Valorant players, Riot Games has just dropped a bombshell on you—Icebox is stuck in limbo, while Abyss is sneaking away to compete. We’re sure you’ll find the reactions rather spicy.
The announcements were made by the Valorant officials in order to confirm the map swap for Act 5: Icebox-the snowy and verticalphobic nightmare (or masterpiece depending on whom you ask)-shall now be benched as the new kid in town, Abyss, steps into the spotlight.
Uh-oh… not Sinbin-worthy for any of these.
Of course, the player base is split. Some are popping champagne, and others are almost ready to riot. Like player @whyperk, who simply said, “trash ass game trash ass maps,” which… okay, just tell us how you really feel! In the meantime, @jankenpo1n groaned in misery and said, “It doesn’t get any worse than this.”
Then there are the Icebox defenders. @PapaYogito took one leg on this by saying “top 3 if not the best map in the game,” and @goatzeee dared the haters to say, “nah icebox not even bad you just a noobling.” That is very real drama.
Abyss, meanwhile, remains a bit of a wild card. Some of the community, led by @NeleSeniger, are beyond hyped-“Omggg this is what we needed!!🤩🤩”-while many others are feeling skeptical in general. @domowens_ joked, “Might as well delete Breeze at this point they just straight up forgor about it.”
Breeze… on the other hand, players are still begging it to be placed back in rotation. “@Jaskirat_aidan: bring back breeze,” followed by “@Tychiimon,” booooo where is breeze.” Riot, is this thing on?
And chaos erupts worldwide. @Al1True says in French: “Fut un temps où j’avais oublié l’existence de cette map” (Translation: There was a time when I forgot this map existed), and in Spanish from @EaasyOnee: “El peor mapa de la historia” (The worst map in history). The struggle is international.
What about Abyss? The real deal, it’s a whole new beast. Dark, moody, and possibly full of sneaky angles that are going to make players rage in the blink of an eye; but at least it’s not Icebox, right? …RIGHT?
More than everything: You can always count on VALORANT map rotation drama. Whether you belong to the team “Good riddance, Icebox” or team “Bring back my snowy sniper lanes,” this change is going to seriously shake up the ranked queues.
Now, let’s just be serious: in one week, we’ll all be complaining about Abyss anyways—it’s just how it goes.
So, raise your steel, dust off the strats, and pray you survive getting stepped on solo in 1v5 on this one. Grind starts now.
