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Riot’s latest game Valorant is a competitive hero-based shooter that plays something like a mix between Overwatch and CS: GO . Even though it’s only in closed beta at this point, Valorant is already one of the most popular games on Twitch , pulling in incredible viewer numbers in its first week. The fact that watching Twitch streams is the only way for most people to get access to the Valorant beta certainly has something to do with that, but plenty of fans are happy just to spect  
Riot Games' latest release, _Valorant _ , has taken the internet by storm with record-breaking viewership on its first day in closed beta. The finer details have been kept under wraps as streamers and content creators from all different platforms were able to play the Alpha version of the game earlier this year without releasing any information about the game to the public. The footage from their sessions of play was embargoed until early April with a closed beta of the game releasing shortly af  
The second basic ability is Blaze, which gives Phoenix the power to create a wall of flames wherever he sees fit. The firewall can be placed in a straight line or at a curve, depending on which direction the player moves their crosshair. The wall cannot be seen through, though players can move - and shoot - through it. While Blaze deals damage to those walking through it, it actually heals Phoenix. Blaze costs 200 credits at the start of each ro  
Sova's first ability is called Owl Drone and is a utility that costs 300 credits. When used the player switches to the drones view which is piloted by the player and can be flown around the map. The drone has incredibly low health, and the player is left vulnerable while piloting the drone. However, the drone can scout ahead and can fire an unlimited supply of darts. If an enemy is hit by a dart their silhouette will glow orange for all of your teammates to  
Sova has some incredibly unique abilities that are invaluable to any team. He also stands out amongst other agents who have recon abilities as his stand superior to others. What he lacks in mobility and defense, he makes up for in intel and dam  
Of course, all that attention means that Valorant also has a large player base to manage, some of whom are willing to cheat to get a win. Just days after its closed beta started, Valorant banned its first cheaters . This led to interest in how Valorant ’s anti-cheat system worked, and players discovered that it used a kernel driver that starts whenever a player with Valorant installed turns on their computer, not just when they start the game. Players were understandably nervous about the idea, and some took to Reddit to air their concerns about how much access that gave Riot to their systems. In response, Riot’s head of anti-cheat, Paul "Arkem" Chamberlain clarified that it doesn’t monitor anything except for the game and doesn’t send information back to Riot’s serv  
Riot Games’ first-person tactical shooter _ VALORANT _ enters a closed beta period on April 7th, available for the lucky few who have been granted access. The game features at least nine playable characters, called agents. Phoenix is _ VALORANT _ ’s resident hot-headed Brit, setting the fighting grounds ablaze with every chance he g  
This is the first clip I've seen of a blatant cheater in valorant team comps|Https://valorantcentralhub.com/ , and someone from Riot responded within an hour. Considering how Twitter isn't the proper medium to report hackers on, that response time is stellar. As a disclaimer, I've yet to run into any suspicious players in the beta. Hopefully that number remains low, but the team at Riot seems determined to do everything in their power to keep their game's integrity uncompromised. If they stick the landing at launch, it would be unsurprising to see VALORANT to blow up into an esp  
And lastly, Sage's ultimate make her an incredibly powerful ally and a very annoying opponent. Not only can she heal, block off, and slow, but she can also bring allies back from the dead. Sage's Ressurection allows her to bring one ally back to life at full health. This requires the player to collect seven ultimate orbs which are scattered around the map, but bringing a teammate back after they have already been killed can catch the enemy team by surprise. This ultimate can be paired with Pheonix's effectively giving Pheonix three lives in one ma  
Valorant, the Counter-Strike and Overwatch type tactical shooter, launched a closed beta on Tuesday, April 7. Streamers and content creators were given access immediately, and in an attempt to promote the game, Riot Games is releasing access to the beta in the form of drops. The beta drops are unique to Twitch, as it is the only platform that viewers will have the opportunity to receive drops on. The drops work similarly previous twitch drop events like the ones held for Call of Duty. Here is how players can gain access to the Valorant closed b  
Yes we run a driver at system startup, it doesn't scan anything (unless the game is running), it's designed to take up as few system resources as possible and it doesn't communicate to our servers. You can remove it at anyt