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** Max Grossman: ** Mostly, our skin has gotten thicker. That would be my biggest takeaway. Like with Killjoy's turret, there was a lot of skepticism online, and internally that's something that you see and go, "oh god, are we doing the right thing?" For me, it helped build some of that armor and confidence that we weren't ruining the game, which feels good. Chances are if the community is skeptical about an Agent, we are too while designing them. While making a turret character for Valorant, we thought, "well, can we? Can it be good?" A turret that sits there and kills people betrays the promise of our game. So when we see a bunch of people online that feel that same way, I empathize. However, once someone gives a new Agent a spin, I always hope they realize how much work we put in before releasing anything in Valor


Aside from empowering all of her other mage items, Everfrost has a unique active which deals damage to anyone within its cone, but it also slows them by up to 65%, and Lissandra can slow them even further with her own abilities. Anyone caught in the middle of the cone gets rooted as well, so it's even easier for her to hit her abilit

The only way to properly build Rek'Sai is with tank items. While there are good Mythic Items for tanks, the problem is that they don't really help that much. Almost every offensive Mythic Item ignores armor and/or magic resist in some way, which makes Rek'Sai less tanky than she was last sea


** TheGamer: ** A friend of mine struggled with Valorant's pace initially. He tried playing Phoenix for a while, but things didn't click. Then he gave Killjoy a shot, and her more defensive nature turned out to be much easier for him to grasp. What kind of player were you trying to appeal to with Kill


I recently had a chance to speak with Max Grossman, senior game designer on Valorant, about helping ease people into the game. From creating Agents like Killjoy who are beginner-friendly to making sure everyone is on equal footing, Riot is committed to making Valorant as fair as it is bone-crushingly diffic


Most Jungle mains play champions who dish out a lot of damage, but in order to play the role well, a champion also needs to be able to gank a lane in a way that catches the enemy by surprise. Rek'Sai may not be all that popular, but her ability to travel through underground tunnels makes her perfect for gank


Ahri the Nine-Tailed Fox has an innate connection to Runeterra’s latent powers, allowing her to manipulate orbs of energy to her liking. As a ranged mage, she specializes in blink-based movement, charming, and high magic damage - making her fit for Mid L


Ashe gets Focus whenever she attacks. She can use Ranger's Focus (S1) to use her Focus to get an attack speed boost and create flurries instead of single-arrow basic attacks. Her Volley (S2) also fires arrows in a cone that applies her Passive. Lastly, Enchanted Crystal Arrow (Ult) is an ice arrow players can guide that stuns Champions for longer periods of time the farther it's traveled, alongside dealing AOE to surrounding enem


Ivern is one of several champions who has received a much-needed buff , as only his ultimate did real damage. His Q damages enemies, but it's just a snare, his W creates bushes, and his E summons a shi


Players tend to get stuck in Silver because they tilt easily, and champions like Master Yi were a major source of frustration in Season 10. These frustrations will likely continue in Season 11 though because the new Duskblade of Draktharr makes him practically unhitta


Shen currently wins about 54% of the games he is picked in worldwide, while maintaining a ban rate of 3.2%. His global presence alongside his ability to dominate the lane phase provides Shen with some of the best tools for climbing the ra


Annie holds a win rate of 52% (mostly due to a subpar pick rate) and a ban rate of about 2%. Due to on-demand stuns, incredible single target and area of effect damage, Annie can carry most games, alongside her trusty bear Tibb


Cho'Gath's in-game immobility makes him a prime candidate for a rework , but that doesn't mean that he isn't strong. This monster hails from the Void and has skin as hard as diamond, and his ultimate allows him to grow indefinitely and become more and more durable as long as he successfully eats someth


Mages are very strong right now, especially those who can dish out burst damage like Viktor-who can augment his abilities through his passive. Viktor's E fires a beam in a single direction, and if it gets augmented it will cause an explosion along the same p


Rod gave Kassadin some much needed sustain and a big power spike, nexus Blitz 2025 but with it now gone, he has to wait until late game to do anything worthwhile. There are no Mythic Items that compliment him, and if he faces a snowballing AD assassin with lethality, he will be countered for the rest of the g


** TheGamer: ** How hard is it to gather meaningful feedback? In Reyna and Killjoy's case, so many people shout that [this or that] in their toolkits were overpowered. Is it tough navigating the sea of comments like this to gather meaningful feedb
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