Valorant might be more difficult to watch than league despite the game being so much easier to understand
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This is from a casual viewpoint.
Nah its a lot clearer when something is good for one team in val
Theres pretty much 1 stat to track in the actual score.
Everything that happens has an immediate effect. Someone gets a kill? The other team is at a disadvantage RIGHT away. (There are delayed economies yes, but especially with the money economy it has immediate effects too since teams will buy until they have to eco)
The main ability - gun - is the same for everyone. You dont need to understand the characters to get what theyre gonna do.
Everything in league is so delayed that it requires people to actually play the game to understand.
Why are drakes important? What does Baron do? What does the economy difference mean for team fights and how does it effect different team compositions? And so on
Val is definitely one of the harder major esports titles to watch though. Not OW, but theres so many effects on screen, so many characters that do different stuff, so many abilities to track, so many subsystems/economies.
What you are saying is true for only one round(i have no idea about league i have never played it) Yes losing a player puts a team at the disadvantage but in an overall game, there are so many things. Contesting areas, win conditions, maintaining healthy economy, maintaining healthy ult cycles, effecient use of utility, Capitalising upon the opponents mistake, watching out for trap plays, setting trap plays, anti strats. One of my most favourite match in valorant was NRG vs Sen Sunset because of how good it was. The calling the tactics, the adjustments, that match makes me feel something everytime i watch it.
Ye of course once you start analyzing it val is incredibly complex, but thats just not important for a casual viewer. They just look at the funny pixels and enjoy the pros duke it out. Why they do specific plays isnt as important, only the results really matter.
Every esports title is gonna have SO many intricacies, otherwise it would be ill suited to be an esports title. Even incredibly simple games in terms of macro like Rocket league have so much more depth than what a casual viewer will observe.
ever played league? its hella hard. A person who never played fps can pick up val like in a week or less get like iron or bronze. For league you need two week of research to hop on the game. I played league for a month (small number of games). I can play only one role and one champ (ashe) and know bare minimum. And got tired of it quick coz how complex the game is. Val is baby steps compared to league.
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