Highlights
- Valorant's diverse selection of agents with unique abilities allows for strategic combinations and coordinated play, leading to victory.
- Certain agent ability combinations, such as using Sage's Barrier Orb with Jett's Blade Storm, can catch opponents off guard and provide valuable information.
- Synergy between agents like Fade and Raze can create deadly traps for opponents and wipe out enemies in specific areas of the map.
Riot Game's character-based tactical FPS, Valorant, stands out thanks to its diverse selection of agents and their unique abilities. Each agent has a toolkit of three signature special abilities and a chargeable ultimate, which range from defensive slows and barriers to offensive grenades and stuns.
Due to the vast number of agent abilities, the possibility for strategic combinations for coordinated Valorant players is limitless. When equipped with these powerful combos, teams that practice effective communication and spotless synergy will punish opponents and ensure victory on the battlefield.
10 Barrier Orb (Sage) And Blade Storm (Jett)
With this combination, Sage can transform her defensive abilities into an aggressive tactic that boosts the power of Jett's Ultimate. While Sage's Barrier Orb wall is forming, the Jett player should stand on it and utilize Updraft in conjunction with her Ultimate, Blade Storm.
Thanks to the increased height the Sage wall provides, Jett can access greater angles with her lethal knives. With this combination, players can catch opponents off guard and gain valuable information on their whereabouts.
9 Fault Line (Breach) And Orbital Strike (Brimstone)
Best used in tight choke points, this combo can potentially eliminate the entire enemy team in one swift attack. Breach's Fault Line creates an earth-shattering blast that dazes anyone in its zone, obscuring their vision and reducing their fire rate. Most importantly, Fault Line also drastically slows players, which leaves them incredibly vulnerable to Brimstone's Ultimate.
Orbital Strike rains down heavy damage over time on players caught within its range. Fortunately, Brimstone's Ultimate does not require line-of-sight to activate, meaning coordination is relatively easy for this combo if players use voice chat effectively.
8 Seize (Fade) And Paint Shells (Raze)
Using one of Valorant's best Initiators, Fade, this combo creates a deadly trap for opponents. Fade's Seize fires a knot that tethers players in its area, holding them in place and afflicting them with the Decay and Deafened debuffs.
Raze's Paint Shell grenades are an excellent addition to Fade's Seize. Upon explosion, they deal initial direct damage and subsequent splash damage to anyone in their path. Combining these powers at a location where players are likely to be packed together, such as a Site entry point, will kill any adversaries unlucky enough to be caught there.
7 Nightfall (Fade) And From The Shadows (Omen)
The following combo takes advantage of Fade's Ultimate ability, Nightfall, which launches a wave across the map that causes impacted players to become Deafened, Decayed, and Marked. These debuffs come in handy when Omen performs his Ultimate, which allows him to teleport anywhere on the map instantly.
If Omen teleports to the area Fade has targeted with her Ultimate, the players affected by the Deafened status effect will be unaware of his presence, allowing him to teleport behind them and exploit their obliviousness.
6 Shock Bolt (Sova) And Snake Bite (Viper)
Viper's Snake Bite is one of the most valuable abilities in her kit. The Molotov damages players and applies the Vulnerable debuff, which lingers for a short time after they leave its zone. The Vulnerable effect multiplies damage by 50%, which complements Sova's Shock Bolts, an already overpowered ability causing 75 damage per dart.
When doubled, the damage from one Shock Bolt is enough to kill any full-health player, which makes this combo extremely strong, especially when used in narrow corners and choke points.
5 Seize (Fade) And Orbital Strike (Brimstone)
Frequently seen in pro play, this combination is game-changing and extremely fun to coordinate. It requires Fade players to use Seize to displace and pull opponents into a specific area, which Brimstone can target with his deadly Ultimate.
Players should fire both abilities in common positions, such as default plant spots and entry points, to trap and kill any enemies positioned there. It is a powerful combination, especially on the enclosed Bomb Sites of the map Fracture, that requires perfect synergy and timing.
4 Gravity Well (Astra) And Aftershock (Breach)
Astra is one of the most challenging but rewarding agents to learn how to play. Her powerful kit includes the Gravity Well, which pulls anyone in its vicinity towards its center before exploding and afflicting them with the Vulnerable debuff for 5 seconds. Players can coordinate Breach's Aftershock to hit the same area to exploit the enemies' Vulnerability and immobility.
Aftershock fires multiple bursts of heavy damage through any wall surface, inflicting 60 damage per tick, which is then doubled to a brutal 120 by the Vulnerability effect.
3 Orbital Strike (Brimstone) And Slow Orb (Sage)
Maximizing the impact of Brimstone Orbital Strike, Sage's Slow Orbs drastically hinder the opponents by ensuring escape from his Ultimate's deadly laser beams is near impossible.
Sage players should launch their Slows just before Brimstone activates Orbital Strike so that players become stuck in its zone. The Orbs' 50% slow effects will make Brimstone's Ultimate ability extremely overpowered, as only 2 seconds in its range will kill any enemy player.
2 Gravity Well (Astra) And Mosh Pit (Gekko)
Gekko's Mosh Pit is an impressive Molotov but suffers from being dodgeable, given the significant delay until it detonates. To counter this delay, players can harness Astra's Gravity Well, which pulls anyone in its vicinity towards its center, trapping them there and making them Vulnerable.
If players can coordinate accurately, Mosh Pit is drastically buffed by Astra's displacement ability, creating a hugely overpowered instant-kill Molotov. Players should use this effective combo in tight corners or post-plant to prevent the enemies from defusing.
1 Slow Orb (Sage) And Paint Shells (Raze)
When cast, Sage's Slow Orb creates a blanket of crystals on any horizontal terrain they land on, which slows anyone attempting to walk or jump over them. Raze can throw her Paint Shells atop these Orbs to maximize her grenade's damage potential.
This is one of the most effective but easily coordinated plays. Players frequently use this combo on the map Ascent as the defending Sage and Raze can safely launch their utility while behind cover through a window accessible on B Lane, which will land perfectly on the attackers in B Main.
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