Reyna's New Valorant Agent: Abilities, Gameplay, Tricks
Valorant's new 11th Agent is already warming up in the locker room, getting ready to take to the battlefield for the game's launch, and Riot Games has finally spoken about their one-woman Mexican army, as well as a first look at her abilities.
An agent named Reyna appears to be a vampire-themed character that has surfaced in recent leaks. Today's trailer shows her stealing and draining the health of her enemies.
Reyna's abilities
After her first kill of Cypher, his body drops a purple Soul Orb that Reyna can collect before it disappears. These spheres allow the Agent to heal himself to full health (plus up to 50 Armor) using one of his Signature Abilities.
The trailer reveals that Reyna has two abilities that share the same pool of charges. This is because Soul Orbs allow her to heal as mentioned before, or become invulnerable, being unable to shoot for a few seconds.
Her Tactical Ability seems to be blind, which she can send through walls and leave hanging in the air.
Her ending titled "Empress" enhances her Soul Orb abilities, and the trailer shows her enemies in red highlights. Reyna's ultimate increases her rate of fire, speeds up her reload, and resets her recoil on every kill she gets.
In order to activate her Empress, Reyna needs to kill an opponent to reset her ever-decreasing bar.
REYNA /// Mexico
- VALORANT (@PlayVALORANT) May 30, 2020
"What hope do these criaturas have?"#VALUE pic.twitter.com/inO8bR5cto
Gameplay with Reyna's abilities
In the trailer, Reyna moves 1 to 5 on a new map teased by Riot. Reyna has abilities in her kit that other agents don't have.
Due to her regeneration ability, she can actually overheat up to 50 HP, effectively giving her a chance to regenerate Heavy Shield.
Players will need time to track down their next kill to see how it refreshes their active ult ability. This is similar to the Viper's limit at which she must stay within her gas flow to keep him alive, however this Agent needs constant kills.
Reyna in Valorant
The newest agent may be hotter than Phoenix and with a sinister personality to complement her bloodthirsty kit.
Reyna, which translates to "queen" in Spanish, is originally from Mexico and can be heard saying "give me your heart" after killing Cypher in the teaser.
After activating her ultimate Empress and receiving another exception, she says "they will suffer" and "more, more" while taking the purple orb.
It seems that Reyna has become one of the most aggressive agents in the game, and players will have to play in such a way as to unleash the full potential of the future character.
There's a lot more to learn about the bloodthirsty Reyna when Valorant officially launches on June 2nd.