Bro I’m getting small KZfaqrs on my fyp but I’m starting to notice it’s so much more effort than big channels

Neon can also run fast enough to run on water. There's a lore message saying she ran home to the Philippines for a weekend.

Cypher is a force multiplier. Not strong himself, but it doesnt matter how hard you strike if you can't find your enemy.

phoenix is now officially my second favourite art school student

Iso be pulling out that domain expansion

6:36 he couldn’t actually strip Reyna of her powers instead Reyna couldn’t beat him as he had no soul Reyna was too powerful taking to long to be suppressed and killed brimstone because of it

It's a common misconception that Sage uses Ice, she doesn't. What she uses is more similar to a crystal, it seems to be a form of crystalized radianite. The Valorant team also lore dumped that her radiant power is Geomancy, aka she's an Earth Bender and not an Ice Bender. If you want source, the valorant lore wiki lists her as a Geomancer with a citation from a reddit comment by user Altombre who has a product manager badge in r/Valorant 4 years ago that goes: "Sage is actually a geomancer. She's the earth bender. She doesn't use ice. Everyone thinks she does though! We don't have a waterbender on the roster." Note that this was 4 years ago which is why Harbor who's a waterbender isn't on the roster yet.

The Replay system is certainly the strongest

Actually kay/o ult and knife turn off radiants powers and radianite(which is in tech every non-radiants use) so if any one has tech that uses radianite it's now useless.

skye boutta go ‘with this wooden figure i summon’

Nice vid! you seem like a chill guy, and it's cool to see my main at the bottom of the list. Man already lost his wife and kid and now this :)

one thing about clove is that they state in one of their voice lines that they can just out live the enemy team, so in the end they will always win

About Sage beeing dangerous with the kayo voiceline saying she's a weapon in his future Another voiceline is one from omen, saying something like "when you heal sage, have you ever tought where are you taking from the life you are giving"

ASTRA RECOGNITION!!!!!!!

About omen iso was essentially the best assassin in the world able to use one bullet per person yet when threatened with having to fight omen switched sides

amazing video! all of these rankings make so much sense.

Love the video. I would reccomend doing a video on which agents would beat who in a fight too!

I’ve been doing a power analysis of the agents myself, and I’ll certainly take your notes in account cause I’ve been looking for other opinions. One thing I was wonder though (mostly because valorant refuses to elaborate) is how stamina plays into Radiant powers. The agents never ever seem to get exhausted using their abilities, no matter the power output. Cool vid

A real cypher would have more than 2 tripwires, so imagine a site as an actual spiderweb and you've got the cypher special

very good video with an interesting premise. also, i am not gonna lie your top is surprisingly coincides with mine. I would expect people to put Chamber lower, as he mostly has "rich dude" reputation in the community. It is kinda interesting how different agents are not exactly radiant or non-radiant. In one of the emails Sage mentioned that Gekko has some connection with his buddies, which are visualized through his tatoos. Another point is that strange glow you can see with Deadlock in cinemativ for 7 when she gets bitten, and sunset when she interacts with wingman. It also might include Chamber, as he too has tatoos(covered with radianite(?) or nanos which might explain their higher usefulness), and an ability to teleport, on a whim which are limited to radiants otherwise(yoru and omen). Also a condition was mentioned in his cosplay video, though that might not be cannon. Probably the only problem I have with this list is putting yoru so low. If we are talking about a proper 1vs1 combat situation, an ability to simplay leave the combat, flash the opponent and then judt kill them from behind seems to overpowered.

Fun fact. In the lore Harbor before getting his bracelet is referred multiple times as a cool guy when he is not on the field but as a Demon or Monster when he is in the battlefield. Also he has a cruiser bike.

