Tips for Playing Valorant So You Don't Become a Burden!

Tips for playing Valorant, who doesn’t know this FPS game made by Riot? Maybe some of you feel like a burden or want to be even better. Here I will provide tips & tricks to play better in Valorant and make an impact in every match, especially in competitive mode.

What are the important things to make an impact in Valorant?

Several important things to make an impact in every match can be seen from several factors, examples of some of the important things are:

1. Kills & Assists.
2. Use of Util/skill agents.
3. Understand Valorant mechanics and technicals.
4. Map awareness.
5. Communication.
6. Game senses.

Kill&Assist

Kills and assists are sure to have a real impact and can be viewed in the ” Tab ” to show the score of each player. Always do a trading kill if one of your team dies while in contact with the enemy team, this is done so that his death is not in vain. But keep in mind that kills and assists are not an absolute guarantee that you will win the match, so a lot of kills may not have an impact on a game if the kills you get are only obtained at unclear moments.

Proper use of utilities

Every agent in Valorant has different skills or utilities, using skills at the right time will make a significant difference for a team. There are lots of tutorials out there about using the right agent skill out there, you can find them on YouTube or on other video platforms, to make it easier to learn about this visually, or maybe watch pro matches. If you want to increase your rank, I suggest that study only 1 or 2 agents in depth, this is so you are not distracted by the use of various skills in each match.

Valorant Mechanical and Technical

One of the factors so that you are not burdened is by understanding the mechanics and techniques in the Valorant game. I will not provide in-depth details on this one tip, because this is quite complex if only explained in writing. But I will recommend the YouTube channel about Valorant which often discusses technical and mechanics. Jollztv – The YouTube channel owner really helped me understand this one game, his rank is Radiant so there’s no doubt about his skills, guys.

Map awareness

Map awareness is a crucial factor that can help you know your opponent’s position and to predict when and where they will appear. Always look at the map when important events occur, for example when there is a kill, contact with the enemy (shooting at each other), or even give a sign by opening the map so that your 1 team mates know there are enemies nearby. Then memorize the callouts on each map, meaning something like “B hall, mid, back site, etc”. Knowing and memorizing callouts will be very helpful when there is info or providing info. For map awareness, you have to study it slowly, because if you’re not used to it, it will actually cause distraction and make you blunder while playing :D.

Is Valorant team communication important?

The answer to that question is VERY IMPORTANT. Communication using a microphone is more helpful than typing, so I suggest that you prefer to use your voice to communicate. Things that need to be communicated, for example, such as the enemy’s last position, the sound of footsteps where they are, the sound of enemies setting bombs and defuse bombs, informing whether there is Lurking or not, or even just giving a positive vibe so that the team is more enthusiastic when they are losing.

Game senses

Maybe game sense isn’t a tip for playing Valorant, because game sense is usually obtained from long experience playing the game. But what is game sense? Game sense, in other words, is the player’s intuition to understand the conditions of the game being played, making the right decisions also includes game sense. Many players are still confused and struggling when they have to make decisions, for example when for example we are at site A, then someone from our team provides information that 4 people have come to site B, so our brain needs to think that 1 person is still missing , whether he’s lurking or maybe even using his friends as bait so he can install on site A. From the example above there will be debate, what is the right decision to make? For me, I will rotate slowly to the mid map, then try to wait for the missing person’s info to come out, or maybe even meet him while surfing. The difference is when there are 4 enemies and they have planted, when I have planted, the decision I will make is to group with a team and do a retake. Game sense is arguably the most complicated thing to hone, but with time you can definitely get the hang of it.

Closing

Valorant is indeed an FPS game that is quite complex in terms of a team’s strategy to win, so it takes time to master the game. The tips for playing Valorant that I provide are based on my experience playing FPS games since 2010, so I make sure that most of the tips are valid. Maybe you want to ask something about Valorant, you can comment below :D. Hopefully these tips for playing Valorant will help you not to become a burden on Xixixi.