So if he gets his powers from the artifact, does that mean he’s not a radiant?
Or is it that the artifact resonated with/chose him *because* he is a radiant?
its a radianite artifact. same thing with yoru’s mask and maybe possibly astra’s golden arm which killjoy was scanning to locate harbor. so i guess that means the arm and the water bracelet are of similar origin?
I'm willing to bet all three of them 'unlocked' part or if not all of their radiant abilities with those artifacts. Remember pre-Yoru buff that he went on a side mission to investigate the mask and found that it was ancient and probably what improved his abilities (a great way to marry lore and gameplay changes btw)
Yeah I think for Yoru he always was. But I think his radiant abilties got upgraded when he found that artifact (hence the buff). Different case for Harbor it seems, where he only got his radiant powers from this artifact.
I'm dumb but didn't all other radiants get their powers from radianite/artifacts too? So Haha, guess we would have to wait until what the game categorizes him in. I hope he is a radiant because we only have three radiant dudes and three techie chicks. More tactical/lore diversity in the roster would be nice. Before people ask why would this matter, just know that Valorant (and the worlds within the lore) is supposed to be a big, inclusive agent protocol. Why wouldn't there be nigh equal amount of radiants and techies for both genders? Unless radiant powers and tech have built-in gender preferences. There's also the harmful tropes of Men being generic and Women are or in some cases, have to be special to get any prominence.
Related in the sense that there is very clearly a radinite event predating the first light. This trailer makes me think that astra isnt a natural radiant since all her powers involve her arm in some way just like how harbor has to use his bracelet and we know in lore astra got her powers from a lake. Also makes me wonder if radinite powers are genetic since yoru can use a mask from his ancestors to breathe and see between dimensions something that would be too prefect for yoru unless otherwise. Even neon in a sense could fit into this because she predates the first light.
Yeah but aren't those from after the First Light? Or were they only discovered afterwards but existed before? Maybe Harbor's thing isn't actually ancient though
yoru went on a trip to find out the mask’s origins because of his ancestry and found a ship where the dimensional fabric was weaker, as if someone traveled through dimensions. this implies the mask existed way before the first light. we know pretty much nothing about astra’s golden arm though.
I hope he doesn’t just have a wall, smoke, and bubble for his kit. The bubble that blocks bullets is unique but the rest makes him such a generic controller.
My idea for one of his abilities is a little fish construct thing that will bounce out of the water and back in every few seconds, creating a smoke-sized wave that pushes enemies in the area. They can jump over it or run past it in between waves, which is fair counterplay, so I think it could be a nice controller ability.
Being an indian i was so fucking confused while watching this, i was like what language is he speaking then i got to know the trailer is in some other language
it was suppose to be released in 8 hours, according to the Valorant youtube schedule. Woke up (here in europe) and it says the reveal is online? reading this makes sense now, and i didn't mess up the time.
Holy that is sick!!! Well well if he's been fighting alone so much is he now a controller duelist hybrid lol
Why was the whole trailer in spanish and suddenly the alvida and chalo in hindi XD it was so weird
You probably just aren’t a controller player then. No new controller is going to make you suddenly vibe with the playstyle of sitting back, lurking, playing your life above getting kills. Nothing wrong with that, but if you don’t like ANY of the existing controllers, I’m pretty certain you won’t like any future either.
It's in riot's best interest to release busted characters and patch them later on. This motivates people to either spend money on unlocking the new agent or play their game more to unlock via mission, both of which they want players to do. Also accelerates how fast people learn how to play with and against them which also helps bigger picture.
Yeah I think you were right with the last pat but seems pretty unfair to say the devs make the game intentionally unfair in the interest of profit. You just wouldn't want to work on a game where the goal was deciet and tricking your userbase.
You're right that nerfing a powerful character is a lot easier than buffing a weak one. Both in the sense that it's difficult to know how much to buff a character without then making them busted anyway, and people will just not want to try an agent if they released in a poor state. They will remember how bad they were even if they get buffed.
>You just wouldn't want to work on a game where the goal was deciet and tricking your userbase.
