Best Agents for Ranked this act

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Yuh_aye

Duelist

SSS+ - Neon (abuse while you still can)

S - Yoru , Iso
A - Jett
B - Raze
C - Reyna (just play iso)
D - Phoenix

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S - Clove
A - Omen, Astra
B - Harbor
C - Brim
D - Viper (no icebox or breeze, really just no reason to pick her on any map over the other options)

Sentinel

S - Cypher
A - Deadlock (surprisingly good if you know what you're doing), Chamber
C - KJ, Sage
D - Vyse (only playable on abyss really, even then cypher better)

Initiator

This class is very very map dependent, take these rankings with a grain of salt

A - Sova
B - Breach, Fade, Skye, Gekko,
C - Kayo (Insane in an organized setting, very hard to get good value out of in ranked)

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Viper D is crazy, still can be very useful on split, pearl or even bind.

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calImegod

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It sucks in ranked cuz it's always 2 duelists and one controller and it's hard to solo viper on ranked

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sqwamoyossss

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I mean yeah depends. For me i play viper on pearl, and i can play her as a solo controller but she is much stronger with another controller.

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I_LOVE_LESS

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as a viper one trick its actually really easy to get insane impact even in high elo lobbies with lurks and getting map control

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darkog__

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split bind u dont need senti so like what raze Jett Skye viper brim

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Yuh_aye

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not in ranked, you would need a second controller every time:

for split, astra, omen, and clove would all be better picks and could all solo smoke

for pearl astra is clearly king, omen and clove would still work better as well, and harbor would also be tempting.

Bind is her most viable map, but even then you would need another controller

So she's really only a clear-cut pick on one map in the pool, where she would have to have another controller

And that's not even to go into fragging potential, the most crucial element of ranked

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Komekko

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Why would I play Iso over reyna

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Yuh_aye

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because you do the exact same things but instead of a bad flash that lasts two seconds you get a replenishable shield, a vulnerable that you can use for your teammates as well as yourself, and an ult that puts you in a favorable 1v1 every time

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Unironically, that's all a lot less useful than the ability to escape unpunished from any fight, especially after sitting in off angles.

You're also severely underestimating the usefulness of the flash in ranked. If enemies have a crossfire to break it, they would also have a crossfire on your dinky little aimlabs shield.

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Yuh_aye

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Many of the top ranked players are spamming Iso way more than Reyna, there's a reason for that

Just look at Cryo's match history:

https://tracker.gg/valorant/profile/riot/100T%20Cryo%230001/matches

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bees

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They're also playing in lobbies that 99% of the player base will never even see

Also, confirmation bias

Also, that's speculation as to why. They could just be bored of Reyna

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Yuh_aye

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I disagree, I think it's indicative of the agent's value in ranked. If you look at most of the top ranked players, you see them gravitating towards iso over reyna. That tells us something.

Imagine you're running up A short on Haven and there's someone fighting you. You could flash and swing, but wouldn't it be better if while running up you could vulnerable, pop shield, and take the fight that way instead? And lets say in both cases you get the kill, with iso shield it replenishes and lasts a while giving you alot of snowball potential.

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smthlikeyou11

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reynas flash isnt bad
ur underestimating the untradability of the reyna dismiss
the favorable 1v1 in ult is subjective

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Yuh_aye

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reynas flash isnt bad

It's pretty bad. The most dodgeable flash (sometimes you can dodge it by looking down) + its shootable

ur underestimating the untradability of the reyna dismiss

Its a good ability but Overall Iso's kit is easily better

the favorable 1v1 in ult is subjective

Pop shield and ult and you're objectively favored

#41

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yea its shootable but what r the chances that they shoot the flash then shoot u as long as u dont place it body level
every decent reyna places the flash high or on the ground
iso's kit is debatably better
to me though the ability to play off angles and get out is too valuable
yea if u have shield yea then ur favored, i would still rather reyna tho

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Yuh_aye

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listen i'm not saying the flash is always gonna get no value or get shot out, or that the dismiss isn't good (easily her best ability when ur not smurfing), It's just that as a non-entry duelist (focused on getting value through kills) iso is the better option by a decent margin.

Watch any of your favorite pros stream for a couple hours and count the # of Iso's vs Reyna's.

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smthlikeyou11

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im saying its subjective lol
and i dont watch streams unfortunately but if u go to tracker then insights the sort by agent play% and set to radiant only, reynas at 6.8 and iso is at 6.2

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cloudberry

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Why would I play Clove over literally anything else

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jawn

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you can provide value even when you're braindead peeking everything

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cloudberry

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That's not a reason though. Especially when every other controller provides at least 5x the value

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jawn

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the actual reason is that as a clove you can actually take control of the game yourself and carry the animals on your team, if you queue as a duo and up other controllers are better

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cloudberry

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Huh, really? How does less util help you take more control of the game? (I'm not arguing your point btw, I just dk what you mean)

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jawn

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mental thing, i don't have to play for my life anymore, i can just swing take my timings and go for multifrags with supreme confidence

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bees

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I'm pretty sure it's just a mental thing because anyone who mains controller will know how to get dumb gimmick kills with Omen for at least like 4 free rounds

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Clucker

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This is so true

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Shadow_Monarch

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dort SSSS+

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sameer40

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seems pretty accurate

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Ultime

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Phoenix at D and iso at A is crazy

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kanyefan4238173

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Nah he said iso S

Which I def disagree with

that nerf made him a lot worse than he was

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Ultime

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Yeah thats what i meant and I 100% agree. iso can be good but I wouldn't put him in S tier

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saebr

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good list.

