There hasn’t been an agent in VALORANT<\/em> quite as polarizing as Chamber. When the French sentinel came into the game in late 2021, he introduced an entirely new idea\u2014what if an agent’s abilities were more weapons<\/em>, not external utilities?<\/p>
Chamber redefined Riot’s first-person shooter for a while. His weapons and mechanics were just too strong to pass up, leading to him being the star of the show throughout all ranks and in professional play, but recently his pick rate has been dropping hard.<\/p>
After the Chamber-filled VCT season came to a close last year, with players like yay and BuZz making names for themselves on the agent, Riot started hitting Chamber with nerfs\u2014and it hit him hard. Looking back several months after Chamber received his last nerf in December 2022, where is the agent now? The answer is a bit worrying for players who still consider themselves Chamber one-tricks.<\/p>
Chamber’s pick rate has plummeted in all levels of VALORANT<\/em><\/a>. <\/em>He is barely seen in lower ranks on the competitive ladder and has only been picked twice across every map played in the three VCT leagues so far<\/a>. In most competitive ranks, Chamber also now sits at a similar win rate to Yoru, an agent who has basically never been considered a meta pick. <\/p>
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Aside from the major nerfs Chamber has received, which has players wondering if Riot maybe went too far<\/a>, the latest competitive map pools have also not favored the agent’s playstyle. Breeze was always Chamber’s playground, with its long sightlines and angles to hold. Bind was also a prime space to utilize Chamber, with spaces that almost seemed built for him to stand his ground. <\/p>
