Riot Games has unveiled Vyse, the newest agent for its 5v5 tactical shooter Valorant. This defensive Sentinel hero uses liquid metal to isolate, capture, and disarm aggressive players who dive recklessly.
“With Vyse, we wanted to create a Sentinel that had a solution for taking up space for duelists in a way that wasn’t primarily aimed at buying time,” said Kevin Meier, Valorant game designer at Riot Games. “During development, we often thought of Vyse’s setup as being like a Spider Web, where players could enter the web, but if they got stuck it would deal a fatal blow.”
While Vyse doesn’t have the intel gathering tools of other Sentinel agents, he makes up for it with the flexibility of setting traps and the ability to seal off spaces against multiple enemies.
She also has a flashbang that blinds enemies, the first true flash for an agent in her role, which makes her more defensive toolkit important when players are on the offensive and encourages players to experiment with team compositions instead.
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Vyse made his official debut in the upper bracket finals of the 2024 World Championship tournament. Valorant Champions SoulRiot previewed her appearance ahead of the broadcast.
Weiss is the first agent to be released since Clove’s debut in 2000. March 2024Notably, Vyse is the first Sentinel agent to be released since Chamber, who joined the Valorant roster back in 2007. November 2021.
Vyse will be released on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S as part of Valorant Episode 9 Act II on August 28, 2024. This is the first agent to be released since Valorant launched on consoles earlier this month.
Weiss’s Abilities
With Vyse, Valorant players can isolate enemy agents, slow them down to prevent them from escaping, and blind them to prevent them from fighting back. Players will need to carefully coordinate their setups with their teammates.
Arc Rose
Equip the Ark Rose. Surface targeting.[発砲]This will place a stealth arc rose, and alt firing will place an arc rose through that surface.[再使用]It blinds all players who see it. This ability can be picked up and redeployed.
shear
Equip a liquid metal filament. Set it on fire to place a hidden wall trap. When an enemy walks past it, an indestructible wall explodes from the ground behind them. The wall lasts for a moment before disappearing.
Razorvine
Equip a nest of liquid metal. Fire to launch. When it lands, the nest becomes invisible. When activated, it spreads into a large nest of razor vines, slowing and damaging all players who pass through it.
(ULT) Steel Garden
Equip yourself with liquid metal spikes. When fired, metal erupts from your body in a torrent of metallic spikes that disrupt enemy primary weapons with a short warmup time.
