Riot Games has released a new Valorant trailer for a character named Sage. The developer has released several other character trailers for its new competitive multiplayer shooter as Viper, a character who can poison enemies, is another who got their own video.
On Twitter, Riot has posted a short video showing the abilities of Sage, a Valorant character who comes from China. Sage is a support character and her tagline is "let them try to get through me" suggesting that she can stop enemy attacks as well as help out her allied teammates.
One of her support abilities is her Healing Orb which can heal herself or an ally to full health over a few seconds. Sage also has a Slowing Orb which hits the ground and slows any enemies caught in it. Enemies will also make noise when moving, making it easier for Sage and her teammates to take them out. Anyone who mains Moira in Overwatch and uses her orbs to heal and deal damage will likely enjoy playing as Sage in Valorant.
Sage's two other abilities may also be compared to Overwatch characters. The character's Barrier Orb ability allows her to send out an orb which then creates a huge wall. On social media several gamers have said that it looks like Mei's Ice Wall in Overwatch. Sage and Mei are also Chinese. Designing a Chinese character with a wall creating ability isn't an original idea as the country's most famous tourist attraction is the Great Wall of China, but some are criticizing Riot for the decision.
There is also an ability called Resurrection which allows Sage to revive a teammate with full health. Overwatch has the healer character Mercy and she has a resurrection ability, but it's unclear how much it looks like Sage's resurrections in Valorant as this isn't shown in the new trailer.
Several of Valorant's characters have been compared to Overwatch as some fans also said that Sova's Recon Bolt looks like Hanzo's Sonic Arrow. Some gamers aren't glad that Riot hasn't been able to show them much that's original but others seem to like that they'll know how to use these abilities once Valorant has been released.
Riot could potentially change things before release and the developer has confirmed that there will be a Valorant beta. The developer hasn't announced a date for this beta but as it keeps releasing trailers for the game and confirming information about its playable characters it does seem like more information is about to be revealed.
Valorant will launch sometime during Summer 2020 for the PC.