The secret behind how Valorant agents are balanced, buffed, or nerfed
Digging into the numbers. Updated on March 19, 1:15 a.m. (GMT+8):Improved relevancy. Balancing Valorant agents is often more an art than a science. While data still plays a big role in informing changes to agents, telling Valorant developers when a particular agent may not be in an ideal state, Riot Games also approaches agent balance through more subjective lenses. One of these is player perception of individual agents, which is filtered through data points like win and pick rates....