Valorant

Agent Utility

Valorant rounds are won with utility, then aim. If you dump every smoke on pistol, you will have nothing left when the actual execute happens.

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Defaults exist so you do not guess

A default is a few pieces of util to take space, not a full execute. Clear close angles, then decide the site.

Save a flash for the swing, not for the walk-up. Wasted flashes are free kills for the defender who waited.

Smokes have a timer

Smoke too early and they swing through. Smoke too late and your entry already died. Practice the delay on one site until it is boring.

One-ways and Molly lines are map homework. Copy a line from a vod, then test it in a custom before ranked.

Retake util is different

Attack smokes hide a plant. Retake smokes isolate a player. Do not copy the same lineup for both jobs.

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