version of arcane would be

[@KindaSubpar]

I was literally watching Arcane last night and thought the same thing

[@Thomas-oh7hv]

Omen being at 7 is a monstrocity, he litteraly has the power to teleport anywhere, make enemies permanently blind and can even spread his darkness out consuming enemies and it is basically a limitless malevolent shrine that he can use anywhere, teleport anywhere, he could easily overpower neon with his inteligence, and even without the limiter neon would be useless

[@kevinomar1588]

Yes, but Astra and Neon have hyperbole Hyperbole>>>>>>Feats/common sense

[@ori4192]

I feel like the player card arts and the implied calamities they will bring if their powers go wild weren't really taken into account. Like Harbor's artifact and it may have relations to the world drowning, Astra's Foresight/prophecies and player card, Jett's huge tornado player card, neon's player card, sage player card, and Clove only dying if she chooses she's too bored to come back.

[@thatoneloneratthecorner8884]

lmao the clove one is so on character