Professional Coaches and Players React Negatively to Changes in Valorant's Map Pool

Some professional coaches and players have reacted negatively to changes in the map pool. Specifically, they are concerned about the return of the updated Breeze and the introduction of a new map in place of Fracture and Pearl. Read more about this in our article.

Comments from Professionals

Coaches and players are mainly complaining about the choice of maps that will be removed from the map pool rather than the return of Breeze. Their main focus is on the fact that these maps had wonderful and creative designs, while there are less exciting maps in the pool, such as Haven and Ascent, which have long needed a revamp.

Man, I'm lost for words. Removed the two best/most interesting maps, where teams had different approaches. Time to just switch to plain crude Valorant with a fixed metaphor.

Coach Erik ‘d00mbr0s’ Sandgren of NAVI Team

With these words, coach Erik ‘d00mbr0s’ Sandgren of the NAVI team commented on Riot Games' decision to send Fracture and Pearl for a revamp. It's worth noting that both of these maps are the best for the NAVI team.

Removing Fracture... This map was created for creativity and agent diversity. Why not remove Ascent? That map is extremely boring.

Head Coach Sjonnie "Johnny Lobster" Kreeft of FOKUS Team

The head coach of FOKUS also reacted negatively to the chosen maps for a revamp and shares the opinion with the NAVI coach that the gameplay may become boring and monotonous.

i dont know why haven is still in the rotation?

Mehmet "cNed" İpek, player of NAVI

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There's also a positive reaction from player Nikita “Derke” Sirmitev, who happily responded to the news about Pearl's removal from the map pool. This reaction is due to the fact that Pearl is the first map on the ban list for the Fnatic team.

We remind you that the updated map pool will take effect after the release of Act 2 of Season 7 and after the conclusion of Valorant Champions 2023.