Best weapons for a beginner right now?
I searched everywhere on the internet and every source/guide seems to be 2 years old.
Valorant seems to be an active game with regular nerfs/buffs so I don't think I can trust those
Can you guys tell me what guns are the meta rn? Or more importantly, what guns are so bad that playing with them would mean I'm actively sabotaging my team?
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sit in a corner with a judgement
That’s not really how val works. Guns aren’t rebalanced all that often and all guns are viable in different situations. Typically you end up buying based off of your economy and what you can afford, for example buying a vandal or phantom with heavy shields when you have over 4k
You pretty much just develop a sense for what to buy when as you play and learn.
Also a bit of personal preference as some buy ranges have multiple options, such as if you’re buying up after winning pistol and you could choose between spectre, ares, marshal, stinger, etc
It can also depend on your playstyle like if you play smokes a phantom is a good option
generally all guns have their pros and cons
for most rounds of the game
you want to aim for a vandal and shields
Update: My team kicked me out
if you dont have enough money to buy this ^, then you either go with a classic and try to do as much damage to the enemies economy (killing them 1v1 and take their gun, maybe try to win the round) or you can light buy which is either buy a stinger or sheriff and try to win the round by some crazy strategy
So if I want a more tap-style weapon I go for the guardian, if I wanna spray/burst I go for vandal?
yeah
generally gaurdian shouldnt really be bought
I usually see phantom/vandal mentioned interchangeably, can you tell me what the main difference is?
okay
so phantom can shoot faster than vandal
but after 15 meters a headshot from a phantom doesnt one tap to the head
but vandal will one tap no matter what
The way shooting in valo works, most fights are decided in the first few shots right?
So is phantom's higher fire rate a significant advantage?
And that's because it's good for spraying through a smoke?
My current main (Phoenix) has a wall, does that mean he's also smokes or is there a "walls" category?
Yeah, it has no bullet tracers so it’s harder for the enemies to shoot you back, if you had a vandal and shot through smoke it would be pretty easy for a high elo player to hit you
When I say smokes I mean a controller
Viper, Astra, Harbor, Omen
i guess
but vandal can instantly one tap you if yuo get shot in the head
generally phantom excells in close range and vandal excells in longer ranges
Oh I didn't know that, I'll keep the tracer thing in mind for when I get out of the bottom of the barrel elos
As a beginner I should just practice my vandal and good old classic, right?
yeah
Yeah, which is why phantom is so good for smokes because you’ll generally be close range
classic not really
Try going ghost/sheriff on deathmatch
Practice those for pistol round
sheriff is good
practice every weapon exept shotgun (you just need to low at high chest low head to one shot) because at one time you will play them
theres no guns on meta lmao
Is there a reason every single one of my teammates in TDM choose the silencer pistol? I thought the sheriff was better based on how many streamers play it
So would you say a gun guide video made 2 years ago would still be valid today?
most people use ghost more than sherif
depends but sure
actually nvm 2 years ago was like the beta
so no
idk what video you watch but weapon had many nerf and buff so not really
Because it’s cheaper and allows for you to save a bit for either util or a better gun next round assuming you win
theres not much to learn about the guns
u cant choose the sheriff in TDM for first round
if you got question on weapon or the game ask us
becuase in the first stage, thats the only gun you can equipt
Fair enough, I was looking for a video so I could get info on every single weapon in the game without annoying someone with all these questions
you dont annoy us we are already annoyed, we have nothing do to xd
I'll just start practicing with guardian and vandal for now
Tbh the best way to learn is just by trying the guns
Damn is valorant that tilting? XD
i vouch
Is it true what they say? That it's the most toxic shooter game on the market
many of us just dont play during of week because we are tired from work
nah
Meanwhile I can't wait to get a job so I can have a decent PC for playing games
Guess that's the circle of life
naw
Eh, tbh most of my matches are just weird not toxic
you can actually have nice vconversations with players on your team
unlike csgo
if you still at your parent house do it, if not be carefull, there is rule for people new to working, how much you should spent with how much salary
so you dont put 2 month of salary direct
So far I haven't come across anyone with a mic
How long have you been playing
True, CSGO has toxic players in literally every language
There’s at least 2 people with mics in all games and everyone else at least has comms
3 days
There should only be like one person a match that may have comms turned off
But I don't play ranked, only Team Death Matches
Oh
No one talks in there 💀
There’s no need to strategize
Get on unrated
Yeah I can't imagine a normal match without comms
Gotta coordinate the spike and stuff
Yeah, the PC is kind of a pipe dream seeing as I'm still in uni
My laptop can get 85frames stable and has a 165Hz screen, plus I have a decent keyboard and gaming mouse so I should be able to get to a decent level on this setup
what i did i had 700$ by month because i am an apprentice, i put 100/300 by month depend if i think i will go out often, if i need to buy something
Ooh, apprentice in trades?
laptop is shit sadly, when you got it, you were having more fps ?
nah carpenter, drywaller
Nope, it's pretty new, it doesn't have a GPU since I needed more battery/less weight for all the walking/travelling I have to do by bus and train
Gaming laptops are really inefficient unless you go for wallet busters like the ROG Zephyrus
what is your ?
Good stuff, that's a field that won't be affected by all this corporate bullshit going on
in france we do actually
It's a German brand so you may not have heard of it, it's Schenker
France so I'm guessing you're unionized?
yep i didnt heard about it
i need to google translate unionized xd
Schenker is XMG's non-gaming laptop line.
XMG has the best performance gaming laptops in the world
Yeah you guys probably have your own word for it
i just google translate this, we have one when the company is big enough about 10 you need one
we are 3 so we dont have one, or we do, idk we had one xd
Only 3? I'm assuming you have a nice boss then
I noticed people have better friendship in careers like construction and trades
i cant say my dad is a bad boss <:val_KekwSob:914192985166610433>
trades depend people need to have good friendships its a need but construction yeah, when you do good job you have many friend
"when you do good job you have many friend" truth of life
yep always was and will always be