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Valorant'south Episode four and patch 4.0 launched on January eleven, and two days in, many players agree that the recent changes to the Ares are as well much. In improver, several Valorant players take voiced their concerns about a recent buff given to the motorcar gun. The buffs brand it a must-have weapon option for Valorant players, and many in the ranked games have had plenty of being eliminated by an opponent using it.

At that place were two significant changes given to the Ares at Episode four. The first was removing the spin-upwardly on the weapon. The 2nd was the weapon'southward firing rate, which increased from 10 to 13. The Ares' speed is now only matched by the Odin, some other motorcar gun, and the Stinger, an SMG, only these two do non compare to the weapon's forcefulness and versatility in matches.

Valorant fans accept taken to Reddit to share their concerns. A fan has pointed out that the Ares' bullet penetration and low price of ane,550 credits make it a must-have purchase, with comments pouring in about the weapon's utility in a match. Another Valorant Reddit fan pointed out that the Ares has a faster time-to-kill than the Vandal and Phantom, weapons that are double the cost of an Ares.

At that place are also Valorant players taking to Twitter to share their concerns with the Ares, many of them showing off their scoreboards of how many players had been using the weapon.

It's only the first few days of the highly anticipated Episode 4 in Valorant, giving Riot Games time to address these concerns. The trouble the team will need to handle is ramping back the boost to the Ares, without making information technology a weapon that becomes overlooked by players.

Correct at present, the Ares will continue to boss Valorant matches.