As for agent selection rates, Viper is at the bottom of the Valorant rank list in all competitive and unranked divisions . He has remained the most " unpopular" Agent in the game since Valorant's closed beta and has hardly surfaced on the pro scene.
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Above you can see how little the Agent is preferred. Despite the strengthening efforts of Valorant developers, we see that only 0.8% were selected.
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Viper's lousy pick rate was a serious concern to Valorant developers, and Riot Games tried to give him a substantial amount of quarterbacks and power to boost his popularity. The patch continued to receive a buff as it came in. Valorant even received some definitive damage buffs and quality of life changes in patch 1.07.
So why does Viper have the lowest pick rate in the game? The Valorant community is slowly turning Viper into a "meme phenomenon," and even pro gamers like TSM Subroza are using social media to talk about how unloved he is. According to Subroza , even if he continues to receive the Viper Buff, people will still not play him, and in our opinion, here are some explanations of the situation:
There are other Agents that do exactly what Viper does, but better.
More often than not, his abilities become more of a liability to the team than a blessing, and Agents like Phoenix , Brimstone , and Cypher do most of what he does better,
Also, due to his abilities, his position on the map will be easily known by the enemy in advance and will put the team at a disadvantage. After all, this character is still not preferred for most people, let's see what Riot will do about it.
Stay tuned for more.