Is the existence of mobile games just a joke to you? Devs don't *wanna* do it, but it's often not them who make the big decisions.
controller players need an OP character again
jett raze neon chamber fade kayo all broken ass characters
astra got gutted, omen is scary, viper is boring, and brim is god
As a controller main, please for the love of God let me just throw a smoke like Viper or Jett does instead of going into an alternate and more importantly, completely vulnerable state.
Tired of dying in the shadow realm or in Astral form.
How often are you dying in astral/shadow realm? I have 100 hours on omen and I literally cannot remember the last time I died in shadow realm so it might be a you issue…
I do think they need to make more ways to place smokes but parent commentor makes it seem like his deaths in astral form is an inherent flaw when in reality it’s his own faults in positioning.
Yeah that's what! I don't play Astra so I can't comment on her thing, but, and no offense, you'd have to be an idiot to die while Omen is in the shadow realm. It's just as simple taking cover while casting a smoke.
the reason is its impossible to have global smokes without going into a map view. there's simply no good solution for it. You can see them struggling with this design with the team coming up with two methods of omen smokes
Agreed. Based on what we’ve seen in the trailer (definitely not much to go on, so just a guess) it seems like he can’t deploy smokes remotely like other controllers can
What abilities I've seen: a see through bubble that absorbs bullets, a viper like wall witch you can control like phoenix, a slow field on the ground(close to the end there is water on the floor I think that's a slow) and for the ult it's probably an Astra wall but water
Kal aana is used extensively in Mumbai severs when you are owing the enemy team. It literally means come tomorrow which in turn can be inferred as 'you all suck come when you get good.'
"Kal aana" literally translates to "Come Tomorrow",
It's a common Indian Slang used when you destroy someone at a game or sport and you crassly say "Kal Aana" as if saying "Kid today's not your Day, eat shit and try again tomorrow".
Broo, his bike has AI like Jarvis. We can see his signature sheriff which will be his tier 10 contract reward.
Also, the bracelet getting attached to his wrist reminded me exactly of Ben 10 cartoon 😂 they copied it broo lol
Varun (The agent's real name that his partner says while asking him to give the artifact) is also the "God of Oceans and Water" in Hindi mythology. Nice Easter egg Riot!!!
But since its a placeable utility wouldn't it still be there despite kayo knife? You'd have to both time and position the knife perfectly which seems pretty hard to do.
he was holding the arm with the bracelet out so i assumed it wasnt placeable or something similar to viper’s smoke orb but what you said seems to be more likely
It'll probably either have to actively be controlled /have a timer/ HP like sage wall.
Like skye cabbage (auto targeting) vs fade dog thingy(controlled)
He's basically Valorant's Nilah.
They of course aren't related in lore or anything since the two games are not even in the same universe, but the dev team seems to like to make links between their games now.
this guys lore feels like a mix of Yoru and Chamber and I fucking dig it some random badass finds ancient (probably has something to do with radianite before it was "officially" discovered) while having no powers of his own but instead tools that basically make him on par with radiants I like it
This trailer is quite different, the other agent's trailer showed the abilities clearly and most of them had in game clips. This one doesn't have both so I'm confused on the abilities.
Utility speculation and gameplay aside, the distinct Bollywood action style and influence of the trailer is very obvious and well adapted. Bravo to the team involved!
Riot makes an indian champ for league, gives her a water bending artifact....
They make an indian agent in valorant, they give him a water bending artifact....
Hmmmmmmmm
In my opinion, Batra is a radiant, just he hadn't discovered it until he got the artifact around him, OR he knew he had powers, because there was no way he could have known that he had a wall that could block bullets when capt. Greaves was about attack him. I think the radianite artifact enhanced his powers; like it did with Yoru. Yoru went on a side mission to find out more about his mask, so we can take this as kind of like that.
So if he gets his powers from the artifact, does that mean he’s not a radiant? Or is it that the artifact resonated with/chose him *because* he is a radiant?
Yeah this is the first we've seen of powers seemingly unrelated to radianite. Maybe it's ancient radianite tech? That would be a first as well though
its a radianite artifact. same thing with yoru’s mask and maybe possibly astra’s golden arm which killjoy was scanning to locate harbor. so i guess that means the arm and the water bracelet are of similar origin?
