Valorant: A Guide For Playing The Pearl Map

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With Valorant Episode 5: Dimension finally showing a means to travel to the Omega Earth dimension, fans are treated to not just a publicly-celebrated Omega VALORANT Protocol but also its first Omega Earth location: the Pearl Map. Boasting one of the largest map areas in the game, the Pearl Map offers equal levels of intensity with its multiple chokepoints and rather open battlefields. As such, Valorantplayers have to reassess their combat approach when fighting on this larger map.

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However, just because the Pearl Map seems complicated doesn’t mean it’s impossible to study. In fact, just a few guidelines and an in-depth understanding of an Agent’s lineup can enable players to dominate any aspect of the Pearl Map quite easily. However, just how should players approach this new location?

Added to Valorant as of the June 2022 patch, the Pearl Map is a unique nighttime setting with a rather expansive area. Located in Omega Earth’s version of Lisbon, Portugal, this map is canonically an underwater city. Aside from the rather imposing central monument of a person holding a large smoking globe, the rest of Pearl is comprised of houses and structures of European architecture, like that of a crowded city street.

Perhaps the most interesting aspect of Pearl is how it’s the first post-release map in Valorant to not have any dynamic mechanics or special rulesets that change the flow of battle. However, this “ordinary” nature of the Pearl Map makes it all the more flexible, giving players a blank slate to make into their personal battleground. Here are other notable components:

Perhaps the most attacker-friendly position in the Pearl Map, the A-Site side of the map is rather notable for its