Top Agents in Valorant Episode 3
Coming with the Valorant 3.0 patch notes, Chapter 3 nerfed almost every agent's individual abilities. The list of the most and least preferred agents according to the selection rates of the players is included in the article.
The Valorant Chapter 3 Episode 1 patch debuted this week, and the developers have given the game a completely new look with this major update. The Valorant 3.0 patch, which includes all kinds of updates from the talent costs of the agents to the weapons, from the new agent KAY/O to the game mechanics , went down in history as the biggest patch ever.
Valorant has undergone a major change in its game meta since Chapter 3 's arrival . The cost of almost every agent's individual abilities has been increased, such that these changes directly affect agent selection.
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Most Popular Agents in Valorant Episode 3
All Valorant agents have individual tools they can use for their teams. Valorant requires a lot of synergy between agents to win the game. Here is the list of all agents based on their selection rate of the players:
- Jett : Jett has seen some nerfs in this new patch, but the dueling agent is still the most popular agent with the highest selection rate by players with 13.6%.
- Sage : Sage the Healer is one of our agents who saw changes in Valorant Episode 3. The orb points required for Barrier Orb cost and Ultimate have increased, but gains a 13.2% selection rate.
- Reyna : Reyna has the 3rd highest pick rate with 13.2% in Episode 3.
- Raze : Raze has 9.7% of selection rates after Valorant patch 3.0.
- Sova : Lead agent Sova is still one of the top selection agents with pick rates of 7.4%.
- Omen : Omen is in 6th place with 6.9% selection rate.
- Phoenix : Phoenix has not changed much and has a selection rate of 6.1%.
- Killjoy : Scout agent saw some drops in the new meta, likewise the pick rate dropped to 6.1%.
- Viper : Poison lady Viper only has a 4.7% pick rate after this new update.
- Yoru : After the changes he received in Valorant Chapter 3, Yoru was chosen by the players with a rate of 4.2%.
- Cypher : Just like Killjoy, Cypher also received a nerf in this new update. There is only a 4% selection rate in this new update.
- Skye : The developers have made a pretty big change to Skye in this new update. The selection rate for the agent who received a huge nerf, especially in the Guiding Light ability, is unfortunately only 3.8%.
- Brimstone : Like every agent, Brimstone has seen some changes in this new meta. Valorant 3rd episode has a 3.4% selection rate.
- Breach : Breach is one of the biggest nerfed agents in patch 3.0. The lead agent, who has undergone changes in almost every ability, has a selection rate of only 2.5% in the new meta.
- Astra : Debuffed just as much as any other agent, Astra is currently the least favored agent by players in Episode 3, with a pick rate of just 1.1%.
The innovations that came with the Valorant 3.0 patch , especially the increase in agent abilities and the cost of weapons, were not appreciated by every player. A completely changed meta in Chapter 3, which was hard to get used to at first for the community, but not much has changed for Valorant fans.
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