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Riot Teases New Valorant Agent That Was Already Leaked


A new Valorant Agent is coming soon, and Riot Games recently shared a teaser on the tactical shooter's official Twitter account. The Agent's name is said to be Killjoy, and some images shows her working on a laptop, a turret, and a tiny robot. The photos are captioned by German text, but the developer did not officially reveal the character's abilities yet. You can check out the teasers from Riot Games below:

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The new Agent is expected to be released on Valorant next month, when Act 2 begins, but for those who can't wait to find out what she can do, you can check out the leaked abilities below.

In the leaked video below, Killjoy shows off her high-tech abilities like Alarmbot, Turret, Nanoswarm, and Lockdown.

The new Agent seems like a classsic turret-wielding FPS character, similar to Team Fortress 2's Engineer and Overwatch's Torbjörn. They're all equipped with multiple deployable abilities, an "alarm-bot", and a deadly 180-degree turret.

The now-deleted Riot Games reveal page titled "Enter Killjoy" went live early on July 27, and it listed Agent 12's abilities with spaces for YouTube videos that haven't been released yet.

The Agent's reveal page listed ability descriptions written in Killjoy's perspective, and the editor's note suggests that it's "written to roast Brimstone".

Ability 1 (C) ⁠— Alarmbot
Equip and deploy a bot that hunts down enemies who dare to get in range. When my killer robot friend reaches its target, boom goes the idiot. Alarmbot not only deals damage, it temporarily leaves affected targets vulnerable to double damage from all sources. Hold equip if you want to recall your deployed bot.
Ability 2 (Q) ⁠— Turret
Sometimes it's good to plant some roots. Deploy a turret that fires at enemies within its 180-degree cone. Hold equip to recall the deployed turret. With my turret, I can hold an area pretty well myself while the others cover the angles I can't.
Signature Ability (E) ⁠— Nanoswarm
OK check this out. Throw the grenade. When it lands, it goes quiet. Then, activate the Nanoswarm to deploy a damaging swarm of nanobots and catch the enemy crying.I love this trick!
Ultimate Ability (X) ⁠— Lockdown
You'll have to adjust your timing for the windup, but once you get this device going, it detains all enemies caught in its radius for about 8 seconds. Yeah, enemies can destroy it — except I built plenty more.

Riot has yet to announce when Killjoy will be officially revealed and added to the game, but considering that there's already a good amount of gameplay clips found online since the reveal page accidentally went live, the new Agent will most likely show up in the game soon.

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