Valorant Viper

Valorant guide: How to play as Viper

Viper one of the weirdest (in the nice meaning) heroes who has some fascinating skills. She can blind opponents with smog, create pools filled with venom that will hurt everybody inside, walls which to cut of pieces of territory. Her ultimate ability allows her to fill the entire bomb segment of the map by thick deadly smog.

Much more about Viper's skills in the article below.

GENERAL TIP FOR PLAYING VIPER:

• Never forget to check the amount of the fuel-energy. Without it, you won't be able to use your main skills, such as Poison Cloud or Toxic Screen.

ABILITY: SNAKEBITE

Throw the grenade which will blow up and create the puddles filled with acid, harming everyone who will get in.

Tips:

• This skill doesn't hurt players badly, but a perfect decision to do when somebody standing in the corridor or the entrance.
• This is an ideal way to check corners in the corridors or the place behind the boxes for hidden enemies.

ABILITY: POISON CLOUD

You can throw a special gadget that after the activation will create a cloud with toxic smog. Later can be picked up and re-used after a certain time. Fuel spends on that action.

Tips:

• This is basically the weakest smokescreen skill among the others. Better don't use this one for the protection of strategically important corners/corridors/exits when your allies have better options.
• Put it on the open area on the ground or the bomb, after what use it for dazing and harm enemies when they don't expect it.

SIGNATURE ABILITY: TOXIC SCREEN

Shoot with the special gadget to set a line of diffusers that after the reactivation will build a wall of airborne venom.

Tips:

• This skill can pass through any block, creating a huge toxic shield-wall.
• Try to never use it too early, especially when you are in the attack. Setting up the wall, not at the right time can lead to the failure of your team.

ULTIMATE ABILITY: VIPER'S PIT

Spread a mammoth amount of airborne venom in a wide area around. It lasts as long as Viper stays inside. All the opponents will be marked up for her.

• It will hurt whoever comes in but you. Members of both teams will get hurt.
• This agent can get out of her toxic fog without it disappearing. When she does, there is a timer appears. If Viper will come back to the cloud before it runs out, the cloud will stay.
• You may know that shotguns aren't the best weapon in the Valorant. While this ability works, Viper gets power up for using them or other personal guns. So, if you already know when and where you are going to use this ability, surely take a shotgun.

BONUS TRICKS

• Viper thanks to a combination of her ultimate ability and other skills became the best character for carrying and installing the Spike. If you want to pick her you shall be ready to plant the spike often.
• Firstly, you have to take care of the next players: Brimstone, Phoenix, Breach. They have abilities that can save their teammates from your pit. Brimstone can use his ultimate ability for starting airstrike for the entire size of her pit. Breach can use the Rolling Thunder. Phoenix can use his ultimate ability somewhere out of the pit, so Viper doesn't see him. If Viper will kill Phoenix inside the pit, he won't be ready to meet Phoenix second time.
• You need a little time to practice for getting knowledge of implementing the fuel between pushing Q, E, or both of them. By that strategy, you will grasp the time gaps better.