{"id":124790,"date":"2022-04-25T08:45:58","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T06:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=124790"},"modified":"2022-04-25T08:45:58","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T06:45:58","slug":"first-look-at-valorants-new-initiator-agent-fade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/124790-first-look-at-valorants-new-initiator-agent-fade","title":{"rendered":"First look at VALORANT\u2019s new initiator agent Fade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Riot Games has tweeted a video which gives Valorant players a first in-game look at the upcoming initiator agent, Fade.<\/p>\n<p>This short video shows the agent&#8217;s ability set and playstyle centred around locating enemies and controlling the battlefield.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The nightmare\u2019s real. Get a sneak peek at Fade\u2019s gameplay, VALORANT\u2019s upcoming Initiator Agent. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0nnWi1HVwt\">pic.twitter.com\/0nnWi1HVwt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 VALORANT (@PlayVALORANT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlayVALORANT\/status\/1518334079774732288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>E ability &#8211; Haunt:<\/strong> Throws out an orb which will drop to the ground after a set amount of time. Once it hits the ground, it transforms into a nightmarish entity that will reveal enemies caught in its line of sight. This entity can be destroyed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q ability &#8211; Seize:<\/strong> Throws out an orb which falls after a set period and which, upon hitting the ground, spawns a zone of ink. Enemies caught in the zone cannot escape through regular movement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>C ability &#8211; Prowler:<\/strong> Sends out a projectile which travels in a straight line and locks onto any enemies or trails in its line of sight. The prowler will chase this target, and if it reaches them, it will apply near-sighted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>X ability &#8211; Nightfall:<\/strong> Sends out a wave of nightmare energy that travels through walls and creates trails to enemies. It also deafens and decays them.<\/p>\n<p>Fade will be added to the game as part of Episode 4, Act 3, which will release next week.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/124786-ps5-controller-update-for-pc-has-been-released\">PS5 controller update for PC has been released<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riot has revealed gameplay for the upcoming agent Fade, showing off her ability set. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":124791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[26065,1003,26066,633,25764],"class_list":["post-124790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc","tag-fade","tag-gameplay","tag-new-agent","tag-riot-games","tag-valorant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}