Oh, dear. Riot Games will be frustrated that information about its upcoming new Valorant Agent, Deadlock, leaked — including her overall design and abilities. A video trailer, which was originally scheduled to go live as part of the VCT Masters Tokyo Grand Final, has now been published early. It gives us our first official look at the new character.
The upcoming Valorant Agent is of Norwegian nationality and is the game’s 23rd new character. She is a sentinel with a number of funky gadgets that halt enemies in their tracks, just as was predicted in our overview feature.
Agent 23 Deadlock Abilities Look Powerful in Trailer
Subsequent information about Deadlock’s abilities has also surfaced online via various sources. We can now confirm her abilities are as follows:
- GravNet (C)
- EQUIP a GravNet grenade. FIRE to throw. ALT FIRE to lob the grenade underhand. The GravNet detonates upon landing, forcing any enemies caught within to crouch and move slowly.
- Sonic Sensor (Q)
- EQUIP a Sonic Sensor. FIRE to deploy. The sensor monitors an area for enemies making sound. It concusses that area if footsteps, weapons fire, or significant noise are detected.
- Barrier Mesh (E)
- EQUIP a Barrier Mesh disc. FIRE to throw forward. Upon landing, the disc generates barriers from the origin point that block character movement.
- Annihilation (X)
- EQUIP a Nanowire Accelerator. FIRE to unleash a pulse of nanowires that captures the first enemy contacted. The cocooned enemy is pulled along a nanowire path and will die if they reach the end, unless they are freed. The nanowire cocoon is destructible.
Riot Games describes the character:
Norwegian operative Deadlock is VALORANT’s newest Sentinel who deploys an array of cutting-edge nanowire to secure the battlefield from even the most lethal assault. No one escapes her vigilant watch, nor survives her unyielding ferocity.
Stay tuned to The Nerd Stash as we bring Episode 7 early access impressions and content over the coming days. Until then, make sure you check out the other features coming in this latest season, including the Team Deathmatch mode and the overhaul of the game’s progression systems.