Does the Map Layout Empower the Operator Weapon?

Even after the Valorant patch 1.09 debuffs, the Operator is still the Suppressor as always.

Operator suffered several vulnerabilities in the latest patch 1.09 update. By making updates from reducing its damage to increasing its price, Riot tried to make sure this sniper from Valorant wasn't as oppressive as it used to be.

But did the nerfs really work?

While a certain portion of the community thinks the Operator has gotten seriously stronger, there are also those who feel that Valorant's core map design makes the weapon as deadly as it has always been.

Valorant's map design makes it difficult to balance the Operator

In a Reddit Post, Twixt explains:

"Think of it this way, " Operator " in terms of both pricing and the role the weapon fills in a team's setup, the " AWP" in CS:GOEquivalent to ", but in CS AWP is not a "game finisher" "Uses the weapon by any means and requires more mechanical skill to use it efficiently. However, if you compare the AWP's weapon stats to the Operator's weapons, you'll quickly realize that the AWP is better in every way. Literally. It has a higher fire rate, more ammo per clip, better/faster accuracy reset, can crouch + move, etc. People should understand that the reason the Operator is overpowered in the current meta is not the weapon stats, unfortunately."

So what makes Operator such a nightmare in Valorant?

Twixt argues that Valorant's map design is the biggest evil in the game.

Twixt also explains:

"The map design in Valorant is quite different from that of CS, the amount of angle we need to see in each part of a map (especially deep angles / 90 degree angles) is much larger than that of CS, so a one-shot weapon is inherently easier to build. Also , there are fewer objects you can use directly in your environment to look at in a way that preserves most of your body (think of the angles you can hold on something like "A site" in Dust in CS:GO).

To be honest, navigating tight spots and angles in Valorant is pretty straightforward, and that's what makes the game so accessible to new players.