The Problem With PEARL: Valorant's Worst Map 

Me and my friends always loved playing on pearl for what ever reason we nearly never lost a match there

Very nice explanation. At LCQ, we saw a lot of teams, especially outside of americas, shift comps to incorporate the old single controller astra and hit A site a lot more, due to the fact that it isn’t nearly as messy as B site. Still think the map is pretty unhealthy for attackers, but the changes were definitely an improvement.

Feels like it’s got the same core issues as Icebox a lot of potential but with so many angles, 50/50s and unfavorable sight lines people just stick with default plants.

Cool concept for a video, but the script was a little unclear. Def could have used more explanation on the 5 points that make a good map, so that it's easier to understand what about pearl is well designed, and how B Long negated the design of the rest of the map. The script showed us these 5 points of good map design, but never used or explained them in any way, leaving the rest of the video unfulfilling. Maybe use the rest of Pearl as the introduction to what makes a good valorant map, than explain how B long ruins this balance, thus destroying the competitive integrity of the map. Great editing tho.

You are so UNDERRATED wow. You pay so much attention to details, I love it. Subbed

Well edited + good explainations + new sub, I think your going to be big :D

Like pre chamber nerfs, he was basically the only one that could hold the B site because of his to that allowed for him to use those one and done angles on long but now really no one can actually hold it

so underrated, well made video keep it up!!

Gained a sub, you did such an amazing job with this video.

Well made video dude. Keep it up

Problem with valorant: -You can headshot with every wepon -jumping is worse then crouching still even tho you are 1 inch to the enemy

Another thing that needs to be changed is mid. As it is right now, mid is takes too heavy of an investment to contest by defenders while attackers have a very easy chance of retaking it once defenders do take mid control early. The way mid is designed right now, defenders have very limited ways of retaining mid control once they take it. This weakens the flank options and timings even more.

"pearl is the worst map" wait till he hears about lotus

This is the first time I've seen someone dislike Pearl. I know when it first came out people were iffy on it, but it's genuinely a really fun map for me personally. (This is after the map changes have gone through though. I did not have a ton of experience playing on Pearl before the change).

I still default to attacking B, since most Ranked players aren't capable of taking advantage of those changes

0:43 Yo! This camera POV is kinda nice. W camera team valorant

Pearl still has like 5 times the creativity and complexity compared to Lotus though

Gained a sub awesome vid

nice vid mate.explained it good :)

Which is the song? 0:34

Great vid brother

i am hardstuck iron 3 on EA servers and these low-elo players just always rush B-long. I remeber that I got 2 aces on B-long, one with marshall and one with guardian. I am really looking foward on these chages. Nice video with all the animations etc. mate!

Hopefully the problems are fixed by riots changes, another thing that could potentially help defenders is more onsite cover and a reduction of size in the planting zone.

Great vid

I loose almost everygame on this map i hope they add some new maps for competitive very soon

when is the pearl revamp gonna come out?

7:29 its sad for me cause i had lineups that used part of the cubby and i had to make new ones

ive always hated pearl because of the push on the attacker side of b site because in my elo nobody ever smokes

Neon is also good o pearl on attack on B becauss of her wall players can just wall to hall and then kill the enemies watching site

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honestly when i started playing valo again hated pearl and lotus and started to realise that i reather icebox instead (yet now i accept lotus if im raze, i still hat epearl, and they decide to remove fracture, a map i love, and ADD BREEZEEE BACK, A MAP O HATED AND I HATE EVEN WITH THE REWORK MORE)

Pearl got some good changes these days tho

I said this when I saw the rotation is that this map was growing on me a lot

I remember when fractured was the bane of every players bane of existence. I feel like the new maps in Val just suck

defense pearl is w, attack less better... many people don't like fracture but it's my favourite map ( 1st is lotus)

need to make plant more spammable from link and open to site, or add walls to site

how do you say pearl is the worst map when there is fracture

Do not let riot cook again, fracture, pearl

sunset and breeze are hated most

it doesnt have to bee equal for atack and defense in a game where both teams got to play both sides

I personally dislike Lotus a lot more and feel like it deserves the title more than pearl.

Meanwhile Breeze:

"what makes a good map" he forgot to add in my opinion 🐊👍

fracture in the corner:

I mean pearl is a quite bad but nothing beats fracture and breeze

You reap what you sow. Add smooth brain agents with smooth brain 0 skill abilities you end up with that shit

This is to me worse than first release icebox, and i even liked that to some extent

lotus and breeze:

I will always standby the fact Pearl is ass if the aesthetics aren't taken into account

5:32 LMAO

you say pearl is the worst but icebox only has 1 useable site and breeze has been changed so many times because of how awful it is

Ratio, Pearl #2 on the best maps

That’s not what begging the question means

me who thinks pearl is my fav map:

I love pearl 😊

I Can only Win On Pearl If I play Neon

breeze and icebox are hot cheeks

obviously pearl has long been fixed at this point, but for anyone visiting in the future another reason why pearl b became so problematic was chamber getting nerfed, as pre nerf chamber was the only one who could play the cubby and pillar angles on b long and get out safely, forcing attackers to use utility to clear him out.

Bro lotus is bad as well

Bro I got Pearl while watching this video..

my fav map bro

nooo i love this map

pearls too dark

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i love pearl cause i love snipers

Why doesn’t valo just let u choose maps like cs

If its bad in comp just remove it, I personally love Pearl in ranked.

Pearl is my fav, haven is suck

I love pearl, by far my best map

Oh no this map ruins the game for less than1% of players. This is what higher level player would call a skill issue to anyone in metal ranks that would be complaining about it who hold the majority voice of things

if youre noob youre noob it has nothing to do with maps.

Lotus is mid beyond repair

Ascent is the the most boring map, same comps, defense sided, no creative ways to get into the sites It's just a boring map now

bro what, i love pearl, fracture is the worse

I hate pearl W

Nah bro. I'm pretty sure lotus is the worst map... definitely not pearl

pearl is rhe best map, im always winning it😅

Fracture is worse change my mind.

Pearl and lotus are the worst map ever created.

Skill issue tbh

I disagree. A site is worse cause it’s smaller, therefore if the whole team pushes A, it’s over.

Fracture is worst, theres shit better than fracture

Nah, that title belongs to Lotus lmao. Pearl is automatically a pretty decent map purely because it doesn't have some shitty gimmick or mechanic to it. Lotus has the rotating doors, the breakable one, AND 3 bomb sites. Gimmicks in Valorant just aren't fun lol, aside from the teleporters from bind since you can actually play around them and use them for strats or something.

Ur thumbnail is a lie the worst map is lotus and split no cap tbh

Valorant maps are trash, period.

Pearl is the best map

your logic is terrible pearl is literally the best map

GOODJOBB I PROUD OF THIS VID

I disagree. Pearl is very fun 🤠