Alright, Valorant enthusiasts, gather around because this one’s going nuts. ValorantUpdated dropped a clip of some strictly wicked setup by Cypher, and the commenters? In pure discord. They either are calling it genius or troll.
The gist: In the clip, Cypher utilizes his utility, and some call the setup galaxy brain while others call it madness. The setup is to hide at a spot that looks so obvious, but that very obviousness should make the enemy think that one wouldn’t really be there. At least, that’s the theory.
People like Exceed came on straight away, saying, “Oh you getting sprayed there.” And honestly, fair enough. If you’ve played Valorant for, like, five minutes, you’d know that people love spraying suspicious corners. But then, Tux had a pretty good counterattack: “It works multiple times because then you do the same setup but don’t be there. They waste util and focus.” Okay, okay…psych!
The Brazillian player Jean weighed in: “Isso com certeza funcionaria no Prata” (“This would definitely work in Silver”). And honestly, if he is right, then yes: lower ranks could fall for this once, but higher elo? Gankster thinks that “only works in high elo!” which… huh? This is the very opposite. High elo players usually check everything twice, you know.
Juli_year stays real: “why would some retarded shi like that work.” Harsh but true. If you’ve ever been on the opposite side randomly being sprayed through a smoke, then you feel the pain. And well, KeeperKitten was puzzled by the clip’s soundtrack: “Why the song lol wtf”. Priorities, people!
Still, some swear by such mind games. TylerPatato laid it out: “Next time you bait them into looking there. You keep setting it up and when they stop pre-firing it. Guess what? You sit in it.” Yeah. Basically, like, bad peekaboo, where the loser gets headshot.
Silvin was not into it: “parabens por revelar agr toda vez que eu ver essa tramoia eu vou atirar sem dó nem piedade” (“Congrats on revealing it, now every time I see this trick I’ll shoot without mercy”). HeroBlaze supported him: “comigo contra funfa não, quando vejo algo estranho eu solto as 25 bala kkkkk” (“Doesn’t work against me, when I see something weird I dump all 25 bullets lol”).
Are we going to kill this setup, or will it continue marching on as just another meme? Some, such as LoLvSk, admit that “funciona uma vez no round mas funciona” (“It works once per round, but it does work”). Meanwhile, abhiRMA declares, “I’m definitely spamming in that smoke.”
At the end of the day, Valorant is all about some mind games. This might be a genius move or the dumbest setup ever, but what it is for sure are setups that players will try, will fail spectacularly, and will then be shouting about the setup for a week. And there lies the charm of this game.
So maybe… don’t spray that suspicious smoke or weird angle you’re about to see. Either way, somebody’s gonna clip that and start a new war on Twitter.