#24

localkoolkid

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Omen by far is best controller for ranked, if you disagree you do not know ball

#29

Yuh_aye

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you're tripping

If it wasn't for neon you could make a serious argument for clove being the best ranked agent regardless of role

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I think clove is only good for the mental. Omen and astra are much better, but you have so much more confidence on clove.

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localkoolkid

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Omen has better utility, is way more versatile, can play aggro or supportive, has great abilities to clutch, carry, and outplay opponents.

On top of one ways, teleport tech, better on defense, better on attack, ult cant be countered by running away, not reliant on being a good aimer, etc....

#42

Yuh_aye

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Omen
+++ Great Flash
+Can do some niche one-ways
+TP can be nice situationally (especially for getting past trips)

-- Ult Sucks (probably the worst in the entire game)

Clove
+++ Smokes after death
++ Best in class Fragging Power (by far)
++ Solid ult
+Decay can be nice situationally

-- Basically the only negative is the range limitation (most maps not a huge deal)

#43

localkoolkid

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Bro you are underrating Omen heavy and Overrating Clove heavy, mfer puut the one ways and teleports as niche and situational, also the smokes after death are situational and if they rotate well rip.

Bro still does not know ball

#45

Yuh_aye

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Smokes after death consistently decide entire rounds (like one-waying bomb for postplant on offense, or smoking for defuse on defense)

The omen one-ways (the one's that only omen can do) are pretty niche. You can do the main ones on every other orb smoker.

The best use of the tps is easily for getting past trips. The next best is to get to a couple good off angles/weird spots - especially on haven and sunset. A decent ability

The clove decay can be used on common spots or after contact is made. A well-timed one can stop a site hit. It's at least comparable and arguably better.

Clove is easily the best smoker for ranked, you know zero ball if you think otherwise

And it's not like I put Omen in C or something, he's in A

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Ultia

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Astra should be lower and Brim should be higher. Postplant utility is a lot easier to cash in on than coordinating Stuns/Sucks.

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Yuh_aye

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Astra is clearly better than Brim on:

Pearl, Split, Haven, Abyss and Sunset

5/7 currently in rotation

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Ultia

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Yeah but we’re talking ranked. Omen is clearly superior to Clove but she has a higher win rate in ranked. It’s not about peak potential but easy, high impact utility.

There’s a reason why most coaches don’t recommend players learn Astra until Immortal. Ranked isn’t a coordinated environment and extracting consistent value from her kit is hard without one.

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Yuh_aye

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It is not that hard to play astra. You don't need to be doing perfectly timed util combos DRX style. You literally don't even need to ever use the stun.

Offense: Smoke out on site hits like a normal smoker, place and recall a star whenever it makes sense midround, suck for postplant, and you'll be golden
Defense: Smoke like a normal smoker (you can even pre-place them) and suck just in front of it after someone calls they're in or you could even do it without comms if you glance at your map

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Ultia

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I’m well aware how to play Astra. It’s still not as consistent as Brimstone in terms of self sufficient impact. You need people to play off your util as Astra or it’s just minor delay — at the same time positioning is less intuitive for lurks and timings.

The context is ranked dude. Some agents just outperform the “better” ones because the environment isn’t catered toward coordination.

#52

Yuh_aye

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Brimstone is easier for obvious reasons, but imo Astra still isn't as hard as you're making it out to be. And if anything lurking is easier than brimstone. If you lurk on brimstone that generally means you're not gonna be in position to play postplant lineups (not a problem for Astra postplant sucks). On top of that you're not limited by range and can recall smokes to get yourself places.

Getting solo, uncoordinated value out of astra - while harder than brim - is still straightforward (just smoke normally if you don't wanna do anything extra) and if you're decently comfortable on her (which I don't think is prohibitively difficult like yoru or something) on average she will be better than Brim, and a lot better for certain maps this act (Pearl, Abyss).

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Chikuwa

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Omen>clove. There are some 1 way smoke that only omen can do and omen tp is good

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Gummybears

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harbor way too high

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jixk

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nah if you know what you are doing you can legit entry with him all u need is a shorty and his slow is insane if you know how to play around it cause the 9 other players can't lol

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jixk

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all the flash inti and sova should switch cause if we are talking ranked flashes>info i do agree it is map dependent so it doesn't matter as much but for duelist phnx and reyna need to good up cause they are ranked farmers also duelist class is very balanced so it no one should be lower than B tbh

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Yuh_aye

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nah Phoenix sucks, multiple clearly better options on every single map in rotation

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darkog__

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put brim higher, the reason is cuz u dont have to worry about using util just smoke and stim and u can fight omen u have tps n shit and the smokes r harder and slower to place brim smokes stim free site plant

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Kirya

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Phoenix should be higher tbh
Annoying af util in ranked
Disgusting flash plus you can heal yourself and you have good ultimate as well