The cypher buff we’ve been waiting for.

Posted by Steve

Sunday, July 10, 2022 12:45 AM

As most people know, cypher has fallen off quite a bit, being overshadowed by sage, chamber, and killjoy in ranked and has been the least picked sentinel in pro play for a while now.

I think he is actually very close to being good, just needs some minor buffs to make him able to compete with the other sentinels, especially with his ult.

  1. Allow him to pick up trips and camera from across the map, with a 10-second delay on reusing them.

This would bring him more on-par with killjoy and give a bit more versatility of being able to reposition his utility later throughout the round without having instant access and still rewarding planning ahead.

  1. Make his ult reveal enemy players like a single scan of sova dart, and defean them for 5 seconds.

Right now, his ult is not great, it should scan at least as well as a sova drone/dart can. Also, the deafen part would allow better chance to reposition or aggress on enemies after killing one of them. Idk how powerful this would be so the deafen timer (5 sec) or ult orb requirements could be adjusted accordingly.

References

  • https://www.reddit.com/r/VALORANT/comments/vv08p4/the_cypher_buff_weve_been_waiting_for/
  • https://reddit.com/vv08p4

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