Riot Games and Valorant have this morning officially revealed Vyse, a new sentinel joining the agent roster.
Riot said in a press release that ‘the metallic mastermind Vyse unleashes liquid metal to isolate, trap, and disarm her enemies. Through cunning and manipulation, she forces all who oppose her to fear the battlefield itself.’
Kevin Meier, Game Designer at Riot Games, said of the 26th agent: “For Vyse, we wanted to create a sentinel that had a solution to space taking duelists in a way that wasn’t primarily stall-oriented. Someone who could punish aggressive players that dove in recklessly.
“We landed on [the ability] Shear early in development, then built out from there. It was the perfect fit for an agent who wants to separate players from their support systems.
“During development, we often thought of Vyse setups like a spider web – allowing players to enter the web, but delivering a killing blow when stuck. Once players are isolated, Vyse needed a tool to capitalize on that moment, a 1-2 punch to punish the reckless. Arc Rose was created around that thought, enabling her to self-capitalize in ways that other Sentinels may not be able to.”
Kevin Meier, Riot Games
“Vyse has a lot of flexibility in setups, but lacks some of the information tools that the current meta sentinels bring to the table.
“We expect her to be great at anchoring space and holding out versus multiple enemies. Her flash is more effective when pre-placed, so there is some shot-calling players must make at the start of a round for how they want to hold an area.
“Vyse players should be willing to get their hands dirty, as she’ll be most effective when swinging off her flash.”
Vyse abilities
Arc Rose
Equip an Arc Rose. Target a surface and fire to place a stealthed Arc Rose, or alt Fire to place the Arc Rose through it. Reeuse to blind all players looking at it. This ability can be picked up to be redeployed.
Shear
Equip filaments of liquid metal. Fire to place a hidden wall trap. When an enemy crosses, an indestructible wall bursts from the ground behind them. The wall lasts for a brief time before dissipating.
Razorvine
Equip a nest of liquid metal. Fire to launch. Upon landing, the nest becomes invisible. When activated, it sprawls out into a large razorvine nest which slows and damages all players who move through it.
(Ultimate) Steel Garden
Equip a bramble of liquid metal. Fireto send the metal erupting from you as a torrent of metal thorns, jamming enemy primary weapons after a brief windup.
Valorant agent gear
- Tier 1: Spray – Jammed
- Tier 2: Player Card – Valorant Vyse
- Tier 3: Title – Tempered
- Tier 4: Spray – Arts and Crafts
- Tier 5: Kingdom Credits – 2,000
- Tier 6: Gun Buddy – Metal Petals
- Tier 7: Spray – Vyse Spray
- Tier 8: Title – Metalweaver
- Tier 9: Player Card – A History Erased
- Tier 10: Gun Skin – Steel Resolve (Classic)
Vyse release date
Vyse releases on August 28th 2024 as part of Valorant Episode 9 Act II.
Related article: The announcement comes after Riot Games released Clove, a Scottish agent and Valorant’s first non-binary agent.
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