The first major event of the Valorant Champions Tour 2023 : LOCK // IN was held in São Paulo, Brazil. Performing brilliantly, Fnatic beat LOUD on their own map, but the fight isn't over yet.
VCT Masters Tokyo is Valorant's second largest international event in 2023. The best teams from all over the world faced off in this tournament to win the Masters trophy. The teams went through endless battles to reach this title and take the championship from 11 other teams around the world. Each team studied their opponents and the current meta to stay one step ahead. The same goes for agent selections.
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► Top 5 Agents to Match Deadlock in Valorant
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Like most other FPS games , in Valorant, some characters are preferred over others because of their unique and useful abilities. Various elements such as team composition, meta, maps, and playstyles affect each character's selection rate .
There are currently 22 characters in total, with the latest agent Deadlock released on Valorant. As of now, 73 matches have been played in Masters Tokyo. But the inequality of agent selection rate may shock you.
Below we've listed all Valorant agents, from best to worst, based on their selection rate at Masters Tokyo. The list will also include the number of matches played for each character on both the Attacker and Defender side.
| Rank | I drive | Selection Rate | Matches Played |
| one | Jett | 52.90% | 73 |
| 2 | Killjoy | 52.90% | 73 |
| 3 | Skye | 52.90% | 73 |
| 4 | Raze | 42.75% | 59 |
| 5 | Viper | 39.86% | 55 |
| 6 | Omen | 38.41% | 53 |
| 7 | Breach | 30.43% | 42 |
| 8 | Brimstone | 23.19% | 32 |
| 9 | Sleep | 18.84% | 26 |
| 10 | KAY/O | 16.67% | 23 |
| 11th | Cypher | 15.94% | 22 |
| 12 | Harbor | 15.22% | 21 |
| 13 | Astra | 15.22% | 11th |
| 14 | Fade | 10.14% | 14 |
| 15 | Neon | 8.70% | 12 |
| 16 | Gekko | 7.97% | 11th |
| 17 | Sage | 3.62% | 5 |
| 18 | Chamber | 1.45% | 2 |
| 19 | Phoenix | 1.45% | 2 |
| 20 | try | 0.72% | one |
| 21 | Yoru | 0% | 0 |
Note: Due to the fact that both Attackers and Defenders can choose the same agents, the matches shown in the table will represent X2 of the total matches actually played. Thus, although only 73 matches were played in total, 138 matches will be counted in the table.