*NEW* Meta Agent Tier List Patch 8.04! - NEW PHOENIX META! - Valorant Guide

ever since the start of the champions tour we've seen dramatic Innovations in The Meta so in this video we're going to be breaking down the new meta tier list talking about the best and worst agents characters that Pros are trying and succeeding with and strategies that you can incorporate in your games to give yourself a leg up on the competition now first off I do want to talk about the D tier and these are two characters that are actually being experimented with and they have potential to move up this list but right now they don't have the pick rate to justify a higher placement but I do want to talk about first deadlock the deadlock was being experimented with by Pro Team EG on maps like ice box and actually doing really really well it looked incredibly impressive for them to shut down enemy teams with deadlock but one of the things that we saw is as enemy teams got more and more used to dealing with the deadlock they were able to adapt and overcome it that being said it proved that deadlock is viable on ice box and especially in ranked play I think that deadlock can be that sleeper pick that opponents don't know how to play around but on other Maps it's going to be more more powerful Sentinels even though the Sentinel meta is shaking up quite a bit but we'll hit that a little bit later now the next character in the D tier I do got to talk about is Phoenix and I almost didn't want to put him here and you would know in the past I put him in the rank Superstar tier a rank given to characters that don't have a place in Pro play but they only have a place in ranked play and Phoenix has always been this character that has been an All-Star and ranked but in Pro play has been lacking although loud one of the best teams in North America has been slaughtering teams teames specifically with Phoenix on maps like Ascent Sunset and bind and the way that they're doing this is by specifically abusing the fact that Phoenix can get ult very very quickly with only six ult points needed you play the map you fight for control of certain orbs and all of the sudden you're getting like one to two free orbs around your Phoenix gets a couple of kills in a joint engage and you're farming a phoenix Soul every like three rounds that can literally win an entire freaking round for you by itself you're going to be able to bait out tons of utility you're going to be able to gather information and you're going to have someone to entry on the point that can even get kills so it's incredibly strong and I think it's something that a lot of people in ranked play need to abuse more the fact that this is the character with the fastest ult possible and it's one of the strongest ults if you even have a slightly good game on Phoenix you can chain a pop off round into an old round into a pop off round into an old round and it could just snowball out of control so he's still phenomenal for ranked play but the fact that we're seeing him in meta play being experimented with and teams are succeeding with it and top teams are using it to win means that I think Phoenix has some potential here to move up the rankings as an anti- meta pick but speaking of anti meta understanding The Meta and The anti- Meta comes down to one simple click skill cap.com has everything you need to master the meta improve your game sets positioning aim and everything you need to dominate your games and lobbies and quickly climb the rank and even your Premier games as well valer is getting more and more competitive and you don't want to get left behind and with skill capped will level you up right away and with our money back guarantee if you don't climb and improve you don't pay so what are you waiting for check it out right now down below now one character that's been having a pretty rough time in The Meta is Sage even on ice box her pick rates has slipped to the point where she doesn't really see any play right now and we can't even blame that on the map Point anymore because we talked about it before when ice box was out of the map pool but now that ice boox is here she's still seeing no play even deadlock is seeing more play than her and overall that's really bad for the character now this character still has a really high win rate in ranked play and is still doing fine and you can win with her in ranked but for pro play her utility doesn't quite transfer into enough value and I think that many of the Nerfs that have been given to her over the years could probably be reverted in one way or another but let me know down below how would you buff Sage to make her more viable on other maps in comparison to some of the other picks now the last character in detail we definitely got to talk about is neon another character that isn't seeing substantial play right now and this is not necessarily A Fault of neon as a whole it's more so the fact that neon has only seen consistent play on fracture which is currently out of the map pool that being said I think a more fundamental problem exists with neon which is if you were playing her you're sacrificing either Rays or jet one of the two and I do think that when you have a character that requires an initiator like breach to set her up to get value even if it comes at a different like Target in The Meta it doesn't make sense to justify picking that over the really tried andrue