Exploring Valorant || Part 2 || Sidearms || Tron Fan Club
In my previous post I've had discussed about the basics of the competitive shooting game called Valorant. In today's episode I'll try my best to discuss about how the gameplay and the shooting mechanism works in this game and how the gunplay works.
So, basically Valorant is a game of precise gunplay. In this game you have to precisely shoot your enemy in order to kill them. The gunplay of this game isn't like the other shooting games available for PC. The recoil of the guns in this game is kept very realistic. So, spraying while shooting is almost impossible in this game. Cause once you start shooting without giving any break, the shots or bullet will rarely hit the enemy because of the recoil of the gun. What most players do in this game is they shoot 3 to 4 or 4 to 6 shots at a time then take a brief break before shooting again. This is the only way to make sure your shots hits the enemy and they don't miss. Because of this tap shots, the gunplay of this game has to be very precise or in other words your aim has to be really good.
The range game mode or the practice mode really helps you a lot to increase your aiming skills. I play this mode all the time to make my aim better. But I am still struggling a lot to learn the tap shots. There are 3 difficulty levels in the range. They are easy, medium, hard. The easy mode is very helpful for the beginners of this game. In this mode 30 bots will come and go after a little delay. You have to shoot down all 30 of them or atleast you will have to try. The shooting range is quite big. So you never know where the next target might appear from. The 3 modes basically increase or decrease the time delay of incoming bots. In the hard mode, they give you only a fraction of a second to shoot the target. If you can't get the headshot then the bot goes off sight. The medium mode is also kinda hard to me but I am trying my best to adapt in that mode and trying my best to make my aim more better. I would suggest to play in the easy and normal modes for a while and skip the hard one. That one is literally for the pro's of this game which I am really not or not on that level yet. But I am constantly trying my best to improve and getting better everyday as I play.
There are various types of guns in this game. Some are best for the point blank range to short range. Some are best to deal damage to the enemy who are in the mid range and some are the guns best used for the long range actions. Some of the guns are less costly than the other but they can still get the job done if you are skilled enough. I'll try to explain each gun separately below...
Classic :- The classic is the basic pistol which is given to you at the start of the game. It's the basic handgun with a 12 round magazine. It has a total of 48 bullets for one round. Use left mouse click to shoot a single shot and use right click to shoot 4 bullets at the same time. The right click shots is basically used for point blank range as they can fully nullify the enemy if you can hit in the head. You don't have to buy this one from the armory because this one is given to all at the start of the round.
Shorty :- The shorty is the double barrel mini shotgun used for short range combats. It is heavily powerful in such range. While defending you can equip this gun in case you can catch an enemy off guard in close range. You can get this gun for 150 credits from the armory. If you are looking to save credits for later rounds and want to play only close combats then the shorty is just for you.
Frenzy :- Another sidearm is called Frenzy. This one is a automatic pistol equivalent of an SMG. To me this gun or sidearm is the most effective for short to low mid range combats. The cost of this gun is 400 credits. A combination of 2 to 3 body shots with 1 or 2 headshots will kill an enemy even if they have armor on.
Ghost :- The Ghost is a low-cost semi-automatic pistol. This one is equipped with a suppressor and a large magazine clip. If you have a really good aim and can deal headshots very easily then this gun is just for you. It has a 15 bullet round capacity with a high rate of fire. Accurate shots will drop your foes very easily. The Ghost costs 500 creds.
Sheriff :- This gun is the most expensive sidearm of this game with a high stopping power. One headshots from any distance will instantly kill an enemy. It doesn't matter if they have armor on or don't. The one shot kill ability makes this sidearm a huge threat for the enemies. This revolver has a 6 round capacity. 3 body shots will also kill an enemy and 2 if the enemy don't have any armor on.
We have reached the end of today's session. Will come back again with the SMG's and the Shotgun details soon in another post. Till then take care and stay tuned.
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