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Valoranthas been diversifying its agent pool since the game’s initial release in 2020. The agents are customized to meet the individual play styles of a large number of players. Introducing new agents is progress towards the goal of creating balance amongst the agent pool.
Clove is the latest controller, added to the agent pool ofValorant. They are a first-of-their-kind aggressive controller from Scotland who made a special place in people’s hearts from the get-go. Their ability to smoke post-death makes them stand out among all the controllers in the game. With the addition of post-death smokesValoranthas confirmed its intention of using the ability to smoke in ways never seen before and they are open to exploring smokes that can damage and heal, in the future.
Valorant’s leap into diversity
Valoranthas always tried to diversify the abilities of each agent, catering to the players’ individual play styles. InValorant, using one’s ability in unique ways has made players indulge in the game with the utmost creativity and outside-the-box thinking.
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Valoranthas been able to do this by being open to exploring new ways to modify already existing abilities while trying not to overpower any agent more than the other.
While answering a question about whether or not will we see smokes that can damage and heal, Dan Hardison, agent gameplay designer at Riot Gamessaid–
Not on Clove, but never say never in general! On VALORANT, we are always open to exploring new mechanics on our new agents.”
His comment made things interesting by giving us a hint about introducing an agent whose abilities might include using smokes to heal or damage.
Clove’s aggressive approach to controlling
Clove is an aggressive controller with the following set of abilities:Decay, Overheal, Smokes, and their ult that resurrects them from the dead allowing them to stand on the frontlines and take frags. Their ability to smoke after dying also plays an important role in determining Clove’s approach toward the game.
Shedding further light on this Harmonsaid–
“Clove is mostly focused around risk-taking: the entire kit is built around being willing to sacrifice yourself to take opponents down or win rounds.” He further added, “Clove is for you if you feel like you’re a brave player who wishes to make a difference early on into rounds, and not for you if you feel like you just want to have strong utility output and play to stay alive the whole round.“
Playing Clove is all about risk-taking, as a Clove player you are bound to play aggressively early on in the game and take out as many frags as possible before dying, as for them, staying alive throughout the round is not necessary given their ability to provide utility even after dying.
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Clove is truly a unique addition to the agent pool ofValorantas it enables controllers to explore a new way to approach the game, retaining the freshness of the game even after 4 years of its release.
Anupam Lamba
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Anupam Lamba is an avid gamer and film lover. After completing his bachelors in Mass Communication he started working as a writer in the Indian film industry before his love for gaming made him venture into the lanes of Fandomwire and he started working as a gaming writer here.
