Omen lurks. He wriggles into surprising corners, preying on those who don’t pay sufficient consideration. He’s my favorite gun wizard in Valorant, Riot’s new FPS. The complete level of him is to disrupt, to confuse, to unsettle. He is a affected person trickster.
Or a minimum of, I assumed he was. Other individuals have been enjoying him much more aggressively, and I’m each jealous and anxious.
If you’re not accustomed to Valorant, think about CS:GO however with Overwatch-style talents. Ta-da. It is a gloriously straightforward game to explain.
Let’s get again to Omen, and exhibit A. I encourage you to look at all of “PK27″‘s frag vid, even if it doesn’t make you squeal with enjoyment of the identical method I did.
I significantly just like the play at 1:03, the place he teleports to a nook, then (presumably) cackles to himself for a superb 5 seconds whereas extra gamers shuffle into his sights. He does it once more at 2:30, however this time we see him get another person to disguise the sound of the teleport by taking pictures a field.
That sound is a giant deal. There are many, many moments right here that PK solely will get away with as a result of his opponents aren’t holding an ear out.
That’s a bit galling. It’s a dynamic I’m accustomed to, the place your success depends in your opponent overlooking one thing apparent. I’d a lot slightly be in additional management, and do or die primarily based solely alone means – however snagging kills off the again of a tricksy teleport feels unbelievable. There is pressure right here.
You can see it on this clip, too, the place “Zzyx3” manages to make use of Omen’s world teleport to disarm the Spike.
Why are these numpties making an attempt to chase down a personality with a world teleport? This should have felt sensible, nevertheless it solely labored as a result of the attackers didn’t go away a minimum of one participant on guard responsibility.
There’s little doubt that I loved Omen greatest again when gamers would fall for a similar previous tips, bumbling into my sights as a result of they didn’t even contemplate that I might need modified positions. Nowadays, teleporting will get me killed simply as usually because it will get me kills.
I’m okay with that, although, as a result of I see this as the following stage of the game opening up earlier than me. It’s a extra attention-grabbing one, the place I’ve to consider what my opponents assume I’d do, slightly than simply banking on their ignorance. I’d teleport right into a nook as regular for a couple of rounds, then rely on my opponents checking that nook as I pounce from a extra typical angle. I’ve obtained to determine patterns, then play with them. Nowadays, Omen is all about messing with individuals’s heads – which is nice, as a result of I’m too.
I’m additionally eager to start out coordinating extra, utilizing my teammate’s gunshots to cloak my teleports, as we simply noticed PK27 do. There are loads of prospects that preserve Omen viable: he isn’t flat out unhealthy in opposition to people who find themselves good. He’s simply much more nuanced.
Plus, I simply learnt you may teleport whereas being teleported by the map’s teleporter.
I can’t look forward to the day once I DON’T do a mid-teleport teleport, and my opponents’ abandon the bombsite on B as a result of they assume I’ve. Then I’ll really be considering with ‘porters.
In the meantime, I’ll simply preserve pouring over Ollie’s Omen information.
