Hi all,

I've noticed two conversations happening relatively often.

1. Brimstone's stim beacons are underutilized (and even disliked by some players).
2. The lineup meta is dominating the game and KAY/O is not enough of a counter play to it.

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So here's my proposition:

Replace the stim beacons with one Trophy System. For those unfamiliar, Trophy Systems are a piece of equipment from CoD that deny a projectile by shooting it out of the air. This way, Brimstone could throw a trophy system down before defusing to catch certain projectiles and force the attacker to challenge the defuse. That would certainly add more depth and mind games to post plant situations. This could also be used in other situations to deny Sova darts, KAY/O knife, etc. However, I believe it would be best played in the hands of a defender post-plant. This would greatly increase Brimstone's pickrate and make him more desirable to play, as well as combat the lineup meta that is dominating Valorant currently.

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What do you guys think?

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Edit: There have been some concerns about this ability being too strong so let me clarify some things.

- There will only be ONE charge of this ability

- Pricing definitely should be boom-bot level at 400 credits.

- The trophy system would only deny projectiles in the air, not ones that are already on the ground

- It would only last a short time, ideally shorter than the stim beacon perhaps.

- Whether it denies one or two projectiles is certainly up for debate. More than that is absurd. I think one projectile would keep it nice and balanced, making Brimstone less of a must-pick.