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A beginner VALORANT economy guide to full buys, saves, half-buys and force-buys, with team calls that protect your next round.
A practical 5v4 VALORANT guide for turning an early pick into a controlled round without chasing another kill or giving the advantage back.
Smokes do more than hide an angle. Learn what a VALORANT Controller is trying to buy in a round and how teammates should play around the smoke.
Patch 13.00 starts Act 4 with Summit, Retake, Sentinel and Initiator changes, a Bandit tune-up, and updates to ranked matchmaking.
Patch 13.02 raises Phoenix's ultimate cost, adds three maps to Retake, delays AROS: Replication, and fixes agent and Summit bugs.
A practical VALORANT guide to weighing Ultimate Points, credits, the round win condition and timing before you spend an ult.
Riot calls it individual performance, not a secret bonus formula. Here is what match result, round score, damage, assists and hidden MMR actually do t...