Valorant Brimstone Guide: Abilities, Tips and Tricks, & More

Aug. 1, 2023

Brimstone is arguably one of the most reliable and easy agents to play in Valorant. With the ability to stall enemies during an attack, cutting off vision, and of course, being ever-so-reliable in the post-plant situation, Brimstone ticks all the boxes. Being on the initialroster of agentswhen the game launched, Brimstone had a hard time finding his place in Valorant agent compositions. But that changed after he got a huge buff. So, let us discuss Valorant’s most successful controller Brimstone, and his abilities, tips, and tricks to be a perfect Brimstone main.

Valorant Brimstone: Abilities Explained

Brimstone takes out the Incendiary launcher and throws a grenade, which detonates after a short delay into a pile of fire. Often referred to as the molly, it burns anyone standing in it anddeals heavy damage over time. An incendiary grenade is a utility that lets you control a location or clear a corner but its main usage comes when it is in a post-plant situation.

With heavy damage and long duration, this ability can delay spike defuse immensely. This makes Brimstone one of the most reliable post-plant agents in Valorant. You just need to learn some cheeky lineups.

Brimstone brings a lot of supportive skills with his arsenal of abilities in Valorant. One of the most useful team fight abilities is stim beacon. Instantly throw a Combat Stim Beacon. Upon immediate activation, it affects any teammate in its AOE (area of effect) to becomefaster in movementalong with gainingreload speed and fire rate boost. The movement speed and fire rate accuracy can be helpful in rushing any site.

Brimstone’s signature ability is the Sky smoke in Valroant. It is the longest-duration smoke in the entire game. Open the tactical map and mark down areas. After marking down areas, Brimstone launches smoke bombs that cover a large area for a long time. Thesmoke takes away vision from thosein or outside the smoke. Thanks to three smoke charges, Brimstone can be the easiest controller (with smokes) in Valorant. The smoke deployment is also simple and fast for players to understand.

Again, open the tactical map and mark a location. Brimstone then launches an Orbital strike at that marked location. This ultimate abilityinflicts damage on anyone in the area(even teammates) and destroys any utility or object. Furthermore, the strike also blocks vision for anyone outside or inside the strike. Orbital strikes can be useful in multiple situations, be it post-plant to delay the defuse or early on to stop a rush attempt from the enemies.

The primary role of Brimstone is that of a controller in the game. A controller’spriority is to control the pace of the gameby cutting off enemy vision or pushing them out of position. Unlike other controllers, Brimstone cannot cast his abilities globally. So the offense is the best position to play Brimstone, so you can stay with your teammates.

On the defensive side, you can always select a spot in the middle of the map. The main reason behind it is Brimstone’s smoke casting range, which is pretty small, and you might get off guard while placing a smoke. So positioning yourself in the right cover and in the reach of both sides is important.

Before picking up Brimstone, make sure your teammates have a good amount of entry fraggers. Brimstone can help duelists with a massive site control advantage early on. So the primary agents that you should always pick with Brimstone areReynaand Jett. These characters can provide you with early kills while Brimstone controls the chokepoints.

On the defensive half, you can pickValorant’s new agentDeadlock, andBreachorSage. These agents go well with Brimstone in terms of chain kills or site lockdowns. First of all, Deadlock can use her Gravnet and Barrier to lock down enemies while Brimstone toasts them withIncendiary or Orbital Strike.Whereas, Sage and Breach can also use their slowing and stalling abilities to make it difficult for enemies to enter a site.

Brimstone is good at controlling a site, thanks to three charges of smoke. Butevery Valorant mapis not ideal to play Brimstone. Brimstone has to be in a proper range to cast his skills. That is why when the plant sites are closer Brimstone is the best. The ideal maps for Brimstone areSplit, Bind, Ascent, and Fracture. Split and Bind can be great for Brimstone because of how easy it is to smoke off both sites from little to zero movements. Ascent and Fracture, however, are solid maps for Brimstone because of the lineups and retake ability. Fracture is the most reliable map for Brimstone because the sites are smaller and easier to smoke off.

Brimstone’s gameplay style can be simple and his abilities are easy to execute. His ability usage depends on how the teammates are going to execute a site and what is the approach. With that being said, let us check out some cool ability usage, tips and tricks you can implement in your next Brimstone game in Valorant:

Steve Bulm, who formerly did the voice for Wolverine in the X-men animation series and is very well known for his deep leadership-like voice also gave voice to the first Valorant agent Brimstone. Brimstone is originally from the city of Baltimore in the United States. He is the first agent in the Valorant protocol.

As amilitary veteran, several of Brimstone’s voice lines mention this as well. Before joining the Valorant protocol, Brimstone was a firefighter. Brimstone’s voice line always reflects the leadership energy and courage to fight. He is respected by most agents in Valorant protocol, except for Reyna, and that is clear in her voice interactions with Brimstone.

Yes, Brimstone can use Orbital strike to destroy a Killjoy lockdown. It is very useful in after-plant situations.

Yes, Brimstone is the only controller agent you can start with if you are new because it is free. Also, Brimstone’s abilities are easy to use and benefits teammates.

Brimstone is expected to be around 50 according to the Valorant lores. He is the most elderly in the Valorant protocol and that is heard in his selection screen voice line.

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