Warning: Mildly long wall of text.

Hey guys, I was watching some vids on mirror Earth and mirrored agents, and thought, why not make it a gamemode?

I’ll be naming it “Mirror”, after the mirrored Valorant agents, as well as the “mirrored agents” which I’ll be touching on later.

Here’s how it works:

• Best of 9, first to 5 wins
• Standard plant defuse, no special orbs and boosters (essentially a shorter unrated)
• Unranked. Duh.

Process

1. Both teams choose their agent
2. After everyone chooses their agent, the system will do a coin flip (RNG) to determine which team retains their agent comp. Whoever wins, keeps theirs. Losers will have their entire comp mirrored to the winning team.
3. For example:

Team A Player 1: Astra Player 2: Viper Player 3: Omen Player 4: Sage Player 5: Brimstone

Team B 1: Killjoy 2: Chamber 3: Yoru 4: Skye 5: Jett

Let’s say Team A wins the toss. This means player 1 from team B will get Astra (instead of kj), player 2 from team B will get viper (instead of chamber), so on and so forth. After the “mirroring” is done, the game would proceed.

Pros:

• Players can play agents they haven’t unlocked yet
• Encourages skill, as players are no longer hindered by bad team comps in matches, so you can’t go “hurr durr 5 duelist comp that’s why I’m 1-10 down”.
• Allows players to practice agents that they don’t normally play in matches, a win for flex players.
• On some occasions, playing against the same agent would teach players different lineups and how to improve their skill, which could translate to better performances in ranked (and the long unrated)
• 3/4/5 Stacks may discover new comps and strats at different maps, which could help them in future matches

Cons:

• This might lead to pretty shitty gameplay if some players are not familiar with the mirrored agent that they are assigned with.

Where would this fit in the rotation? This game mode could rotate with spike rush (with the same schedule as replication/escalation) to make game modes more interesting (and let’s be honest here, not many of us like spike rush anyway.)

So what do you guys think about this, and any suggestions on how to improve my concept? Hopefully this becomes reality, but I can only dream… anyways, thanks for reading, have a good day/night!