The wait is over, the Norwegian Sentinel has been revealed. If you're looking to see her abilities, a bit of lore, and her gameplay you're in the right place.
After Sova finally found Deadlock, it was time that the audience saw what the next Sentinel will look like.
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Who Is Deadlock?
After seeing the first leaked "promo" about Deadlock, it was certain that she was coming from a northern country, that's close to Sova. The mountains snowy terrain that Sova was doing his operation into was actually Norway.
Deadlock is officially Valorant's 23rd Agent, and since we know you are impatient to see what she does, we will go straight to her abilities.
Deadlock Abilities Explained
C Ability - GravNet
Her first ability is a grenade that can be: thrown normally with FIRE, or from below with ALT FIRE. Once the grenade collides with the ground, it explodes and forces enemies caught in its radius to crouch and move slowly.
Equip a GravNet grenade. FIRE to launch. ALTERNATIVE FIRE to launch the grenade from below. The GravNet explodes when it hits the ground, forcing enemies caught inside it to crouch and move slowly.
Q Ability - Sonic Sensor
As the name suggests this is a sensor that is deployable with FIRE. Once deployed it monitors the area for enemy agents that will make any sound.
If you make:
- Gunfire noise
- Footsteps
- Ability noise
The area will be CONCUSSED and it will affect anyone caught in it. If you hold SHIFT and walk, you're fine, but if you decide to rush it with your knife, you're in trouble.
Signature Ability - Barrier Mesh
The barrier mesh is a disk that will be launched forward once you click FIRE. After colliding with the ground, the disk will generate four barriers from the initial point, and it will block the movement of the Agents with those four barriers.
These barriers work similarly to Sage's wall and can be destroyed by shooting at the blue circle-like barriers on the ground. If you can't understand it, just take a look at the picture and it will be all crystal clear for you.
Ultimate Ability - Annihilation
If the name sounds spooky to you, don't worry, it's just a Nanowire Accelerator. Once equipped and you click FIRE, you will release a pulse of those nanowires that will capture the first enemy that it hits.
Once caught, the enemy Agent will be pulled alongside the path of the nanowires and die if they reach the end unless they are freed. To free the caught Agent, an ally of his will have to shoot at the nanowires to destroy the cocoon and save his ally. Yeah never mind, it's spooky.
Overall, it looks like this super high-tech girl will be overtaking Killjoy and Cypher's place in the meta. But, we won't know how OP she is till the point that she's added to the game and days of gameplay pass.
When Will Deadlock Be Released?
We're sure that the first question that came to your mind after reading what the Norwegian can do. Deadlock is set to join the other Agents ingame with the release of Episode 7 Act 1 on the 27th of June. Her initial reveal came on the 24th of June, and it was announced that her abilities will be explained in detail during the Grand Final of Masters Tokyo.
Wield an arsenal of cutting-edge nano-wire tech with Deadlock, the adaptive Sentinel Agent hailing from Norway.
— VALORANT (@PlayVALORANT) June 24, 2023
Stay tuned for her story debuting at the Finals of #VALORANTMasters Tokyo.
>> Launching with EP_07 // ACTIhttps://t.co/E0ReOUl1sa pic.twitter.com/IgWbiL8Ao2
But, Riot didn't want to keep us waiting, so they shared the gameplay footage of Deadlock the night before the Grand Final. It's better to keep the hype for the spectacular gameplay that's about to unfold between Fnatic and Evil Geniuses than on the agent we will be spamming nonstop in the coming days.
Someone said the new Valorant agent Deadlock looks like Taylor Swift and now I'm suddenly a huge T-swift fan pic.twitter.com/GCpXcAfHF2
— Your Friend Dom (@YourFriendDom) June 24, 2023
That's all about Deadlock for now. Once she's out we will dish out an Agent Guide for her ASAP on our Valorfeed Guides Section, so make sure to check it up to stay up to date.
