Riot Games is famous for League of Legends (LoL), but they’ve been releasing several new games recently, including an all-new first-person shooter (FPS) aimed at the competitive eSports scene.

The new FPS game is called Valorant and it has quickly become popular.

Valorant is a tactical shooter similar to CS:GO – the most popular FPS game on the eSports scene.

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When Was Valorant Released?

Valorant’s closed beta started back in April on the PC and the full game was released on June 2nd.

At the time of publishing, Valorant remains exclusive to the PC, but it’s expected that Riot Games will offer the game on the PS4, Xbox One, iOS and Android, although nothing has been confirmed yet.

For the time being, players can only play on the PC with a Riot Games account.

How to Play Valorant – the Tactical Shooter From Riot Games.

Valorant is a 5v5 character-based tactical shooter.

I had the chance to finally play a few games of Valorant and there’s definitely a steep learning curve if you’re used to playing first-person shooters like Call of Duty or Overwatch.

Utilizing tactical combat strategies and teamwork are necessary to have success.

However, it’s a lot of fun to play and I recommend checking it out if you’re a PC gamer.

Just like in LoL, players select their character (Agent) prior to the start of the match and a teammate is unable to select an Agent that has already been chosen. The goal for a team is to win 13 rounds in a match to claim victory. Each team will be attackers for 12 rounds and defenders for 12 rounds.

The goal for the attacking team is to plant a bomb (Spike) at one of the bomb locations.

The defending team needs to protect the bomb sites and defuse the bomb if planted. Both teams can also win the round by eliminating the entire enemy team. In each round, players only have a single life and once you’re dead, you’re out of action until the next round.

With hundreds of excellent Valorant strategy guides on the internet, I’ll leave that up to the experts, but you should have at least an idea of how Valorant works before betting on this eSport.

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PNXBet was fast to react to the release of Valorant and they’re already offering betting lines on all of the matches being played during the competitive Valorant Ignition Series 2020.

If you’ve bet on League of Legends previously, Valorant is similar, but even simpler to handicap.

There’s a lot less going on in Valorant than LoL.

One tip if you’re going to bet on Valorant is to remain up-to-date on what eSport pros are moving to the new game. Overwatch has already seen several pros make the switch to Valorant.

Riot Games is a respected eSports company and their games typically have longevity. With this being a new game, handicappers have the chance to get in on the ground floor.

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