Top 5 Mistakes You Need to Stop Making in Valorant

Valorant is one of the most popular competitive shooter games out there with different Agents, weapons, and maps to pick from. Each Agent is unique in their own ways and has a range of abilities for players to explore and strategize with in different maps and with different weapons.

Whether you’re a newbie or an veteran player looking to brush up your skills and climb up the Ranks, here are a few things you want to avoid to rank up quickly:

Stop Trying to be like your Fave Streamer or eSports Champ

When newbies start playing a game, they try to imitate their favorite streamer without really understanding the strategies or meta behind their decisions. People try to insta-lock characters like Jett, Viper or Sova without understanding the playstyles of these characters: how to enter and smoke like a Duelist, lock down zones like a Controller or flushing enemies out of hiding spots and corners like an Initiator. Most people feel like: just cause my favorite streamer picks them, I can play like them too. That is a -100 IQ Move.

Spending too much time on Aim-Trainers

In a rush to improve their aim, gamers flock to services like Aim Lab or Aim Trainer, spend hours and hours there and forget to practice what they preach in Valorant. If you spent all your play time in the Aim trainer, you forget that there’s more to the game. Just cause TenZ may spend a significant chunk of his time there, it is simply a warm-up before he further hones his skill in Valorant. Aim Trainers are good to improve your hand-eye coordination but make sure you don’t sink all your play time there. Additionally, Aim Lab or Aim Trainer are good tools for when you’ve got to get used to a new mouse or you are changing up your sensitivities.

Only playing in stacked Co-op without Solo-ing or Duo-ing

Playing with friends is the most enjoyable social aspect of Valorant: having fun, goofing around and trying to win. It is, however, crucial to be able to stand and hold your ground as an individual Agent, to learn from mistakes, without having to rely too much on teammates. Ultimately, this will help you become a better player. You can make those judgements for yourself and play to the best of your own abilities.

Know Your Agents

Each Agent has a specific skillset and capabilities, as a player it is up to you to figure out the hows, whens and wheres to use your abilities to win a round. As I mentioned earlier, it is important to understand how to maximize your potential and find a playstyle that suits you. If you prefer playing as Sentinels or Controllers, you will rely heavily on your abilities to hold sites and support the rest of the team, a passive playstyle is more suitable.

Pay Attention to your Economy, Abilities

When buying weapons, shields or abilities from the in-match Armory, make conscious decisions about whether these expenses will actually help you make it through this round and the next. Communication is actually key in this aspect where you and your team should strategize your plays before committing to a Full Buy or Eco rounds, whether you’ll actually need those abilities or that Operator, whether you can guarantee kills or assists.

Regardless of which Agent you choose or what role you want to play in your Valorant journey, this game is all about communication and skill, and ultimately doing whatever makes you happy.