I kinda want to agree but you kinda have been selectively blinded by the lore you've picked while also using inference by deduction on some while some agents lacked the deduction, Added that you missed some parts of the greater world building Stuff like 1.) Reyna getting stronger the more souls she collects. (More she kills, The more dangerous she is) 2.) Neon being connected to the radianite mesh (which for better understanding just think of it as her being connected to Earth's Magnetic fields, Essential making her a walking world wide emp) 3.) Iso having his own pocket dimension that only he can access (inferring from Clove's lines, He doesn't even need to be inside it for it to be active) 4.) Yoru's ability is not teleportation, But ripping through the fabric of reality and manipulating it. He probably is even the one responsible for the interdimensional rifts happening in lore (example of which is the thing that Skye sees during her pv) Don't understand? Basically he's someone who is split between infinity and 0 at the same time, If he masters the thing he can basically make portals to other realities or straight up fck up the entire universe by making an imaginary number paradox to appear Tldr : Man can either make parallel universe connection happen, cause the heat death of the universe, or create a new universe from nothing All of these, none of these or one of these can happen if he masters or fcks up using his ability 5) Astra is the antithesis to Yoru instead, If Yoru manipulates the instability of reality. Astra's job is to ground it so that it doesn't get fcked up. Her main speciality is "Space Manipulation" and really the fact that her kayo alt future form allowed her to destroy stars is not that far fetched, Considering that interdimesional travel technology is available. What says that intergalactic is impossible? I find it more absurd that you can travel to different dimension but not travel to space? 6) Harbor, He controls water, Not that simple actually, From what was stated omega Harbor is the keeper of the powersource of the omega valorant. But I'd rather infer that it's not water manipulation but molecular, Water just happens to be the easiest to imagine when manipulation abilities are talked about. Anyways even if it was just water, The universe has alot lot of it. Like the thing that's needed to make stars is literally made out of giant space water clouds. 7) Viper is underestimate due to the fact that she is not a radiant but don't forget she has mastering of posions and anything toxic, She's basically a walking geneva convention war criminal already by clause of chemical weaponry.

good vid i respect the ranking

12:09 yoru's mask is believed to be an amplifier to his radiant powers, that's why he can only walk and see through dimensions with the mask

Really good vid!! Just thought I'd mention, Iso's ultimate actually suppresses enemies caught in it, im not sure if it's a game or a lore thing tho

this is a great video, I don't agree with every placement but i'm still giving a like. Hope you do more valorant lore videos

omens new buff can allow him to activate switches etc in his ult shade (I think) this implies that his shadow (and perhaps his others like smokes) can interact with the world tangibly it also implies he can ult to the other side of the world pick up a gun a few feet away assassinate someone and just cancel his to to go back

I love researching the lore of games so i love this video. Just one note, im pretty sure Sages orbs are jade, not ice.

Great vid, man. Been looking for a lore channel after the disappearance of Sir Jeppy. Only one issue with the list, tho, and that's Yoru's placement. I nelieve he should be above Jett at the minimum, seeing as he beat her in a fair 1v1 in the Retake cinematic. His tp was just better. Also, we see in his "My Typical Day" cinematic released by Valorant Japan on KZfaq, he's capable of dealing with multiple armed targets without a weapon. Didn't see too many people talking about this so I wanted to bring it up.

My Main in the Last Spot😭

Omen is actually one of the most skilled gunmen. Iso has a voiceline where he talks to Omen about stories he heard while working as an assassin for the scions of hourglass

Great video!! I learned sooo much

PERFECTION 🥳🎉

So glad neon is on the top 5 ⚡️⚡️⚡️ Great video man 🔥

Where did you get that breach cinematic? Never saw that one before

I like your original idea of placing Yoru higher, since I'm a firm believer that the rift is OP. I'd say he's second only to Astra - That is, unless his rift's can manipulate time, in which case, it's unbeatable. Though, there's also the question of whether manipulating/altering dimensions is stronger than controlling galaxies, which is entirely possible. Also, we don't seem to get much info on Yoru in Kayo's old world, which can mean many things, but let's take the whole Skye discussion of her unlocking more potential and doing the same with Yoru, considering he's also a bit of a new radiant lore-wise. If Yoru gets a better hold on his powers, I don't think it's too far fetched for him to be able to just use the rift to straight up decapitate people ngl - Which could also easily be capable of killing Astra if he's in his ult, unable to be seen or retaliated against. And there's probably a lot more he could do as well, too. Good video btw! Got me thinking a lot, since I love exploring power-systems.

