Pokimane predicts that Valorant will be the \u201cOverwatch killer\u201d Pokimane (Twitch) \/ Riot Games \/ BlizzardPopular Twitch streamer Imane \u2018Pokimane\u2019 Anys has tipped Riot Games\u2019 Valorant to be the title that dethrones Overwatch from the top of character-based shooters. Riot Games\u2019 venture into the tactical shooter genre has plenty within the esports domain eagerly anticipating their upcoming release. Valorant\u2019s gameplay revolves largely around its extensive roster of Agents, who each have their own ability set \u2014 which will ultimately play a large role in the outcome each round. Based on early alpha gameplay and teaser trailers, many have hailed Valorant to be the perfect blend of CS:GO and Overwatch. However, it\u2019s Blizzard\u2019s team-based shooter that Pokimane believes is vulnerable to Valorant\u2019s imminent threat. Talking on the Episode 11 of the Offline TV Podcast, the gang started toing and froing with Team SoloMid streamer, Ali \u2018Myth\u2019 Kabbani, about Valorant and what the meta of the game will look like on release. After drawing comparisons to Blizzard\u2019s Overwatch, Anys stated: \u201cI think it might be the Overwatch killer,\u201d to which William \u2018Scarra\u2019 Li sarcastically responded, asking: \u201cDo you think there needs to be a game for that to happen?\u201d Segment starts at 12:00 for mobile users. Pokimane continued to discuss Overwatch\u2019s slump from where it was a few years back. \u201cThe more I think about it, and I think about Overwatch\u2019s decline, this is just going to be the last nail in the coffin really.\u201d Jeremy \u2018Disguised Toast\u2019 Wang edged in with how Overwatch\u2019s competitive league\u2019s setup was ruined by Activision Blizzard. \u201cOverwatch kind of just ruined their competitive league, with just how it was set up,\u201d Wang opened. \u201cYou have to fly to places to play and they inflate their numbers, and then they sell it to sponsors, then the sponsors are like, \u2018wait something\u2019s not adding up.\u2019\u201d Of course, the popular Facebook streamer was referring to the franchised Overwatch League, where teams have been trying a home and away format for the first time \u2014 which has taken a backseat with the imminent threat of the coronavirus outbreak. Pokimane\u2019s argument of Valorant being the \u201cOverwatch killer\u201d is a logical argument, considering both titles share so many similarities. However, with Riot\u2019s character-based shooter not even released yet, only time will tell whether her opinion prevails to be right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pokimane predicts that Valorant will be the \u201cOverwatch killer\u201d Pokimane (Twitch) \/ Riot Games \/ BlizzardPopular Twitch streamer Imane \u2018Pokimane\u2019 Anys has tipped Riot Games\u2019 Valorant to be the title that dethrones Overwatch from the top of character-based shooters. Riot Games\u2019 venture into the tactical shooter genre has plenty within the esports domain eagerly anticipating […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57848\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}