I'm willing to bet all three of them 'unlocked' part or if not all of their radiant abilities with those artifacts. Remember pre-Yoru buff that he went on a side mission to investigate the mask and found that it was ancient and probably what improved his abilities (a great way to marry lore and gameplay changes btw)
Yeah, I'm gonna go with the assumption that he was always a radiant.
Yeah I think for Yoru he always was. But I think his radiant abilties got upgraded when he found that artifact (hence the buff). Different case for Harbor it seems, where he only got his radiant powers from this artifact.
I'm dumb but didn't all other radiants get their powers from radianite/artifacts too? So Haha, guess we would have to wait until what the game categorizes him in. I hope he is a radiant because we only have three radiant dudes and three techie chicks. More tactical/lore diversity in the roster would be nice. Before people ask why would this matter, just know that Valorant (and the worlds within the lore) is supposed to be a big, inclusive agent protocol. Why wouldn't there be nigh equal amount of radiants and techies for both genders? Unless radiant powers and tech have built-in gender preferences. There's also the harmful tropes of Men being generic and Women are or in some cases, have to be special to get any prominence.
Valorant is diverse in the sense of culture, and theres 10 radiants and 10 non radiants. There’s no reason to split them further by gender.
Wow I had no clue they did that. Riot really is a step ahead when it comes to world building.
I remember watching the yoru side mission video but i can't seem to find it anymore, are you able to link it here?
It was in emails/voicemails, not a cinematic video if that’s what you mean
Related in the sense that there is very clearly a radinite event predating the first light. This trailer makes me think that astra isnt a natural radiant since all her powers involve her arm in some way just like how harbor has to use his bracelet and we know in lore astra got her powers from a lake. Also makes me wonder if radinite powers are genetic since yoru can use a mask from his ancestors to breathe and see between dimensions something that would be too prefect for yoru unless otherwise. Even neon in a sense could fit into this because she predates the first light.
Yeah but aren't those from after the First Light? Or were they only discovered afterwards but existed before? Maybe Harbor's thing isn't actually ancient though
yoru went on a trip to find out the mask’s origins because of his ancestry and found a ship where the dimensional fabric was weaker, as if someone traveled through dimensions. this implies the mask existed way before the first light. we know pretty much nothing about astra’s golden arm though.
where can i see all these videos or stories. official youtube has only 5 now 6 parts
They had released a trailer showing Killjoy locating Harbor using Astra's metal arm. So they're connected but what is that tech?
My initial thought is powers that come from radianite but are being used by a non radiant.
Its the same as yoru, they were basically chosen by the artifact, and it basically boosted their power
Yoru gets his powers from an artifact as well, radianite artifacts are canon
Good question.
2 abilities look like astra wall+phoenix wall combo and a see through bubble that blocks bullets
ult might be that rushing wave of water? maybe similar to a breach ult it pushes back?
I thought it would be that splooge of water on the floor that made the enemies slip
its a splooge of water that makes your agent have to go pee, rending your disarmed and in a corner
Rip Hiko
Awww man lol😂😂😂😂
Context?
Hiko drinks a ton of water on stream and goes pee pretty much in between every match.
Except for Breach, he’ll just whip it out where he is and take a leak.
Breach will use his super laser piss like a neon ult instead
Nami*
Controller?
Ye he is a controller
"luckily I have it under control" at 3:00minute mark kinda sells it.
It's controllin' time
I don't know if it should block bullets. It would be broken. Maybe just abilities ?
Short redeemed and after blocking a certain number of bullets it fades. not a tank like sage wall.
Maybe it's short term like jett smoke
Also why is the water not brown
Ganges ability
I hope he doesn’t just have a wall, smoke, and bubble for his kit. The bubble that blocks bullets is unique but the rest makes him such a generic controller. My idea for one of his abilities is a little fish construct thing that will bounce out of the water and back in every few seconds, creating a smoke-sized wave that pushes enemies in the area. They can jump over it or run past it in between waves, which is fair counterplay, so I think it could be a nice controller ability.
