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Damn, Sage's win/pick rate is way higher than I thought it would be
Our internal boards have both of them even higher than this, too. Some of that power may be hard to feel, though, since we get lots of requests to buff her even when she's historically been the strongest and most popular agent in the game
sage is not the strongest. she is just easy and fun to play. icebox is the only map where sage is essential and riot should change the map instead of nerfing sage again and again.
Not sure what metric you're using to measure power, but in terms of winrate and pickrate Sage has been the most powerful agent in the game by a decent margin from launch until now, even through any nerfs we shipped. She's dipped from the #1 spot in winrate once or twice, but never fallen below top 3 (and was usually #1). She's looking a lot healthier after Patch 3.0, though!
Any chance or plans to show us some of the agents pick&win rates? Or at least tell us which site has it closest to riot numbers like in r/LoL it was said that u.gg was closest
It'd be fun to do another balance blog post around the current state of balance, it can just be hard to find the time between everything else that's going on. I'd like to do another round of that, though.
This is the last one that we did, but it was awhile ago now.
where is your data from? are you just spewing "facts" without any backing?
I’m the gameplay insights lead for VALORANT and one of the leads of the balance team. Curating our data ecosystem on gameplay and developing our balance philosophy is a critical portion of my job.
statistics can lie a lot. sage is an agent with a low skill ceiling. easiest ult, easiest free ability. majority of players want to play a duelist, and when they can't they are usually not good at filling smokes or initiator. but anyone can play sage and focus on gunplay. even if sage is nerfed people will play her, unless another easy and fun to play agent is introduced.
a more detailed analysis would include win rates of sage mains compared to other agents' mains.
Just to be clear, her playrate hasn’t been a huge concern; people find her fun and approachable. Lots of people playing her isn’t a problem. Super high winrates are a concern regardless though, and we have an obligation to keep the game balanced for our playerbase.