VALORANT's Most Problematic Gun...Or Is It?

The Operator is one of the most contentious weapons in VALORANT.
While the OP is exciting to watch in the hands of a pro competing in the VCT, it can also be the bane of a team's existence when picked up in ranked play.
Use the Operator, get called an OP crutch. Enemy using the op? No counter play and your team dies one by one trying to ego peek. But the question is, is the OP actually good in VALORANT? And why does it have such a bad reputation in ranked?
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[@Akshonesports]

What type of VALORANT content would you like to see from us in the future?

[@safesocks9976]

I want to see a series like the overwatch microplays for valorant.

[@kyoyeou5899]

Microplays is something is love to see, or like strategical clean team actions!

[@Akshonesports]

We actually did do an experimental video on a play breakdown if you haven't seen it yet kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5vFn3WHZaaFkLMsi=8AkU45FhZXXS9EfV

[@s.kh.819]

Marshal

[@typify10]

Valorant pro breakdown

[@carterdelaney4648]

Valorant players when the game focused around dying instantly has a gun that kills you instantly 😡

[@bazookaman1353]

Most games are focused around dying but hp systems keep appearing for some reason.

[@Gameines]

my biggest take away is that the phantom has 90% of vandal's kills with less than half the amount of usage

[@DiamondDoggie]

I'm always blown away by your videos. I don't play Valorant, but I'm able to understand everything and you keep me interested and entertained. I can't recommend this channel enough.

[@Akshonesports]

Wow, thank you!

[@amarsaikhanpurevee7035]

The ending tho

[@DangerDurians]

Every game with it, i have one of these issues - the op user is much higher skill than my entire team (like 20 kills to our 6) - the entire enemt team is opping (no sites are safe to peek) - my teammates dont understand how smokes work - teammates refuse to use abillities The ammount of games where i get people who are legitimately new to the game Or with people who dont understand the different between defending smokes and attacking smokes Is too goddamn high I enjoy initiators and sentinels, i play controllers because no one knows how to use smokes Even then, teammates will run through smokes and get shot

[@jinxysaberk]

The op is literally so easy to avoid if you have a decent team comp of even just smokes then again I play neon and raze so it’s easy for me to gain distance

[@D4VID9724]

The op itself isn't the issue it's the agents that have free get away options like chamber and jett

[@kyoyeou5899]

That was a very very good video as someone that doesn't play much Valorant these days and is back to cs2!

[@rawminz117]

The op is fine is fine it’s premature ez to counter now it’s just that a lot of player just don’t now how to play there’s roles correctly. Just flash the op out then push up and use ur stuns

[@pwpqwq7648]

It isn't really that problematic, at least not when you are pushing in. The problem comes when you are holding an angle. There is no way anyone is going to out duel an operator if the enemy has decent aim

[@numberyi]

so many util can just push the awp off the angle

[@pwpqwq7648]

@@numberyi That is if you even have your utils. Mostly it's when it's the mid/end of the round, where most people already used up their utilities. At least when someone is holding an angle with vandal or phantom, or any other gun that can one-shot with a headshot, you have the chance to outudel them, even if they are holding the angle. But with the operator, they can just aim anywhere, without any skill.

[@enesutku34]

​@@pwpqwq7648sounds like skill issue to me

[@pwpqwq7648]

@@enesutku34 The only issue is that Operator doesn't require aim. I have seen e-thots who can't even shoot straight with Vandal, teamwiping like it was nothing. And not even silver or gold, but actually diamond elo

[@mochiman6307]

Love how tf2 took a jab at the awp being banned with the awperhand

[@Noelle_S.]

if you mean the description, it was added to tf2 years before valorant came out and is probably about cs/css community servers restricting awp usage instead

[@mochiman6307]

I know it was the cs community@@Noelle_S.

[@jheymann69]

Honestly abilities like Jets dashes and Chambers TPs are the biggest problems. I think abilities like those are just inherently imbalanced/bad for the game. You can't get away with holding these absolutely braindead angles in counter strike cause you will get traded out after 1 shot, you get away with it for free in valorant routinely. Great video as always Akshon!

[@phronesis1642]

Finally someone who actually got the problem

[@lunchbag9]

i hate how volatile youtube is, i love your guys' videos but yt hasnt put any of them in my recommended or subbox until this one

[@helenarosas6213]

even if i have your notifications on, i still don’t get them

[@nightday2030]

Valorant most problematic gun is Tour De Force

[@Gunsmith102]

Like there's man abilities than can be used if you are complaining about the op your skillfully challenged

[@NemoWhite]

Smokes

[@008ay.sumanth7]

Judge with Viper on B. In Sunset is Nightmare. With her wall only she can isolate 3 choke points and wall entrance. Then with a Judge inside the pockets she created it took nearly 3-4 util to clear just B entrance

[@Gabber1110]

"The JUDGE" LMAO. Imagine if it was a perfect counter to the Op in Valorant.

[@ExplodingImplosion]

Oh this ain’t even abt the judge lmao 😭

[@funfionn2045]

the worst thing about valorant is the game

[@TheSweedishMoose]

Nah, it's the people playing it.

