{"id":38713,"date":"2022-11-16T09:58:10","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T09:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamepirenews.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/16\/valorants-new-agent-harbor-sucks-at-launch-updated\/"},"modified":"2022-11-16T09:58:10","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T09:58:10","slug":"valorants-new-agent-harbor-sucks-at-launch-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamepirenews.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/16\/valorants-new-agent-harbor-sucks-at-launch-updated\/","title":{"rendered":"Valorant&#8217;s New Agent Harbor Sucks at Launch [UPDATED]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n<p>It\u2019s been every week or so since Riot Video games launched Valorant\u2019s latest Agent, the water-bending controller named Habor, and I believe it\u2019s secure to say his impression on the meta has up to now been underwhelming. Really, I\u2019d go as far as to say he\u2019s maybe the worst-performing Agent at launch the sport has seen but, and I received\u2019t be in any respect shocked if he\u2019s given a buff in fast order.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Replace 11\/15: The newest Valorant Patch 5.10 has caused a buff for Harbor. His Cascade (C) capacity now has two expenses as an alternative of 1. What do you assume? Is that this more likely to change Harbor\u2019s place within the meta? We\u2019re unsure, however at a look, the buff doesn\u2019t appear sufficient. We\u2019ll revisit this matter once more quickly as soon as we\u2019ve had an opportunity to play with him. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The issue with Harbor\u2019s equipment is multifaceted however primarily boils right down to the truth that he\u2019s a controller who can\u2019t actually management areas of the map successfully. Satirically, nearly all of his skills are targeted on blocking imaginative and prescient, and but he doesn\u2019t work in any respect on the defensive half. He\u2019s a lot better suited to attacking when he nearly appears like an initiator. Because of this, Harbor is simply actually serviceable as a secondary controller on most maps when there\u2019s an Omen, Brimstone, or Astra to do the defensive heavy-lifting with standard smokes.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Valorant Agent Harbor Abilities - FULL GAMEPLAY REVEAL\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Oi0wtHx4L7s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>To be honest to Riot Video games, the event staff behind Harbor had defined forward of his launch that the Agent was all the time meant as a brand new possibility on maps the place Viper sees a close to 100% choose fee. And, for positive, Habor does carry out greatest on Breeze, Icebox, and Pearl. <\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, as his equipment is at present, I simply don\u2019t see him as a greater choose than Viper, and certainly, my expertise in Immortal elo ranked video games over the previous week means that\u2019s the case. To not point out, too, he\u2019s additionally a lot much less enjoyable to play than Viper and far more durable to make use of successfully.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s all a bit disappointing, truthfully, as we\u2019ve waited so lengthy for a brand new controller in Valorant, and Harbor held a lot promise. He was at one level codenamed Mage and had us all dreaming up cool arcane skills that might shake the meta up in an enormous method, however his launch has been something however spellbinding. And my complaints concerning the effectiveness of his equipment apart, I can\u2019t say I\u2019m all that excited for his inevitable buff, both. He\u2019s only a bit boring. <\/p>\n<p>Perhaps that\u2019s too harsh. Maybe if his equipment truly labored extra successfully, I may be extra enthusiastic, and I\u2019m anticipating the inevitable buff to come back quickly. I believe we\u2019ll see each his Excessive Tide (E) and Cascade (C) skills last more, and maybe sluggish enemies extra severely, as that side of the equipment is comically weak. <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d prefer to see the Cove (Q) bullet-proof smoke buffed, too, ideally conserving the protect as it&#8217;s however altering it in order that the smoke lasts even as soon as damaged. It most likely shouldn\u2019t price wherever close to what it does proper now, both.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Valorant Harbor Gameplay - DROPPING 30 IN EARLY ACCESS!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nf5Kkexqo6o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">You&#8217;ll be able to nonetheless pop off with Harbor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The one side of Harbor\u2019s equipment that I believe is efficient, distinctive, and thrilling to make use of is Reckoning (X), his final. It\u2019s an incredible software for website executes and retakes, and it simply feels enjoyable to make use of, as if, lastly, your skills are literally having a tangible impact on the ebb and move of a spherical. It\u2019s the one a part of Harbor\u2019s equipment that enemies appear to respect in the meanwhile, whereas all the pieces else simply will get run by or destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Harbor definitely received\u2019t be the primary Agent who limps into the meta and requires a buff earlier than discovering his place on the roster. We\u2019ve seen Brokers like Skye, Kayo, Phoenix, Yoru, and Neon all require buffs similarly. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s simply in these cases, their utility did at the very least really feel impactful at launch; they felt helpful and thrilling to play, even when their skills wanted consideration to make them really aggressive. Harbor simply feels outclassed and largely ineffective. It\u2019s not the debut we wished for under the second new Agent in 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twinfinite.net\/2022\/11\/no-safe-harbor-valorants-latest-agent-sucks-at-launch\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been every week or so since Riot Video games launched Valorant\u2019s latest Agent, the water-bending controller named Habor, and I believe it\u2019s secure to say his impression on the meta has up to now been underwhelming. 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