He has a very high skills cap. The amount of utility and outplay potential that he brings to the table has allowed him to have a 100 pick rate during the First Strike tournament, according to the stats by vlr. gg.

Omen is a jack of all trades and is the only agent in Valorant who comes with smokes, a flash, and a lot of mobility.

He is one of the biggest reasons why controllers are not popular in Valorant anymore. The shooter’s meta revolves around the use of flashes and vision impairment.

In Valorant patch 2.00, which is the first patch of 2021, not only will Episode 2 be introduced along with the new Agent Yoru, but Omen will also be receiving a lot of nerfs to his kit.

Omen’s upcoming nerfs do not sit well with the Valorant community

A majority of the Valorant community feel that Omen is by far the most balanced agent in the game, and needs to change his kit heading into Act 2.

The fans’ consensus is that Omen is getting a nerf to his smokes and increased cost to his vision impairment to allow the new agent Yoru to become more viable. Controllers like Brimstone and Viper will also slowly start to come back in the meta.

Brimstone had an abysmal pick rate during the First Strike tournament. Nowadays, the once “must-pick” agent hardly sees the light of day in Valorant’s matchmaking.

Valorant developer opens up about the upcoming Omen changes

In a recent Reddit post, the Valorant developer who goes by the Reddit handle of Altombre opened up about why Riot is looking to nerf Omen, even though his kit doesn’t seem to be overpowered.

So much of the community speculations do seem to hit the mark, as the Omen nerfs will be set to give the other Valorant controllers more agency.

However, that being said, Riot is also aware that nerfing an agent who is perfectly balanced right now can lead to him feeling underwhelming. Omen could drastically drop in priority.

This is what Altombre had to say if Omen ends up feeling too weak:

Valorant Episode 2 patch 2.00 is all set to go live on January 12, and fans will be quite excited to see how the upcoming updates will affect gameplay.

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