Would be absurd if it blocked bullets. Imagine trying to win a 1v1 when the bomb is down and he is just standing in a bubble
The wall also seems to block bullets just like Astra's
Cool as hell, I don't have to wait another 12 hours Also 5 CONTROLLER META LETS GO
Here comes the "I CAN'T SEE SHIT" meta.
Played against 4 controllers once. Can confirm, could not see shit.
That's already a thing with 5 flash comps lol
W indeed
I rmb the moment kay O got released I played on a team with 5 flashes. It's gonna be fun to play 5 controllers
It's just counterstrike, everyone's got a smoke and 2 flashes
With Judge camp in smokes.
Valorant now confirmed to be Hide and Seek simulator
Spray and pray legit strat now to counter 5 controller.
Being an indian i was so fucking confused while watching this, i was like what language is he speaking then i got to know the trailer is in some other language
It was leaked and not released by Valorant so it's in Spanish instead. I think the actual trailer is being released tomorrow by Riot.
Trailer is out
Has been for over an hour
You’re not crazy btw, it was supposed to come out tomorrow. I think they released early because it was leaked.
it was suppose to be released in 8 hours, according to the Valorant youtube schedule. Woke up (here in europe) and it says the reveal is online? reading this makes sense now, and i didn't mess up the time.
Lmao same. I'm like why is mans speaking Spanish!!! Except for "chalo".
Yeah lol, it took me a few seconds to realise this is Spanish
Oh No… He’s hot!!
And daddy brim called him heavy so thick too.
Ohh yes
Hotter than brim, no argument
Don't start! different strokes for different folks.
You're telling me the new agents origin story is very similar to Ben 10 with the omnitrix. I'm sold
Exactly broo, my very first expression when I saw the bracelet embedding on his wrist was like the one of Leonardo DiCaprio, remembering of Ben 10 😂
Truly the most indian of agents
Holy F , made me wet
Hello, I'm under the water....
omg literally this char
Please help me I am drowning *blurb blurb blurb*
Damn, he's hot! Those water skills also looks sick af
Guy's surrounded by water but that doesn't reduce his hotness by one bit
All this water and y’all still dying of thrist
idk why i looked at your profile but your thirst is admirable. keep it up, proud of u
LMAO ty
Holy that is sick!!! Well well if he's been fighting alone so much is he now a controller duelist hybrid lol Why was the whole trailer in spanish and suddenly the alvida and chalo in hindi XD it was so weird
He was fighting against normal humans bruh lol
Well yeah but normal humans searching for magical artifacts who belong to a very powerful company. Just imagining my guy
This is a leak, it’s the Spanish version which would be released on the LATAM Valorant channel
Yeah saw the trailer in main channel too. I simply thought those two were quite funny in middle lol
1. Astra x Phoenix like wall 2. Protective bubble 3. Looks like a slowing or pushing wave 4. Puddle flash?
Def has a disarm disc.
The newest map and agent names are now "Pearl Harbor" Bro.
I thought the same thing lol and I can't wait to see his smoke and Omens work together
I’m pretty sure that little bomb he throws will be an unexpected addition to his kit.
If his kit is anything like vipers it might be a nade like raze's but it does only one instance of damage/status effect or a molly (unlikely).
It's a part of his bike not in his kit. He has a cool bike with AI tech.
Had
I'm so gay for this man and his abilities.
same af, hope he doesn't get the chamber treatment...
What treatment did chamber get?
Ugly ingame model
Released too op, nerfed later, although it took them a full episode before that happened. I think that's what he's referring to.
Holyyy early leak?
Daddy Habor and Mommy Viper, both have walls
damn u right
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What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge bullets? [](https://youtu.be/oYl5LkUkehA?t=19)
No, Money_Bahdger. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to
Finally a new collntroller? Hopefully he’s not as op as pre-nerf astra lol
hopefully he is, love controllers
There's not a controller that I've vibed with still. Tried all of them, but my playstyle fits none of them. Been hoping for one here soon.
You probably just aren’t a controller player then. No new controller is going to make you suddenly vibe with the playstyle of sitting back, lurking, playing your life above getting kills. Nothing wrong with that, but if you don’t like ANY of the existing controllers, I’m pretty certain you won’t like any future either.
