Riot Games announces KAY/O, a new Valorant Robot agent that can suppress abilities

Riot Games has announced KAY/O, a robot agent, that will join Valorant. KAY/O has a new effect that can suppress enemies for a short duration. While suppressed agents cannot use any abilities. 

Equip a suppression blade. Fire to throw. The blade sticks to the first surface it hits, winds up, and suppresses anyone in the radius of the explosion.

Equip a flash grenade. Fire to throw. The flash grenade explodes after a short fuse, blinding anyone in the line of sight.

EQUIP an explosive fragment. FIRE to throw. The fragment sticks to the floor and explodes multiple times, dealing near lethal damage at the center with each explosion.

Instantly overload with polarized Radianite energy that empowers KAY/O and causes large energy pulses to emit from his location. Enemies hit with these pulses are suppressed for a short duration.

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The robot agent is an initiator and will allow players to gain entry to the sites. His Zero/Point allows him to throw knives and suppress the defending agents. The small window of opportunity is often more than enough for players to secure a foothold on the bombsite.

The agent's ultimate also suppresses opponents' abilities and should open up different tactical moves for professional teams. The ultimate also gives KAY/O a chance to be revived by a teammate if he dies during the ultimate. While suppression is his bread and butter, the agent's other abilities are equally important. KAY/O's Flash grenade explodes multiple times to deal massive amounts of damage if players are near the cluster.

KAY/O will release along with Valorant Episode 3, Act 1 on June 22, 2021.

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