[@funfionn2045]

@@TheSweedishMoose nah the community is great for content, the gameplay is great for creating suicidal thoughts

[@enesutku34]

then don't play it 🤷

[@funfionn2045]

@@enesutku34 I dont

[@enesutku34]

@@funfionn2045 then why are you watching valorant content lol

[@Guarrow]

Haha nice ending Stellar video as always, it's explained so well it feels like even people who don't know Valorant can understand

[@bikit1316]

never felt like op is overpowered in valorant, i thought in cs go it's more issue cause of reload speed, in valorant miss shot could be punished easily. judge yes, it's always the problem cause of the fukin speed

[@fhjunior6183]

Thanks for the vid

[@woozy1885]

they should buff it ong

[@MccDann]

Solid video!

[@Akshonesports]

Thanks!

[@buc999]

great vid

[@DravTheGuyYT]

the problem is Jett, Reyna and Chamber, they all can get away instantly after taking a shot. add a slight delay between when the op was shot and when the ability go off and the problem is fixed

[@iSpxce]

The problem is movement options/base movement speed. In csgo u move faster and can jiggle peek way more faster, therefore it was way more easier to bait a shot and not get hit + flashes/smokes. Meanwhile on val, top speed is so ass, u cant really bait effectively on val with your movement alone. Lol riot shld jus buff top speed

[@GiRR007]

Always just seems like a skill issue when people complain about the op or awp.

[@vandlassie8478]

You are smoking if you said awp in cs is more balance then in valorant"s OP. You can, infact, perfectly fine and still able to rack lot of kills in deathmatch while using awp in cs thanks to the quickscope and how easier to use it. In valorant? If you take out the movement ability, OP really (and should be) clunky to use from slow ads speed to ads movement speed. But aggressive OP in valorant is the problem, the problem is like day 1 apex legends"s wingman or any 1 ohtk sniper in warzone. Sure it's high ceiling gun, but the moment you reach it, your enemy cant do anything about it.

[@MiniusGlynius]

Ppl don’t play chamber cuz they made his tp horrible

[@numberyi]

Awping in val is like 10x harder, especially if you dont play jett.

[@GamerDad29]

Nah - Odin needs removed from the game lol

[@enesutku34]

Odin is really weak only usable in defence

[@newnewnew1910]

Why wild rift not release in india?

[@Brown95P]

Counter-Strike's AWP always has been and still is fundamentally broken -- good luck trying to have any fun in deathmatch when literally half the server is using it -- the difference is that smart use of utility nades will always be 10x more cost-effective against one in a 1v1, so it's not as awful in gamemodes that allow nades. Valorant feels more like CS Deathmatch in a way then; can't buy smokes and/or flashes because of the character you chose? Have fun juking a *_literal one-shot bodyshot shotgun-rifle hybrid monstrosity._*

[@ThornGnasher]

op crutch

[@PerfectZeroMusic_]

Idk if the hatred for the op is an NA thing but I've had more people in solo queue willing for go 5 OPs for a round for the memes than people complaining about others getting the OP

[@neonoir__]

I don't think it's necessarily a fair argument to say that the cs awp is more balanced just because it doesn't really get changed. Nothing in cs gets changed. How long was the krieg overpowered for again? You could've said the same thing about it before it finally got nerfed, "must be balanced since it doesn't really get balance changed".

[@armorbearer9702]

I say buff Breach. You can't aim the OP after a good Fault Line!

[@intriguedkomi4888]

Man, the comments really pretending they have the actual skill to participate in the convo

[@YEPitsGOOD]

Its not spelled op its spelled o-p

[@everlastingdreamer8001]

This is a thing that pretty much all FPS face when creating guns, if there's a sniper gun that can One hit kill any character in the game, that gun is going to be UNBALANCEABLE.

[@jeypi__]

Before I finish the video, OMG WHO CALLS THE AWP/OPERATOR A CRUTCH LOL. Fellas its an expensive gun thats heavy to carry around. Its a high risk high reward kind of gun (while some pros can use it effectively at close quarters, your average player cant and thats risky enough. Okay BRB ill finish the video.

[@armorbearer9702]

Perhaps Valorant can make new agents that can counter the op. A new agent can have armor ability that allows him to take one op shot. Alternatively, perhaps a new agent can have an ability that reduces damage for a certain amount of time.

[@user-cc3ef7qh1x]

Nah awp is pretty brocken in cs. Communities just have different cultures. Valorant is for crybabies gen z zoomers who can't just play the game. Ca is for big floppa red pilled gigachades who enjoy the game for what it is

[@cokeMONSTERps3]

I fail to see why anyone plays these games lol, let alone watch them. Slowly peek around corners, hit or don't.

[@marco0445]

valarante child game.... look to cartoon grapfix to make kid player happy like children show.. valarante cartoon world with rainbow unlike counter strike with dark corridorr and raelistic gun.. valarante like playhouse. valarant playor run from csgo fear of dark world and realism so need child game to relax

[@marco0445]

@@D4VID9724 Bro does not know the most famous Valorant copypasta

[@Austrocious]

Valorant still has huge peakers advantage. I still think the most problematic gun is the Phantom. The spray is too easy to control, it's first, second and third shot are way too accurate and it's also accurate while moving.