Hello everyone, since I started playing Valorant I always had trouble on defense for some reason. I would finish the attacking side with 15/4 score and then after defense I would finish the game at 20/16 or something like that.

For a long time I had no idea why so I started watching pro games to see what they do on defense and I realized that they only hold angles from really weird off-angle positions, when they are not doing that they just hid and constantly re-peek it.

This was a bit counter-intuitive for me as in every single fps that I played before the person holding the angle was by far the favorite to win the encounter. However, since I started doing it my defensive game has shot through the roof, it feels so much better even after the nerfs to run and gun.

Personally I really wish this was not the case, and holding the angle would be far superior in every circumstance.

But what do you folks think, has anyone noticed something similar and if so how do you feel about it?

Thank you all for reading and have a great day.