powerful Duelists that just don't require the same level of setup or are more flexible with their engagements now moving on up we definitely do got to talk about the C tier and the first character I do want to talk about is chamber now chamber did recently get buffed but it didn't dramatically change his pick rate around all that much he still is seeing some play but due to the power of a lot of the Sentinels right now at the high end and he's not seeing Play even on his previous good maps maps like breeze and Lotus have been dominated by Cipher specifically due to the power of some of these really really difficult to deal with trips so you're basically put in a situation where you have to play Cipher but you can't rock two Sentinels chamber and Cipher because then you're really weak on attack and you H like lack a lot of options you have to sacrifice something for that composition so chamber is kind of you know picked a lot less relatively he still sees a little bit of play here and there some maps like Lotus and sunset he's picking up a tiny bit of percentage points but overall his power level is still pretty substantial he does have potential but I think some of these other Sentinels at the high end would have to be nerfed for him to see any play at all then next off in the C tier we actually have to talk about yoru a character that was experimented quite a bit and the top team Sentinels used it quite a bit to some great success other teams used it as well like G2 and I do think that yoru is a bit of a sleeper pick now there's a couple requirements for yoru you need someone that is really really good on the character really comfortable on the character not a character that random other dualist players can just Flex to they really need to know yoru inside and out and most of the time it's whipped out as an anti- meta strategy that keeps enemies guessing you got to think about it how it works at the highest meta where teams kind of expect certain compositions so they prepare for it but when you introduce a new variable something like a yoru all of the sudden they have to completely readjust and build strategies around this character and because you whip this out of the fly sometimes you can steal games from teams that are just not prepared for you like maybe you play them again down the line and they're more expecting of some of these strategies but you only need to win against them one time on one map to make it worth it to justify it and I do think that this is another reason why yoru could be really really good and ranked because if you're a really good yoru that understands your proper engagements enemies might not go up against a great yoru all the time so they have to like re-calibrate and if they don't know how you're engaging what you're doing and they get confused and lost that's the easiest way to just completely mentally boom them and win a game so not only is he seeing some anti- meta play in Pro play but it also exemplifies his strengths in ranked play as well now next up I do get to talk about Harbor Harbor is mainly used as a double controller setup on maps like breeze and he does have a lot of potential to see more play overall right now he's seeing a little bit of play on Breeze bind ice box some of these Maps never as a solo controller more as a double controller still really solid meta Edition still a powerful character but not going to reach the higher numbers of tier just because his pick rate is kind of lagging behind the rest of the characters on the roster now moving up we do got to talk about B tier first off I do got to talk about Astra Astra is just a fantastic double controller as well we're seeing a lot of value on Astra specifically on split that's pretty much all where she sees play but she sees a substantial amount about 50% is what she's seeing and yeah she's a really strong character and she gets value in that map and that makes her a substantial meta pick doesn't mean that she's dominating every single map or anything like that but she's still still really really strong in the situation she's good in so she's at the bottom of B next up I do got to talk about fade and fade is still a strong character still seeing a little bit of play especially on maps like Lotus and could see more play in the future one of the things about fade that kind of push her down the list a little bit is even after all the Nerfs sky is still really strong gecko is looking very very strong lately KO is still really really strong and especially with all of this utility that needs to be busted like Cipher trips Sila is more important now than ever to be able to break that utility in a way that fade can't do as reliably so you combine all these factors together and fade is unfortunately just worse than many of the other options not that she's weak or anything like that just relatively these other characters provide a little bit more value now next up we do got to talk about Brimstone and brimstone seeing a ton of pick R specifically on bind that's his best map by far although we are seeing him sometimes on ice box and some other maps with double controller setups overall this is a rather light time with Brimstone considering fracture isn't in the map pool but once that comes back brimstone's pick rate will Skyrocket and his tier on this list will go up respectively to that now last up in the BT we do got to talk about