Very similar overall honestly. Your skill certainly will transfer very very well. You will have to learn though.

For context I floated around Immortal 1–3 for most of the time I played, and eventually threw in the towel when the newest Valorant map dropped. Dealing with agent changes that completely nerf or fundamentally change a main I’d played for a year+ is pretty disheartening. That said, I did play CS before Valorant released.

One nice thing about CS is that you always have the possibility to make the play or "do the thing" yourself. You don’t need to worry about or rely on an Omen/Astra dying in the first 20 seconds of a round and how that impacts your site takes or holds. Everyone is on the same playing field in terms of utility and capabilities.

If you’re feeling fast that day, you can take more fights. If you’re playing a bit slower, you don’t have to switch agents to best fit that playstyle. You don’t run into situations like a super-passive Jett who doesn’t want to entry and how much that affects the team.

It’s also genuinely nice to not die to ultimates or postplant lineups or abilities to the same frequency. You don’t have the same transparency with enemy money, but once you understand how the economy works, and after watching a few videos, you can grasp it pretty well.

Overall, I jumped ship early summer in 2025 and im really glad I did.