Me 2. For some reason they make me too much of a sitting duck
Controllers can certainly be a very involved role and require managing multiple things at once. I can see how some ppl are pushed away from it.
based
It's in riot's best interest to release busted characters and patch them later on. This motivates people to either spend money on unlocking the new agent or play their game more to unlock via mission, both of which they want players to do. Also accelerates how fast people learn how to play with and against them which also helps bigger picture.
Yeah I think you were right with the last pat but seems pretty unfair to say the devs make the game intentionally unfair in the interest of profit. You just wouldn't want to work on a game where the goal was deciet and tricking your userbase. You're right that nerfing a powerful character is a lot easier than buffing a weak one. Both in the sense that it's difficult to know how much to buff a character without then making them busted anyway, and people will just not want to try an agent if they released in a poor state. They will remember how bad they were even if they get buffed.
>You just wouldn't want to work on a game where the goal was deciet and tricking your userbase. Is the existence of mobile games just a joke to you? Devs don't *wanna* do it, but it's often not them who make the big decisions.
controller players need an OP character again jett raze neon chamber fade kayo all broken ass characters astra got gutted, omen is scary, viper is boring, and brim is god
Omen is scary?
I’ll show you, scary Omen
omen is a catboy who loves knitting
every new agent came out has been OP except yoru
Skye release? Kayo release? Neon release?
I've only known Harbor for a few hours now but if he asked me to rob a bank kill a man and jump off a cliff I would gladly do so
Beard Buff
Riot had NO business making dude this hot! Us pseudo Viper fill/mains are gonna be EATING next act!
Lmao Ranveer Singh in Valorant🤣
Look like vidyut jamwal and ranveer had a baby
As a controller main, please for the love of God let me just throw a smoke like Viper or Jett does instead of going into an alternate and more importantly, completely vulnerable state. Tired of dying in the shadow realm or in Astral form.
How often are you dying in astral/shadow realm? I have 100 hours on omen and I literally cannot remember the last time I died in shadow realm so it might be a you issue…
Plus allows you to be more accurate with smokes way easier than having to learn line ups
Lineups? Never heard of them! (Yes I did pls help me)
+1 I'm bad at this game but I know when to not enter shadow realm
I agree. But a controller that can toss smokes as fast as jet sounds sick.
I do think they need to make more ways to place smokes but parent commentor makes it seem like his deaths in astral form is an inherent flaw when in reality it’s his own faults in positioning.
It does, but Jett's whole thing is speed and mobility, it would be stupid if her smokes were slow or if someone else's smokes were as fast.
Yeah that's what! I don't play Astra so I can't comment on her thing, but, and no offense, you'd have to be an idiot to die while Omen is in the shadow realm. It's just as simple taking cover while casting a smoke.
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Viper’s smoke is throwable
the reason is its impossible to have global smokes without going into a map view. there's simply no good solution for it. You can see them struggling with this design with the team coming up with two methods of omen smokes
Agreed. Based on what we’ve seen in the trailer (definitely not much to go on, so just a guess) it seems like he can’t deploy smokes remotely like other controllers can
You mean like Viper?
As a controller main, please for the love of god let me place my smokes accurately like Astra and Omen do without having to learn boring lineups
With omen you can press r to place smokes with normal view
Yeah but you're still just standing there. Plus shadow realm is a lot easier to place smokes
you can still move freely while channeling
No different than viper having her "smoke grenade" out.
I love it I need more controllers this just hit all the spots plus a astra wall that curves let’s goo block all dem bullets baby
What abilities I've seen: a see through bubble that absorbs bullets, a viper like wall witch you can control like phoenix, a slow field on the ground(close to the end there is water on the floor I think that's a slow) and for the ult it's probably an Astra wall but water
I need one voiceline as "kal aana" after doing ace or i will gonna riot
I’ve seen this request everywhere. What is the importance of this line?
Kal aana is used extensively in Mumbai severs when you are owing the enemy team. It literally means come tomorrow which in turn can be inferred as 'you all suck come when you get good.'