breach breach sees a smattering of play a lot of pro teams try breach on different Maps split Ascent Sunset bind and really they will use him to take early aggressive space and try to set up something with a dualist they typically do this a lot and they'll do this on attack or defense often times a team will run a bre and take control of something super aggressive as a team so that enemies either get caught off guard or their options are limited with rotation because if you like aggressively take like aain then all of a sudden they can't rotate back into aain because they don't know where you're hiding you know Cubbies and things like that so if you set up a joint play aggressively taking a main you might kill two people or you might potentially put so much fear in the enemy team that they'll never rotate back there because you could leave someone planted there and so your the rest of your teammates can like really expect them the other side that's just like a hypothetical of some of these what these teams are doing but it's not very consistent his pick rate right he is seeing substantial play across Maps but he's not kind of convinced in The Meta he's not definitive some teams are experimenting with him but overall he has a relatively light pick rate now before we move on to a tier I want to talk about the ranked Superstars characters that don't really see any play but they are really really good in ranked play if you're a mechanical God or if you know exactly how to make the proper engagements to dominate and these are ISO and Raina two characters that definitely require you to be on your game mechanically but these more of these characters that meets the eye and if you check out skill cap we have in-depth guides over Raina specifically so that you could really level up your gameplay and climb you definitely going to want to check that out but yeah these characters can dominate A ranked Lobby and really climb you but they're probably not going to see any meta play for anytime soon next up we do got to talk about a tier a pretty stacked tier but a lot of these characters are seeing a lot of play and they're really good and they have a lot of potential first off I do want to talk about Gecko and gecko is just really looking good especially after sky has got nerfed a lot of her pick rate has been given up gecko is seeing a lot of value especially many of the top teams are trialing Gecko and it's even these double initiator comps like Gecko and KO that Sentinel is running that is looking really really good and overall gecko is finally in a place where teams like him and they're playing him more and more and I do think that he's a really good character in ranked as well so don't sleep on gecko like he's been slept on for quite some time and then next up I do got to talk about Sky I can't not talk about Sky because even outside of all of the neres she's received she's still great like her utility is just so good on split and on bind she's dominating and she sings Some pick rate here and there on most other Maps Sky's just a really really powerful character and it seems that all the effort to Nerf her has affected the meta at large but it hasn't made Sky you know bad right she's still a great character she's is still super strong and it looks like that's not going to change anytime soon speaking of which we do got to talk about ko ko is just rolling on Ascent always has maxed out pick rate on Ascent but we're also seeing him dominating Breeze as well and a lot more experimentation on maps like Sunset bind and ice box I do think that kale has always been one of the best characters in Pro play and pro teams are adopting him now more than they have in quite some time now for ranked play he does have a rather harsh win rate overall and I think it's really due to the fact that people don't synergize with KO very well and people don't Master Ko enough so definitely put in the hours grind this character and I think there's a lot of value in free games waiting for you next up we do got to talk about killjoy and killjoy is just a super solid Sentinel nothing that is taking over The Meta or anything like that anymore but she still sees Max at ice boox pick rate she still sees a lot of lotus pick rate and a lot of freaking Ascent pick great now there's other alternatives to her now before she basically dominated Ascent teams only picked her on Ascent but we're seeing some interesting different types of compositions that don't pick her nearly as much they're either playing Cipher or they're playing something completely different and she's still a really really powerful character but she isn't taking over the metal like she once was still a tier worthy though now next up in the a tier we do got to talk about Jet Jet is still an All-Star on breeze on ice box on Ascent she's freaking dominant she's nuts we know how good jet can be and that hasn't changed raises her out a little bit right now but still Jed overall is a very powerful character and the best oper although we're seeing a lot more other characters op right now not just jet but jet is still one of the best opers very very powerful and uh yeah definitely going to be meta probably Forever at this point next up we do got to talk about Silva at the very tippy top of a tier Silva is still seeing a ton of play Breeze ice box freaking a little Sunset a little Ascent so he is really needed a lot