Balancing Approach:

•Valorant's balance philosophy prioritizes a measured approach. Given the game's complexity and many variables, it can take time for players to experiment and understand what's strong, weak, and how to adapt to changes. Therefore, the balance team values giving new content time to settle and grow, allowing them to analyze its impact on the game's overall balance.

More Proactive Balancing in 2024:

•Since Valorant's launch, the team has learned a lot about balancing.

•While maintaining their core philosophy, they're trying a more proactive approach in 2024.

•Recent updates to Cypher, Deadlock, Gekko, and Skye reflect this.

Balancing Challenges:

•The team wants the game to feel healthy and innovative while preventing it from constantly shifting and disorienting players.

•They also consider the esports scene, ensuring pro teams have time to adjust to changes.

Feedback is Important:

•The team welcomes feedback on their balancing approach, both for past and recent changes.

•Sharing your thoughts helps them improve.

Role Diversity:

•The balance team's current focus is increasing agent diversity within each role.

•For Initiators, they're working on making Skye more in line with others and improving Gekko's viability.

•For Sentinels, they've buffed Cypher and Deadlock and sharpened Killjoy.

•Finally, they made minor Chamber buffs to improve his value proposition.

Slower Pace of Changes:

•The team will slow down changes in the next few patches to analyze the impact of recent updates and give pro teams time to adjust.

•They still welcome feedback on this approach.

New Agent - A25:

•Riot Games also teased A25, the first new agent of 2024.

•The last Controller, Harbor, was released in 2022, focusing on large area map control for new maps like Lotus.

•However, many solo/duo players must fill the Controller role for their team.

•A25 is designed for these players.

•Described as a "mischievous risk-taker," A25's abilities suit an aggressive playstyle.

•A25's release is later this month.

Additional Information:

•The Valorant balance team knows perfect balance is impossible.

•The team strives to balance the needs of pro and casual players.

•Valorant's balance philosophy will continue to evolve.