One of the things that is on the lips of the entire Valorant gaming community is that in North America, Evil Geniuses pulled a surprise pick from Phoenix in their Valorant Champions Tour LCQ match against FaZe Clan on Ascent. The tiebreaker match saw Kelden ‘Boostio’ Pupello pilot the Duelist to a score of 31/29/9 in a 19-17 loss.
Something we find quite curious is that the choice came out of the blue for 100 Thieves player William ‘Will’ Cheng, who was watching the series before his own team’s match in the tournament. Will said that he didn’t even realize they were playing in the Valorant patch where Phoenix received ability buffs from him.
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“I think he had a couple of really cool plays, and obviously I know Boostio from the tier-two scene and he was a really good Phoenix player back then,” Will said of the surprise pick. For NRG Esports player Ethan ‘Ethan’ Arnold, the Agent himself is strong at the moment, but he has doubts about his viability as a solo Duelist.
“Not as much space creation on offense, compared to Jett, right? Kind of like Raze, too. But I think the agent itself is very, very good right now. The six orb ult is insane for the value he gets,” Ethan said of the choice.
“The sparkles are obviously crazy right now. But yeah, I think you’ll probably see more in the future.” In EMEA, Team Liquid’s Adil ‘ScreaM’ Benrlitom took the Agent against BBL Esports in their opening match, also on Ascent. He went 6/19/15 on the map in a 13-11 victory over the Turkish team.