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About Valorant

Valorant is among the most played first-person shooters right now. This hero shooter game has become incredibly famous for its tactical gameplay and a spectacular variety of characters. The strict anti-cheat measures and fair play policies make players competitive, which earned it a sport in the esports calendar. In the present day, Valorant tournaments are some of the major esports events.

Valorant Size

The Valorant installer would only take up to 67.4 MB of storage. To download the entire game from the installer, there should be over 46.2 GB of free space available on the PC storage.

Valorant Download for PC

This installer for this FPS hero-shooter could be downloaded from the official Valorant site or the Epic Games Stores. Moreover, Valorant is a free-to-play game so players won’t have to pay for it.

Valorant Agents

Valorant is incredibly famous for the wide range of playable characters called Agents. Each of these agents has unique abilities and stats. There are 24 agents available in this first-person hero shooter. Moreover, these characters are divided into four classes: Controllers, Duelists, Initiators, and Sentinels.

Controllers

All controller agents have smoke to block the opposition’s vision to get an offensive or defensive advantage.

  • Astra
  • Brimstone
  • Clove
  • Harbor
  • Omen
  • Viper

Duelists

Duelists are agents who are experts in the offense. So, they are the ones to send to break the opposition’s defense.

  • Iso
  • Jett
  • Neon
  • Phoenix
  • Raze
  • Reyna
  • Yoru

Initiators

Initiator agents are the ones to initiate an attack and then support the team to gain an advantage. These agents usually can get enemy information like their location.

  • Breach
  • Fade
  • Gekko
  • KAY/O
  • Skye
  • Sova

Sentinels

Agents who specialize in defense are the Sentinels. These are great for slowing down the battle or even stopping the enemy’s advances.

  • Chamber
  • Cypher
  • Deadlock
  • Killjoy
  • Sage

Valorant Maps

This 2020-released game had only four maps upon its launch, but later the number increased to 10 maps. After the latest update, there are only seven active maps in the game.

  • Sunset
  • Split
  • Icebox
  • Ascent
  • Bind
  • Lotus
  • Breeze

The following three maps were removed from the game after the latest update but could return in the future.

  • Haven
  • Fracture
  • Pearl

Valorant Crosshair

Valorant offers a wide range of crosshairs to select from. Each crosshair suits a different kind of playstyle. So, selecting the right crosshair in Valorant could mean losing or winning matches.

Valorant System Requirements

The following are the system requirements for playing Valorant on a PC.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 / AMD Athlon 200GE

RAM: 4GB

GPU: Intel HD 4000 / Radeon R5 200

Storage: 47 GB

Recommended

OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)

Processor: Intel i3-4150 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200

RAM: 4GB

GPU: GeForce GT 730 / Radeon R7 240

Storage: 47 GB

Valorant Account

To play Valorant, a player would need a unique account that can be created on the official Riot Games page. For those who don't have a Riot account, the game asks them to create one when first launching it.

FAQ's on Valorant

Valorant accounts can be created by visiting the official Riot games page or the game would ask to create one when launching it for the first time.

To change the Riot account associated with Valorant, players should follow these steps.

  • Visit the Riot Games account page.

  • Change the Riot ID, tag, or even the connected email ID.

  • Finally, click on the Save Changes button.

If someone has been logging in using Google or Apple ID, they can simply visit the account page and pick a username and tag for upgrading to a Riot account. Moreover, they have to attach an email ID to the Riot account, which could be the same as Google and Apple ID. Finally, Riot Games would send a verification mail to verify the account.

Riot Games discourages the act of sharing or selling one’s Valorant account. However, there are sites where Valorant accounts are sold against the policies of the game’s developers.

Last Modified Jan 21, 2025 21:52 GMT
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