Valorant
A critical point to discuss is the best Valorant Agents for beginners. Although the game will be four years old in June, only some have tried it. Some have already decided to give it up and prefer CS2, but many other users are taking their first steps into the game from Riot Games.
For newcomers, it is essential to know the Agents' strengths and weaknesses and to understand which Agents might be most suitable for someone who has not played Valorant before.
The blix.gg team is ready to guide you through this thorny path.
Highlights
- List of TOP-5 Agents in Valorant for beginners in 2024
- A description of Agents' abilities, strengths, and weaknesses, and reasons why you should start with them
Reyna
Reyna
Reyna is another excellent Agent who is very survivable due to her powerful but straightforward abilities.
Reyna is considered a super strong character, straightforward to learn, and incredibly useful in learning skills, so she is probably the most recommended Agent for beginners.
Reyna is an excellent Duelist, and we compared her to Yoru in one of the articles.
Abilities
- Leer - an essential ability that allows Reyna to eject her eye, cutting off the enemy's line of sight.
- Devour - a signature ability that allows the player to increase his HP by taking an enemy's Soul Orb.
- Dismiss - Reyna absorbs a nearby orb and becomes intangible for two seconds when she uses this skill. She becomes invisible if she also uses the Ultimate ability with this skill.
- Empress - an Ultimate that dramatically increases your rate of fire, equip, and reload speed. The duration will significantly increase if you score a kill using this ability.
Why Is Reyna Good For Beginners?
Leer
Often underrated, this Agent Valorant for newbies has one significant advantage - she's self-sufficient.
Reyna is a duelist who can easily carry her team on her own. Using Reyna at lower ranks, it can be said that she is probably the best Agent in Valorant when you are not interacting with your team. She does a lot of damage, and her abilities are easily understood.
Speaking of abilities, they also provide room for improvement, meaning newbies who continue developing Reyna's skills will improve over time. For example, ultimates allow you to deal more damage than your opponent quickly, and that's usually enough to take her out in most fights.
Another thing that makes Reyna a solid choice for a beginner is that she's "mistake friendly". This means that even if you find yourself in the wrong position, you can still figure out how to get out of it.
Pros And Cons Of Agent
Pros
- Friendly to mistakes
- If Reyna doesn't kill, she is frail
- Self-medication
Cons
- It's okay not to communicate with the team
- If you have poor shooting skills, it will be challenging to master Agent
Killjoy
Killjoy
With her unique abilities, Killjoy will help you explore a strategic approach to the game while keeping it stress-free. With her, you can explore every corner of the map and experiment.
Abilities
- Alarmbot - deploy a bot that hunts down enemies and explodes, dealing damage and applying Vulnerable status.
- Turret - will provide you with information about enemies and, in rare cases, even help you kill them (it deals minor damage). It should be placed in hard-to-reach places, such as behind or on objects, to make it harder for enemies to destroy it.
- Nanoswarm is a grenade that can be thrown and activated immediately. When activated, Nanoswarm creates a zone where enemies suffer significant damage.
- Lockdown - is Killjoy's ultimate ability. This ability requires 9 points to activate. Once activated, it creates a significant radius and timer, after which all enemies within that radius cannot shoot or use abilities, and their movement speed will be slowed.
Why Is Killjoy Good For Beginners?
Nanoswarm
For newbies, it will only be a plus that this Agent is less active than others on this list, such as Reyna.
This character focuses on controlling certain areas on the map and denying the enemy team the ability to advance. However, she still deals a lot of damage. On the contrary, options like Nanoswarm are compelling against opponents who must learn how to play against them.
A newbie can make good use of Killjoy's versatile gear. As a Sentinel, she can use her abilities (Alarmbot and Nanoswarm) to limit enemy movement in small areas. She's also good at watching enemies from the flanks.
Of course, what is evident here is that Killjoy's ultimates are very easy to use and highly effective in all situations. It's no wonder many consider her one of the best Agents to play on the Brezee map.
Pros And Cons Of Agent
Pros
- Blocking can immobilize enemies at long-range
- Easy to gather intelligence
- Can deal significant damage
Cons
- Limited offensive capabilities
- Long ability cooldown
- Requires teamwork skills
Omen
Omen
Many players consider Omen, the Controller, to be the easiest of his class to master. He has Blind and Smoke abilities and can even teleport to different locations on the map.
Abilities
- Dark Cover - Omen casts a sphere of shadow that expands at a selected point, limiting the visibility of enemy players.
- Paranoia - discharges a shadow charge in front of Omen that will blind the players it touches for a short time. The shadow charge will pass through any obstacles.
- Shrouded Step - a primary channeling teleport over a short distance to a chosen location.
- From The Shadows - an Ultimate ability that can be charged by killing enemies or collecting orbs from the ground on the map. When fully charged, Omen can choose any location to teleport, after which he will appear as a Shade that enemies can destroy to cancel Omen's teleportation. Omen is now able to pick up the Spike and interact with other useables like doors while in the Shade form of From the Shadows (X) without having to cancel the ability.
Why Are Omen Good For Beginners?