to deal with with Cipher trips and we'll talk about it a little bit how the cipher meta is changing cuz people are getting better at dealing with his utility but SOA is like one piece of that that is pretty reliable and it's nice to be able to pressure out these trips and you don't have to peek into them right and and Silva's really really good at that he's always been a really strong character so while he's not just having maxed out pick rate he's still very very powerful definitely deserving of upper a now last up we do got to talk about s tier and these are the characters with the highest p rates or the characters that have the craziest impact on the meta at large and first off I do got to talk about Cipher and yeah Cipher has kind of just warp The Meta around him in a pretty meaningful way on breeze on Sunset and he sees play on scent and on split as well and I do really want to note that teams have gotten a lot better at dealing with Cipher than they did in the past like when the Buffs happened right away we got to see a lot of matches against Cypher and uh teams just fell over to Cipher no one could beat Cypher people just couldn't figure out the best strategies to deal with him but now everyone's adapted even in ranked play highlevel ranked play and and it's kind of trickling down people are getting better and better at dealing with Cipher because they respect his utility more and The Meta is kind of solving itself where Cipher isn't this end all be all Psychopathic impossible to deal with character he's strong but he does have vulner abilities that teams are getting better at exploiting now next up I do got to talk about Ray I mean it's hard not to when she's seeing Almost 100% pick rate on split seeing tons of pick rate on bind Lotus and sunset the best duelist right now just narrowly edging out Jet and being really really strong it's hard to understate how much value this character can get she has been consistently one of the strongest characters in The Meta for quite some time and she's been one of the best rank Stompers as well I have suggested Rays a million times of people I do think that she's one of the best characters that you can learn if you are someone that is locking ISO Raina neon any of these characters where you're just trying to run it down pop off and get kills just put that effort and time into Ray and you will become absolutely cracked I mean Ray isn't easy to learn but she gives you so much flexibility and movement so much carry potential and she's a metap pick as well so if you start scrimming playing in Premiere you're already set up for that there's so much value that this character offers and yeah she's just amazing so she definitely deserves s tier now next up in the S tier we do have to talk about Omen Omen seeing literally perfect pick rate on Lotus Ascent Sunset and still seeing some split pick rate as well although as a dual controller setup specifically with Viper now Omen is great we've talked about how manen's great but we're seeing variations to it that Sentinels and tens and some other teams are innovating on where Omen is getting a lot more active in these fights right he's using his utility he's setting up his team but then he's going to teleport in then he's going to go take an angle take a play fight for the objective not going to lurk quite as much as he has in the past still lurking though Marv is still out there doing his thing but getting more proactive in these fights going in teleporting in trying to trade out your duelist after they Satchel in or Dash in right after you use your paranoia after you use your smokes your life doesn't matter nearly as much you don't have to play as as safe as controlled so you can go more proactive and try to Aid your team in that aggressive Pursuit and Omen slotting right into that but we have a last character she's an S tier but she's really should be in Super S tier because what the hell is this pickit I mean she's being picked like 80% of the time right now on like every map maxed out split maxed out bind maxed out Breeze maxed out Lotus she's basically almost maxed out on every map but ascent and she still sees play on Ascent that's not a map that she doesn't see play Viper is taking over the entire meta she's just that strong and I've been saying in the past that until we get like a certified lion smoker that actually competes with Viper directly you know we're not going to see a change in Viper on the map she's really good in but now we're seeing a problem where she's so good that people are just playing dual controller setups on even the maps that she historically hasn't been that dominant in and it's not just like breeze and ice box that she's popping off in Breeze and ice box and split it's every map so maybe we have to think about maybe Viper is just too strong I do want to pass the question off to you do you think Viper's here because of lack of competition or is she here because she's too strong what would you suggest they do about it do you think they should Nerf Vibe do you think she's healthy for the game let me know down below and definitely check out skill cap if you really want to level up your skills thank you so much for coming by hope you enjoyed the video and I'll see you next time

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Length: 18min 52sec (1132 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 08 2024