Valorant has been announced for the summer 2020 by Riot Games. This tactical FPS will allow teams of five players to compete against each other on different maps by using 17 different weapons. There are 5 secondary weapons, and especially 12 primary weapons including SMGs, assault rifles, shotguns, sniper rifles...
Each agent can have one primary weapon and one secondary weapon — in addition to the knife. We can have a first glimpse in the gameplay video broadcast by Riot, in which we see a player choosing weapons.
SMGs
Cost: ¤ 1,000
Cost: ¤ 1,600
Shotguns
• Cost: ¤ 900
• Primary firing: Semi-Automatic / Fire rate: 1.1 bullet/s
• Secondary firing: Semi-Automatic / Fire rate: 1.1 bullet/s
• Damage: 22 body / 44 head / 19 leg (0-8m)
• Damage: 17 body / 34 head / 14 leg (8-12m)
• Damage: 9 body / 18 head / 8 leg (12-50m)
• Magazine capacity: 5 bullets
Cost: ¤ 1,500
Rifles
Cost: ¤ 2,100
Cost: ¤ 2,700
• Cost: ¤ 2,900
• Primary firing: Automatic
• Secondary firing: Zoom (1.25x) spray reduction / Rate of fire: 9.9 bullets/s
• Rate of fire: 11 bullets/s
• Damage: 39 body / 156 head / 33 leg (0-15m)
• Damage: 35 body / 140 head / 30 leg (15-30m)
• Damage: 31 body / 124 head / 26 leg (30-50m)
• Magazine capacity: 30 bullets
Cost: Unknown
Sniper
Cost: ¤ 1,100
Cost: ¤ 4,500
Heavy
Cost: ¤ 1,700
Standard
Sidearm
Cost: Standard
Cost: ¤ 200
• Cost: ¤ 400
• Primary firing: Automatic
• Rate of fire: 10 bullets/s
• Damage: 26 body / 78 head / 22 leg (0-20m)
• Damage: 21 body / 63 head / 17 leg (20-50m)
• Magazine capacity: 13 bullets
• Cost: ¤ 400
• Primary firing: Semi-Automatic / Rate of fire: 6.75 bullets/s
• Damage: 30 body / 105 head / 26 leg (0-30m)
• Damage: 25 body / 88 head / 21 leg (30-50m)
• Magazine capacity: 15 bullets
Cost: ¤ 800
Protections
Cost: ¤ 400
Cost: unknown
We're learning more and more about Riot Games' new FPS as the days go by. The studio has now revealed the first eight Valorant characters and abilities they have — Phoenix, Sage, Jett, Cypher, Viper, Sova, Brimstone, and Omen.
