Valorant has been diversifying its agent pool for the reason that recreation’s preliminary launch in 2020. The brokers are personalized to satisfy the person play types of numerous gamers. Introducing new brokers is progress in direction of the objective of making stability amongst the agent pool.
Clove is the newest controller, added to the agent pool of Valorant. They’re a first-of-their-kind aggressive controller from Scotland who made a particular place in folks’s hearts from the get-go. Their skill to smoke post-death makes them stand out amongst all of the controllers within the recreation. With the addition of post-death smokes Valorant has confirmed its intention of utilizing the power to smoke in methods by no means seen earlier than and they’re open to exploring smokes that may harm and heal, sooner or later.
Valorant’s leap into range
Valorant has always tried to diversify the abilities of each agent, catering to the players’ individual play styles. In Valorant, utilizing one’s skill in distinctive methods has made gamers indulge within the recreation with the utmost creativity and outside-the-box pondering.
Valorant has been ready to do that by being open to exploring new methods to change already current skills whereas attempting to not overpower any agent greater than the opposite.
Whereas answering a query about whether or not or not will we see smokes that may harm and heal, Dan Hardison, agent gameplay designer at Riot Video games said –
Not on Clove, however by no means say by no means generally! On VALORANT, we’re at all times open to exploring new mechanics on our new brokers.”
His remark made issues attention-grabbing by giving us a touch about introducing an agent whose skills may embrace utilizing smokes to heal or harm.
Clove’s aggressive strategy to controlling
Clove is an aggressive controller with the following set of abilities: Decay, Overheal, Smokes, and their ult that resurrects them from the lifeless permitting them to face on the frontlines and take frags. Their skill to smoke after dying additionally performs an necessary function in figuring out Clove’s strategy towards the sport.
Shedding additional mild on this Harmon said –
“Clove is usually centered round risk-taking: the whole package is constructed round being keen to sacrifice your self to take opponents down or win rounds.” He additional added, “Clove is for you if you happen to really feel such as you’re a courageous participant who needs to make a distinction early on into rounds, and never for you if you happen to really feel such as you simply need to have sturdy utility output and play to remain alive the entire spherical.“
Enjoying Clove is all about risk-taking, as a Clove participant you’re sure to play aggressively early on within the recreation and take out as many frags as doable earlier than dying, as for them, staying alive all through the spherical is just not needed given their skill to offer utility even after dying.
Clove is really a singular addition to the agent pool of Valorant because it permits controllers to discover a brand new method to strategy the sport, retaining the freshness of the sport even after 4 years of its launch.