The most exciting aspect of Valorant is its diverse agent roster. Right now, the game features a total of 26 agents scattered among four different categories. Now, maintaining a balance among these characters is the most challenging task for Riot Games. Any baseless nerf or buff can literally dismantle the whole gameplay.
That is why some agents had to go through severe series of nerfs to keep them down on the level of other agents, for example: Viper, Jett, Raze, and many more. However, no other agent had to go through the harsh fate that the French weapon designer had to go through. But it seems his glory days are coming.
In a recent tweet, the live balance designer of Valorant, Ryan Cousart revealed that Deadlock is going to have some changes. He stated that these changes might be a bit different than the one he initially thought them to be.
Deadlock changes are coming but it might be a different look than we had imagined it when we started looking. We want to keep sound sensor as is, for now, but will be looking to empower players that are mastering her reactive, yet aggressive, stall potential
— Ryan Cousart (@rycoux) January 30, 2025
However, her Sonic Sensor is going to be unchanged. Another fan inquired whether Riot is bringing back the global TP and traps of the Chamber in this tweet, appearing more worried for the French weapon designer than Deadlock.
In reply, Cousart didn’t give any concrete confirmation, but his words felt a lot more promising. He said there is no plan to bring those two highly awaited features of Chamber but he also said “not saying never.” This small phrase was enough to enlighten hope in the fans.
Hm, I personally like that they protect him from other angles as he holds others instead of giving him global info on another site that he doesn’t have kill potential on. Not saying never but maybe not right now?
— Ryan Cousart (@rycoux) January 31, 2025
However, Cousart himself likes the fact that the other teammates of Chamber protect him from other angles as he holds others. He thinks it is a lot better than giving global info to his team on another site where he doesn’t have any kill potential.
When Chamber was launched in Episode 3 Act 3 in 2021, he absolutely wreaked havoc in Valorant, and the main reason for this was his signature ability, Rendezvous.
At the time of his launch, this ability was universal, which means Chamber didn’t have any area restrictions like today, as he used to teleport from one site to another without any hassle; just putting the anchors in the right place was the key. Also, his trademark was not area-restricted as well, which made him a true Sentinel of the game.
But after the 5.12 update in December 2022, everything changed for Chamber main. Not only was his trademark made effective only when Chamber was in its range, but his rendezvous was made range-restricted as well. This actually killed the Sentinel in Chamber, and players started using him as a Duelist. Players now use his TP like the Dash of Jett.
Actually, with the initial TP ability, Chamber mains went absolutely berserk, moving from one site to another. And like every OP agent in the game, he had to face that harsh nerf. However, if Riot wants to make Chamber a true Sentinel in the game, then it needs to bring back its universe TP, obviously with some restrictions.
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