Currently, there are approximately 11 Agents in Valorant that players are still exploring. However, recently someone leaked information regarding Valorant's next agent, "Killjoy".
To be honest, finding a new agent in Valorant is pretty exciting. However, many players are concerned about the overwhelming abilities of the Leaked Agent. Additionally, Hiko, a professional Valorant streamer, believes the agent who leaked 'Killjoy' could be Riot's biggest mistake.
Abilities of the Valorant escape agent 'Killjoy'
The developers of Valorant plan to introduce six new Agents into the game each year, starting with "Killjoy". According to a leak, like other Valorant agents, Killjoy also has four abilities namely, Alarmbot, Turret, Nanosworm and Lockdown.
Killjoy's Alarmbot ability deploys a robot that "stalks an enemy within range". Enemy caught in range is vulnerable for a short time and takes double damage. Additionally, Killjoy can deploy an in-game turret that can take down enemies in its 180 degree cone.
After that we have the Nanosworm ability which allows players to throw a powerful grenade. Then a swarm of nanobots come out of the grenade to kill the enemy in an instant. Finally, Killoy's Ultra is called Lockdown, which slows all enemies caught in its radius for eight seconds.
So Killjoy's two abilities, Nanosworm and Turret, can kill enemies without even shooting them. And according to Hiko, these two abilities of the next agent could be Riot's biggest mistake.
Players don't need 'another shave' in Valorant
When the game was in Alpha, Valorant promised that each agent's abilities would only be there to give a tactical advantage. The developers made it clear that in Valorant "you don't kill with abilities".
Unfortunately, according to Hiko, Valorant has already broken that promise by introducing Raze. If you've ever been killed by Raze's grenades, the boombot, or his ultimate, then you might know what Hiko is talking about in the video. No matter how hard you shoot, if you're in front of Raze's ultimate, then you're dead.
Still, what's worse is that the developers are planning to bring in another agent with the same destructive abilities, which could be frustrating for a lot of players.
Hiko makes it clear that if Valorant plans to bring more agents like Raze, it is better to introduce more healers into the game as well. Additionally, he believes, Valorant should have agents capable of using shields against destructive abilities. like Raze's ultimate.
Either way, all information regarding the new agent "Killjoy" came from a leak. It is therefore too early to be sure of anything. It's possible that the developers are still working on the next agent, and his abilities aren't as deadly as they seem right now.
