Following the closure of Valorant’s time as an open-beta title, many players have been left with a small piece of emptiness as the community awaits for more news with regards to the future of the potent competitive title. Just recently, Riot Games continued to fuel the fire with a newly announced agent – making that the eleventh one yet.
Meet Reyna – A ‘Vampire- Type’ Agent
Vampire? Supposedly, the new addition has the ability to steal health from opponents to supply herself. Packed with red eyes and dark eye, it’s definitely a respectable claim. Riot Games dropped the gameplay trailer for the character on Twitter, as viewable below:
There’s a lot to dissect with not much official information on the character. The ability to increase health is definitely obvious here and it seems to be correlated to the number of kills as her voice becomes more intense too. After downing foes, they seem to leave a purple aura behind them with a timer beneath for Reyna to quickly act and take the health. What most people have drawn their attention to is the spherical orb she throws while stating the words ‘see nothing’ – that leaves most to believe that this is a form of flashbang.
What does she offer to the current meta?
While Riot Games are definitely working on certain patches until release, Reyna seems to offer new levels of strategic and risky play. By being sneaky, taking your shots, drawing life and throwing ‘flashbangs’, the agent seems ideal for scouting. One can easily bounce back with some health drawn from your own frags or those of teammates.
The community doesn’t have to wait long, fortunately, as the official release date of June 2nd is almost upon us.
Will Riot Games change the meta entirely by then? I’m unsure, but adding a new agent is a great way to get players back online and experimenting with strategies and playstyles. On Day One, the community will be expecting Riot Games to release a more comprehensive breakdown of the character including her strengths and weaknesses.
