The American Chemist, Viper, codename "Pandemic", loves to deploy her poisons, controls the battlefield as to her liking, get frags and win the fight. She cuts vision and deal decay damage to all agents that breathes her poisons, friend or foe.
Abilities
Snake Bite
This ability is good for zoning the enemy team, finishing of a low health enemy or delaying them from doing their objective. Pair these with your bullets and it'll rip off their health bars. Put these on narrow entrances to prevent enemy advance, spaces to isolate and break their formation, and annoying corners that everyone are hiding on, as its best uses for it to pay off.
| Type: | Crowd Control |
| Cost: | 100 Credits |
| Slot: | 2 slots |
Poison Cloud
This is a great vision control and crowd control ability that creates multiple opportunities to bring her team to victory. Delay enemies and control places then get frags.
| Type: | Vision Control, Crowd Control |
| Cost: | 200 credits |
| Slot: | 1 slot |
Toxic Screen
In partner with Poison Cloud, this is the strongest vision control that an agent can offer. Viper can cut off a site to half and control the walls leading herself to her killing spree, putting her team to a winning position.
| Type: | Vision Control |
| Cost: | Free |
| Slot: | 1 slot |
Viper's Pit
This is the best camping and delay ability on the game. It shortens the vision of anyone inside and can put a 1 versus 5 situation to 1 versus 1, picking them 1 by 1. Along side with Poison Cloud and Toxic Screen, her vision control is over-powered when executed perfectly, and can solo the enemy team.
| Type: | Vision Control, Crowd Control |
| Ult Point: | 7 points |
Tips
There's a few strategies that can be executed using Viper's ability. The one-way smokes using Poison Cloud are essential to her kit, so make sure to learn them. Make good use of the range of her signature ability, Toxic Screen. It can help teammates hold a site even she's at a different site or take control of places. Utilize the Snake Bite using them to clear corners that are hard to clear and zone enemies. And her best ability, Viper's Pit, use it to hold a site or to protect the spike, and especially, against 1 versus 5 situations.
She's an underrated pick at Valorant since her abilities are not that rewarding compared to other agents. That's why I play using her. I'm going to exploit her potential and show that Viper is also fun to play.
Sources
Read: Valorant Wiki
Read: Polygon
Read: Mobalytics
Read: Viper Splash Art
Read:Best Gaming Settings
Read: Game Overview: VALORANT