Dark Cover
Omen is much easier to learn ultimates with than anyone else. For example, Dark Cover is easy to use and blocks the view of Omen's opponents.
Paranoia is also extremely powerful because of its effect. Its range is extensive, and the ability is much easier to master than some alternatives.
Most players say they had no problems adapting, so that's a big plus. Once you learn how to change your stance correctly, you can constantly surprise your enemies, increasing your win rate.
Omen's versatility makes him a great addition to almost any team composition. He is self-sufficient and robust enough to drag his team behind him whenever possible. Therefore, a newbie can learn the necessary skills and dominate with this Agent.
Pros And Cons Of Agent
Pros
- Versatile set of abilities
- Quick Flank
- Smoke blocks enemy rushes
Cons
- Requires learning how to choose the exact timing and placement of abilities
- Abilities can harm the team if used incorrectly
- Long recharge time
- Requires more practice than with Reyna
Skye
Skye
Skye has many abilities that allow you to gather information, heal allies, and control hawks that blind enemies.
To become the best player on Skye, it's essential to realize that Valorant is a team game, and the Initiator Agents depend entirely on cooperation from your team. The most important thing about playing on Skye is communicating effectively with your teammates, especially the Duelists. Offer them ideas and use your abilities to get more information or blind your enemies.
We've previously written a detailed guide on how to dominate with Skye.
Abilities
- Regrowth is an ability that partly makes Skye a support, allowing her to heal teammates. Compared to others, a feature of this ability is the healing of several teammates at once.
- Guiding Light - Equip a hawk trinket. Fire to send it forward. Hold Fire to guide the hawk in the direction of your crosshair. Press the ability button again in flight to turn the hawk into a flash that can blind enemies.
- Trailblazer - Equip a Tasmanian tiger trinket. Fire to send out and take control of the predator. While in control, Fire makes the animal leap forward, causes a stun blast, and deals damage to affected enemies.
- Seekers is Skye's ultimatum ability. Equip a Seeker trinket. Fire to send three seekers to track down the three nearest enemies. If the Seeker hits a target, it limits the view of the found target.
Why Is Skye Good For Beginners?
Regrowth
When discussing the most suitable Valorant Agents for each map, the Initiator role is often not the primary consideration. However, we'd say it's more of a support character. This means the Agent performs best when she can play alongside her team.
This has pros and cons, depending on your skill level. We think Skye is suitable for rookies when she plays with her team, but she can be a good choice when she must rely on herself.
Skye can provide her team with a wealth of information. New Valorant players often need to pay more attention to this, but information about their opponents' positions and plans can differentiate between defeat and victory.
Skye is a great character to develop skills and learn how to play as a team. Plus, her healing abilities are very high! Newcomers can learn skills from Skye that will make it easier to learn other Agents in the future.
Pros And Cons Of Agent
Pros
- Universal Agent
- Amazing healing abilities
- Can replace a duelist
Cons
- The ability set is best in the late game, but it needs to survive the early game first
- He needs to interact with the team actively
- Be prepared to camp a lot
Sage
Sage
Sage is an Agent for players who prefer the assistant role. Its popularity is due to the fact that the Agent is easy to use and ideal for beginners.
Sage is never unnecessary in any team or ranking. Beginners usually easily understand when to use Sage's abilities and, most importantly, when to use them wisely.
Sage is a Sentinel, and as such, she's excellent at stalling enemies in the corridors leading to the blast point, forcing them to spend extra time and resources to get in or move to another location, which takes even more time.
Please don't rely on Sage for high kill counts to get the most out of your team, but use her to stay alive and heal your teammates.
Abilities
- Barrier Orb - this essential ability is used for defensive purposes, creating an impenetrable wall.
- Slow Orb is a crucial ability that allows you to toss an orb into the enemy's hideout, reducing their movement speed to a minimum.
- Healing Orb is a signature ability that can gradually restore the health of an injured teammate and self-heal.
- Resurrection is Sage's ultimate ability. It allows Sage to resurrect a dead ally, restoring them to 100% health.
Why Is Sage Good For Beginners?
Barrier Orb
Sage's kit is easy to learn, and once you know how to use her barriers, you'll be a much better player in no time.
Another reason we think Sage is one of the best Agents for beginners is her resurrection and healing abilities. Self-healing is a crazy ability in Valorant, one of the main reasons many people choose her as a single-player.
Sage's ultimates are also helpful for a newbie—she can revive an ally. Everyone knows about this, meaning people who play Sage are often advantaged over others.
A common mistake among beginners playing as Sage is to heal themselves first and then other team members. In any case, it's better to prioritize them, as the Healing Orb restores much more health to them than to you.
Pros And Cons Of Agent
Pros
- A high degree of creativity in the use of abilities
- Self-healing
- Resurrecting teammates
Cons
- Her wall can be easily resisted if not used creatively
- Skye surpasses Sage in healing abilities
Summary
For beginner Valorant players, Gekko may also be suitable, but it loses somewhat to the Agents we've already listed.
You can also pay attention to Yoru, whom we mentioned at the beginning of the article. But his abilities are pretty tricky for those just learning, and he has less team utility. However, if you have enough potential, you can take a chance.
