Fans claim sneaky Riot change is forcing Deadlock to the top of VALORANT’s meta
Fans claim sneaky Riot change is forcing Deadlock to the top of VALORANT’s meta

The VALORANT player base believes Deadlock’s arrival has come at the perfect time… but perhaps it’s too perfect. The newest agent’s debut begins as Episode Seven commences, and with it have come new theories, including that Riot’s recent magazine update might’ve actually been to give Deadlock prerelease buffs.

The Phantom and Vandal’s maximum ammunition was reduced as part of Riot’s 6.11 patch at the beginning of this month to combat a spray-and-pray meta. However, only yesterday did the community connect the dots, in a Reddit thread on June 25.

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