Sage could have simply been handed an enormous increase due to VALORANT Patch 6.11 modifications that focused the shooter’s spray and pray meta by way of ammunition reductions—by limiting the quantity of ammo in Vandals and Phantoms, the Chinese language Sentinel’s signature wall capability will solely grow to be extra game-changing.
The June 6 modifications imply any Sage partitions positioned on important chokepoints like Icebox’s tube will now require a bigger proportion of a participant’s ammunition to destroy.
Sage’s Wall might even grow to be a a lot stronger last-second push-stopping capability. Whereas different strategies can be utilized to bypass the wall, in sure conditions, it may very well be the round-ending transfer that reinforces the healer’s choose charge on lane-heavy maps.
Sage’s choose charge is already fairly excessive in VALORANT ranked matches, sitting at 54.2 p.c within the final six months, in response to stats tracking website ValorBuff.
That stated, the Sentinel’s abilities have been known as into query by higher-ranked gamers and execs lately, primarily on account of different agent picks showcasing a extra various and deep catalog of signature strikes. All through the VCT: EMEA League, Sage was solely picked 13 p.c of the time. This modification might see Sage make a resurgence within the professional scene if her rotation-stopping wall turns into a fair stronger extra situational play.
The patch in query, Replace 6.11, is tailored to minimize spray-and-pray gameplay. With the modifications, Riot is hoping to make spamming by means of smokes a factor of the previous as VALORANT gamers study to accommodate for a brand new lack of ammo.
It’ll take time for players to adapt, which means Sage’s Wall will at the least be not directly buffed considerably by this patch initially. Nevertheless, as time goes on, there’s at all times a risk that gamers determine a technique to navigate the newly-created ammo subject, whether or not it’s by shopping for extra Odins and Ares or a change in strategic meta.
Both method, this week’s VALORANT replace has solely simply been let free. We’ll have to attend to see precisely what its full impact on Sage and the broader meta actually is.
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