Best Team Compositions Based On Maps

Duelist Iso’s arrival in Valorant is part of the game’s push to further diversify its current meta. Iso’s kit is comprised of a moving wall, Vulnerable procs, per-kill shielding, and forced duels in tandem with harsher aggressor punishments from Sentinel Cypher’s utilities. When combined with Sentinel Deadlock’s nigh-impenetrable wall and almost-instant-kill web trap, some teams may need to rethink their overall compositions. Specifically, teams that rely on flying Jetts, sniping Chambers, and smoking Brimstone may need an upgrade.

With the newest Agents in mind, popular Valorant team compositions may need to adjust, especially when it comes to specific maps. While the traditional combo of a detection Initiator, smoking Controller, and forward Duelist usually works, certain Valorant maps require more intentional strategies.

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Updated on April 27, 2024, by Rhenn Taguiam: The arrival of Controller Clove in Valorant has given the meta of the acclaimed FPS title a fair shake, especially when their aggressive smoke-oriented kit has allowed them to become more offensive combatants instead of traditional lurking smokers. Thanks to Clove’s heal-with-speed-boost, their decay, and their reviving ultimate, Clove has become a pseudo-Reyna with the same smoking prowess as Omen. As a result, players may be curious to see just how they can counter this new Agent across the game’s maps. Interestingly enough, despite the arrival of newcomers Clove, Iso, and even Deadlock, much of the current team comp meta in the ongoing season retains its dual-Controller supremacy with Viper remaining quite a deadly choice thanks to her poison kit.

10 Ascent: Omen, Sova, Jett, Killjoy, KAY/O

Win Rate: 51.14%

Despite its standard two-Site setup, the floating island of Ascent is notable for features such as alternate Site entrances via mechanical doors. It also has a more active mid-map area, courtesy of defensively-walled B-Side Mid-Link opposite a vertically-advantaged A-Side Catwalk. Hard turns and the abundance of corners make this ideal for skills that detect foes, such as ricocheting Sova recon bolts and coverage-reliant KAY/O knives.

Ascent’s open areas also provide better map control, courtesy of Omen’s smokes and teleports for rat-spot defense, or Jett using aerial dashes for the unsuspecting entries and flanks. Ease of rotation between Sites can encourage split-bot setups with Killjoy, allowing her to guard both Sites or focus on defense with her Lockdown Ultimate whenever necessary.

9 Bind: Brimstone, Raze, Viper, Skye, Chamber

Bind: 50.53%

The desert landscape of Bind is made even more memorable with its teleporters. The teleporters are only operable from the inside, which gives Skye surprising utility coverage. Holding A-Cubby allows her scouts to explore A-Link/Lobby and teleport to B-Short/Lobby for early enemy detection. This enables smokes via Brimstone and walls from Viper to better assert control over the compact map.

Likewise, the map’s tighter corners make Raze a nightmare to face. Her aerial maneuverability via Satchels and her grenades can easily score frags on enemies clustered together. Working in a similar capacity is Chamber, whose teleports to tricky locations can facilitate safe hit-and-run strategies on both offense and defense.

8 Breeze: Cypher, Viper, Sova, Jett, KAY/O

Win Rate: 49.61%

The reworked Breeze now features more long-distance sections and critical corners. Thus, it can become a mobile playground for aerial Jett. However, more prominent blockers (Mid-Pillars, A-Pyramids) encourage precise detections from Sova recon bolts, and area-wide KAY/O knives to counter rat spots.

The network of corridors on both Breeze’s sides facilitates quick rotations, encouraging more deliberate monitoring with buffed Cypher and his cams and trips. Alternatively, using Viper walls and smokes can seal choke points for map control.

7 Haven: Breach, Omen, Jett, Sova, Killjoy

Win Rate: 50%

The three-Site setup of Haven can facilitate traditional close-ranged fights and long-ranged plays. This reduces encounters to tests of a player’s gunplay skill. Such a requirement can be upturned by Omen, who can deny vision in crucial spots, and Jett, whose aggressive smokes can punish early aggressors.

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Since most Haven Sites have tight spaces for entry, Breach excels in close plays with his short-ranged flashes and concussions. Should enemies decide to approach from afar, a turret from Killjoy and a well-placed recon bolt from Sova should declare their positions for a swift counter via rotation.

6 Icebox: Sage, Viper, Sova, Jett, Killjoy

Win Rate: 57.92%

The reworked Icebox emphasized more B-Site plays, effectively forcing Attackers to get more intentional when pushing into the Site: get aggressive when taking Green and while defending Yellow. Verticality remains a fundamental map component, encouraging Jett (Duelist) to use her Updrafts and infamous smokes to secure entries. This more aggressive approach encourages Sova (Initiator) to take the lead with more angled Recon Bolts and Shock Darts to clear areas.

