New Agent Concept - Mirage (sorry if it sucks)

lethargicsauce

So I'm rather new to the game, but I've had an idea about a sand-based controller since I started (which was maybe 2 weeks ago or so), so here that is;

Agent Name: Mirage

Role: Controller

Abilities:

1: Shifting Sands;
Mirage begins controlling the movement of its deployment with movement of your camera from afar, still being able to see perfectly well. Upon letting go, a smoke orb is instantly deployed. Said smoke lasts for 14 seconds. As the smoke dissipates, any in its line of sight within a certain range around it will be blinded for 3 seconds.

2: Abrasion;
Release this ability to permanently strip the armor of enemies in a 25 degree arc in front of you. Can be cast through walls.

3: Dune Barrier;
Mirage takes control of a wall as it spans out, allowing him to shape it exactly as he wants to. Leaves a residual vision blur for 1 second after passing through it. The wall lasts 16 seconds.

4: Sandstorm;
Upon activation, a Sandstorm covers a large portion of the map near Mirage. Enemies inside the storm are slightly slowed, and everyones’ visibility is majorly reduced, with Mirage able to see 2x further in the storm than others. Additionally, all enemies will have their armor permanently stripped. The storm lasts 20 seconds.

TLDR; A somewhat basic controller, being a smoke character that strips armor and restricts visibility.

Edit 1: Just had the revelation that the enemy wont always have armor and that Abrasion is useless in the first few rounds or when they don't buy armor. I guess you could see it as a positive in later rounds if your abilities cause them to not bring armor, making them more easily shootable, but I think it's a bit of a glaring oversight on my part. Lemme know if you think I should give Abrasion an effect for those that aren't armored or not.

lethargicsauce

TiberiusZgo

I did kinda think about Viper a bit after posting, and I do see the issue with it. Also, you're right that Mirage does what someother controllers do a lot better than they do. I also completely forgor to do the ability usage count, which is kinda of important ngl. I'll try to edit those in, but for balancing I think I'll keep Abrasion as is. As for nationality, I didn't actually think about that yet. I pretty much just thought up the ablities (however half-baked) and just posted 'em.

lethargicsauce

Edit #2: Doing some re-balancing and de-vagueifying based on feedback.

Shifting Sands is having its duration reduced from 14 seconds to 10.
Shifting Sands Usages: 2
Shifting Sands Cost: 100
Sandstorm's visibility penalty is no longer view-distance limiting, instead blurring vision, with Mirage being slightly less susceptible. The storm's duration is also reduced from 20 seconds to 16 seconds.
Ult Point Requirement: 6
Abrasion's arc is being increased from 25 to 35 degrees.
Abrasion Usages: 2
Abrasion Cost: 150
Dune Barrier Usages: 1 every 30 seconds. Cooldown starts when the wall goes down. In addition to the 1 second residual vision blur from passing through or standing in the wall, near-sight is also inflicted for that same 1 second duration
Nationality: Turkish

TiberiusZgo

Hey there, Mirage seems like a cool agent, but- I will give my feedback

First I just wanna ask about the nationality of Mirage since Valorant Agents are diverse (or it's going to be none, like Omen and Kayo/0). Next, you also forgot to add how many times you can use an ability (Like Omen, you can smoke two times).

Now- these are cool abilities, but they seem broken a little. Sandstorm especially. The way you made it is kind of like a buffed version of Viper's ult. Dune Barrier is alright, it's like Sage's wall. Shifting Sands (if added) would 100% make other agents such as Omen and Brimstone (agents who let out smokes) weaker. Abrasion is alright, and maybe to balance it out, it can be like Omen's blinding orb, where the only time it works is if it's center reaches you (sides of it are not counted, and the player can hear it coming, but doesn't know WHERE it's coming from). Also maybe make Abrasion for both armored and not, but I am still thinking of ideas.