Twitch Streamer Shroud Reveals Why He Thinks Upcoming Jett Nerf Will Change the Valorant Meta
Valorant has had a balance issue for some time. Going back as far as 2020, Jett has been the most-picked agent at Valorant's highest levels of play. Immortal and Radiant (when it was added) players picked up on the strength of Jett first, but Platinum and Diamond players are now on the Jett train, too. Even Gold, Silver, Bronze, and IronValorant players are picking Jett in their top three. Riot's seen enough, though, and changes are coming. And Twitch streamer Shroud thinks it's going to cause a major shift to Valorant's meta.
Shroud shared two thoughts during a recent Twitch stream while he was playing Valorant. The first has to do with which character will benefit the most from Jett being nerfed. In Shroud's opinion, he sees Jett being played less and another Agent being played more. That Agent is Yoru. Shroud doesn't explain why he thinks Yoru will be played more, but it's probably related to Yoru's teleportation ability, Gatecrash, offering some mobility that Jett will no longer offer.
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The second thought from Shroud is a bigger comment on what he believes Riot Games is trying to do withValorant. He even goes so far as saying that Valorant is entering a new «phase,» meaning Riot is shifting direction. He says that Riot was working to make Valorant faster with Jett dashes, Chamber teleports, and Yoru teleports. He says the mobility was «crazy,» but that Riot will be dialing it back.
What Shroud sees Riot doing toValorant going forward starts with the Jett changes. He then sees nerfs coming to Chamber, too, who is currently the second-most popular character to play at the highest levels of Valorant competition. He doesn't see changes coming to Yoru yet, given the
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