The Ares got its spin up (or charge time) removed, which means that the machine gun now instantly reaches its fastest firing rate, a feature that also got buffed, increasing from 10 to 13 bullets per second.<\/p>\n
Why is the Ares broken in Valorant?<\/h2>\n
Considering these changes and the fact that there are currently no nerfs to balance it, the Ares feels like an absolute wrecking machine at all levels, from casual lobbies to sweaty Radiant ones.<\/p>\n Followingly, it didn’t take long before players flooded social media channels, like Twitter and Reddit, with complaints about the gun. Among the slew of complaints, players have been begging Riot to release a hotfix in a bid to tone down the Ares.<\/p>\n To give you an idea of what the Ares can do, look at Sentinels’ Tyson “TenZ” Ngo’s gameplay in the video embedded below.<\/p>\n