As a CS competitive player who joined Valorant recently I have few tips for new players who don't have any idea how to strategy rounds:

Posted by Steve

Sunday, December 13, 2020 5:05 AM

Buy similar weapons to your team mates, handling economy is important.
Prioritize best armor over best weapon.
Learn your main's abilities in practice and think how you could use them to help your team (little rant about abilities for attackers: don't ever use your abilities to block paths to sites, cost us many rounds)
Divide your defense force to each site. There has been numerous times when I had to defend one site alone which ended up costing many rounds for my team.
Don't be afraid to use mic or chat to inform your team about your situation. Your voice/words might save the round. It's better to talk too much than to be completely silent.
Be ready to move to other site if you notice that the site's defense is in danger (heavily attacked or team mates killed).
Change your location on sites each round to eliminate the possibility of enemy anticipating your defense.
Choose one main weapon from each category to learn their aim and spray pattern and go for the HEAD.