Icebox’s more angles to play with mean Killjoy (Sentinel) is suitable to defend Sites or even flanks with her Turret, Alarm Bot, and Swarm Grenades. Meanwhile, Viper (Controller) smokes, and her wall can decisively push Sites or cut Attackers out. Sage (Sentinel) remains a practical pick for healing and walls, especially to provide more controlled angles pre- and post-plant.

5 Lotus: Raze, Omen, Viper, Killjoy, Fade

Win Rate: 51.86%

The slow domination of the dual Controller meta in the team-based FPS is becoming more prominent with the Lotus rework. If C-Site got fewer rat spots, B-Site got a smaller plant zone, and A-Site got more defendable Attacker areas, then it’s up to players to reassert control over the battlefield with tricky plays. The more straightforward Lotus is a welcome sight for Raze (Duelist) who can Satchel and bomb her way into Sites or go aggressive on the defense when pursuing Attackers. The relative open spaces of A-Site and C-Site pathways make it easy for Fade (Initiator) to dominate detections with her throwable eye more efficiently compared to Skye’s flashes.

Given Lotus’s relatively large map size, Killjoy (Sentinel) can defend at least two locations (at least one Site and/or flank) with her Turret, bots, and grenades. Sites become easier to shut down Viper (Controller) with her poison kit, while Omen (Controller) can take advantage of chaotic Site contests by killing lurks.

4 Split: Raze, Omen, Cypher, Viper, Skye

Win Rate: 48.94%

While Split remains cramped but traversable, match-ups encourage a more balanced team comp while retaining dual-Controller domination. Bombardier Raze (Duelist) and her explosive kit make her deadlier than Jett, essential for the map’s abundance of corners. A solo detector like Skye (Initiator) should be sufficient to declare entries in an area, with emergency heals perfect for post-Plants and firefights. Tripwires from Cypher (Sentinel) make him great for holding Sites or securing flanks, with his Camera effectively becoming a sixth team member that can detect enemies.

Numerous corners and different Site entrances are perfect for lurkers like Omen (Controller), whose smokes can conceal areas and even themselves for surprise attacks much like Astra’s smokes. Finishing the dual-Controller roster is Viper (Controller), whose poison wall and smokes can effectively seal areas and deter approaches to locations.

3 Sunset: Breach, Omen, Cypher, Raze, Fade

Win Rate: 50%

With two Sites and three lanes, Sunset is more akin to a traditional FPS map, with pronounced corners interspersed with pathways. Agents with skills that take full advantage of distance can assert dominance on the map, such as the buffed Cypher with his camera and more punishing trips. Quite the tandem here would be Fade, whose eye can dominate detection from vertical spaces when launched correctly.

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Due to the map’s roam-heavy pathways emphasizing Site-and-Mid split pushes, smokes from Omen can force commitments to unsavory locations. Likewise, activity from any of the map’s interconnected corners can prompt tricky flashes and concussions from Breach. Thanks to satchels, Raze can enforce control over tricky corners to score frags before enemies notice her.

2 Fracture: Breach, Brimstone, Raze, Sova, Killjoy

Win Rate: 57.69%

While Fracture is outside the current Valorant map rotation for Unrated/Competitive, the cross-patterned map is known for its mid-area Defender Spawn. Players have quick access to Sites in the east and west, an interchanging zipline that connects a northern area and the southern Attacker Spawn, and three paths for entering each Site. The multiple traversal routes make detection decisions crucial. Recon bolts from Sova and a turret from Killjoy are helpful in establishing where enemies are located.

From here, Brimstone can forcibly take control of the map with his smokes to lure enemies along certain pathways. This way, Breach’s close-ranged kit can shine in slowing down enemies, while Raze capitalizes on sharp angles for quick kills and molly frags.

1 Pearl: Phoenix, Jett, Killjoy, Skye, Astra

Win Rate: 57.45%

Despite being away from the current rotation, Pearl was a much-welcome change in Valorant, as a traditional map with no gimmicks. However, the night-themed cityscape does boast a more open mid-area that leads to multiple corners. This provides various rotational options for the distance-leaning B-Site and the close-range-favoring A-Site. Due to this caveat, Killjoy’s ability to summon a turret gives her the advantage of holding sites.

Moreover, Skye scouts can traverse pesky corners to get more information at less risk. And despite her perceived complexity, Astra can choose to either release an AOE pull or a smoke, giving her more flexible map control. Lastly, Jett dominates verticality while Phoenix distracts with walls and flashes.

Valorant

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June 2, 2020

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