Posted by Steve
Friday, September 9, 2022 4:21 PM
Agent 'Ruin' concept art by 'smolandangry'
"Greek agent Ruin is a former Kingdom employee and radiant turned rogue investigator after the Everett-Linde facility destruction took from her a loved one. Driven by grief and anger at the lack of information behind their death, she started looking into classified information unaware of the actual purpose behind the secret lab, an action that cost her her job but never her drive. She continued her investigation regardless, by honing her skills to help with her solo mission until her clues led her to discover the Valorant Protocol and their presence at the remains of the lab. She was later recruited by them as they deemed her abilities and information on the Everett-Linde facility useful."
Her name 'Ruin' is the English translation of the name 'Άτη', a minor Greek goddess and the personification of mental destruction and illusions.
Some notes on her abilities:
C - Reflection: Equip and place a reflective sigil that expands into an almost invisible but solid barrier that hides allies from enemies on the opposite side of it. Basically it works like a double sided mirror, allies can see the enemies behind but not vice versa. To balance this I made the barrier tangible, so even if you can see the enemy behind you can't immediately shoot, and the more destroyed this barrier is the more visibility enemies gain as well.
Q - Mind Warp: Equip and place a warping sigil that expands into an almost invisible screen that causes enemies passing through to get visual interference. I didn't want a walk-in blind, that'd be op, so I made it into more of a visual annoyance, like static and a bit of an 'rgb shift' in the periferal vision of the player.
E - Disappearing Act: Use a sigil on yourself and immediately turn invisible for 5 seconds during which shooting is disabled. Your actions can still be heard and get you killed. I say 'immediately' but until the animation plays with her summoning and using the sigil, in the open it's more than enough to get you killed, so it can't be used like Chamber's E as a free 'get out of jail' card. And reappearing would have an audio cue and animation too.
X - Master of Illusion: Equip and place a duality sigil that summons a destructible clone that will shoot enemies in its line of sight and mark them for a few seconds on the map. Access the visuals of the clone with [X] with a small cooldown between switches. The clone will stay up until it's destroyed, and it has equal HP to you at the moment of creation. The clone works as a second set of eyes to guard openings, and it doesn't cause damage, it only marks enemies it shoots with red, like Cypher, for a bit. I was thinking of the clone like one of those robots that shoot when they see you when you practise planting/defusing.
I'm open to feedback so long as it's constructive and not hateful, but I hope you enjoy regardless :) Also English isn't my first language so if I haven't explained something well enough I will clarify!
References
- https://www.reddit.com/r/VALORANT/comments/x98svu/agent_oc_concept_ruin/
- https://reddit.com/x98svu
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