Valorant’s newest addition to the map pool, Corrode, has loads of new alternatives and quirks for gamers to choose aside.
Right here’s what you want to know, from Corrode’s entrance to the map pool to navigating the websites.
Patch 11.00 – June twenty fifth
Patch 11.00 covers Corrode’s addition to the map pool, Agent updates, new aggressive map rotation, and extra.
Waylay, Reyna, Phoenix, and Neon have capability changes, whereas Breach, Sova, Clove, Killjoy, Cypher, Omen, and Brimstone are the topics for readability and consistency enhancements.
Nonetheless, the spotlight of the Patch is the addition of Corrode.
How will Corrode be launched into rotation?
Corrode can be in rotation instantly from the patch in each Swiftplay and Aggressive.
Swiftplay
For the primary 5 days (June twenty fifth to thirtieth), the Corrode Solely queue can be dwell. Corrode Solely can be restricted to Swiftplay solely. Escalation can be briefly disabled for these 5 days.
This has been launched to assist gamers familiarise themselves with the map earlier than queueing in Aggressive.
Aggressive
Corrode has entered aggressive rotation alongside Bind. Pearl and Cut up are leaving aggressive rotation.
For the primary two weeks of the Aggressive Act, any RR losses on Corrode are diminished by 50%. Wins nonetheless grant gamers 100% RR achieve.
Three lanes, two websites… what units Corrode aside?
At face worth, the map could not seem distinctive. Nonetheless, it has been designed with a particular aim in thoughts.
Valorant recreation designers, map designers, and idea artists have mentioned their intent to channel a extra basic FPS (first-person shooter) format. They wished to homage the style and transfer away from ability-heavy gameplay.
The workforce even instantly referenced a viral clip taken on the map Bind. A cluster of talents clouded the map’s B-side to a comical extent, they usually used that as path for higher channelling gunplay on Corrode.
Due to this fact, Corrode zeroes in on layered defences, sturdy rotation choices, and higher alternatives for defenders to play on-site. Builders hope it will relieve Valorant’s utility strain and reward well-executed technique.
An abundance of corners, mixed with a number of lengthy straights of imaginative and prescient, will hopefully present a balanced availability of methods and gunfight kinds in Corrode.
Navigating A and B websites
Corrode’s A and B websites are each comparatively small.
A web site has solely two true entry factors, however the surrounding partitions have excessive bangability with heavy weapons which can help defenders.
The shortage of entry factors makes A web site notably tough to retake if defenders lose possession to attackers, emphasising a necessity for Sentinel brokers on the map.
B web site is extra open and options the basic heaven spot for defenders to utilise.
Heaven on Corrode permits gamers to leap all the way down to the highest of a three-walled shelter on B web site. This motion is feasible with any Agent. It doesn’t require particular movement-based utility, reflecting the intention to maneuver in the direction of a extra conventional FPS gunfight technique.
When every spherical begins, each attackers and defenders even have good nook angles to work with on the location approaches.
Moreover, on mid, lengthy sights and blended elevation will present glorious alternatives for scoped weapons or a harmful Chamber. There’s additionally elevated cowl to work with, probably leading to fascinating smokes and fights.
Questions over Corrode wall bangability
A web site is surrounded by partitions on Corrode, with two small entrances. In what could be assumed to be an try and stability the benefit of attackers versus defenders, these partitions have heavy bangability in opposition to heavy weapons.
Which means gamers utilizing weapons equivalent to an Odin or Ares can shoot by the wall to hit gamers on the opposite facet.
If the spike is planted in a location the place the hint of the spike could be seen on the surface of the location, attackers can plant and stop defusing with out being on web site in any respect. As a substitute, they will shoot somebody diffusing from afar, out of sight.
Heavy bangability on a unique map, Ascent, compelled adjustments to the maps design. Gamers regularly described the wall-shot gimmick as “boring,” and even “infuriating.”
However, it can take a while earlier than builders know if this is a matter requiring a patch.
Following the Corrode showmatch on the VCT Toronto Finals, teasers, developer interviews, and content material creator previews, gamers have a lot to look ahead to. Corrode’s entrance to the map pool will kick off Act IV with a bang.
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