12 Valorant Tips For Beginners: Agents, Weapons, to Strategy!

Want to play Valorant? Discover the most complete tips and strategies for this new PC game! Get to know agents, weapons, and how to play here!

Valorant is a new conversation among gamers. This competitive PC game from Riot Games is similar to other FPS games, especially CS:GO. In fact, it’s so similar, many CS:GO pro gamers have retired and switched to Valorant.

For those who are interested in Valorant, this game can be directly downloaded for free on your gaming laptop. Make sure your laptop specifications are sufficient to run this game. Don’t worry, because Valorant doesn’t need heavy specs.

So, maybe you are confused about where to start?

If you play Counter Strike, it will be easier to adapt. But remember, Valorant’s gameplay remains unique and different. For ordinary gamers, don’t worry either. Ligagame has prepared some important Valorant tips for beginners! Let’s see the following!

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Important Valorant Strategies & Tips You Need to Know

1. Set Valorant Settings

One of the important tips before playing any game is to adjust settings such as DPI and sensitivity according to individual tastes.

For gamers who have never played FPS, it may be necessary to go through several matches before knowing exactly which settings are suitable.

For those of you who play CS:GO or Overwatch, here is the sensitivity conversion:

CS:GO – sensitivity divided by 3.18181818
Overwatch – sensitivity divided by 10.6

In the controls, you can see that the default key for defusing and planting Spike is NumPad 4. If it doesn’t match this key, you can change it according to your taste.

You can also change the crosshair in terms of color, transparency, size, and more. Choose the one that suits your needs!

2. Understand Agent Ability

Skill-Valorant — Agent Skills in Valorant

Each character in Valorant is called an agent. Unlike other FPS games, agent Valorant has many abilities/skills. This ability does not have a short cooldown (like Overwatch).

Most of the selection of abilities must be purchased, similar to flashbangs and frag grenades in CS:GO. Meanwhile, each ult can only be used again after going through a few rounds.

The following is a summary of the abilities of each Agent that you can meet:

Ultimate (One): The most powerful & effective skill, but needs to be ‘charged’ several times (usually more than one round) before it can be used again. The way to ‘charge’ it is by kills or complete an objective.
Signature (One): This skill can be used every round. For how often or how many times it can be used, it depends on each agent.
Purchaseable Skills (Two): At the start of the round, you can buy two extra skills. This skill is optional.

3. Understand the Type of Agent

type-agent-valorant — Agent Type in Valorant

Well, now you know in general the skills that can be used. It is also necessary to know the type of agent that exists, because each of these characters has different abilities and roles.

Four Types of Agents in Valorant:

Sentinel: Specializes in defense. Play an important role in protecting and supporting team fights.
Initiator: Agent for offense which is also used as a strategy to make it easier for the team to attack the enemy. For example ability stun and the ability to show the enemy’s position within a certain range.
Controller: Ability to control an area by blocking certain parts of the team. Very important for defense!
Duelist: DPS agent who focuses on attacking and is at the front of the team ready to kill the enemy. For beginners who want to avoid attacks, you should avoid this type of agent.

4. Don’t Use Ability Too Often

For beginners, it’s not uncommon to see the use of abilities too often (like in MLBB). Be careful, every time you use a skill, there will be a delay in switching to a weapon. This makes you more vulnerable to being attacked by enemies. So, make sure you are in a safe position, before using skills with delay which is quite long.

5. Hold down SHIFT more often to walk

By default, your agent will run when moved. You need to press the SHIFT key, to make your agent run. Why is this important?

If you immediately run at the beginning of the game, the enemy will easily find your position (because it’s noisier). In addition, you will find it more difficult to shoot on target while running.

6. Use a headset

Yes, using a headset is a must in every FPS game. From footsteps to abilities you can hear. With this, you can immediately know where the enemy is.

When each agent uses the ultimate, they will say a unique sentence. If you hear this sentence, run quickly before being hit by the deadly attack.

7. Save Credits & Know When to Buy Weapons

Thinking of buying the most weapons and abilities top at the start of the first round? Not yet! Wait for the next round, first synchronize with the entire team, and build a strategy for the type of weapon that needs to be purchased.

For example, you can make sure the whole team buys weapons and armor in the same round. With this, your team has a high potential to win, compared to only one person buying a weapon.

In competitive matches, the money you have is team money, not individuals. This can be applied to two strategies for buying weapons: Fullbuy and Eco. (similar to CS:GO)

Full buy: A strategy where the entire team buys all the weapons, armor, and abilities needed.
Eco: A strategy where the whole team doesn’t buy anything or buys only the bare minimum.

8. Choose the Right Weapon

weapons-valorant — List of Weapons in Valorant

CS:GO fans certainly know the two mainstay weapons, namely the M4 and AK. Well, in Valorant, the two most frequently needed weapons are Phantom and Vandals. It can be seen from the specs of the weapon, both of these have high damage and shooting speed.

Of course, there are many other weapon options that you can choose according to your needs. Be sure to understand each weapon so you know which weapon to use in the middle of a round.

9. Don’t Forget to Buy Armor

Without armor, a few shots will immediately take a life. This armor is very useful so you don’t die easily. So make sure to buy at the beginning of each round.

Armor and abilities are the only things you can’t get from teammates. There are two types of armor that can be purchased in Valorant:

Light Armor ($400): Extra protection 25 hit points
Heavy Armor ($1000): Extra protection 50 hit points

10. Use Every Corner of the Map

The most effective tip for beginners is to swear in corners. Slowly check the enemy then wait for the right time to attack or use abilities.

If you see an enemy in the corner, this is the right time for the agent controller (such as Brimstone) to block the enemy’s field of vision.

11. Practice in Practice Mode

Before starting the game, you should practice first. Valorant provides practice mode in the form of open range, shooting test, spike planting, and spike defense. These are all important in the game later, so make sure to understand basic it first.

12. Communication & Communication & Communication!

Valorant is a competitive game that requires the cooperation of the entire team. Make sure to communicate with the whole team if you want to win. Discuss the weapons that need to be purchased, the strategies that need to be implemented, and the Agents that must be chosen.