Riot Games announces the abilities of the new Valorant agent Neon, Episode 4, Act 1 Battlepass and the protocol skin line

Valorant’s new Agent Neon, Episode 4 and a Protocol skin line were fully revealed today by Riot Games.

Neon Agent in Valorant: Skills Revealed

Filipino agent Neon is a nimble new playable character who “fires bursts of bioelectrical radiation as fast as her body makes them”. She runs ahead to catch enemies off guard, then quickly knocks them down.

Neon has also been compared to Zeri, the new League of Legends champion who also has electrical skills.

Your skills are as follows:

(E) UPWARDS

Instantly channel the power of neon to increase speed. When charged, old fire to trigger an electric slide. Slide Charge resets every two kills.

(Q) RELAY BOLTS

Immediately throw a bolt of energy that ricochets once. When hitting any surface, the bolt electrifies the ground below with a harrowing explosion.

(C) FAST LANE

Fire two lines of energy forward on the ground that extend a short distance or until they hit a surface. The lines rise to walls of static electricity that block view and cause damage to enemies who pass them.

(X) OVERPRESSURE

Unleash the full power and speed of neon for a short time. Fire to direct the force into a deadly bolt of lightning with high accuracy of movement. The duration is reset with every kill.

Valorant game designer Ryan ‘rycou’ Cousart said, “I’ve been with Riot for a while and until now there has only been a little talk about making a character from the Philippines. I’m a Filipino designer so the ability to bring a Filipino agent to life in Valorant has been an absolute blessing for me to the core.

“I vividly remember the day when John Goscicki and Jay Watford brought the news to me that I was getting this opportunity and luckily my camera was not working as I was suffocated and full of tears. I remember not being able to speak for a few minutes and even though I was speechless, I uttered a very low “thank you, so much”.

“Seeing how much work the Neon Pod has done in collaboration with our Riot team in SEA to bring Neon to life as authentically as possible is something I’m really proud of, if only a small part . ”

“I’ve been with Riot for a while and until now there was only talk of making a character out of the Philippines here and there. I’m a Filipino designer, so being able to bring a Filipino agent to life in Valorant has been an absolute blessing for me to the core. “

Ryan ‘rycou’ Cousart, Riot Games

Ryan added, “Everything in their kit had two words that we kept referring to on the design side to keep it cohesive. These were “fast” and “mad”. I remember when August Browning (League of Legends Lead Champion Designer) originally came to us with the idea of ​​having an agent with the ability to sprint quickly on a basic skill – I had a lot of reasons why I thought it was an insurmountable amount of work to achieve it.

“The goal we had set ourselves for Neon was that it should move quickly and complement its utility. After seeing how far Jay and August had gone before I made it to the finish line, I was so excited to see how well we had accomplished the goal of having skills that go well with speed that it did the prototype phase with basically the same kit. “

Valorant’s new protocol skin line

Regarding the mindset behind this new line of skin, the press release read: “A repressive shadow government must suppress the disorder within its ranks. Enter Protocol 781-A: an arsenal specifically designed to provide combat support, monitor performance, and enforce compliance with every order. “

Here is the most important information for the log skin line:

Weapons:

• Personal Administrative Melee Unit (Melee)
• Protocol 781-A Phantom
• Protocol 781-A Specter
• Protocol 781-A Bulldog
• Protocol 781-A Sheriff

Price-level:

UE level: 9,900 VP

Package includes:

• Personal Administrative Melee Unit (Melee)
• Protocol 781-A Phantom
• Protocol 781-A Specter
• Protocol 781-A Bulldog
• Protocol 781-A Sheriff
• Protocol 781-A Gun Buddy
• Protocol 781-A card
• Protocol 781-A Spray

Levels:

• Close combat
  • Level 1 – New melee weapon model
  • Level 2 – Brand new animations and visual effects; two alternating inspection animations and attack sets, depending on the pose in which the weapon is held
  • Level 3 – Custom male voice-over to check animation and various other triggers that occur in the game (approximately 60 unique VO lines); the voice-over is “visualized” in the in-game interface when the weapon speaks to you
  • Variant 1 – white / pink variant with female voice-over
  • Variant 2 – red / blue variant with male voice-over
  • Variant 3 – Green variant with a female voice
• weapons
  • Level 1 – New weapon model; custom ADS reticle; custom balls
  • Level 2 – Custom visual effects of the muzzle flash and firing audio
  • Level 3 – Custom animations and visual effects when equipping, reloading and inspecting; Weapon “transforms” when equipping, reloading and inspecting
  • Level 4 – Finisher and Kill Banners
  • Level 5 – Custom male voice-over for checking animation and various other triggers that occur in the game (approximately 60 unique VO lines); the voice-over is “visualized” in the in-game interface when the weapon speaks to you
  • Variant 1 – white / pink variant with female voice-over
  • Variant 2 – red / blue variant with male voice-over
  • Variant 3 – Green variant with a female voice

Valorant Episode 4 Act 1 Battlepass

• Free highlights:
  • Velocity Shorty with variants
  • Operation: fracture player card
  • Valentine tactics gamer card

• Paid highlights:
  • Velocity Karambit with variants
  • Velocity Phantom with variants
  • Unstoppable // Wise Player Card
  • Be Mine Valentine’s Day Player Card Series

All of these updates will go live in Valorant on Tuesday, January 11, 2022.