mate, no one hates you for your playlist. honestly, I liked your tierlist even though I think it is not made by an informed source. I actually showed your video to a friend of mine, and he was also finding it funny. As for actual content of this Video: agent rankings shouldnt be based by outliar players. (As for me: Im a brim main, but that doesnt make brim better.) I personally would rate brim b or c. this is, because 1. smokes can be baited out (against brim on defence) 2. Lack of rechargable smokes 3. smoke range (lowest in the game, As example: cannot smoke B-Long from A on bind) 4. No combo potential with other agents 5. No anchor potential 6. shit pistol buy (3 smokes= no molly after ghost or light armor) 7. Stim kinda useless (only good for spraydowns/rotates/smokespray) 8. no potential for playing default (This list was brought to you by me (brim main) and my friend (analyses a metric fuckton of progames)) As for the fact that "radiants are good with any agent", yes they are, THAT DOES NOT mean that they are all good. If you look at the Valorant champions pickrate, you see a clear difference between good and bad agents. you can see, that KJ/ Skye and Raze have been picked most, and neon/Gekko/phoenix/reyna/sage/deadlock have been picked basically nerver. Link to the pickrates of valorant champions 2023: www.vlr.gg/event/agents/1657/valorant-champions-2023
Everyone can have their opinions I wont disagree but the problem with this tier list is that its objectively bad. You cant use the argument of "if agent x was played by a radiant then ..." because that just applies to all agents as all agents are viable in ranked. Its just a question of how easy or how much value you can get out of an agent. On top of that you need to compare the agents to other agents in their respective roles to get a good perspective on what tier theyd actually be. And lastly dont compare agents on how many kills you get on an agent because its possible to get great value on an agent even if you arent fragging. Breaking the tier list down: Phoenix - S tier is too high for him. His ult is ridiculously strong and his flashes are strong but his molly and wall are not good. His healing is crazy weak as if you wanted to heal back up to fulll youd need both pieces of util which just isnt worth it. Compared to other duelists namely Jett and Raze hes just too weak in comparison. He should be around C maybe D tier. Reyna - S tier is again too high. She is the only agent in the game where your performance on the character really matters as if you arent fragging then youre just a walking ult point providing no value as the only bit of util that can benefit a team is horrible. Her flash is the worst flash in the game because it can easily be shot out and doesnt actually fully flash someone. She is too selfish to be played in a team based game. D tier for sure. Sage - Sage is a good agent for rankeed but the higher up you go the worse she gets. Her heal is good but the higher up you go the more often youll get headshot which heal cant do anything against anyways. Her wall is really strong on pistols but most likely will and can be shot out off the start of a round which just completely negates the perks of having the wall up and her slows are good but wont fully stop a push out unlike a molly per say. Her resurrection is really strong but the rest of her kit just falls flat. B or C tier Brimstone - Brimstone is alright as it stands. His smokes last the longest which is great but hs range is too limited to smoke which is a big problem and the fact you dont get them back is even worse. As good as his molly, stim in some cases and ult is the fact his smokes are so limited makes him a worse traditional smoker than astra and omen. B or C tier Skye - Good placement could arguably be bumped up to S tier. Breach - Has incredible teamplay potential but his downfall is ultimately how the maps are set up as his aftershock and fault line are incredibly weak in big open maps like breeze. His ult is an insane piece for retake but just an ult wont save him. His flashes are good but get outclassed bby skyes flashes in every way. B or C tier again. Cypher, Sova and Kayo - All good placements. Arguments could be made for Sova and Cypher to be S tier. Deadlock - The worst agent in the game by FAR. None of her utility is remotely close to being good. Her grenade just makes people crouch which can be used with say a raze grenade but there are other things that work better. Her traps only react to sound which means they cant hold a flank well and can only be used in a very niche way. Her wall is just a way weaker sage wall and her ult can easily be shot out by other teammates. Chamber, Gekko and Harbor - Good placements Harbor arguably C tier Jett - Jett being down this low is criminal. Jett is the only agent other than Chamber that can efficiently use the operator and thats because her kit is all based around being able to get out of sticky situations. Her movement is incredible and can put anyone off and her ult is an absolute weapon especially on eco rounds. S tier Viper - Again criminal being this low. Her wall is so strong its a must pick on a ton of maps as it can cover so much more than an average omen brimstone or astra smoke. Her molly and orb arent something to laugh at either as they are both still very good and her ult is one of the best ults in the game as it can completely block off choke points and on top of that decay enemies down to 1 hp is just incredible. S tier Raze - Raze is one of if not the best agent in the game right now because her util just too strong. Her satchels provide incredible movement her boombot and grenade are excellent at clearing out angles making it easier to push and her ult is extremely scary. S tier Yoru, Neon - Theyre fine as placements go but Yoru could possibly go up into B tier Omen - Has great smokes and unlike Brimstone can be placed from across the map which makes him very good. His flash is also very good for teamplay. His ultimate and shrouded step certainly arent the best but can sometimes offer good mind games. But his smokes are extremely strong which puts him into the A tier for me. Fade - Fade has good util. Not exactly the best but definitely not bad either. B tier Killjoy - Killjoy in D tier is insane. Killjoy as a sentinel is incredibly strong. Her setups can be really hard to counter but will get harder to use as you go up in the ranks but even without them her util walks very well alone. Turret and alarmbot are great at holding angles for info and her mollies are also very strong stalling for time since you can choose when to activate them. Her ultimate is the strongest ultimate to take space in the game as it forces you to get out of the range or else you are just forced to die. S tier Astra - Like Omen smokes are very good and can be used across the map. Gravity well and Nova Pulse are decent but youll mainly be using the stars for smokes anyways. Her wall is incredible as you cant shoot through and cant hear through it and can force players to push into you in a post plant retake situation. The problem with her is most of the times youll only be using her smokes and will rarely use anything her other abilities which can take some value out of her. B tier
