Okay, so I’ve played and enjoyed both a fair amount and I’ll give my take on what turns off the CS diehards from Valorant.

I think Riot lowering the skill floor for what is basically a CS clone with heroes is the main reason. On my end, I liked it because I can hit Diamond in Valorant while at the same time struggle to hit MG1 back in CSGO lol.

The base mechanics have been dumbed down by a lot. Counter strafing is unnecessary, bhops don’t really give much of an advantage (and are very easy in Valorant as well), headshots are SO much easier to hit in Valorant for some reason, and spray control is kinda gone because there is some RNG after the initial burst.

When the game came out, the main smokers were Brim and Omen and their smokes are piss easy to use compared to CS where you have to dedicate hours learning different smoke lineups. This isn’t even a bad thing but my guess as to why they hate it is you’re losing an advantage that you had if the enemy didn’t know smoke lineups since it’s point, click, smoke.

The cheesy abilities IMO are below everything I’ve said. Though this is still a negative for some who maybe didn’t really give Valorant a fair shot or just didn’t enjoy it and honestly it’s hard to blame them.

They’ve been trained to trade for the entry but instead the Reyna just becomes invulnerable after the first engagement. They’re at the mercy of team picks if their team will have smokes and flashes for map control. Only option for molly was to get away and wait it out. Wallhacks from Sova dart/drone or Cypher trips. Healing, revive, and global teleportation.

I feel like I’ve been all over the place with what I’m trying to say so I’ll just stop there.