So, if you were to construct your Perfect Team that can be adaptable for every mission and handle any threat, who'd you choose?

as a subpar valorant player who likes lore this video is awesome 🤠

Also if ranked by their future versions I believe the list is like this: Skye Astra Reyna Fade Jett Phoenix Sage And those are the only changes if regarded about heir future versions (unless you count Kay/o which idk if you do) I placed Skye above Astra because she could probably create her own wooden Astra or an all powerful creature

Very good vid man keep up the good work, I will say that I am extremely confused as to why you put clove so low, they are literally immortal.

bro yoru can tear through dimension like dimensions u know how fukin much power that takes

I love when I get recommended BANGER videos from smaller creators. Got yourself a sub from me 🤝 keep making great content

I feel like the player card arts and the implied calamities they will bring if their powers go wild weren't really taken into account. Like Harbor's artifact and it may have relations to the world drowning, Astra's Foresight/prophecies and player card, Jett's huge tornado player card, neon's player card, sage player card, and Clove only dying if she chooses she's too bored to come back.

i remember there was a thing about how jett was the reason why acsent was like that

ranking is dope af tho I thought Sage would place higher given that lore-wise she was able to stop a tsunami and her walls were the inspiration for the pearl dome

Thanks!

Astra in lore🗿

Another thing about killjoy is that she basically made everything. Including the things that could kill them. (If I remember correctly) pretty sure this includes the spike.

nice video bruv

I expected you to rate them by how interesting their lore is, not by how strong they are canonically using the lore though, xD Good video tho

someone actually worked out that yoru uses the most power for all of his abilities, way higher than astra

How do you think these guys do crossverse, like I feel like they are relatively week. Could be a neat video; I dont think i've seen any valo power scaling.

great video 😀 Kinda sad no one's talking about how riot doesn't care about the game's lore anymore the lore used to be awesome in 2020-2023 but now it's bland...

Note that iso uses ambient energy to make his bullet proof protection. The same ambient energy that lets us live. BRO CAN JUST CREATE 2000000 SHIELDS AND DESTROY ALL AIR EXCEPT IN HIS LITTLE SHIELD!

Kay O should definitely be a lot higher, just for the fact that he HAS killed radiants like reyna. You mentioned his knife would do nothing against a normal human, which is true, but it wouldnt need to do anything because of the fact that their a normal human. When he strips radiants of their abilities, they become on pair to just a normal human, and he still is able to collect those kills. He would also render any radianite tech useless, while he can still use his own flashes and nades

i kinda wish they implamented the whole "only can supress radiants" in the game but unfortunatley all the non-radiant mains are in the same suit as us

Kayo is a robot created to neutralize all radiants right. He has survived a timeline where all the current roster was at their MOST powerful state, not just astra stars or jett smokes, we're talking severing of galaxies and hurricanes at will. Plus him being a robot created for this task he has instant detection and reaction time plus perfect accuracy. This instantly puts him above all Non-Radiant humans in a battle setting. Now knowing Kayo clearly can beat any human due to being a literal aimbot (pun intended), and have defeating all radiants at their most powerful state, that means the radiants (except for clove) from Alpha world in their current state are no match for him at all. You mentioning that he can only kill them once he strips away their powers is the whole point of Kayo in a fight! If youre accounting for all the Radiants abilities then Kayos ability to prevent them from using theirs (turning them into a normal human which is no match for him) is what makes him almost OP imo. Great vid tho!

Nah man you did Kay/O dirty. He fought and won a war against the radiants, nullified Fade who was whooping several agents asses and is a machine programmed to face and adapt in every situation (if we consider his introduction cinematic). Wouldn't consider him top 3 but at least top 7

Nice also, I don’t think sages powers are ice but jade because she can heal and her orb slows rather than make it slippery, also it is never mentioned that she has been ice powers

Sky creates these creatures. Unlike in game, they wouldnt self desruct after a time limit. She's likely able to control an entire army

Killjoy is actually a radiant!! at least i think so. One of reyna’s voicelines mention her being a ‘disgrace to radiants,’ implying she’s a radiant herself. Great video!! i’d love to see more from you

skye & fade appreciation

Deadlock should be higher imo because I'm pretty sure that unlike in game, she can use her annihilation as much as she wants which would make her a lot more powerful.

