The latest agent to join the FPS game is Yoru, a Japanese infiltration expert that uses a number of tools to create distractions and prove a nuisance for the other team. Yoru has the ability to project the sound of footsteps, to send an unsuspecting foe running the opposite direction, and he can become temporarily invisible and invulnerable by jumping into another dimension. He has teleportation, for a quick getaway, and he can harness unstable energy from reality and fire it at his opponents.
“The idea of ‘stealthy infiltration’ is something we toyed around with for years, but could never fit in the game. We felt that if we started from the ground up, we could create an agent that revolved around the idea of ‘stealthy infiltration’ in some way,” John Goscicki, Valorant characters product lead, says in the press release. “With that in mind we also wanted Yoru to be an Agent that could create some really high moments throughout the game. The kind of rounds where if you pull everything off correctly you feel like the greatest player ever. The team has been super stoked to get this guy in players’ hands, he is definitely going to cause some disruption within the game.”