How to not be scared to use/misuse agent abilities?

Posted by Steve

Wednesday, May 10, 2023 6:45 PM

Hello. Fairly straight forward problem I am encountering: I’m too nervous to use agent abilities. Specifically, earlier today I was playing Yoru and used almost no abilities the entire game. I think I used 1 or 2, but for the majority of rounds I used nothing. This is obviously holding me back and causing to me loose some rounds/games. I am currently in bronze rank.

Here is kind of my current (flawed) thought process when deciding to use an ability:

…Is it the perfect moment to use it?

…Should I let the round play out a little more before using it?

…Is it definitely going to hit an enemy?

…Will I be wasting this ability (mostly the credit value) if I use it now?

…Would it be better if I just faced the enemy and not waste time with using the ability?

Now, obviously, even I can realize that these criteria are too extreme and result in me just resorting to not using abilities. So my question is, how can I get used to and not nervous about using my abilities? A couple games later I tried to tell myself to use them more, but I still didn’t.

References

  • https://www.reddit.com/r/VALORANT/comments/13di46m/how_to_not_be_scared_to_usemisuse_agent_abilities/
  • https://reddit.com/13di46m

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