If you’re ever wondering how to pronounce Deadlock’s profession: Ståljeger. She says it in one of her ace voice lines “There is no hiding from a Ståljeger!” You can just say it as: “Stall-jeger”

watching this made me realize how sick a valorant version of arcane would be

You can’t overlook immortality like that. Every main mc in dark souls is immortal and they all eventually defeat everyone in their way. power of persistence and infinite prep can be strong depending who has it

I think ka/yo gotta be the strongest and op by far he can nullify radianite and that makes everyone an average human being against him its a robot with a lot biq and exp vs an average human plus he already defeated radiants like reyna that shows his skills are really good because reyna isnt a radiant that only uses her kit to kill reyna is very skilled so kayo defeating her shows that even if u r a human with a lot skills kayo can still beat them

Also if I had to critique one character midway through watxhing, it's your explanation for kay/o Yes he's more effective against radiants using his kits however, yo uhave to remember that kayo does not weaken radiants, he just supresses their ability. Without abilities, radiants are still able to fight back just as well as a human can. So yeah

8:52 I think there is confirmation that their post-mortem plane of existence is NOT the Astral Plane. Check Astra's voicemail from Patch 8.05. 15:52 I think you mean ATLAS soldiers there?

im pretty sure omen cant die tho? he just takes time to reform or something

I feel like KJ should be just a bit higher considering that it is suggested that she designed the spike

bro kay-o is a robot. Give him good enough specs and he tops the list in reaction time, aim, strength, and really anything.

putting sage that low on the list is crime imo

I like the lil guys

I haven’t fully watched the video but I might already think it’s astra or clove

I actually believe that Cypher should be higher as for gathering information does way more than just sitting on it - you stand no chance against someone who knows everything about you, and can apply this knowladge to killing you. My reasoning behind it? Iso have failed his assassination of Omen just because Cypher has caught him "in 4K" when he came in killing distance of Omen.

Clove might not be powerful but she can pull a "Dormamu i come to bargain"

Viper's snakebite would have vulnerability in the real world as the poison would get into their bodies from bullet wounds, making the bullets carry poison into their bodies.

This is crazy

Nice vid omen was turned into a phantom by viper well it was a freak accident tho

I need a valorant tv show

Placing Kayo at 17th feels criminal, I know its your opinion but our Reyna is placed 2nd and Kayo was capable of killing propably the strongest version of Reyna across all universes

Clove is immortal, she will never truely die, meaning she can just keep trying over and over again, which I think deserves top 5 (omen too but he is in a lot more pain and may want to find a cure)

lmao same, i started in april 2023 and im still bronze 2 (i also read the lore first lmao)

Can you do overwatch heroes next?

yoru should definitely be way higher up, we literally saw him shit on jett in the cinematic. His abilities are way too OP. Plus he's chill while he does it all

Bro did clove so dirty, she can res herself as many times as she wants according to a voice line she says to reyna.

ranking kayo before reyna even though he kills kayo in the canon is crazy

ty for respecting Clove's pronouns, even if its small, its better than most people

I really liked the vid! But the ultimate voicelines were very loud, compared to your voice

IMO omen’s tp is one of the most powerful abilities especially paired with a smoke or a blind

Interest to lore Bad at game Did we just become best fr-

I think Neons number 2 her speed and island destroying capabilities are just too insane

What is with people getting kicked out/rejected from art school and choosing violence.

Kj + maxbot is established to stomp everyone in the core valorant team by herself, as long as they don't work together

Putting Kay/0 so low is CRIMINAL!! You yourself said the only reason we were able to kill any of the top 3 is because of him, I'm not saying he deserves the be #1 but being able to turn somebody from baisically a god to a normal person is incredibly powerful, not even to mention he's a literal killing machine which I atleast think makes him a better 1v1 fighter than every other agent

I love kindasubpar

Great list but isn't kayo a bit too low:v? I mean when 70-80% of the contenders are radiants or people with radiant items, being able to completely strip them off their power essentially making it a bunch of human against a war machine, all the agents are skillful and great soldiers but I don't really think thay can win in that scenario except when the plot want them too, I don't think he is the strongest but I was expecting him to make it to top 10 or something

i disagree completely with fade being above neon in POWER level, since what you described this as being about POWER level, because if we are going by combat kayo would probably rank up the highest on the list since he is a literal killing machine, can stop radiant abilities and so on

Now rank the lore of each map I bet ascent has to be in F tier cus that has nothing for it and the latest map has to be S tier cus every thing connects to it