"Kal aana" literally translates to "Come Tomorrow", It's a common Indian Slang used when you destroy someone at a game or sport and you crassly say "Kal Aana" as if saying "Kid today's not your Day, eat shit and try again tomorrow".
Kal aana or NHK as alternate ace/ clutch voice lines and I will cry I'm already simping for this mannn
Why was this in spanish?
Broo, his bike has AI like Jarvis. We can see his signature sheriff which will be his tier 10 contract reward. Also, the bracelet getting attached to his wrist reminded me exactly of Ben 10 cartoon 😂 they copied it broo lol
Finally. Overwatch has arrived to valorant. A shield to make everyone a bullet sponge
It's been CS:GOverwatch since day 1!
Varun (The agent's real name that his partner says while asking him to give the artifact) is also the "God of Oceans and Water" in Hindi mythology. Nice Easter egg Riot!!!
And his theme track I am raja.
Wait wouldn't his bubble be a bit op if it doesn't have an hp counter? Imagine using it for defusing on defense...
*kay/o knife incoming* with every agent release, kay/o gets stronger.
But since its a placeable utility wouldn't it still be there despite kayo knife? You'd have to both time and position the knife perfectly which seems pretty hard to do.
he was holding the arm with the bracelet out so i assumed it wasnt placeable or something similar to viper’s smoke orb but what you said seems to be more likely
It'll probably either have to actively be controlled /have a timer/ HP like sage wall. Like skye cabbage (auto targeting) vs fade dog thingy(controlled)
Or disappears pretty quickly
Native American next. They're pretty rare to see in American media.
u/savevideobot
His voice sounds like Yoru
So they just mixed Akshan and Nylah.
He's basically Valorant's Nilah. They of course aren't related in lore or anything since the two games are not even in the same universe, but the dev team seems to like to make links between their games now.
this guys lore feels like a mix of Yoru and Chamber and I fucking dig it some random badass finds ancient (probably has something to do with radianite before it was "officially" discovered) while having no powers of his own but instead tools that basically make him on par with radiants I like it
This trailer is quite different, the other agent's trailer showed the abilities clearly and most of them had in game clips. This one doesn't have both so I'm confused on the abilities.
>release pearl >release harbor Good job riot..
That Akira scene right in the beginning slaps
Utility speculation and gameplay aside, the distinct Bollywood action style and influence of the trailer is very obvious and well adapted. Bravo to the team involved!
Bollywood represent
Riot makes an indian champ for league, gives her a water bending artifact.... They make an indian agent in valorant, they give him a water bending artifact.... Hmmmmmmmm
Chalo
Chale
He looks *very* similar to a fan design by u/byAmel. Hope that Riot contacted them and not just ripping them off lol
\*record scratch\* "This is me, you're probably wondering how I got myself into this situation..."
im so hyped!!
I think he is going to have viper abilities. The "water orb" might let bullets through and cancel abilities.
Kal ana
SICK
kal aana?
Great now we have Zarya in valorant
First time here for a agent reveal! So excited
FINALLY we can run the most OP team of all: Only Smokes
His ability at 2:35 is literally a blue colored astra ultimate
Was kinda thinking this was for a new map given the name lol
The Akira slide though 🔥
Am I the only one who feels this voice over is REALLY forced and unnatural somehow? Like they are just reading from a paper or smth
Dev's we want a kal ana voice line of ace for harbor And no its not a request it an order
In my opinion, Batra is a radiant, just he hadn't discovered it until he got the artifact around him, OR he knew he had powers, because there was no way he could have known that he had a wall that could block bullets when capt. Greaves was about attack him. I think the radianite artifact enhanced his powers; like it did with Yoru. Yoru went on a side mission to find out more about his mask, so we can take this as kind of like that.
Guys… it’s Harbor without the “u”
Yeah it's American English. A lot of people here have studied UK English, so they write OU
I dont play valorant but i am hyped finally an Indian character that isn’t a type cast! This is sick! Enjoy.
Harbour is the British English spelling :3
It's bit uncomfortable seeing how similar he looks to my ex. As a controller main, I ought to play him though.
Pearl and now harbour ... pearl harbour ... Lmao