Sean Gares on new Valorant map Lotus: “It’s looking like a Killjoy map”

Former CS:GO pro and ex-100 Thieves Valorant head coach Sean ‘sgares’ Gares experienced Lotus in an early playtest and gave his early opinion on which agents could do well on the new map.

Content creators, pro players and press have been given early access to Lotus to playtest Valorant’s new map, and some have already started coming up with strategies for the three-site location.

Gares played Lotus in 10-man lobbies and also explored the map on his own to test out which agents and abilities could shape up the meta.

“Guys, it’s looking like a Killjoy map,” Gares said on stream. “Look at how tight these chokes are and the fact that Killjoy mollies can stop hits in them.”

Killjoy utility’s range also spans a decent distance on the three-site map, so players can put down a turret on one site and cover another.

Gares give early full Valorant comp prediction on Lotus

Lotus is a new puzzle for most casual and professional Valorant players in terms of what a full meta agent composition might look like. The three-site design lends itself to information-gathering agents and Sentinels who can hold down an area without help.

According to Gares, an early meta comp on Lotus might be centered around Killjoy and the newest Valorant agent, Harbor.

“I’m imagining Killjoy, Raze, I think a Viper/Astra would be insane. But with Harbor becoming better and better… I know he’s coming,” Gares said.

The former Valorant coach also said that teams can probably pick whichever Initiator they want on Lotus but that KAY/0 might be best against Killjoy compositions. Yoru was also mentioned as potentially viable, but other Duelists might take priority.

The general Valorant community will be able to form their own opinions on the new map Lotus when it hits the game with patch 6.0 on January 10.